Saturday, April 30, 2005

Tech: Tiger Application Compatibility

Wow, Tiger is sure getting a lot of attention from everybody. A lot of great things are being said about Tiger. However, there are many users reporting compatibility issues with a multitude of applications. Macslash has a thread discussing these issues. I expect most of these issues to be patched up or fixed by new releases of the applications within the next few weeks.

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News: Tiger is here

Apple unleashes its Mac OS X upgrade dubbed Tiger.

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Friday, April 29, 2005

News: Ars Technica on Tiger

Ars Technica, known for their in-depth technology reviews, has done an in-depth review of Apple's Tiger OS.

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News: New Tiger Plugin Sites

Looks like Tiger is being received very well. There are already several new sites online now that are offering various plugins to Tiger's new features such as, Dashboard and Spotlight. See Slashdot for more information.

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Thursday, April 28, 2005

News: Tiger Reviews

Apple's next major update to Mac OS X, Tiger is going to be released tomorrow. It's already getting some good reviews:
David Pogue in the New York Times and Walter Mossberg in The Wallstreet Journal.

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Tips: Bug Me Not

Many sites out there require an account to view the content. Even though they are free to register, they are still an anoyance. Enter Bug Me Not. Type in your favorite 'Free to Register' site such as http://www.nytimes.com/ and the page will provide you with a login to access the Free content.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Tech: Now Up-to-Date vs Tiger

If you are using Now Up-to-Date Contact, be aware that the current version is not compatible with Tiger. According to Now a new Tiger compatible version will be out soon after Tiger's release.

A just-received e-mail from Now Software:

Now Up-to-Date and Contact version 5 is in the final rounds of beta
testing. Version 5 supports Mac OS X 10.2 through 10.4 ("Tiger") and
will be available by June 2005.

The current shipping version, 4.5.3, is not Tiger compatible. We
recommend that customers who rely on Now Up-to-Date and Contact wait
until version 5 has been released before installing Tiger.

John Wallace, president of Now Software says, "We've been testing
NUDC v.5 since late last year and we're working hard to get it out
shortly after Tiger ships. Quality is critical and we will be running
all of our tests against the released version of Tiger to make sure
that everything works properly. We're looking forward to getting NUDC
v.5 into everyone's hands."

Now Up-to-Date and Contact version 5 includes many new features,
including team scheduling with the new Schedule View, the new Now
Server Manager, an enhanced look and feel, and literally hundreds of
updates and improvements.

Pricing: Version 5 upgrades from version 4.x are available for
$49.94. You can also purchase new copies for $129.95 (or $119.95
online download version). If you purchased or upgraded on or after
March 28, 2005 you'll receive version 5 for free. If you're upgrading
from an version older than 4, please call us at 614-413-4000 for
details.

We are working on subsequent versions which add many Tiger-specific
features, such as Dashboard Widgets for QuickDay and QuickContact,
Spotlight support, and full support for Sync Services. These features
will be provided free of charge to those that purchase or upgrade to
version 5 and will be available later this year.

Version 5 for Windows will be released following the Mac version.
Version 5 for Mac supports the current Windows version (4.5.2).

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Monday, April 25, 2005

Printfu On-Demand Printing

Jambo Consulting partners with Printfu to offer customers On-Demand PDF printing. All you need to do is upload your PDF file and we'll have a printed and bound book sent to you. Printfu is a great way to get printed versions of your electronic documents such as: Software manuals, Linux Documentation, or even official class notes for teachers.

If you need to help converting your documents to PDF, you can contact us at info@jamboconsulting.com. We'll be happy to help.

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AppleJack: Mac Troubleshooting Tool

Recently I've found a pretty useful tool for troubleshooting Macs running Mac OS X. AppleJack is a shell script that lets the user run some basic maintenance programs in OS X's single user mode. AppleJack lets you run tasks such as Disk Repair and Fix Permissions without booting from a CD or another boot drive.

Several Mac sites have already reviewed AppleJack and most have good things to say about it:
MacFixIt.com
Accelerate Your Mac

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Of Course Macs Are More Expensive... Aren't They?

Here's a pretty good article about Mac vs PC prices. It's from http://www.classic45s.com/ . Read on if you've been considering Switching to Macs :)

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Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Mac OS X v10.3.9 Java Issue

The latest Mac OS X update 10.3.9 causes Java to break on some systems. Typing the following in Terminal will show you if you are affected:

java -version

If you get a 'segementation fault' then you need to (re)apply one or two Security Updates. Details can be found at Apple:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301380

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