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Inside Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

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Published: 09 Aug 2006 08:45 BST

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Time Machine
Perhaps the most intriguing new feature for developers and end users alike is the Time Machine, a totally new, automatic backup and version-control application. That might sound decidedly unsexy, but Time Machine marries powerful potential with an interface that makes most of Microsoft's proposed Vista user-interface features look old hat. Selecting an item and invoking Time Machine replaces the standard interface with a starry background, a time scale on the right and past versions of the item floating 'behind' the current version.

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