Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard install

Better, faster, easier   

Snow Leopard enhances your entire Mac experience. In ways big and small, it gets faster, more reliable, and easier to use.

• Activate Exposé right from the Dock.
• Wake from sleep and shut down your Mac faster than before.
• Install it more quickly and get back 7GB of disk space.
• Enjoy dozens more refinements for everything from iChat to Preview and more.

Next-generation technologies   

New core technologies in Snow Leopard unleash the power of today's advanced hardware and prepare Mac OS X for future innovation.

• 64-bit support, the next big step for the Mac. All key system applications are now 64-bit so they can take advantage of all the memory in your Mac.
• Grand Central Dispatch, a revolutionary new way for software to get the most from multicore processors.
• OpenCL, a new technology that unleashes the power of graphics processors to accelerate application performance.

QuickTime X   

As the next generation of media players, it's built on new core technologies and advances modern media and Internet standards.

• Watch your videos in a clean, uncluttered interface with the new QuickTime Player.
• Record audio or video using the built-in iSight camera and microphone in your Mac.
• Trim your media to the perfect length.
• Easily publish your media to MobileMe or YouTube.

Out-of-the-box
support for Microsoft Exchange   

Mac OS X Snow Leopard delivers built-in support for the latest version of Microsoft Exchange Server, something even Windows PCs don't have.

• Use your Mac at home and at work and have all your messages, meetings, and contacts in one place.
• Easily set it up using the Autodiscovery feature in Exchange.
• Use Mail, iCal, and Address Book to access your work email, calendars, and the Global Address List alongside your personal accounts.
• Take advantage of powerful Mac OS X features such as Spotlight, Quick Look, data detectors, and more.

Safari 4   

The latest version of Apple's blazing-fast web browser delivers up to 50 percent faster JavaScript performance and is more resistant to crashes than ever.

• Use Top Sites to view your favorite websites at a glance, see which ones have been updated, and visit them in a click.
• Complete search queries as you type with built-in Google Suggest.
• Flip through full-page previews of your browsing history in Cover Flow the same way you flip through album art in iTunes.

Universal Access   

Every Mac comes with built-in technologies designed to help people with disabilities experience it. Innovations in Snow Leopard advance accessibility even further.

• Control your Mac using gestures on your Multi-Touch trackpad. And when you drag your finger across the trackpad, VoiceOver speaks the items you touch so you know how they're arranged on the screen.
• Snow Leopard includes support for over 40 braille display models, including Bluetooth models.
• New accessibility features make web browsing easier, faster, and more enjoyable.