Wednesday, September 18, 2002

Thanks for the donations Thanks go out today to Steve Dossick and Alwin Hawkins for their donations to support Mac Net Journal. MNJ lives and dies one donation at a time... 10:58:50 PM comment

Rendezvous is catching on Rendezvous spreads: Apple's network discovery protocol for services like filesharing and printing continues to gain adherents. Their version of a zero-configuration protocol now has several more major adherents in addition to the original three (Epson, Lexmark, and HP): Xerox, Philips, Canon, Sybase, and... World Book? Ah, the product marks the first cool application-based benefit: sharing notes and research. [80211b News] 9:38:38 PM comment

How is Mac OS X 10.2.1 working for you? After upgrading my PowerBook to Mac OS X 10.2.1 I am having no problems at all. I restarted, fired up the programs that I needed to resume working and picked up right where I left off. How about you? Do you see any improvements? Problems? Use the Comment link... 7:20:19 PM comment

NetNewsWire Lite just about to hit version 1.0 NetNewsWire Lite 1.0fc2. This release probably is the 1.0 release (after changing the version number). Changes are a minor sorting bug fix and the addition of some sites to the Sites Drawer. [ranchero.com] 4:55:17 PM comment

Jaguar update arrives Head to the Software Update panel in the System Preferences application to grab the update to Mac OS X 10.2.1. I am installing it now, more on the changes soon... 3:49:59 PM comment

Ranchero unveils plans for NetNewsWire Pro NetNewsWire Pro Features. This page details the current plan for the for-pay version of NetNewsWire. It’s a rough plan only at this time—it will surely change between now and when the for-pay version ships. But it should give you a general idea of what to expect. [ranchero.com] 11:59:17 AM comment

PageSpinner HTML editor updated PageSpinner 4.1.1 released. - PageSpinner is a scriptable HTML editor. Changes include Quartz text smoothing and Jaguar compatibility. [AppleScript Info] 11:55:17 AM comment

iTunes 3.0.1 offered Apple has released an update to iTunes today that weighs in at 5.8MB. You can grab the update through the Software Update panel in the System Preferences application. 11:23:15 AM comment

Coverage of the issues with DVD burners and new high speed DVD media Macintouch has good coverage of the issues with Pioneer DVD recorders and new high-speed DVD media today. 11:19:23 AM comment

Update to Mac OS X 10.2.1 coming real soon? I get a failure when I run the Software Update application this morning, and others are reporting the same problem on mailing lists today. Methinks this could mean that the servers are being updated and Mac OS X 10.2.1 is about to arrive... 8:00:36 AM comment

A follow up on the cost of 'free' apps Some readers of yesterday's story, 'Free" applications can cost you a bundle disagreed with my evaluation of Mail.app and free applications in general. [read more] 7:29:47 AM comment

Today's notable software updates Found on Macupdate: Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 - Lower priced commercial photo correction and affects editor that offers a subset of the features in Adobe Photoshop. Lasso Professional X 6.0 - Commercial tool for connecting databases to the Web. PhotoToWeb X 1.4.9 - Tool for publishing digital images to the Web. Narrator X 1.1.1 - Text-to-speech utility. Stone Studio X 9-17-2002 - Update to the collection of seven multimedia authoring tools. Commercial. Print Center Repair X 2.0.1 - Repairs problems with the OS X Printer Center application. AudioCDRescue X 1.0 - Shareware that helps you recover audio from damaged audio CDs. Valentina 1.9.6b16 - Database engine with AppleScript support. SpeakNSave X 1.1.1 - Create computer-read speech files recorded to .aiff files. Launch Items X 1.2.1 - Launch files and applications through this contextual menu shareware. Gimp-Print X 4.2.2 - Shareware drivers for Canon, Epson and Lexmark printers. 6:52:08 AM comment

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