cool, before I was trashing the whole .GlobalPreferences.plist file which was annoying because a lot of prefs are stored in that.

Hopefully Apple will fix leopard screenshots in the next update.

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Resolution independence ? How do you turn it on ?

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Resolution independence is still extremely bug-ridden, and not yet ready for public consumption, nor is it nearly as cool as you might expect (yet). If you do want to have a peek at it in its current state, however, follow these steps:

1) Install Developer Tools from your Leopard install disk.
2) Go to /Developer/Applications/Performance Tools/Quartz Debug and run this tool.
3) Move the User Interface Resolution slider to something above the default 1.00/72DPI.
4) Now go quit & relaunch, for example, Mail.app, or Safari, or TextEdit (or even Finder) to view the results.
5) To restore default resolution for the apps you try this on, simply move the slider back to 1.00/72DPI, then relaunch the affected app.

If you don't have, or want to install Developer Tools, here's a 1:1, 1280x854 screen shot from my computer, for Finder and another for Mail, scaled up to 1.50/108 DPI. Pretty ugly huh? Resolution independence still has a long way to go before it's ready for general use.

You can read more (and see more RI-related pics) in this excellent Ars Technica article. (This link skips ahead to the resolution independence section for you)

Have fun!

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