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Friday, March 8, 2002 |
Finally...some Airport success!
I haven't been updating Mac Net Journal a lot today because I decided to experiment a bit with running the Airport Software Base Station software, set up on Natalie's laptop under OS X 10.1.3, so that I can move all around the house and remain connected to the Net, just so long as her machine is up and running. I was about to give up when I changed one last setting to get DNS up and running through our ISP, and now I am working on wireless for the first time ever!
If you want to get a wireless connection up and running and you don't have a hardware base station on hand, there is one piece of software that will get you up and running. Will Clarkson has created a great tutorial that bundles IPNetShareX for an all-in-one solution to enable the software base station capabilities of OS X.
There are definite drawbacks to using a Software Base Station though. I can only remain connected to the Net when the other AirPort-equipped PowerBook is running, and the capabilities of the Software Base Station are more limited than a $300 AirPort Base Station or one of the third-party base stations. But until I pull the trigger on a hardware base station, this is a good way to be able to work in any room in our house without any wires, just so long as the battery keeps me running!
3:26:39 PM 
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New iMac commercial
MacNN reports that a New iMac commerical is available online. Too bad that the new iMac itself is barely available in stores and to those who are still waiting for their orders to be fulfilled...
10:06:39 AM
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Bye bye hard drive, says Bob LeVitus
The longtime Mac writer takes Apple to task for not making it easier to opt out of a software update in Backing out of Mac update means bye-bye hard drive.
I find this situation more than a little disconcerting as well. So far I haven't had problems big enough to deal with the limitation, but news like this is just another good reason to keep reliable backups of your data so that, if the need arises to reformat your hard drive and start over, it won't be a critical situation.
9:45:06 AM
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Wired takes a look at bootleg software
Smile, You're on Bootleg Camera. It's not just Apple's iPod that can be used to sneakily copy software from machines at computer stores; you can also use CD burners, digital cameras and the Net. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
9:25:29 AM
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Developer note: Cocoa documentation complete
According to an email posted by an Apple manager to the Cocoa-Dev list, Apple’s Cocoa API reference documentation is now content complete. [mac.scripting.com]
8:51:14 AM
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Proteus multi-protocol chat program updated
Alien Technology has updated the multi-protocol chat program Proteus 1.5. This new version, much as with Fire that was updated yesterday, requires some tweaking of your account settings before you can get back online. Proteus works with AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo and Jabber chat protocols, and it also offers support for multiple usernames under each service. The program is freeware, although Alien Technology does accept donations through its Web site.
8:46:30 AM
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© Copyright 2002 Rob McNair-Huff.
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