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MNJ Archive, Nov. 1-4
An important note for those who have downloaded iTunes 2.0 for Mac OS X: -- Apple has removed the OS X version of iTunes 2 from availability today, after many users reported problems with the program. I had troubles installing it on my PowerBook last night, but I chalked up my problems to doing other work on the machine at the same time of the install. Essentially what I saw was a kernel panic. I was able to reboot my machine into single user mode, run the "fsck -y" command from the command line a couple of times to fix all of the inode errors, and then reboot and use OS X 10.1 just as usual. In my case, even after running fsck, iTunes 2 showed broken links for a lot of my music files. So I dumped the old library and created a new library and everything has worked great. I will post a note later when I realize that iTunes 2 for OS X is placed online again...[posted at 3:42 p.m. PDT]
-- iTunes 2 is now available by following the link on the front of Apple's Web site...[posted at 8:02 p.m. PDT] -- Fans of outlining tools for writing and personal organization may want to take a look at the newest version of OmniOutliner, from the makers of OmniWeb...[posted at 5:44 p.m. PDT] -- You may have seen notes on news sites about AOL adding features to a new version of ICQ. Out of curiosity, I went to the ICQ Web site to see if there is any news about new versions for OS X, and there is no word of anything for OS X. For the time being, we are stuck with the pretty unusable beta ICQ client released months ago...[posted at 11:33 a.m. PDT] -- Terrorist attacks cost Apple $50-$75 million [MacCentral]...[posted at 11:23 a.m. PDT] -- Speaking of alternative browsers, a new version of iCab for OS X is available. The new version brings scrollwheel support, fixes a number of bugs, and brings support for selected browser plug-ins. iCab X 2.6 is still a beta release, with no support for Java and limited Javascript support. The beta is freeware...[posted at 9:32 a.m. PDT] -- Dave Winer has written an essay with his take on the settlement between the Justice Department and Microsoft. "The settlement doesn't go far enough because it does nothing to restore competition to the browser market."...[posted at 9:12 a.m. PDT]
Noted from Versiontracker.com...
- Thoth 1.4.2b - Update to the shareware Usenet news reader
-- Lexar rolls out 12X high speed series CompactFlash [MacCentral]...[posted at 3:26 p.m. PDT] -- Keyspan releases OS X drivers for serial adapters [MacCentral]...[posted at 3:23 p.m. PDT] -- Noted from a post on MacNN's OS X page, Andrei Verovski has posted a guide for Safe and Happy UNIX Hacking with OS X. It stresses tips that allow you to play with UNIX software under OS X without running a risk of ruining your working OS X installation...[posted at 3:09 p.m. PDT]
Noted from Versiontracker.com...
- Virex November virus definitions - Update to Virex virus definitions
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