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Wednesday, October 2, 2002 |
Mac OS X conference news abounds
While I struggle to work with borrowed and old Macs to get by with my PowerBook in repairs this week, the place to be is clearly O'Reilly's Mac OS X Conference in California. Here are links to some of the interesting news from the conference:
7:30:09 PM 
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Ranchero updates TigerLaunch
TigerLaunch 1.0b4. This release adds two new features: you can add folders where TigerLaunch will search for applications and you can specify that the Projects menu should never be shown. [ranchero.com]
1:23:12 PM
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Today's notable software updates
As found on Macupdate:
- Toast Titanium Updater X 5.2 - Update your version of Toast with this 21MB download.
- Summary 2.3 - A shareware Web site log analysis tool.
- Spamfire 1.2.1 - A spam fighting email filter application.
- OpenBase SQL 7.0.8 - Demo of the powerful SQL database engine.
- WeatherPop 1.6 - Freeware that offers current weather information in your menu bar.
- WeatherPop Advance 1.6 - An $8 shareware fee adds weather forecasts to the current temperature and weather conditions offered in its freeware version.
- ImageBuddy 2.5 - A number of bug fixes and enhancements in the update to this shareware digital image layout program.
- CrushFTP X 3.0b26 - An update to the $25 shareware FTP server application offers a number of user interface tweaks as well as bug fixes.
- AOL Instant Messenger X 4.5.863 - This update to the main AIM client offers long filename support, a security fix for AIM folder locations, and a number of bug fixes.
1:00:39 PM
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Fire update adds AIM compatibility again
Many users of the popular chat application Fire noted over the last two days that the program wasn't working with the AOL Instant Messenger protocol any more. Fire 0.31.d fixes this problem and a host of other issues.
12:30:29 PM
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Combining TinderBox and NetNewsWire
Tinderbox and NetNewsWire. Mark Bernstein: “Tinderbox’s default behavior is pretty good, but NetNewsWire has just added some new XML drag flavors that let Tinderbox understand whether you’re dragging a news feed (which you’d probably want to have updated automatically) or a news story (where you probably want to keep the summary in Tinderbox, and to provide easy access to the full story).”
I’m so pleased! Thanks go to Mark and the Tinderbox folks. [inessential.com]
11:29:43 AM
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Scripting to be added in NetNewsWire Pro
NetNewsWire Scripting Support. This is a preliminary document describing scripting support for the pro version of NetNewsWire. Feedback is very appreciated. [ranchero.com]
10:58:29 AM
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Eudora 5.2b10 arrives
Eudora 5.2b10 is a new update to the venrable Eudora email application fixes a long list of bugs (documented in the release notes) and adds SSL support under OS X 10.2, menu sharing, and ability to use sounds in your OS X sound library.
10:17:20 AM
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Keychain enhancements in Jaguar
Apple's Ken Bereskin on Jaguar's Keychains. - "Here's a feature that many people have overlooked. The user interface for Keychain Access enjoys several improvements and one that I rely on all the time for my PowerBook is the ability to lock your keychain and most importantly, your screen, directly from the menu bar." ... more info - Ken forgot to mention that keychains are scriptable. [AppleScript Info]
9:40:32 AM
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© Copyright 2002 Rob McNair-Huff.
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