AccelerateYourMacMac News, Reviews, Tips, Guides and MoreTime Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware 7.3.2- June 30, 2008 The Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware 7.3.2 doc simply lists "bug fixes". Use Airport Utility 5.3.1 or later (v5.3.2 released earlier this month - downloads included on the linked page also.)http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/index.html#S24445 Security Update 2008-004 and Safari 3.1.2 for OS X Tiger- June 30, 2008 See page here for download pages (should also appear in software update for OS X tiger users)http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/index.html#S24444 OS X 10.5.4 Update released- June 30, 2008 Available via software update now. (See page for link to doc with details on changes and links to download updaters including combo and server versions.) If you find 10.5.4 fixes or breaks anything with your specific mac (HardwareSoftware), let me know.http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/index.html#S24443 More Feedback from Toast 9 Blu-RayHD Authoring Plugin Users- June 30, 2008 Friday's news page had a Request for Feedback from Toast 9 Blu-RayHD Authoring Plugin Users asking for Blu-Ray user feedback (and a reply from a reader on HD-DVD imagesburns to std DVD discs and a link to a post earlier this year on playing back HD DVD images in OS X DVD Player). Here's a couple replies to the post from over the weekend (see page here for comments)http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/index.html#S24441 OS X Leopard Scanner FeedbackTips page updated (Twain Sane drivers and Exactscan reports)- June 30, 2008 I've updated the page on Scanners wOS X Leopard - Feedback, TipsTricks & Alternative Drivers with notes from a Canon N650U on using open-source "twain sane" drivers mentioned here back in Dec. 2007 and a Fujitsu fi-5015C user on "Exactscan" software. (The most popular 3rd party Mac Scanner software is Vuescan... If you can't get the scanner going using tips from previous reports there.)http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/index.html#S24316 OS X Leopard with CPU Upgraded Macs page updated (Blue and White and Beige G3)- June 30, 2008 I've updated the previous page on CPU Upgraded Macs and OS X Leopard again with comments from a reader on installing Leopard on CPU Upgraded B&W G3 (wflashed PC Nvidia 5200 graphics card) and a G4 CPU upgraded Beige G3 (with Xpostfacto).http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/index.html#S24384 Other NewsArticles, Mac Software Updates (Monday)- June 30, 2008 Apple Quick Tip of the Week - Drag-and-drop PDF merging, Science Productivity Lab opens on apple.com, Google's Latest App Connects PCs To TVs, The World Of Diablo III Opens Its Gates After Eight Years Of Waiting, Diablo III: What You Really Need to Know, Post-Gates: How Apple and OSS Are Making For a Better Microsoft, Adobe Acrobat Pro 9, Dantz Retrospect 6.1.230, Dantz Retrospect Client 6.2.229, NetNewsWire 3.1.7b2, LadioCast 0.7.5 (freeware Icecast2 source client software running on OS X to...http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/index.html#S24442 Previous 3 Days news items- June 30, 2008 Listing wSummary and links to previous 3 days news itemshttp://www.xlr8yourmac.com/index.html#pastnews Recent Articles and Reviews- June 30, 2008 Listing with links to recent reviews, guides, tips and more - later items first.http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/recent_articles.html |