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MNJ Archive, Nov. 5-11
-- Be sure to run the Software Update function in OS X 10.1 today to grab the latest update to the Apple Installer. The 664k program is a required installation for using Software Update to grab new versions of OS X software from Apple...[posted at 5:04 p.m. PDT] -- MacSlash has a discussion underway about Dantz's delay of a functional Retrospect backup program for OS X...[posted at 11:48 a.m. PDT]
Noted from Versiontracker.com...
- Wacom tablet 4.71-7 - OS X driver for Wacom tablets
-- Apple restricts QuickTime content from Macuser in the UK takes a brief look at the need to use QuickTime Pro in order to view large sized movie trailers for the upcoming Star Wars and Harry Potter movies...[posted at 2:37 p.m. PDT] -- A columnist in Business Week touts OS X 10.1 and encourages people to give up the $130 price to upgrade from older Mac OSes in The dollars and sense of OS X...[posted at 11:48 a.m. PDT] -- There is more bad news today for anyone looking for a native Retrospect backup program for OS X. According to a note this morning on MacFixIt, Dantz has pushed release of the program into sometime late in the first quarter of next year. Dantz has a FAQ about the status of Retrospect for OS X. But what the situation boils down to is that the company has yet to find a way to get Retrospect to work under OS X as it does under OS 9.x. This leaves the growing mass of OS X users to fend for themselves in file backup solutions. Most of the time I argue against Apple creating and bundling more essential software in its operating system, but this situation begs for someone to come up with a viable solution. Obviously Dantz is not up to the task at this point...[posted at 11:41 a.m. PDT]
Noted from Versiontracker.com...
- SwitchPic 1.0.1 - Shareware utility that randomly changes the desktop background image
-- Digital imaging and audio fans with a need for high capacity CompactFlash cards should note that SanDisk has unveiled a 1 gigabyte CompactFlash card that debuts this week at the Comdex trade show. MacCentral has a brief story about it...[posted at 10:59 a.m. PDT] -- $40 million suit alleges discrimination by Apple [MacCentral]...[posted at 10:56 a.m. PDT] -- Epson released OS X compatible drivers for another set of its printers yesterday, including the Stylus Color 900, the Stylus Photo 870, the Stylus Photo 1270 and the Stylus Photo 875DC...[posted at 10:44 a.m. PDT] -- Chronos has released Group Organizer 4.0, an OS X native organizer program with network-capable features for sharing a database over Ethernet or TCP/IP networks. It offers Palm synchronization as well as an integrated word processor, organizer, contact information and templates for common business letters and other forms. Group Organizer carries a $100 license fee per or a $59 upgrade fee from a previous version...[posted at 10:38 a.m. PDT] -- Epicware, the makers of the Fire chat program, have update the program to Fire 0.28.b to address problems some users were having with Yahoo chat. Fire works with AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, IRC and Jabber chat protocols...[posted at 10:32 a.m. PDT]
Noted from Versiontracker.com...
- Fire 0.28.b - Freeware multi-protocol chat program
For those of us who downloaded and installed iTunes 2 without major data loss and problems under OS X 10.1 over the weekend, feedback about the audio software has largely been positive. But I have to say that while I am happy to see the iTunes upgrade, I am not overly impressed. Why? Because 18 months or so ago I owned another MP3 player program that looked and acted a whole lot like iTunes - it was called SoundJam. It is great to see that the Apple developers have brought iTunes up to the level of the two-year-old SoundJam program, but I cannot be too impressed. There is very little new here, unless you count the data loss and anger that Apple managed to elicit from many customers who hosed their machines by trying to install the first version of iTunes. In short, iTunes 2 is a welcome update, but save the raves...
-- A discussion on MacObserver today ties in with what I have been doing while working - switching to a new e-mail program. Check out The best e-mail client for OS X? to see what folks are saying there...[posted at 5:01 p.m. PDT] -- A couple of major applications for OS X are available starting today: FileMaker Pro 5.5 Unlimited offers a built in Web server with unlimited connections. The software sells for $999 and it is meant to be run on OS X Server. Adobe Illustrator 10 brings the drawing program to OS X. It costs $399 for the full version or $149 to upgrade from a previous version of Illustrator. There is also a $249 competitive upgrade...[posted at 1:28 p.m. PDT] -- Memora Server bills itself as "the first Personal Server Platform for the Mac." The $149 digital document server can be used much like iTools to share documents between friends, and it offers the capability of password protecting shared documents...[posted at 9:42 a.m. PDT] -- CTM Development has released PowerMail 3.1b1, a new version of its e-mail client with a host of improvements for working under OS X 10.1. As well as returning IMAP capabilities to the alternative e-mail client, PowerMail also includes improved AppleScript capabilities and more than 50 bug fixes from the previous version. PowerMail is available as a 30-day demo and it sells for $49...[posted at 8:08 a.m. PDT] -- Apple offers tips for data recovery after iTunes install [MacCentral]...[posted at 7:50 a.m. PDT]
Noted from Versiontracker.com...
- Fire 0.28a - Latest update to the chat client for AIM, ICQ, MSN, IRC, Yahoo and Jabber protocols
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