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I know, it's early enough. Even for CET. ;-) However, the party I'm going to attend is going to start soon and I guess I'll be too drunk at midnight (and too offline as well) in order to post this, so I do it now. Have a nice time tonight, y'all, don't do the bad things and come back well before Steve Jobs enters the stage at MWSF 2004!
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-31 at 18:29 CET ] ThinkSecret posts a rumour that Apple might release Safari 1.2 in early 2004 (January, February timeframe).
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-31 at 18:20 CET ]
macosx.com has published a rumour about a TV set-top box (and home entertainment network WiFi server) called iBox that Apple, according to the rumour, should be developing. While it's quite certainly a box I would buy, I don't quite believe this rumour and haven't heard of it through any of my other channels. One of my most prominent sources called the rumour an 'early April fool's joke' - and I think she's right.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-31 at 15:59 CET ] OmniWeb 5 to appear very, very soon?
At 01:27 CET, Ken Case from OmniGroup wrote to the OW-mailinglist: "We should be posting an update about OmniWeb 5 to this list in the next 24 hours."
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-31 at 04:11 CET ]
End of year rumour roundup for MWSF 2004
We've taken a deep look at the hints and bits that we've accumulated over the past few weeks. And here we bring you a list (sorted by probability) of what to expect and what not to expect at MWSF 2004 in early January...
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-29 at 13:03 CET ]
Nothing much has happened in the Mac rumours and news world in the past few days, and there probably won't be much to report about in the coming days. We will however contact all of our sources for what's going to happen at MWSF 2004 (which is really only a few days into the new year away...) once more and create a round-up report for you in the coming days (as soon as the info is gathered and packed up nicely).
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-27 at 20:09 CET ] Speed up startup time in Mac OS X 10.3.2
Easily, really. Apple just 'forgot' something... ->
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-27 at 20:04 CET ]
Around the web, several different rumours have come up about a low-cost iPod at MWSF 2004. The first one came up directly after Steve Jobs was heard saying that Apple 'would like' to release a low-cost iPod, but that the truth was they couldn't sell iPods cheaper right now. The rumour then was, that Apple would reintroduce a 5 GB model for cheap. And this one - and only this one - makes some sense. Apple _has_ done the R&D on the iPod. And compatible 5 GB drives are available from Toshiba, the maker of the other models' drives.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 22:53 CET ] A free (and open source) workspace manager for OS X At version 0.4.0, it's still considered an alpha version. But it works already. Read the release notes carefully before installing/using the software.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 12:20 CET ] You'll find the 10.3.1 fan extensions (mentioned earlier) at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pomme-vaillante/Apple1031fanextensions.zip.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 12:15 CET ] MWSF 2004 Keynote QT Stream URL A placeholder page is in place. January 6 at 9am PT. This means 18.00h for CET time zoners like myself.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 12:13 CET ] Jonathan Ive decorated (again)
"The highest design honour of appointment to the RSAÕs Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry has was given to Jonathan Ive, designer of the iPod and iMac, on Friday 21 November 2003 at 6pm at the RDI Annual Event at the RSA, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2. Jonathan Ive is vice-president of industrial design at Apple."
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 11:59 CET ] Login problems/crashes with 10.3.2?
Some people wrote in with problems in 10.3.2. Some had many application crashes, some couldn't even login after the update. The solution? You have to move your fonts out of the way. Sounds strange? Yes, but it works. At least for most of the users that wrote in to us. It's only about the 'personal' fonts you'll find in "~/Library/Fonts", so you can move them all in single-user mode, for example to your desktop folder:
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 11:58 CET ] Derrick Story (MacDevCenter) about the 17" PB He likes it, apparently: "If you live a text-only life, this PowerBook might not be for you. Also, if you're not in the mood to spend over $3,000 US for a notebook, then you might want to look at another model. But if you have the budget for it, and demand crisp audio, saturated pictures, and big time video performance, the 17" PowerBook is a dream machine. And even when I'm working in text, I can have side by side documents open at full size. Spreadsheets are pretty fun too."
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 11:53 CET ]
Patches AFP Server, ASN.1 Decoding for PKI, cd9660.util, Directory Services, fetchmail, fs_usage, rsync, System Initialization.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-20 at 12:21 CET ]
Apple's new 'Academic Research' web pages Apple has released their 'education' & 'science' webpages into the wild wide web. Talking about the "25 years, [in which] Apple has provided powerful tools to enable scientific discovery. Today, Apple continues to innovate. With the worldÕs first 64-bit desktop computer, robust cluster, and storage solutions, and thousands of scientific applications, scientists everywhere are moving to Mac - and with good reason. An open source, UNIX-based operating system, industry-leading hardware, and unparalleled price/performance make the Mac the ideal platform for modern scientific research." Take a look at the pages here.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-19 at 23:58 CET ]
A job listing is making the rumour-sites' rounds. It asks for a person to help in the iPod audio & video development. Now commenting users are jumping the gun, going this way and that and get the most basic things about this very, very wrong.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-19 at 23:53 CET ] It seems that Apple doesn't let users get Xcode 1.1 any longer through Software Update. No reason was given.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-19 at 21:45 CET ] Ugly hack for PowerBooks' fan problems in 10.3.2 In case you didn't notice, Apple has lowered the temparature at which PowerBooks' fans turn off, which leads to fans never turning off with some PowerBooks (mostly, the 12" models are affected). This might be Apple's answer to the heat problem with those models, but you might rather have silence (and more battery power) than cool hands. If so: You'll find a solution here. It's actually replacing two kernel extensions with ones from 10.2.8 (might also get those from 10.3, maybe, which sounds more reasonable to me, but hasn't been tested yet...). Too ugly a solution for you? Send feedback to Apple...
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-19 at 12:30 CET ] ... for DVD Studio Pro 2.0.3: Get the updater here.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-19 at 08:51 CET ] Ah yes. Another one. ;-) Here's the link. (2nd link down at the moment. Strange... We've got this one from macrumors.com... Maybe later?)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-19 at 00:28 CET ] Final Cut Pro 4.1.1 and LiveType 1.1.1 Available through Software Update.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-19 at 00:05 CET ]
It's the day, it seems. Software Update.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-18 at 23:22 CET ] Finally, you can use QuickTime player to play DivX files without problems. At least the ones I had to use MPlayer or VLC for now play just fine. Yay!
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-18 at 21:57 CET ] It's before-christmas update frenzy time at Apple. Get iTunes 4.2 here .
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-18 at 21:40 CET ] Get it through Software Update. (18.2 MB.)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-18 at 19:38 CET ] As predicted, Apple has released Mac OS X 10.3.2 7D24 through Software Update. You can also download it directly from Apple via http.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-18 at 13:33 CET ]
Apple releases 'Battery Update' While it's not definitely clear what the update actually does, it is recommended that users with iBooks & PowerBooks install this update through Software Update.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-17 at 23:13 CET ] Adobe releases Acrobat Reader 6.0.1 ... and also mentions better Panther compatibility. However, for Panther users, there's 'Preview', the included PDF reader that is about, say, 10 times faster in launching, opening and browsing files... If you need Acrobat Reader because of some of its other features: Get it here.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-17 at 22:12 CET ] QT MPEG-2 component updated... We've just mentioned it not working any longer, but Apple has patched the component. Users must login to the Apple Store and redownload the component (no automatic software update).
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-17 at 19:27 CET ] Nice or not: We've got text-shadows now. ;-) After noticing that Safari is the only browser right now to support the CSS property of "text-shadow", I've applied some to titles and dates. Want to use it? Do so. Might bring other browser-makers to support it... "text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px grey" is the code that casts the shadow on our titles.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-17 at 15:45 CET ]
ThinkSecret mentions that QuickTime will soon be updated to version 6.5. Recently, the MPEG-2 extension (sold separately) stopped working on 15. Dec. 2003. (Workaround: Set your computer's date back when using it. Sad but true...)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-17 at 15:39 CET ] Yeeeeeeet another security issue. *Sigh!*
This time: Finder. A user whose privileges do not allow him to start, say, Terminal, can start Terminal. How, you ask? Just use the keyboard instead of the mouse. Use the Command- and Arrow-keys to move through directories, find /Applications/Utilities and start Terminal. He hasn't got root-privs yet in the shell, but together with another exploit like the one found yesterday...
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-17 at 11:30 CET ] New Mac OS X security issue (and fix)
MacBidouille notes a new security issue in Mac OS X 10.3.1 (and probably others). This time, it's a buffer overflow in file system (cd9660.util and ufs.util) code. Basically, because the system doesn't verify the code and because the parts are run as root, an exploit could get root access to your machine. However, it's a local exploit and a potential hacker would already have to have access to your machine, if I read Security Focus' BUGTRAQ message correctly.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-17 at 00:29 CET ]
AppleInsider: 17" Cinema Display EOL'd In a news blurb, AI notes that Apple's 17" TFT display may have been EOL'd, paving the way for a displays update at MWSF 2004.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 21:18 CET ]
Yes, there's no Apple iPhone. But there's iSync - and compatible mobile phones. They're fun and work, too. All your PIM data on the go without a PDA, they promise. But which one's right for you? (Attention, we're looking at GSM compatible phones only, being that we're based in Europe.)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 10:55 CET ] PortalPlayer (iPod's OS maker) Photo Edition
TheRegister notes that PortalPlayer Photo Edition is coming along. The new version of iPod's operating system will support JPEG and Motion JPEG formats along with a few effects and supports adding music to slideshows. Sounds like iPod might get iPhoto integration. However: This would take new hardware. Not only because you'll want a colour screen for the photos, but also because the OS needs more processing power.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 10:39 CET ] What Chris Adamson doesn't want for Christmas...
Chris Adamson writes at MacDevCenter what he doesn't want for Christmas. Nice read. Although some of the items are on my list all the same. ;-)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 10:28 CET ] Thanks to a reader, we have now fixed our RSS-Feed. It should be working just fine with your favourite newsreader application. Now including hyperlinks. ;-)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 10:24 CET ] MacRumors.com notes that Apple has trademarked 'iWrite'. Together with our previous rumours of an Apple word processor application at MWSF 2004 (also read our ), this quite probably means: iWrite at MWSF.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 10:22 CET ] Apple has released a firmware update (Version 5.1.4) for the G5 series PowerMacs.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 01:25 CET ] Yes, yet another build. Apparently, some bugs were found in 7D23 that prevented the build from being released to the public. We're expecting Apple to release the software now to the public, if no more bugs appear.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-16 at 00:25 CET ]
StuffIt Deluxe 8.0.2 solves Panther-ZIP file problem
The update's just out, and here's the scoop on what's new: "Version 8.0.2 includes a number of changes designed to better support Zip archives created by Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther". If a file being archived with Panther zip compression contains a resource fork and/or Finder information, those parts of the file are stored in a separate folder at the root of the archive. StuffIt will now correctly combine a data fork with its associated resource fork and Finder information as it is being expanded. In order to ensure that the connection between a data fork and its resource fork is not broken, the StuffIt Deluxe application will open any archive created by the zip compression included with Mac OS X 10.3 as a Read Only archive."
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-15 at 21:12 CET ] Apple's just announced the dates for WWDC 2004: June 28-July 2, 2004. We're expecting first details about 10.4 at WWDC - among (possibly) some other news. However, this is still half a year away - and we'll first focus on MWSF 2004, which will take place in early January.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-15 at 14:19 CET ]
Questions about Mac OS X 10.3.2 (7D23)
A few readers have been writing in lately about 10.3.2. More so now that we're expecting it to be released early next week. Let's answer some of the questions.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-13 at 22:44 CET ]
Catrin Pascoe, writing for icwales.icnetwork.co.uk, sees the iPod as too expensive, too monochrome, too low-battery. She says that looking at the greyscale screen can take you back to 1984, listening to ZZ Top. Well, she's not that extreme, really, but she thinks Apple should start surprising us again. Colour screen for the iPod, she wants. And Bluetooth (for listening, but sharing probably wouldn't be far...). And more battery. Less price. Stereo recording. FM tuner. And maybe more. She writes: "Expect the IPod to one day to merge not only with the wireless but internet-connected personal organiser, GameBoy, portable television and mobile phone."
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-13 at 14:28 CET ] And this build is expected to be released as Mac OS X 10.3.2 on Monday according to our sources. (The knowledge base article should appear shortly before the update.)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-13 at 13:28 CET ]
AppleInsider reiterates PowerMac G5 rumours At this link you'll see what news they have added to their rumours. Our sources still assure us that the highend PMG5 will not go past 2.5 GHz. (AI says 2.6 GHz.)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-12 at 20:58 CET ]
This column at ABCnews asks for correction. No, only because Mac OS X has one security issue that is solved before exploitation doesn't suddenly mean "Macs are just as insecure as Windows computers". Please tell him.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-11 at 19:08 CET ] Mac OS X Server 10.3.2 7D20 seeded Apple also seeded the server version of 7D20 last night. Fixes in this build concern DNS, NetBoot, ServerAdmin, Workgroup Manager App. Key enhancements of 10.3.2 Update: Improved Kerberos support for AFP services, enhanced Server Admin and Workgroup Manager applications, improved Network Image Utility and QTSS Publisher applications, improved integration with Active Directory, updated MySQL to version 4.0.16, more robust printing to PostScript printers, faster importing of user records, FileVault, FireWire 800, WebDAV and USB Printing improvements, previous standalone security updates: "Security Update 2003-11-19"
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-11 at 12:47 CET ]
Mac OS X 7D20 also seeded to Select ADC members
After seeding the build to Premier members yesterday, it also appeared this night on ADC Select members' accounts. The build's size is 36.7 MB.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-10 at 11:23 CET ]
But let's post macdailynews.com's 'distillation' (and macdailynews' answers) of Enderle's newest column (our answers in italics):
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-09 at 23:15 CET ] Mac OS X 10.3.2 7D20 for Premier members According to one source, 7D20 has only been seeded to Premier, not Select ADC members. And according to another source, the 'Macromedia bug' has been fixed in this build.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-09 at 22:46 CET ] "Mac OS X Unwired" by O'Reilly Their new book (sample chapter available at the link) covers WiFi, Bluetooth, Infrared, CDMA, GPRS etc.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-09 at 11:58 CET ]
Today's such a day. No, my iBook didn't break, thank you. A different kinda day. A ... Microsoft day. I don't know. How many CRM (yes, that's customer relationship management) software solutions do you know? Thought so. Not that many. And now, all around the web (I am _NOT_ linking and adding even more to the story...), everyone's talking about Microsoft's new CRM software version (1.2, not a version 2 or 3 or something...). As if everybody had been waiting for it. Do we hear about the competitors' .x-releases? Well: I haven't. I think I have never at all read about a release of a CRM software solution in the news before. What happened?
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-08 at 22:03 CET ] Full screen webbrowser NagaraBrowser
The website is in Japanese. (Look here for other applications of'anne'...) I don't understand much of it, but you can download the disk image for free here. It's only about 500 KB in size and uses Safari's bookmarks. I guess it's using WebKit (thus the size). You can surf fullscreen (with a menu bar) and keep it open as your desktop picture. (It doesn't take clicks as long as the app is not the foreground application.)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-08 at 21:20 CET ] Microsoft Office 11 and VPC 7 at MWSF 2004 Appleinsider has the rumour. Office 11 has been in development for the Mac for over 1.5 years now. Virtual PC definitely needs an update, as it's not at all compatible with the G5 processor in its current state.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-08 at 20:38 CET ] Apple acknowledges the alu PB 15"'s white spot problem Apple has posted this article about it. Sadly, Apple doesn't describe the problem in much detail. If you buy one, make sure you bring it back early, should the problem arise.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-08 at 17:47 CET ] Steve Jobs about the Music industry Read it, it's good: The Rolling Stone's article is an interview that gives quite some insight about how Steve thinks about music, the industry, piracy, copyright etc.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-08 at 15:56 CET ] Read the news at FreeVerse's news page. It's basically a changed OmniWeb (using WebKit) with kids' (and, of course, parents') features. It will be out in January according to their news page.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-08 at 15:00 CET ] According to this ThinkSecret rumour, the update will be released soon and is - or close to - GM. Our own sources however expect the whole iLife suite to be updated at MWSF. Details about each app's feature-set are sparse. One source mentions two-track support in iMovie 3.5.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-08 at 13:22 CET ]
Mac OS X 10.3.2 7D18 still has the Macromedia bug... A few testers wrote in that the bug discovered in 7D15 (some Macromedia apps' dialogue boxes' buttons can't be pressed, although keyboard-shortcuts like 'enter' and 'esc' work) is still present in the newest build of Panther.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-06 at 19:29 CET ] MacBidouille has a report that confirms an XPress 6.1 update (bug fixes, Panther support etc.). We should see it in a bit.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-06 at 19:25 CET ] Pioneer Press compares iMac and Gateway 610
Read it all at this location. Or just take our words for it: The article compares nicely the two products but fails to say the most obvious thing for a long-time Apple Macintosh user: The Mac is cheaper. In every sense. The 20" iMac costs more, of course, but hey: It's a twenty inch iMac!
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-06 at 16:26 CET ] Apple has seeded ADC members (Select & Premier) with Mac OS X 7D18 (and Server 7D18 at the same time). The size of the Client seed is 35.7 MB, the server seed comes in at 52.8 MB at the moment. The seed notes are basically unchanged from 7D15 and read: "The following is information on Mac OS X Update 10.3.2 build 7D18. Mac OS X update 10.3.2 is an update to Mac OS X v10.3. Major areas of change include: Core OS, Graphics, Imaging, USB, Printing, International Text, Core Services, Cocoa Framework, and AppleScript. Please report any issues you may encounter ithis seed would be very much appreciated."
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-06 at 11:24 CET ] A review of SonyEricsson's P900 infosync.no has reviewed the SonyEricsson P900 smartphone. Quoting their conclusion: "While the Sony Ericsson P900 does indeed deliver improvements in most areas when compared with the P800, none of these are particularly noteworthy. Some small flaws still remain, but the P900 now represents what the P800 should have been at launch, yet finds itself competing in a far tougher market. Still, with snappy performance, a good feature set and quite a bit of software available, the overall impression of the P900 would be good was it not for its steep price tag: at 700 EUR - or more in some cases - there are certainly alternatives worth considering."
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-06 at 00:31 CET ] Security Update for Mac OS X/Safari Apple has made available a security update (fixes cookie access rights in Safari) through Mac OS X' Software Update engine.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-06 at 00:25 CET ]
Apple planning new Software Update engine According to this ThinkSecret article, Apple is planning to introduce a new Software Update engine that will also let third parties in, such as Microsoft or Adobe.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-05 at 14:57 CET ] MOSR joins G5 rumours for MWSF 2004 Check out MOSR today and you'll find them saying similar - but not the same - things about the G5 update round of MWSF 2004. We now have about three different models for the update round, ranging from all-90nm-PPC 970+ up to 2.6 GHz (AppleInsider) to our own (single 2 GHz 130nm 970 model, dual 2.2 and dual 2.5 GHz 90nm 970+ models) to MOSR's model (single 2 GHz 970, dual 2.2 GHz 970 and dual 2.4 GHz 970+, only the latter at 90nm). We're confident that we'll see clearer near the end of this month, but for now, our sources seem confident that our model is the right one.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-05 at 13:10 CET ] AppleInsider confirms PowerMac G5 at MWSF 2004 update In their news article, AppleInsider claims knowledge of IBM's PowerPC 970+ at 2.0, 2.2, 2.4 and 2.6 GHz. They say Apple will make use of the chip early next year. This collides with our own sources who mentioned a single 2 GHz model, a dual 2.2 GHz and a dual 2.5 GHz model for MWSF 2004. We'll keep you informed.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-05 at 01:27 CET ]
codepoetry about Panther's new text engine ... for Cocoa applications. Quite extensive review of all the new features. Did you even know there were drop shadows at this level?
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-04 at 04:04 CET ]
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-04 at 01:08 CET ] Apple seeds Xcode Update v1.1 Build 7K112 Yes. Another round for the ADC members. Still no 10.3.2 updates, though.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-04 at 00:16 CET ]
According to this MacNN article, Symantec's planning to release updates to all of their Mac applications for Panther compatibility. However: Be aware that those 'Norton' apps have a history of killing Mac harddrives. And we're not kidding.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-03 at 15:10 CET ]
Extensis releases an update to its font management software that better handles Panther. Much better startup- and shutdown-time makes this a must-have update.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-02 at 16:14 CET ] NYtimes.com (free reg. req.) about online music "You've got a portable music player that can fit 10'000 songs on it? Come on. No one will spend $1 a track filling it." ... says the article. Ignoring the fact that an iPod can act as an external harddrive for backup purposes, too. Or that you can buy CDs offline and rip them to your iPod. Or that it's better to have a bit of spare space on such a device instead of having to select songs to delete. The article isn't all bad, though. ;-) ... Some more information about iTMS being near profitable (which is both a good and a bad thing, I guess... Good in that it's actually going to be profitable, bad in that the market leader is still losing money with its store.).
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-02 at 15:27 CET ] Not that it'd annoy me much, but I don't think so. MacRumors posts a 'page 2' rumour that new PowerBooks would be released today. Apple's online store's still up. ;-)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-02 at 14:03 CET ]
Apple plans 'AppleCare Plus' for iBooks & PowerBooks
... according to this ThinkSecret article.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-01 at 16:09 CET ]
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-01 at 12:25 CET ]
'Two years of iPod' @ nytimes.com
(free registration required to read the full article...) - Called "The Guts of a New Machine", the article talks about the success, the chances and risks of the iPod. Rob Walker talks nicely about our favourite digital music player. A quote:
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-30 at 17:06 CET ]
We were expecting another build of Mac OS X 10.3.2 last night, but alas, Apple seems to be gathering more feedback about 7D15 right now. As mentioned before, Apple probably doesn't want to rush this first 'real' update to Panther (it's currently 34.1 MB in size, much more than the bug fix release of 10.3.1). Yet, Apple pressed its ADC Select and Premier members to give feedback fast - a thing we haven't seen for the past two years in Mac OS X beta releases. Our sources within Apple sadly don't know much more about the schedule for the update, but expect a new beta seed soon that will - hopefully - address all the issues with 7D15 (and 10.3.1 for that matter) correctly, without bringing new issues along.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-29 at 19:02 CET ] Cleaner does REAL in Classic - with a trick
A friend wrote in with the following steps that actually let you create REAL files with Cleaner 6 in Mac OS X (using Classic):
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-29 at 16:58 CET ] OmniWeb 5 SneakyPeek by year's end An OmniGroup engineer 'promised' that we'd see news (and some downloadable) of OmniWeb 5 by year's end. With version 4.5, OmniWeb moved to WebCore. Version 5 is expected to definitely move to WebKit, i.e. its engine will be updated along with Apple's Safari (and HTML help, Mail etc.). The version is said to bring various new interface enhancements, for example "something like tabs" - but different. We'll inform you about progress as we get more information.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-29 at 13:40 CET ] ThinkSecret says Apple is preparing a G5 firmware update. Not much more information available. Previously expected release date: November. Now it seems, this has been delayed, if ThinkSecret's sources are right.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-29 at 00:01 CET ]
Discreet Cleaner 6 - no, REALly? According to a source that has tried the retail package of Cleaner 6, the application which promises encoding in REAL's formats, does not in fact offer this option in Mac OS X. Not even in Classic. You'll need a computer which boots into Mac OS 9 in order to produce REAL videos with Cleaner 6. Sad...
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-28 at 13:25 CET ]
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-28 at 13:18 CET ] Nov. 28 is here: Apple gives 10% off iPod ... and iPod accessories at store.apple.com. It seems that there are no other announcements today, but we could be surprised. And would like to be, too. ;-)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-28 at 12:14 CET ]
Apple has a long history with word processors. I've used MacWrite in 1987 for the first time and was impressed. Well, I've used a non-electric typewriter before, so that might be a reason, but it just felt so natural to me. Might be one reason I became an author of short stories later on.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-28 at 12:07 CET ] David Pogue thanks Apple and others... ... in his latest column.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-28 at 11:52 CET ] Apple responds to DHCP/LDAP flaw ... with a document on how to disable LDAP for DHCP. However, this does not solve the problem for users who want to actually use the feature.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-28 at 11:43 CET ]
Another Security Hole in Mac OS X
Read all about it here.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-27 at 00:34 CET ]
A preview review of the Sendo X
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-26 at 21:54 CET ] BusinessWeek: Apple! Bring on iPhoto for Windows!
In today's article, Alex Salkever finds Apple has an opportunity here. Sell iPhoto to Windows users for 30 USD, he says. However: While it's easy to get people to try Apple's software by giving away iTunes, Windows users might just opt to Adobe's Photoshop Album 2.0, which costs 40 USD. And giving away iPhoto on Windows doesn't make sense, because Apple doesn't sell digicams.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-26 at 21:44 CET ] The first final version of the PHP based webserver solution for sharing iCals is near - Release Candidate 2 has been released.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-26 at 17:51 CET ] MacRumors posts the rumour of a cheaper, 5 GB iPod to be released at the November 28th music event (in Apple Stores, USA).
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-26 at 10:28 CET ]
... this time by Sandy McMurray of 'The Globe and Mail'. He opens with a big error (putting the birth of Mac OS X to September 2000 instead of March 2000 (September was 10.1), but other than that writes nicely about our favourite operating system. ;-)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-25 at 19:19 CET ] Computerworld's Yuval Kossovsky posts the second part of his review of Panther Server. If you've missed the first part - it's here.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-25 at 19:08 CET ] If you read comics online, this software called iComic is for you. There's also a nice introduction to it on MacDevCenter.
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[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-25 at 18:56 CET ]
About that "iTunes DRM hack"...
Late last week, TheRegister broke the news that someone had found a way to save running (encrypted) AAC tracks - bought from iTMS - into a decrypted raw AAC stream file.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-24 at 16:41 CET ] ThinkSecret also mentions Mac OS X 10.3.2 7D15 seed and...
... adds a phrase from the seed notes we seem to have overlooked: "Please report any issues you may encounter in a timely manner - within a week of this seed would be very much appreciated." Such a pressing kind of note hints at a release within the next two weeks, of course, but Apple probably won't rush it, anyway. If you want to guess when Apple will release it, the build points you to this knowledge base article, which isn't in place yet, of course, as we're speaking.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-24 at 15:34 CET ] Your "un-favourite": Web ads... and free information
Today, c|net posts an article about the Windows version of Internet Explorer getting a popup-blocker in its next iteration. This made me think about advertising on websites a little...
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-24 at 14:07 CET ] NewsForge reviews the PowerMac G5
A bit late to the game, but an interesting source, as NewsForge is 'the online newspaper for linux and open source'. "Apple's new 64-bit PowerMacintosh G5 is aptly named: it has power to burn. Mac and *NIX users who can afford these machines will find them to be much faster than the Power Mac G4s they replace and at least as fast as any PC you can buy or build today."
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-24 at 13:30 CET ] Mac.Ars takes on Apple's growth prospects The link of the article, and a quote of the intro: "It can be argued that things are going very well for Apple right now. They are competitive on the desktop with the G5, laptop market share is growing, and they've got a smash hit with the iPod. Where do they go from here?"
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-24 at 11:59 CET ]
10.3.2 7D15: Problems with Dreamweaver MX 2004 ... and possibly other Macromedia releases using uncommon dialogue boxes. If you open Dreamweaver MX 2004 in Mac OS X 10.3.2 7D15 and try to create a new document, the dialogue box popping up has non-functioning buttons. You can 'cancel' via the escape-button or command-. - but not by pressing the buttons. Our guess: Another seed to ADC Select & Premier members will solve the problem.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-23 at 21:57 CET ]
The past week started very good for me, personally, as my ISP has upgraded my 600kbps/200kbps line to 2048kbps/400kbps, which is more than just good. ;-) In Mac news & rumours, we saw Fink updated to 0.62, we've heard of the Cocoa File Saving Bug, AppleInsider renewed the dual processor PowerBook rumour, Mac OS X 10.3.2 7D12 and 7D15 have been seeded, Apple released the 20" iMac and the dual 1.8 GHz PowerMac G5, ShapeShifter 1.0 was released (some scrolling bugs will have to be sorted out according to testers), a new roadmap for IBM's PowerPC processors (970, 970+, 980) was posted and today, macnews.net.tc introduced a little search form to the site.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-23 at 14:25 CET ] We've updated macnews.net.tc with a text search form. You can use this if you want to only see the articles about "10.3.2" for example. Try it out - but be aware that the form also finds very, very old articles. ;-)
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-23 at 13:11 CET ] MacDevCenter: Maintenance tips for Mac OS X You'll find the tips in this column. They're healthy. You should read them, if you haven't already.
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ADC Select & Premier members have been seeded with 7D14 (Server) and 7D15 (Client) on 2003-11-21.
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[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-21 at 18:33 CET ] As reported by MacRumors, Apple now offers AppleCare for iPods. At 59 USD, it offers coverage for "iPod and its original included accessories (excluding the carrying case) that are defective in materials or workmanship or for battery depletion of 50 percent or more from original specification". More information at the Apple Online Store.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-11-21 at 18:16 CET ]
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