Yesterday, Apple released both an iTunes (8.0.1) and Apple TV (2.2) update. The Apple TV update has some great new features:
Support for the Genius
Support for HD Television Shows
Numerous bug fixes
One unmentioned feature change is how Apple TV now handles Wish Lists. In the previous release (2.1), you could click through to the movie you wanted [...]
Despite my MacBook Pro going into service yet again (getting a new one, btw), I managed to take a look at some of what the Internets had to offer before handing my venerable system to the Apple Store Geniuses. As always, only what I use makes it to the list so, drop a line to [...]
Today, Apple released its 5th update to OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
The update is currently available via Software Update and should be available on the Apple website within a few hours.
The last update (10.5.4) was released on June 30. Apple has, on average, released an update to 10.5 every 65 days.
This update includes quite a few [...]
The fine folks in Redmond have released Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.2 update which includes stability and performance enhancements for Office 2008, Office 2008 Home and Student Edition, Office 2008 Special Media Edition, Word 2008, Excel 2008, PowerPoint 2008, and Entourage 2008. In addition, this fixes several vulnerabilities, some of which may allow an [...]
This evening Apple made iPhone OS 2.0.1 available via iTunes.
Frequently Apple doesn’t include a lot of information on what software updates actually fix, but this could be on of the most cryptic of all.
This update simply says the update includes “Bug Fixes”…247MB of “bug fixes” to be exact.
Now that isn’t an additional 247MB of space [...]
Apple’s Security Update and iTunes minor update received the bulk of the attention this week, but there were a few other post-worthy items as well:
Sequence – 1.0.1 – The now $19.00USD innovative screen capture utility fixes a bug in video compression. I had not noticed the “é” in the name now (I believe that came [...]
Apple released Security Update 2008-05 which contains fixes for:
an Open Scripting Architecture (CVE-2008-2830) privilege elevation issue [10.4/10.5 Workstation & Server]
a filename handling issue in CarbonCore (CVE-2008-2320) which may lead to an application Denial of Service (DoS) or arbitrary code execution [10.4/10.5 Workstation & Server]
a web-exploitable CoreGraphics issue (CVE-2008-2321) that could lead to application DoS or [...]
JumpBox for Ruby on Rails Deployment – 0.9.1 – While the Mac is an awesome platform for web development, it is sometimes useful to use it for the creative & editing side and deploy in a more production-like environment or just deploy in a “sandbox”. By pre-configuring (in a virtual machine) Apache, MySQL and Ruby [...]
The past two days were supposed to be one of the biggest launches in Apple history in terms of the number of big products being released. Unfortunately the launch has been anything but smooth.
Four different products were scheduled to be launched in the past 2 days: MobileMe, App Store, 3G iPhone, and an update to [...]
Apple has released OS X 10.5.4 (59 MB via Software Update) to the masses which includes the content of Security Update 2008-04. The update also includes improvements to AirPort reliability and speed, many iCal improvements, two secure surfing improvements to Safari and three Spaces & Exposé bugs.
The Security Update fixes 21 security issues in [...]
Somehow, I missed this despite subscribing to Adam’s blog, but Bee Docs’ released Timeline 3D this month.
The main new feature is the ability to display/present timelines in (no surprise) 3D mode. The best way to see what this looks like is by viewing the demo video Adam has put together.
While I’ve touted Bee Docs’ Timeline [...]
Apologies to all as I’m a bit late with what I was hoping to be a regular Sunday post. Again, here are my pics for the best program updates and new releases from the past week (and, remember, these are programs I either use regularly, tried due to interesting features or have been convinced to [...]
Apple posted an update to Safari that – amongst other fixes – patches 4 vulnerabilities in the Windows version and 2 in the OS X version of their flagship browser. One of the Windows issues – CVE-2007-2398 – is especially tricksy: “[the vulnerability allows] a web page to change the contents of the address bar [...]
Apple has posted Quicktime 7.4.5 to Software Update that includes 11 security fixes, three of which only impact Windows systems. Some of the vulnerabilities can lead to arbitrary code execution (i.e. bad people can run programs on your system) by just tricking you into viewing specially crafted content. While that may seem unlikely to you [...]
For the past 24+ hours RSS readers around the globe have been awash with OS X 10.5.2 update news and notes on the ancillary side updates. The Cupertino software barrage continued today, including the Apple TV “Take 2″, which added access to iTunes rentals, Flickr/.Mac photos/movies and HD trailers.
I started the download before my evening [...]
Apple has just released 10.5.2 via Software Update.
There are a slew of changes/fixes, some of which are:
Improved Airport connection reliability and stability
Improved Dashboard widget performance
Updated Stacks with a List view option, a Folder view option, and an updated background for Grid view
Ability to turn off transparency of menu bar
Reduction in overall menu transparency
Adds a menu [...]
I’m not one to get excited about dot-update releases from a software vendor, but a tool that was mentioned in my “must have” post – MarsEdit – has just updated from version 2.0 to 2.1, with that “0.1″ adding far more than a tenth of new features.
One of my major complaints about the previous version [...]
iLife ‘08 users, check for updates! Apple has unleashed a grand total of 9 updates for iLife ‘08. They did sneak in a firmware update for my MacBook Pro as well. Here’s the list:
Keynote 4.0.1
Pages 3.0.1
Numbers 1.0.1
iDVD 7.0.1
iMovie 7.1
GarageBand 4.1
iPhoto 7.1
iLife Support 8.1
iWeb 2.0.2
MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.4 (I think this is only for [...]
iTunes 7.4 is now available for download on Apple’s site or in Software Update.
iTunes 7.4 brings with it mainly capabilities for the new iPods that Apple announced yesterday.
From Software Update:
With iTunes 7.4, sync your favorite music and more with the new iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, and iPod touch, plus create custom ringtones exclusively [...]
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