The Apple Blog:
Speaking yesterday at the Professional Developer’s Conference, Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie explained what’s really important when it comes to the smartphone business, and it’s apparently nothing at all to do with the number of apps available on any one platform.All the apps that count will be ported to ev (Read More)
: Amusing: "That’s why there are more than 100,000 apps in the iTunes Store and, what, five in the Windows Marketplace? And that’s why quality apps like Facebook or Tweetie 2.0 have been ported, feature-complete, from the iPhone to Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Palm OS? Oh, wait…"
The Mac Observer:
TidBITS Publishing announced Friday the release of Take Control of Syncing Data in Snow Leopard, the newest title if the company's series of Take Control books. Written by Michael E/ Cohen, this book shows Snow Leopard users how to sync data to and from their Mac.
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The Mac Observer:
The latest games to hit the App Store include Coladia’s Secret of the Lost Cavern Episode 1, which is based on the Mac/PC game of the same name, and Clickgamer’s DJ Nights: Julie Thompson Edition, a follow-up to the publisher’s DJ Nights: Global Tour.
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Macsimum News:
Posted by Dennis SellersMac users have been able to store “managed information”—calendars, contacts, podcasts, and more—on their Macs for years. Today’s challenge is to sync that information to other devices and locations so that its owner can access the data anytime, anywhere.
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Macsimum News:
Posted by Dennis SellersCocktail 4.5 (Leopard Edition), an update of the general purpose utility for Mac OS X, has been released. This version adds the ability to clear data detectors caches and the ability to clear QuickLook caches.
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The Mac Observer:
Some odd behavior has cropped up in Snow Leopard regarding Stationery pads. And I can't pin it on a recent Snow Leopard update. Feedback is welcome.
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Macsimum News:
Posted by Dennis SellersCelmaro has released Minco 1.0, an US$14.95, time tracking solution for Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”). It integrates with iCal and allows to write time logs in self specified formats to the file system.
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The Mac Observer:
Netbook owners waiting for a hack that lets them run Mac OS X 10.6.2 can breath a sigh of relief now that an industrious coder has come up with a patch. Apple's most recent Snow Leopard update isn't compatible with the Intel Atom processors used in many netbook computers, which left many in the "hackintosh" community wonder (Read More)
The Mac Observer:
Apple released Server Admin Tools 10.6.2 late on Thursday. The update for the Mac OS X Server administration utilities corrected a problem where DHCP status was incorrectly reported.
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Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
Be warned, this is not supported by Apple. But if that doesn’t scare you off (and show me a hacker that it would), you can restore Atom support to OSX 10.6.2 on your hackintosh device with an unofficial patch. The recent OS update pulled the plug on Atom chip support in Snow Leopard, which left [...]. (Read More)
AppleInsider:
Hackers have circumvented the changes in Mac OS X 10.6.2 to allow the latest upgrade to Apple's Snow Leopard to run on netbooks with Intel Atom processors. (Read More)
AppleInsider:
When an emotional Mac developer wrote a lengthy e-mail about an issue to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the multi-billionaire responded succinctly via his iPhone. (Read More)
MacNN | The Macintosh News Network:
Apple on Thursday released an update to its Server Admin utility for Snow Leopard Server, as well as Boot Camp drivers for Windows. Server Admin tools 10.6.2 includes the latest releases of iCal Server Utility, Podcast Composer, Server Admin, Server Monitor, Server Preferences, System Image Utility, Workgroup Manager, and X (Read More)
Macsimum News:
Posted by Dennis SellersAkvis has released Akvis Sketch 10, an update of the software that converts photos to pencil and watercolor drawings. The new version is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”) and Windows 7.
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Macsimum News:
Posted by Dennis SellersApimac has updated Compress Files, a file compression utility for Mac OS X, to version 5.0. The upgrade is ready for Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”). It also adds Mac OS X Services menu support letting user access to often-used commands associated with Finder files and folders and sports various...
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