Well, as of today, Leopard is "in the wild" (oh, where do I find these hilarious - nay, hysterical puns?), and every news outfit, opinion, or general geek site is duly listing off the talking points that Apple's been shoving through Sales Web for the last couple of weeks.

So far, it's all excitement about interface, and I'm going to add my own little undocumented contribution to the pile. Back in earlier versions of the OS, you could change the default login screen background by ducking into /System/Library/Desktop Pictures, and substituting your own graphic for Aqua.jpg. Not so in Leopard; now you have to drill into /System/Library/CoreServices, and locate DefaultDesktop.jpg. Rename your new background to match the default, log out, and enjoy.

There you go.

Labels: Cool Stuff, Hacks, Tip

I'm hurting.

ACNs, VARs and other catchily acronymed Apple geeks may seem like your average, unassuming nerds, but years of sitting in the low-market share, high pressure world of fixing and supporting the Mac - mostly in the face of overwhelming pressure from MCSEs et al - have patently left them with the intestinal fortitude and livers of broken-nosed navvies.

Last night we all trouped over to the Apple campus and basically picked the company store clean of every t-shirt, pen, cap, iPod accessory; sort of a biblical plague of very brand-conscious locusts. Having decimated the joint, the good folks at the ACN program fed us, supplied us with ample quantities of booze, and were more than helpful in dispersal of travel arrangements, advice, and probably bail money.

I'll be writing up some Leopard-heavy stuff in the next week or so; the whole thing was essentially a very well-presented Leopard cram-fest, and while I'm keen to blab, I'm going to have to wait until the thing is actually released to the adoring public and thus maintain the sanctity of my hellacious NDA.

Now, I'm going to go detox, and take a nap.

Okay, probably not going to be on the menu, but I *am* headed off to Channel Camp this weekend for a few days of hijinks, frolics, and hardcore Leopard indoctrination.

Hoorah!

Okay, hardly a positive use of anyone's valuable time, but this is just plain awesome:


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