31 December 2001

Pacifist: a Tome Viewer for OSX -

[ Mac OS X Hints ]: "Pacifist is an attempt to provide a "Tome Viewer" application for OS X. Tome Viewer allowed you to browse OS 9 installation packages and extract only those bits that you wanted; Pacifist's goal is to offer the same features for OS X.

Why might this be useful? If you deleted Sherlock, for example, you would need to re-run the OS X installer, and it's doubtful that you would have a CD that matches the current 10.1.2 version. So if you follow Apple's advice, you'd have to reformat your drive, install 10.1 from CD, then upgrade to 10.1.2 just to get Sherlock back.

Using Pacifist, it's a much simpler process. Insert your 10.1 CD, launch Pacifist, and nagivate to System -> Installation -> Packages and then open Essentials.pkg . Pacifist will display a list of everything installed from Essentials.pkg, one of which is Sherlock. Select "Extract To..." from the File menu, and you've now reinstalled Sherlock."
(December 31., 2001, )

GoLive 6 for OS X at Macworld? - GoLive 6 recently reached the final gold master stage

[ Think Secret ]: "In our initial visual feature , we reported that GoLive 6 will feature revamped database-accessing functionality, putting it into competition with Macromedia's Dreamweaver UltraDev, and new workgroup functionality to compete with Macromedia's SiteSpring. The difference? All features will reportedly be included in the $299 package, while Macromedia's solutions run into the thousands of dollars. Additionally, it is said that GoLive's workgroup server will run on Mac OS X." [ more... ]

MacWorld has a timeline of OSX native applications that will be avaliable - or not - in the near future. "Macromedia, which shipped the OS X-native FreeHand last spring, has kept a tight lip on when to expect Carbonized versions of Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks." (December 30., 2001, )

FireWire Goes Wireless at 5 GHz - A recent cooperative effort between the IEEE 802.11e Wireless LAN Task Group and the 1394 Trade Association allowed Apple's FireWire to not only go wireless but to dramatically increase its speed.

[ OS Opinion ]: "Although the technology will be ideal for audio and video streams, the best solution for the technology will most likely be found in home networking.
(...) In addition to the ability to transfer live multimedia content, the ability to network a room full of computers at such high speeds makes it possible to implement this type of clustering capability." [ more... ] (December 29., 2001, )

Kompatibel: Mac OS X und Mac OS 6 - System 6 ist immer noch brauchbar

Kein Generationenkonflikt zwischen dem 13 Jahre alten und dem neuen System: den Knubbel-Mac kann man an einen OSX-Rechner koppeln und ihn sogar damit fernsteuern.


[ System 6 Heaven ]: "With Mac OS X Apple finally succeeded in releasing an operating system that (more than) matches the stability and simpliciy and beauty of System 6. However being build on an Unix base instead of the classic Macintosh operating system, it also is as far removed from system 6 as you can get. So, one can imagine that the compatibility of System 6 (and for that matter system 7) with OS X is rather limited. Luckily they do share some compatibility..." [ weiter... ]

[ MacTerminal HowTo ]: "Remember the old days when your Unix computer was just a 'dumb terminal' that 'talked' to the REAL computer? You had no hard drive, just an old fashioned screen with really big keys that were really hard to push down? We're going to do the same thing here. Except the screens are newer, they have hard drives attached and the keys are much easier on the fingers." [ weiter... ]
(December 23., 2001, )

Use iPod as a PDA - Heavy Mac overheads these days. We're taking the time to update the machinery, that's why.

[ Cube Zone ]: "Rich Goldman has written a script that lets you use your iPod as a PDA. You can browse your Entourage/Outlook contacts on your iPod! Why have a Palm if you can use an iPod? You first have to run the script. Then you plug in your iPod to sync up (the contact files are hidden in a MP3 file, using ID3 tags... that's the trick...). On the iPod, you have to browse under Artist, and find "Adress Book". You can scroll through the list of contact names and select the name of the person in order to see the information about that person. This little piece of software still has some bugs, but is very promising!" Requires Microsoft Entourage, iTunes and an iPod.

A website to keep an eye on : iPodHacks (December 22., 2001, )

[ MacCentral ]: Qualcomm Vice President of Technology Steve Dorner says 'I'm happy to announce that we will be resuming the OS X effort immediately, and that we intend to have a final version of Eudora for OS X sometime early in 2002.'[ more... ] (December 22., 2001, )

Zum OS 10.1.2-Update: - Prompt lagen nach der mitternächtlichen Meldung besorgte eMails im Postfach:

Das 10.1.2-Update überschreibt selbstangelegte Konfigurationsdateien, z.B. für Apache, nicht.

Jedenfalls nicht auf dem Rechner, auf dem wir es heute nacht installiert haben. Falls bei Euch das Netzwerk grün anläuft und lila Flecken bekommt: der Protokollbeamte hat sich zwar von der Richtigkeit der Nachricht überzeugt, aber trotzdem - ohne Gewähr. Ein Backup am Morgen vertreibt Kummer und Sorgen. (December 21., 2001, )

Das 10.1.2 Update liefert Verbesserungen, neue Funktionalität, sowie erweiterte Unterstützung für Peripheriegeräte unter Mac OS X. Die Verbesserungen beinhalten:

Aktualisierte und neue Unterstützung für USB und FireWire Geräte, eingeschlossen Digitalkameras mit FireWire; PC Card Speichergeräte, Lesegeräte für Medien miteingeschlossen; IrDA-Modem-Unterstützung für PowerBook Modelle mit FireWire; Verbesserungen bei Audio, Bildschirmdarstellung und Sprache; Verbesserung beim Netzwerkzugriff und Drucken; AirPort Version 2.0; Apache Webserver Version 1.3.22; AppleScript Version 1.8 Komponenten - Voraussetzung für AppleScript Studio 1.0

Mac OS 10.1.2 brings improvements and new functionality, including updated and new USB and FireWire device support, including FireWire-based digital cameras; new PC Card storage device support, including media readers; IrDA modem support for FireWire-based PowerBook models; Audio, Display, and Speech improvements; Networking and Printing improvements as well as AirPort v2.0, Apache web server v1.3.22, and AppleScript v1.8 components. It is required for AppleScript Studio 1.0 to function (December 21., 2001, )

Kurz notiert: Mac-Updates - Aus der Serie: "Det fiel uns uff"

MS Word jetzt AppleWorks-kompatibel: mit dem AppleWorks-Updater auf die deutsche Version 6.2.2 für OSX/OS9 kann AppleWorks nun direkt Microsoft Word und Excel Dateien lesen und schreiben.

Internet-Doppelstecker Sustainable Softworks hat vor einiger Zeit gNat (wir berichteten im Juli) übernommen, mit dessen Hilfe ein einzelner Internetanschluss auf mehrere Rechner verteilt werden kann. Das nach wie vor kostenlose, einfache und nützliche Tool heißt nun IPNetShareX 1.0b2.

Geheimdenker Thinksecret präsentiert Schnappschüsse einer frühen Version von OS 10.2. Was auch immer Snapshots vom Utilities Folder und diversen Toolbars über Fortschritte im System aussagen mögen... (December 20., 2001, )

Applescript Studio - Free with Developer Tools, requires OS X 10.1.2

[ Macuser ]: " AppleScript Studio provides a set of tools that allow the user to build an OS X-style interface, to control the execution of an AppleScript or a set of AppleScripts. (...)
AppleScript Studio is free as part of the latest set of Apple's developer tools for OS X. As it requires OS X 10.1.2 we can assume that that will be available shortly. The download is accompanied by extensive documentation and though it sounds fairly daunting, creating a simple AppleScript is as easy as recording a few keystrokes and mouse clicks." (December 18., 2001, )

[ Macwelt ]: "Schon mit Mac-OS 8.5 hat Apple sein Betriebssystem Euro-kompatibel gemacht und das europäische Währungszeichen integriert. Bis zu Mac-OS 9.0.4 erreicht man das Eurosymbol mit der Tastenkombination Wahl-Umschalt-D, ab Mac-OS 9.1 und unter Mac-OS X erzeugt man es mit Wahltaste-E." (December 18., 2001, )

Apple's New KnowledgeBase - A personalised center of expertise

[ via Mac OS X Hints ]: "You can create a customized "home page" with preference settings for what type of search you wish to be the default, how many articles to display per page, and what categories of news you are interested in seeing.

The search engine itself has also been greatly improved with "smart searches" and (something I hope to add here in the near future) keyword searches to help narrow your results.

But the most useful new feature is the ability to save favorite articles and favorite searches to create a personalized support page. For example, I've added the What's New, New Software Downloads and OS X Manuals articles to my Favorite Articles section. I also created a search that finds any OS X articles that have been updated within the last two days (using the new OS X keyword and the timeframe-based search criteria) and saved it as "OS X Recent News". All of these saved articles and searches show up as hyperlinks on my support page." (December 16., 2001, )

MPEG 4 - a Comeback For Quicktime? - Why Quicktime is not dominating the web, and why this could change.

[ cnet ]: "Even as Apple celebrates QuickTime's 10th anniversary, the company is aiming to create a new beginning for its storied technology; as it incorporates the MPEG-4 standard into QuickTime, the media player is on the verge of undergoing its most significant overhaul since adopting streaming capabilities four years ago, according to digital media experts. (...)

The effect of MPEG-4 on QuickTime "is going to be huge," said Bill Bernat, technical editor at Streaming Media , a San Francisco media company that produces trade shows, editorial content and research reports. "The entire nature of QuickTime is going to move from an advanced but proprietary technology to an interoperable technology. And interoperability will change pretty much all of streaming. QuickTime may not be the only winner, but it could be part of a group that will dominate streaming media and possibly other forms of digital media." [ more... ]

Another cnet article to which we pointed earlier, "RealNetworks to support MPEG-4", expains why RealNetworks is surprisingly backing MPEG-4 now. (December 15., 2001, )

iTunes v2.0.3 für Mac OS X - Download per Software Update-Panel

Aus dem ReadMe:

"Mit iTunes für Mac OS X können Sie Ihre eigene digitale Musikbibliothek erstellen und verwalten. Die zweite Generation von iTunes enthält neue Funktionen, die Ihren Hörgenuss noch verstärken und kann jetzt auch MP3-CDs brennen. Außerdem unterstützt es den iPod von Apple, mit dem Sie eine bisher unerreichte Portabilität für Ihre Musik erlangen. Diese Version verbessert auch die allgemeine Stabilität und Leistung von iTunes."

Mac OS X 10.1.2 released today? -

Numerous reports on the Web indicate that Mac OS X 10.1.2 could be released today. The 30MB update is said to improve USB and FireWire, PC Card management, PowerBook IrDA modem support on FireWire PowerBooks. The update will also include AirPort 2.0.2, Apache 1.3.22 and AppleScript 1.8. (December 13., 2001, )

Wir haben dieses Phänomen auf 2 von 3 OSX-Maschinen: manche (Carbon-)Programme, die beim Anmelden in OSX automatisch geöffnet werden sollen, lassen zwar ihre Icons im Dock hüpfen, um den Start anzuzeigen, starten aber tatsächlich nie und "hängen". Die Blindgänger lassen sich meist auch nicht mehr mit Force Quit oder kill -9 beenden. Dieser Bug scheint aufzutreten, wenn mehr als 2-3 "carbonisierte" Anwendungen in der Startup-Liste des Preferences > Anmeldung-Panels eingetragen wurden und nahezu gleichzeitig starten.

Dieses AppleScript könnte eine Lösung bringen: es legt zwischen den Programmstarts eine jeweils 5-sekündige Zwangspause ein und vermeidet dadurch das Hängenbleiben der Anwendungen. (December 13., 2001, majo)

Adobe's coming Mac OS X products -

French-speaking Mac site Mac Plus has posted a handful of screenshots from Adobe's upcoming Mac OS X-compatible products, including Photoshop 7, Image Ready 7, GoLive 6, and InDesign 2.<

Adobe also says it is "currently in the process" of building the Mac version for Atmosphere 1.0, which will support Classic mode and says it plans to offer native support for Mac OS X in the next major release. Atmosphere is a system for creating and customizing interactive 3-D communities on the Web. (December 12., 2001, )

[ OS Opinion ]: "A company that comes to mind that exemplifies this new hacker era is one by the name of OpenOSX. Although the company is known for making software primarily used on UNIX systems to run on OS X, it recently released an Open Source x86 emulator for OS X that is starting to gain some good momentum. The product named WinTel (a Pre 1.0 CD) delivers true compatibility with Pentium processors, disk image and CD-ROM support from within Mac OS." [ more... ] (December 12., 2001, )

Photoshop 7 for Mac OSX - With screenshots

[ ThinkSecret ]: "According to sources, recent betas of Photoshop 7.0 load fast, reflecting Adobe's work in fine-tuning the app's performance. While not all sources are in agreement when assessing the overall speed of the program, most agree that it is as fast, if not faster, in OS X than when running in OS 9. [ more... ] (December 11., 2001, )

OSX browsers all fail, says review -

MacOSX.org has a review of the OSX browsers Explorer, Communicator, OmniWeb, missing out Mozilla. Conclusion: "There is not one good browser for OSX. They are all broken in some way, be it speed, plug-in support, usability or layout rendering, they all fail at some point." (December 10., 2001, )

Man kann wohl inzwischen davon ausgehen, da (December 10., 2001, )

Firenet for OS X - Connecting two Macs via Firewire.

Unibrain has released Firenet for OS X. A free trail version is here. (December 8., 2001, )

Mac OS X Startup Command Keys - Irreplaceable MacOSHints have posted a handy list of Startup Command Keys.

Bet you didn't know some of these:

Close Open Windows - Shift
Start from CD - C
Start from OS X - X (some machines)
Select Start Up Disk - Option
Reset PRAM - Cmd+Option+P+R
Start Up in Single User Mode - Cmd+S
Start Up in Verbose Mode - Cmd+V
Boot into Open Firmware - Cmd+Option+O+F
Eject CD at Startup - Hold down Mouse button

Shutdown, Restart and Sleep Keys

Deep Sleep - Cmd+Option+Eject
Shutdown, Restart, Sleep Dialog - Control + Eject
Shutdown, Restart, Sleep Dialog - Power key on keyboard (December 7., 2001, )

Mac OS 9.2.2 Update - Direkter Link zu Mac OS 9.2.2 (21.5 MB) in Deutsch

Manchmal ist Apple schneller als man glaubt: vergangene Nacht fanden wir das deutsche Update auf 9.2.2 hier. Im Kontrollfeld "Software-Aktualisierungen" war dagegen noch nichts zu sehen.
(December 6., 2001, )

[ MacGuardians ]: "Nachdem Macfixit der community erklärt hat, wie man aus der update-CD für MacOS X ein komplettes OS rausbekommt, gab es ja Stunk mit Apple. Nun hat eine Gruppe (?) mit Namen "Audra & The Antidote" einen Song "OSXUSA" aufgenommen - der Text ist nur die Anleitung, wie man aus dem Updater die Vollversion macht. "OSXUSA" ist bei mp3.com zum download erhältlich - wie lange wohl noch?" [ weiter... ] (December 6., 2001, )

MacOSX.org has a download link for an OS X implementation of the network utility Nmap.
Nmap ("Network Mapper") is an open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, although it works fine against single hosts. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (ports) they are offering, what operating system (and OS version) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. (December 6., 2001, )

AppleInsider: mehr Sex für neuen iMac - AppleInsider, die traditionelle Gerüchteschleuder, ist nach einem halben Jahr Pause wieder da.

Entweder zur MacWorld San Francisco im Januar, zur MacWorld Tokyo im März oder zu einem ãApple Special Eventä erwartet AppleInsider eine komplett neue iMac-Generation mit "erheblich mehr Sex". Außer mit einem Flatscreen soll der Sexbolzen mit dem neuen IBM 750FX ãSaharaä G3-Chip mit bis zu 1 GHz ausgestattet sein. (December 5., 2001, )

iFlat? - Kaum ist die letzte Sau durchs Dorf getrieben, kommt auch schon die nächste:

[ Heise ]: "Angeblich stellt Apple im Januar eine neue Generation des bunten Einsteigerrechners vor, und zwar mit integriertem LC-Display statt Röhrenmonitor. Das will zumindest die Website Go2Mac erfahren haben."
[ weiter... ]

(December 4., 2001, )

G5: Coming in January? - Details of PowerPC G5 roadmap have been published by Architosh.

[ MacNN ]: "Architosh has posted a detailed analysis of Motorola's newly released PowerPC roadmap, which provides limited information about the upcoming G5 processor. The report says that systems from Apple using the .13 micron, up to 2 Ghz G5 may have been under testing for four months." (December 3., 2001, )

iMac recommended in PC recommendations - An iMac is among the list of computers to buy in David Coursey's holiday PC recommendations on ZDNet.

(December 1., 2001, )

Falkemedia, unter anderem auch Veranstalter der Amiga-Messe-Emulation und Herausgeber des "Entertainment- & Anwender-Magazins" mac-life, bietet Umax Super Pulsare, original verpackt inkl. Handbücher, mit 225-500Mhz für 839,- bis 1600.- (DM, nicht ¥), oder Umax Apus 3000 mit 200Mhz 399.- oder Umax Apus 3000 mit 240Mhz 449.-. (December 1., 2001, )

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