10.6 Developer Preview Seed Notes

10.6 Seed Notes: 10A096 • Seed notes missing 10A190 - Basic reading and editing support for Microsoft Exchange in Mail, iCal and Address Book. - Multicore enhancements including changes to queue management in Grand Central, syntax changes, and blocks in C++/GDB. - The Finder is now partially rewritten in Cocoa. - A simplified install experience. In addition to testing your own applications and the updated technologies in Mac OS X, please pay particular attention to the following areas and report any issues such as incompataibilities or usage problems. Microsoft Exchange Support Snow Leopard now contains additional support for Microsoft Exchange 2007 via Mail, iCal and Address Book. While there is support for basic browsing, creation and editing of Microsoft Exchange data, much functionality and polish is still forthcoming which may impede full Exchange use in this seed. Please focus on the areas of Microsoft Exchange outlined below: Setting Up Exchange Mail includes an autodiscovery feature to streamline the configuration process: 1. Open Mail preferences and click the plus button to add a new account. 2. Enter your Microsoft Exchange email address and password and click “Continue.” 3. Your server settings will be auto populated and you can choose to simultaneously configure Address Book and iCal for use with Microsoft Exchange as well. 4. Verify the settings are correct and click “Create.” If the your server settings are not automatically configured, after step 2 you can select “Microsoft Exchange 2007″ as a new account type and manually enter your server settings. You will still be able to simultaneously configure Address Book and iCal for use with Microsoft Exchange. Mail - Autodiscovery and account configuration with support for simultaneous setup of Address Book and iCal - Reading & writing Messages, Notes, and To Do’s iCal - Scheduling events. - Checking recipient and room availability. Address Book - Adding contacts and groups. - Verifying data is consistent in Outlook and Address Book. - Exchange support is available in “Address Book” (version 5.0) not “Address Book (Leopard.)” Known Limitations in Microsoft Exchange Support: Mail - Working offline is not yet supported so actions performed while offline will not be sent to the server when the account goes online. - Event invitations, delegation authorizations and some other types of messages are not currently displayed. - Some characters in messages that are moved from another account to a Microsoft Exchange account may be replaced with ‘=’ characters. - Account information for Microsoft Exchange will be lost if a user’s home directory is shared between Snow Leopard and Leopard. - Undo / redo is not fully supported. iCal - Creating calendars on Microsoft Exchange accounts is not yet supported. - Calendar and task folders must have the same permissions for delegation. Address Book - Syncing a Microsoft Exchange account doesn’t always work as expected. - Smart groups are…