< A href="http://www.apple.com">Apple Computer has released QuickTime 7 for Panther users. QuickTime 7 is a component of Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger," which is being released today, but the company has made a standalone update for Mac OS X 10.3 users that brings all of the new features to Panther. QuickTime 7 Pro will require…
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DEVON Apps, MacJournal 3.1, CopyCat 2.5, Eight Others Add Tiger Support, More
With Apple set to release Mac OS X v10.4 “Tiger” on April 29, developers are busy updating their software with support for the new operating system. Eleven companies have made such announcements: DEVONtechnologies has released DEVONthink Personal Edition 1.9.3, DEVONagent 1.7 and DEVONnote 1.7; Mariner Software has shipped MacJournal 3.1; SubRosaSoft has made the drive…
Apple Fixes Java Glitch in Mac OS X 10.3.9
< A href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/20/apple_brum_store/">Apple Computer has patched a Java glitch the company said affected some users of Mac OS X 10.3.9. The glitch caused the Safari Web browser and standalone Java apps to sometimes crash. Appleis description: "After updating to Mac OS X 10.3.9, some systems may have issues with Java applications and Java-enabled websites when…
Stone Design Unleashes Tiger for Image App "Imaginator"
< A href="http://www.stone.com/">Stone Design has announced Imaginator, a new image processing application that is built on technologies found only in Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger. Imaginator offers real-time processing for image effects and other image processing, and achieves this by leveraging native Cocoa development and several core technologies in Tiger. The company will release the…
Apple Announces OS X Tiger; Ships April 29
The company announced it is now taking pre-orders of Tiger at its online store for US$129. Apple will also offer a Mac OS X Tiger Family Pack for $199 that includes a single-residence, five-user license. Tuesdayis announcement is ahead of the self-imposed shipping schedule Apple set in January when it said it would release the…
Improve Your AirPort Base Station Range With a Ceiling Mounted Antenna
T he folks at MacWireless have added a new Ceiling AirPort Antenna to their offerings, designed to provide maximum coverage in a room and to floors beneath it. The 6 dBi antenna, which replaces the AirPortis built-in antenna, mounts to the ceiling, ideally alongside your ceiling-mounted (or close to it) AirPort Base Station. “Why put…
iTunes 4.7.1 Corrects Security Issue
N ot mentioned on The Mac Observer last week — or in Appleis accompanying iTunes 4.7.1 Read Me — was that the minor update to Appleis jukebox software, designed primarily to add support for the iPod shuffle, corrected a security issue that allowed malicious playlists to crash iTunes and execute arbitrary code. Details on the…
Cisco Systems Chooses Mac OS X, Xserve, Xserve RAID and Xsan
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Cisco Systems, the world’s largest networking equipment manufacturer, chose Apple’s Mac OS X, Xserve, Xserve RAID, and Xsan networking software for an e-mail archival system. Digital Strata, an Agile-IT development firm in the Enterprise space, implemented the system for Cisco Xsan is a DIY (Do It Yourself) grid software tool for…
MacSoft Brings Breakout, Centipede, Pong to OS X
< A href="http://macsoftgames.com/">MacSoft has announced a three-in-one pack of Atari arcade games that have been redeveloped for Mac OS X. The three titles are Breakout — a game originally developed by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs* for Atari — Centipede, and Pong. "Each game in Atari Arcade Classics gives you a nostalgic game redone in…
Apple Developer Connection: Java Studio Creator For OS X
Apple’s Developer Connection Web site is offering a look into Sun’s newly released Java Studio Creator for OS X. The new Java environment uses standard technologies and APIs (application program interfaces) to give developers using OS X a robust yet streamlined environment for the development of Java applications. The article, Using Java Studio Creator on…
EarthLink Launches TotalAccess 2005 Toolbar For Mac OS X
EarthLink has launched a new tool for Mac OS X, bringing its TotalAccess toolbar to the Mac platform. TotalAccess 2005 for Macintosh gives EarthLink’s Mac customers a variety of utilities to counter viruses, phishing schemes, and other Internet scams, as well as an RSS news reader and other tools. From EarthLink: ScamBlocker blocks users from…
Micromat Releases TechTool Pro 4.0.3
M icromat has released TechTool Pro 4.0.3, the newest version of its versatile disk utility. While at the time of this writing Micromatis downloads page has yet to be updated with news of the update, MacUpdate reports that version 4.0.3 delivers the following changes (and also provides a download link): Corrected reported issues with eDrive…
Mac OS vs. Linux: Who's #2?
So, who holds the number 2 spot in terms of desktop computer market share, Apple, or Linux? It seems the answer depends entirely on who you talk to. HP claims that its new Linux-based laptop will sell like hot cakes, helping Linux to displace the Mac OS’s current number 2 position., while IDC, a market…
Apple ships Motion Real-Time Motion Graphics Design App
Motion features ibehaviorsi that use procedural animation techniques to create natural simulations, such as gravity and wind, or multi-faceted interaction between multiple objects, such as attraction and repulsion. Behaviors provide users with the ability to automatically generate simple or sophisticated fluid motion effects with minimal effort and make modifications spontaneously, all without the complexity or…
Clipboard Utility Updated With Improved Spell Checker
Script Software has released an update for CopyPaste-X, bringing it to version 2.0.1. CopyPaste-X is a clipboard utility designed for copying multiple files to the OS X clipboard. The update features several performance enhancements including an improved spell checker and various bug fixes. According to Script Software: CopyPaste-X 2.0.1 the one and only award winning…
June 21 - 30: Bill Gates Offers To Help License Mac OS
[Authors Note: Owen and I are still behind in this series, but are working hard to catch up – Bryan] This week, we have one of our favorite stories about Apple, especially from the early days of the Mac. It was this week in 1985 that Bill Gates, the very same Bill Gates that heads…
Apple Previews Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger"
Apple today previewed the forthcoming release to its Mac OS X operating system, Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. The update, slated to ship in the first half of 2005, incorporates 150 new features, including new ways to find files and other information, integrated RSS feeds in Safari,…
Enterprise Developers: Apple Looks At Eclipse On OS X
Software developers can have it rough; they toil, working on a bit of code under often impossible deadlines. While they make a decent salary, they make nothing like the money Hollywood would have you believe. Programmers don’t exert themselves physically, but the mental strain in producing good code can be as rough as wielding a…
Apple Exec Speaks On OS X Security
Wired News has an interesting report from Leander Kahney about security and Mac OS X. Centered around the recent brouhaha over a critical flaw found in Mac OS X, the report suggests that Apple’s overall track record on security is very good. Included in the report are some comments from an Apple exec directly addressing…
May 9 - 15: Lisa Canceled, Exponential Closes, OS X Born
[Authors Note: Owen and I are still behind in this series, but are working hard to catch up. We will have all of May covered this week, with July coming shortly thereafter. – Bryan] A company with a history as long and colorful as Apple’s has more beginnings and endings than an M.C. Escher painting,…
Google's Gmail vs. .Mac
Earlier this month, Google announced a new free e-mail service called Gmail. The service offers a Web interface and a full GB of e-mail storage, which will be needed, because Google will be storing your e-mail for ever, even when you "delete" it. BusinessWeek’s Alex Salkever says that Gmail is rewriting the rules for online…
Installing Linux On A Dead Badger: Instructions Included
I f nothing else, Linux is versatile. You can find Linux on PCs and Macs; some cars use Linux as an embedded OS, and thereis version of Linux that runs on PDAs (as well as iPods, but weire still working on that story). Thereis even a version that someone got to boot on a wristwatch.…
TMO Reports - Mac OS X Still Least Attacked OS In February, Says Security Firm
Apple’s Mac OS X Server and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)-based, Open Source operating systems were the most secure online server�OSes in February, according to the British cyber security firm mi2g. The firm’s latest study also said the economic damage from viruses, worms and Trojan horses in February reached an all time high of between US$54…
Feature Article - Mac OS X Server Safest, But OS Diversity Key To Stopping Hackers, New Study Reveals
Apple’s Mac OS X Server and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)-based, Open Source operating systems are the most secure online server OSes, according to a new study by the British cyber security firm mi2g. The study also advises organizations to use more than one OS as a way to combat hacking and viruses, regardless of the increased…