Macs

  Saturday, 29 June 2002

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LiteSwitch X - A freeware application switcher [Mac OS X Hints]

Ooh la la. This one looks very good.

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More useful key combinations [Mac OS X Hints]

Rather more cumbersome than having the power key on the keyboard, but it's good to know that it's possible to shut down/restart from the keyboard, especially for those of us who have their CPUs in another room.

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Rod Cardoza followed yesterday's news about Umax's Mac OS X restrictions with an alternative scanning utility (and VueScan is another option):

Umax Astra users need not worry about this announcement since superior 3rd-party alternatives are available for Umax scanners providing OS X compatibility. The most outstanding option in my experience, is SilverFast Ai from LaserSoft Imaging, Inc.

[Macintouch]

Oooh. So close. My heapy scanner is listed but apparently only works in SCSI mode in OS X. I need USB. Perhaps it will show up eventually.

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Tim Chong writes of a potential FireWire problem, apparently documented in Japanese-language web pages:

"According to this article [FireWire Dead] by Medical Mac, and this announcement by Ratoc Corporation, both articles are pretty long and technical (and in Japanese), but basically it says that if you plug bus-powered FireWire devices into a Mac while the Mac's power is on there is a possibility of the firewire port being damaged. Just thought the rest of the world should know."

[Macintouch]

Yikes. By that description we're talking about iPods as well.

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Display mirroring shortcut for PowerBooks [Mac OS X Hints]

Cool.

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Photo Explorer 2.0 released. Photo Explorer 2.0 is a photo management application that is pitched as the next step up from iPhoto 1.1.1. The application costs $24.95. [Rob McNair-Huff: OS X 10.1.4]

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Checking out WeatherPop Advance 1.1. I am taking a look at the WeatherPop Advance 1.1 program from Glucose Development Corp. The program adds a weather icon to your menu bar under OS X that when clicked offers a drop-down menu with current weather information and forecasts for the next four days, based on your zip code. There is a 14-day demo of the program available, and the shareware fee is just $8... [Rob McNair-Huff: OS X 10.1.4]

Hey, this is cute. You can set the temperature to metric and you can type in the name of a city. I see the temp here in Toronto in my tool bar. If I click on the icon I can see many other details about current conditions and a five day forcast.

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Software Errors Cost Billions. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Software bugs are not just annoying or inconvenient. They're expensive. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology]

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Apple issues security update. In response to recent reports about shortcomings in the security for the versions of Apache and OpenSSH bundled with OS X, Apple has released a Security Update. MacCentral notes the release in Apple Security Update fixes OpenSSH, more, and the MacSlash readers examines the update as well...

The good news about this update...it doesn't require a restart! [Rob McNair-Huff: OS X 10.1.4]

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