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Gallery: Apple Vista (a.k.a. 10.5.2)

Some pictures of what happens when Mac OS 10.5.2 freaks on a MacBook Pro. by Jason O'Grady

Tags: Jason O'Grady, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Notebooks, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason O\'Grady, Leopard, MacBookPro, Crash, Vista

Image galleries 2008-05-04

leopard mauls podcaster (updated)

Leopard mauls podcaster updatedA who what nowWhy not marinate in the solution rather than the problem.Quite baffling.RobertSolution...Use Tiger if you use Skype.(that wouldn't be much of blog post, now would it?)- Jasonuh oh, here comes NZto tell us how he has NEVER had this problem on vista (even though he...

Tags: Cable, Snowball, Leopard, Skype Technologies S.A.

Discussion threads 2008-04-24

Spanning Sync to add Address Book synchronization

Spanning Sync to add Address Book synchronizationLeopard Issues?I used Spanning Sync for a few months but had to dial back when I upgraded my home system to Leopard -- does anyone know if they worked out the kinks?re: Leopard Issuesmacslocum-There is a known bugs in Leopar--specifically in iCal's external sync...

Tags: Operating systems, Spanning Sync, Leopard

Discussion threads 2008-04-22

Mac clones to rise again? (updated 3x)

I remember fondly the heady days of the Mac clones. Cloner Power Computing promoted their 225MHz PowerPC tower at Macworld Expo in Boston by offering free bungee jumps off a 225 foot crane tower outside the Hynes Convention Center. I took the leap over the Boston bay...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Power Computing Corp., PC, Apple Inc., OpenMac, Psystar Web Site, Leopard, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-04-14

What is the rate of Mac OS X leopard adoption?

What is the rate of Mac OS X Leopard adoption?Buying new versions of OS is a PC user thing more than Mac user.One thing you understand after owning a Mac for a while after owning nothing but PC Windows computers is the constant upgrade to latest versions "hamster wheel" you...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, PC Windows, Mac OS X Leopard adoption, PC, Apple Mac OS X Leopard, Apple Mac OS

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

What is the rate of Mac OS X leopard adoption?

Back at the Macworld Expo in January, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that some 20 percent of the installed base was running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. But do we have any sense of the current adoption rate for Leopard? Of course, Apple has the best statistics...

Tags: Developer, Security, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X Leopard, Apple Inc., Leopard, Tiger, Atomic Bird, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Airport firmware update enables AirDisk backups

Several sites on Wednesday reported that the latest firmware update for Apple's Airport Extreme routers will let users back up wirelessly with Mac OS X Leopard's Time Machine program. Time Machine can now locate a USB hard drive connected to the Airport, the so-called AirDisk. A...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Firmware Update, Apple Inc., Firmware, Airport Firmware Update, Leopard, Backups, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-19

Security update breaks printer drivers, Instant Hijack component

Discussion boards are breaking with reports of SSH and printer problems caused by Apple's late Tuesday release of Mac OS X's Security Update 2008-002. However, fixes can be had. Rogue Amoeba Software released a compatibility fix for its Instant Hijack component that is often installed by the...

Tags: SSH, Printer Driver, Discussion Board, Instant Hijack, Leopard, PIE, Printers, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-19

Alsoft releases DiskWarrior 4 v4.1 CD updater for leopard

Alsoft on Tuesday released a free software updater that will let users create a Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard-compatible startup CD for its DiskWarrior 4 Version 4.1 directory repair utility. The CD is a universal startup disc for PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs. Of course, Alsoft's word "universal"...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Disk, CD, Startup Disk, Leopard, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-18

Join a user group

Join a user groupBMUG West First Timer...Considering that I have never attended an Apple users group I wasn't sure just what to expect. I thought I might meet a nice girl maybe, someone who shares some of my interests. Unfortunately there wasn't a female to be found under fifty, and...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Leopard, font

Discussion threads 2008-02-26

Reminder: Backup before installing new leopard 10.5.2 update

Reminder: Backup before installing new Leopard 10.5.2 updateThe "Move Bug" was fixed in 10.5.1.How did you miss that?RE: Reminder: Backup before installing new Leopard 10.5.2 updateI did uncheck the "Tranlucent Menu Bar" option in the Desktop and Screen Saver window, but the menu bar still looks translucent to me. Am...

Tags: Backups, backup, new Leopard 10.5.2, Leopard 10.5.2 update, Leopard 10.5.2, Leopard, Reminder

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

Apple issues patches for leopard and MOAB flaw from 2007

Apple issues patches for Leopard and MOAB flaw from 2007Apple, MicrosoftSame Sh|T Different DayObviously......a WinTel plot.RE: Apple issues patches for Leopard and MOAB flaw from 2007Really. What took Apple so long to fix the CVE-2007-0355?Get Apple is making Microsoft look fast in fixing bugs.WHAT?Patches for an Apple? Surely, this must...

Tags: Patches, Apple Inc., Apple issues patch, MOAB flaw, flaw, Apple Issues, Moab, patch management, Leopard

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

Apple issues patches for leopard and MOAB flaw from 2007

Apple on Monday dropped 10 patches addressing eight vulnerabilities in Mac OS X 10.5, also known as Leopard. One patch addresses a Tiger flaw that was described on the Month of Apple Bugs web site almost a year ago. Among the highlights: Apple issued...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Patch Management, Server, Apple Inc., Issue, Flaw, Leopard, Tiger, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-11

Vista, leopard, Linux to compete in hack contest

Vista, Leopard, Linux to compete in hack contestCompetitionThe competition is among the attendees, not the operating systems. I frankly would be doubtful about walking away with dissing rights because their operating system got cracked in 9hrs 5mins when mine might have been cracked in 9hrs 8mins or faster had the...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Hacking, Linux, hack contest, Leopard, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-02-07

Horrors! Linus Torvalds calls HFS+ 'utter crap'

In an interview at Melbourne's linux.conf.au conference, Linus Torvalds called the standard file system of Mac OS X "complete and utter crap." Mac fans are only slightly outraged, pointing out that HFS+ isn't really "complete and utter crap," rather, it's just slightly crap-ish. In the Sidney Morning...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, File System, Apple Inc., Linus Torvalds, Leopard, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-05

Mac developers betting hard on leopard

Mac developers betting hard on LeopardOf course you were impresed.You are a full fledged kool-Aid drinking card holding member of the Cult od the Mac. Now for some reality. There were as many negative articles about Leapord and it's issues as there was good. If 5 million...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Leapard, Leopard, LEOPARD IS, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

Mac developers betting hard on leopard

One of the nascent trends at the recent Macworld Expo was the arrival of Leopard-only applications. Despite the ballyhooed success of the Leopard rollout, selling your software to a subset of the market is an unusual move, especially so for small developers. Like a Hollywood studio, Apple...

Tags: Developer, Apple Macintosh, Leopard, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-01-21

Check out Ken Camp's new Fixed-Mobile Convergence article

Check out Ken Camp's new Fixed-Mobile Convergence articleMac Air vs DellLight & thin is great; Leopard causes it to leap forward and the flurry of new networking and backup options give the Mac Air a Quantum Leap ahead. Dell w/ MS Windows is hobbled with an OS that can't get...

Tags: Desktops, Mac Air, Fixed-Mobile Convergence, Leopard

Discussion threads 2008-01-17

Live: Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld 2008

Bookmark this page for live, real-time coverage of the Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld Expo 2008. This page will refresh every 150 seconds once the keynote begins at 9am PST. Scroll directly to the latest update. We've also compiled a live gallery of images. 7:53 a.m.: ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Competition, Setup, Apple Inc., Photograph, DVD, Chip, Leopard, Library Title, HD, Steve, MacBook Air, Air, Newman, Podcasts, Keyboards, Notebooks, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-01-15

Mac OS X leopard still not ready for prime time

Mac OS X Leopard still not ready for prime timeTrue but...Software is never ready. And there are so many possible combinations of different software and even hardware that it's hard to predict what kind of problems will show up. I am using Leopard since it's early betas and I am...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, APPLE FANBOYS, Apple Macintosh, Leopard, operating system, Apple Mac OS X Leopard, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-22