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API freeze for Snow Leopard
Stephen Withers
Tuesday, 12 May 2009 09:50
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Other changes in the latest Snow Leopard build include Chinese handwriting recognition on multi-touch trackpads, and an HE-AAC (High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding) codec. There have also been reports that the Snow Leopard version of Boot Camp will include HFS+ drivers for Windows. This will allow Windows direct access to partitions formatted for Mac OS X.
While this will be a convenient feature for many users, simplifying the transfer of files between the two operating systems, it appears to be a one-way implementation, in that Windows will be able to read from but not write to a Mac partition.
This is most likely a security consideration. If the driver supported read/write access, there would be an increased risk of malware spreading onto the Mac partition.
Although there is little direct risk from Windows malware or malicious documents, it could make it more likely that such an item could be spread from Mac OS X to a Windows user.
Still, there is an argument that anyone using Windows (on a Mac or any other hardware) without security software is inviting trouble.
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