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Bugfixes and improvements in Parallels Desktop 4.0 Update (build 4.0.3846) Support for creating virtual machines with Mac OS X Leopard Server and Snow Leopard Server on Nehalem-based Mac Pros and Xserves – added. Support for creating Boot Camp virtual machines with Windows Vista SP2 – added. – Support for creating Boot Camp virtual machines with…

Our Mac Geek Gab team, Dave Hamilton and John F. Braun, cranked out great articles on what this whole 64-bit thing means and what apps you need to be worried about in Snow Leopard. John Martellaro offered up a great primer on preparing for the Snow Leopard upgrade at the beginning of the week, and…

The Big Event The other day, I was working with some very old financial archive files on my Mac. I was curious, so I double-clicked one .sit file and nothing at all happened. So I dragged the archive to Stuff Expander 12, the latest version I had, and got this error message:The Error that got…

I’m about to install Snow Leopard. What’s essential for me to know about the installation process? The good news is that the odds of a successful install on your first try are quite high, probably better than for any previous OS X version. And if something does go wrong, just try again. The install should…

According to Code Line, also available are elements which offer Exif data, camera settings, a Loupe View with high resolution zooms, and a large Histogram to see the blueprint of your shot. If the photo is geotagged, you’ll not only see the coordinates, but a nifty map of where the picture was taken, and a…

Changes in version 1.4b1: [FEATURE] Snow Leopard compatible Universal Binary (ppc, i386, x86_64). [FEATURE] Includes MenuCracker 2.x for Snow Leopard and for better long-term compatibility with other menubar add-ons. [FEATURE] Hide more inactive statistics on inactive network interfaces. [FEATURE] Simplified Intel CPU naming (“Intel” not 80486). [FEATURE] Support for IPv6 addresses in the network menu,…

The Snow Leopard install has, if you will, four install phases. After clicking the install icon on the DVD, files are transferred to the internal drive. Then, there is a reboot. Then, files that were loaded onto the hard disk are installed. Then, there’s a final reboot. For two of us on the TMO staff, the…

Apple knows best on this. By default, your Snow Leopard system (except for Xserves) boots into a 32-bit kernel, even on the latest Macs. That doesn’t keep you from running 64-bit applications and addressing more than 2 GB of RAM. The problem is that you may have some kernel extensions that are not 64-bit capable.…

Descriptions, as provided by Peachpit: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series (List: $34.99 – Amazon: $23.09) is the latest update of Robin Williams’ bestselling guide that will have readers working miracles in no time with Snow Leopard. With this book, readers can learn in their own way, whether it’s working through the…

Considering the length of the list, there’s a good chance most Snow Leopard users will find that an appropriate driver is already available, but for instances where software isn’t available, be sure to check with the device manufacturer to see when new drivers will be released.

On the surface, Snow Leopard may not seem like a big upgrade, but under the hood Apple did some major reworking to improve performance and stability, and to set the foundation for future software and hardware updates. Those changes can potentially trip up app developers, but many companies have found that their products are ready…

It Came EarlyApple had repeatedly cited September, 2009 as the timeframe by which Snow Leopard would be released. Obviously, they’ll beat that target with the August 28, 2009 release date. Most developers, however, assumed Apple’s estimates meant Snow Leopard would be released around the end of September, and many were caught off guard without having fully…

The Very First Questions The first thing you should ask yourself is, “Do I need to do this right now?” For example, do you (or someone else in your family) have a big project looming that requires your system to be 100 percent available? Would an upgrade, and possible difficulties, interfere? Next, do you have…

“We’re not sure yet exactly how this works,” the firm wrote, “but the above screen shot shows this feature working with a download made via Safari, detecting a version of the RSPlug Trojan horse in a downloaded disk image.” If the screen shot is legit, it would suggest that Apple has added some form of…

The Mac Box Set includes Mac OS X, iWork and iLife. The current version ships with Mac OS X 10.5.6, iWork ’09 and iLife ’09.An Apple sales person apparently confirmed that the Snow Leopard version of the Box Set was for sale, but that it probably wouldn’t ship within 24 hours since Mac OS X…

Snow Leopard’s Lake Tahoe DesktopWindows 7’s Wallpapers have also appeared online even though Microsoft’s latest OS release is still weeks away, too. The collection of 30 images has an overall busier feel that the Snow Leopard Desktops, but they also show Microsoft’s efforts to shed its stodgy business reputation.Icarus: A Windows 7 Metaphor?The Snow Leopard…

The components of the update as listed on Apple’s support page: Upgrades Safari to version 4.0.2. Improves the accuracy of full history search in Safari 4. Resolves an issue in which certain resolutions might not appear in the Display pane in System Preferences. Dragging an Aperture image into Automator now invokes an Aperture action instead…

Buyers can pre-order Snow Leopard for Apple’s list price of US$29. Amazon is saying, however, that if it drops the price before the end of the first shipping day, buyers will pay the lower price instead.The 5-user Snow Leopard Family Pack is also available for pre-order at $49, and Snow Leopard Server is priced at…

SafetyNet requires no user intervention after the initial setup. SafetyNet includes a web-based control panel that can be accessed from anywhere.The plugin itself is free, and billing for the service is handled by Amazon for 99 cents per month, $1.00 per gigabyte per month stored, and $1.00 per gigabyte transferred. The SafetyNet plugin can be…

I’m in a good position to comment on Mr. Gamet’s blog because I too was seduced by OmniWeb. I particularly like the vertical drawer of thumbnails instead of scrunched titles in Safari tabs. I found it much easier to jump between working pages just by looking at the thumbnails. OmniWeb with its drawer of thumbnails for…

The news comes to us via Safari Buddy developer Mark Miller, who noted on his company’s Web site that, “Apple has released the final version of Safari 4 which no longer allows the ability to change any of the new features.” In the public beta releases of Safari 4, these hidden prefs allowed users to…

We’re going to start off locating the selected disk in the Finder. tell application “Finder” set selection_list to selection if (count selection_list) < 1 then display dialog ¬ “Please select a volume mounted from a disk image.” with title ¬ “No Selection Found” with icon stop ¬ buttons [“OK”] default button 1 return end if…