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MNJ Archive, Nov. 12-18
-- Spark ME for OS X is an audio recording application for real-time audio editing...[posted at 10:16 a.m. PDT]
Noted from Versiontracker.com...
- Apple iTunes 2.0.2 - Update to iTunes 2
I had my first crash with OS X 10.1.1 this morning. I was using a preview version of OmniWeb 4.1 as well as listening to iTunes 2 and running Classic applications (Palm Desktop) at the time, and the machine seemed to go into a loop with a frozen clock and nothing would pull it out of the loop. I did a three-fingered restart and my PowerBook booted into OS 9.2.1, ran through the Disk First Aid at startup and froze again, forcing another reboot into OS 9.2.1 before I could go back to OS X 10.1.1. I have tried to duplicate the problem by using the OmniWeb browser and hitting some of the same Web sites, but no luck so far. I suspect that the machine needed to be run through either Disk First Aid or fsck under Unix to fix some loose files floating around after the update. Fingers crossed that it isn't anything more serious...and it looks like it is a good time for a quick backup CD to be burned...
-- There is some exciting news for folks using Mozilla under OS X - a java plug-in for Mozilla is available, and MacOSXHints has instructions for installing the plug-in...[posted at 12:05 p.m. PDT] -- Macintouch has an interesting discussion underway about audio recording options for the Mac. It includes user tips for recording as well as software and hardware recommendations, and tips for recording under OS X...[posted at 11:59 a.m. PDT] -- MacCentral notes that Corel is now the leading company in OS X imaging programs now in Apple and Corel celebrate OS X...[posted at 11:43 a.m. PDT]
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- procreate KnockOut 2.0 - Commercial masking tool
-- Power On Ships Now Up-to-Date & Contact for OS X [MacCentral]...[posted at 1:20 p.m. PDT] -- MacCentral has an interview today with an Apple product manager talking about AirPort 2.0 and the revised AirPort Base Station...[posted at 1:09 p.m. PDT]
Noted from Versiontracker.com...
- Magellan 3.0 - Update to the shareware multilingual e-mail client
One hour after installing the update to OS X 10.1.1 I am not seeing any problems with this update on my PowerBook 2000 FireWire (Pismo) with 192 megs of RAM. Apple's notes about this 14.4 megabyte update say that it includes improvements to the Finder and Mail, as well as improvements for networking, compatibility and printing. There are also supposed to be upgrades to CD and DVD burning capabilities, although I can confirm that my Xcaret Pro CDRW drive in the expansion bay of my laptop still doesn't seem to be supported for CD burning in either the Finder or in iTunes 2. I will continue playing with this update and note any major changes I notice as I work over the next day or two...but so far, there are no signs on my machine that this update holds major dangers like the first upgrade available to iTunes 2 under OS X a couple of weeks ago...
-- As part of its Microsoft Office v. X hype - er...reporting - MacCentral offers an in-depth glimpse of the $300 e-mail program bundled in the office suit, Entourage. $300 e-mail application? Yep, at this point there is no indication that Entourage for OS X will be offered as a standalone purchase, so the only way to get your hands on the e-mail and personal information manager program will be to buy Office v. X at an upgrade price of $149 or $300 for a virgin copy...[posted at 4:31 p.m. PDT] -- Fire up your Software Update tools in the System Preferences application. It is time to upgrade to OS X 10.1.1...[posted at 2:47 p.m. PDT] -- Glenn Fleishman offers his take on the new Aiport upgrades in Apple: A year late, $100 too much...[posted at 2:45 p.m. PDT] -- Mobilestar, the company that offered wireless Internet access in selected places such as Starbucks stores across the U.S. until it went out of business a month ago, is back, according to a report on CNet...[posted at 2:34 p.m. PDT] -- Today's big news is the unveiling of the revised Airport Base Stations, Airport cards and Airport software version 2.0 (all detailed in depth on Apple's page at http://www.apple.com/airport). This should make Airport networking a bit more secure, with 128-bit encryption built into the software and base station, and the addition of a second Ethernet port to the base station should add flexibility for user blending wireless and wired networks. I know I am sure glad I haven't purchased an Airport Base Station before now. This revision seems much more intriguing for my home office...[posted at 2:02 p.m. PDT]
Noted from Versiontracker.com...
- LaunchBar 3.1.2b3 - Launch applications, files and URLs by typing an abbreviation
How to burn CDs with a Xcaret Pro CDRW expansion bay drive
-- MacSlash has an interesting thread on OS X compatible Webcams and chat clients...[posted at 10:33 a.m. PDT] -- Mac OS X 10.1: The real Mac OS X is a Q&A from the O'Reilly Network with author David Pogue about his upcoming book, "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual."...[posted at 10:12 a.m. PDT] -- The hype machine building momentum to the release of Office v. X, as evidenced by the hands on report on MacCentral this morning. The report includes details about the aggressively enforced limit on running the program on more than one computer with only one license, as well as screen shots and details about the MSN chat client and Windows Media Player...[posted at 9:52 a.m. PDT]
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- Thursby DAVE X 3.1 - Update to the Mac-Windows networking program
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