Apple has released iPhoto 7.1.1. It was a 10.8 MB download for me through software update and it’s a 9.3MB standalone download. Apple’s back to its terse release notes and just says “This update supports compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues.” I installed the update without any problems or noticeable differences in iPhoto. Read the rest »
OS X 10.5.1 Released
It’s been less than a month and Apple has released OS X 10.5.1, it’s first update to Leopard. There’s over two dozen fixes listed in the release notes. Most fixes include either security, stability or reliability in the description. It’s available through Apple Software Update or as a 110MB standalone download. It was a 39.8MB download through Software Update for my Intel Macs. I installed it through Software Update on my iMac, MacBook and Mac Mini. A restart is required. The only thing I noticed is that startup times on [...] Read the rest »
VMware 1.1 Released & Installed
VMware as released VMware Fusion 1.1 VM software for the Mac. The software now fully supports Leopard. Additional new OS support includes 32 and 64-bit Vista along with 64-bit Windows XP. There’s over two dozen improvements and fixes listed in the release notes. VMware also released a beta version of their VMware Importer. This can be used to convert a Parallels virtual machine into a VMware Fusion virtual machine. The VMware Importer can import Parallels 2.5 and 3.0 VMs that are running Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista [...] Read the rest »
Apple OS X 10.4.11 Update Released
Apple has released the 10.4.11 update for Tiger. It includes Safari 3 (no longer beta), additional camera Raw support and numerous other updates. In a departure, it has incredibly complete release notes. Since I upgraded everything to leopard I won’t be trying this one out. It’s available through Software update or as standlone downloads. Read the rest »
Bento: Personal Database for Leopard
FileMaker, the Apple subsidiary that has a database app by the same name, has released a preview of Bento, which it bills as a personal database. The preview expires Feb 14, 2008 so that’s a good indication of when the first full release will be available and you’ll have to pay for a license. I couldn’t find any official price info on the website, but others have said it will be $49 a license or $99 for a family pack. Bento requires OS X 10.5 Leopard. If you end up [...] Read the rest »
Security Quest #10: Microsoft Patch Tuesday
Another second Tuesday of the month and another bundle of patches from Microsoft was expected. This time around there’s only one update for Microsoft desktops. Windows Vista goes patch-less this month. MS07-061 is a critical update for Windows XP on the desktop. It’s for both the regular and 64-bit editions. It supersedes MS06-045 and patches a vulnerability that allowed remote code execution when a specially crafted URI was passed. Windows 2000 Professional & Windows Vista are not affected. Several server versions also require the patch. I needed to reboot after [...] Read the rest »
MacMozy 0.8.0.0 Update Released
Mozy has released an update to their MacMozy software, bringing it to version 0.8.0.0. The update was released Oct. 25th and I’ve been running it for a little over a week. I updated both the free account to back up my MacBook along with the unlimited account to backup my main iMac. While I hadn’t had any problems since updated to Leopard (MacMozy 0.7.0.0 or higher is needed for Leopard) I immediately started getting ConnectionError1 during my first backups after upgrading on my iMac. (My MacBook backups are small and [...] Read the rest »
WordPress 2.3.1 Upgrade & Maintenance Mode Plugin
WordPress 2.3.1 has been out for a little over 2 weeks and I finally got around to upgrading this site. In addition to the WordPress upgrade, five of the plugins I use also had minor updates available so it was a good time to update them. The update includes 22 bug fixes including tagging support for Windows Live Writer and improvements to database queries. I upgraded my test site last weekend and did some testing during the week and didn’t find any issues. This was the first time I used [...] Read the rest »
Path Finder Updated with Leopard Integration
Path Finder 4.8.2 has been released by CocoaTech. This release now supports Quicklook when run on Leopard. It can also replace Finder by being the default file viewer when “Reveal in Finder” is used. Since upgrading to Leopard I’ve been trying to stay in Finder as much as possible in order to give it a chance. Coverflow and Quicklook have kept me interested in Finder, only going to Path Finder for special cases. Now with QuickLook in Path Finder it’s going to be harder staying in Finder. Quicklook is activated [...] Read the rest »
The OS Quest Trail Log #14: Just News & Links
It’s been a slow week on the quest. Everything either made it into a post already or is part of a post I’m working on. So it will just be news & links today. Software Upgrades FlyingMeat.com: Acorn Release Notes – Acorn image editor has been updated to version 1.03. I’ve been using this as my editor for what little image work I do. I didn’t have any problems with the upgrade. Jungle Disk 1.46 has been released. It adds support for file archiving ad automated cleanups. While I liked [...] Read the rest »