OSX Leopard: Open Folder In Dock?
Apple August 8th, 2006Check out the folder in the dock on the Mac OSX Leopard 10.5 screenshot of iCal from Apple’s website. Notice the folder has a black triangle under it like applications do when they are open?
What could this mean? Post your thoughts below.
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:39 pm
Word on the street is that it’s part of a “springing” feature. You drag a file over a dock icon, wait a few seconds, and the folder/app will open and let you drop the file in the window.
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:39 pm
Maybe its just that that folder is open in Finder?
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:40 pm
M2E, yeah, that’s what I was thinking. It looks like that when I open a folder in my dock in Finder.
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:41 pm
What’s more strange is that the iCal’s Dock Icon has no triangle, but obviously the iCal is running.
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:41 pm
Maybe it’s a smart folder working on something.
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:41 pm
Maybe Apple’s just got their own internal “Fake Leopard Screen Shots” department going and someone just wasn’t on the ball that day.
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:41 pm
Could it be related to “Spaces”?
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:42 pm
Re Michal’s comment on iCal – I read a rumor somewhere that iCal will be somehow integrated into Address Book.
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:42 pm
Maybe this is some sort of beta version of leopard????????
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:42 pm
Most of Apple’s screenshots (certainly the one on the boxes and press releases!) are not true screenshots, i’d say Jeff is probably right… particularly with the lack of iCal Triangle … someone slipped up and missed the triangle out :P
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:43 pm
Probably all done in Photoshop :-D
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:43 pm
Here’s a thought: Maybe it’s a mockup and the photoshopper forgot to remove the triangle.
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:43 pm
I mananged to get my hands on a copy of 10.5… yeah that trinagle never apears under folders… at least not from the 4500 thing I tried to get it there…. thought the new springing dock option… real sweet.
September 23rd, 2006 at 5:44 pm
I don’t think iCal will integrate with adress book in one app, because they just mocked Windows for doing this so long, and only now doing it like in Tiger.
December 18th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
@ Leopard Tester, how you get 10.5?
January 3rd, 2007 at 6:28 am
Lol, he ‘acquired’ it!
January 16th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Has anyone noticed that there is no arrow under iCal? The app that is SHOWN to be open. Totally fake.
April 23rd, 2007 at 3:03 pm
I have a feeling that whoever made this screenshot knew this would raise much confused debate. heheh.
August 29th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
enjoy
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/dock_folder.html
September 25th, 2007 at 7:30 am
I think you were the first to find out about Stacks!