Apr 24, 2008 by gary
BannerZest the flash animation software has been unlocked in the latest MacUpdate Promo. Parallels Desktop is certain to follow with just over a thousand sales needed to unlock it. Once unlocked the total value of the unlocked software will be $474 which each buyer has legitimatley got for just $64.99.
BannerZest is Flash presentation software for professional and amateur web designers. Turn your pictures into a flash slideshow with ...
Apr 22, 2008 by gary
Early adopters of the MacUpdate Parallels Bundle are being rewarded. The first 3,500 faithful get a free copy of WhatSize.
Essentially, WhatSize is a powerful tool that makes it really easy to see what files on your Mac are taking up all of your disk space! Then you can remove/move them if you choose. I know my hard drive fills up very fast, and I'm often puzzled what ...
Jan 14, 2008 by gary
I just found this neat application for those of us who use OS X. Normally when you insert a CD/DVD into your Mac it disappears, but with Disctop your inserted CD/DVD neatly “fades transparently” back into your current desktop picture.It will also search for artwork of your CD/DVD automatically using Amazon or you can copy images from programs like Safari and iPhoto.
Cool!
Jan 14, 2008 by gary
Last November SimCity was released under the GPL for the benefit of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. The GPL open source code was released under the name "Micropolis", which was SimCity's original working title.
Some bright guys have been working to get the GPL'ed code working on OS X. Here is a create post about how to get
SimCity on working OS X.
Hats off to all those who ...
Nov 16, 2007 by Cristi
Less than a month away from its launch, Apple's Leopard switches version to 10.5.1 with a fresh update that works out some of the annoying bugs and problems, including password management, nat issues and the annoying (to some developers, including me) file uploads via flash.
Apple has also launched the newest version of Final Cut Express, namely version 4. Final Cut Express 4 lets you edit footage captured in ...
Oct 30, 2007 by gary
Mac OS X Leopard comes with a built-in web server (Apache) and with PHP version 5 (5.2.4 to be precise). This makes OS X a great web development platform out of the box and it comes. While there are 3rd party Apache/PHP/MySQL packages like MAMP, XAMP it isn't hard to get the native PHP and Apache working.
There is a great article on this here.
Oct 30, 2007 by gary
Apple has reported that it sold 2 million copies of Mac OS X Leopard in its first weekend. Sales included copies sold at Apple's retail stores, Apple Authorized Resellers, the online Apple Store, under maintenance agreements and bundled with new Mac computers. In comparison, it took the Cupertino-based Mac maker approximately six weeks to ship its 2 millionth copy of Mac OS X Tiger back in 2005.
You can ...
Oct 30, 2007 by gary
Leopard has only been out a few days and already the hackers have come up with a way to install OS X 10.5 on a PC. Not a Mac but on a run of the mill PC.
To install it you will need a patched DVD of Leopard, the zip file containing the patch and a pen drive or USB Flash Drive formatted as FAT32. You need a PC ...
Oct 26, 2007 by gary
Since this is getting international press coverage we would be negligent not to mention it here... Today is the day of Mac OS X 10.5 (AKA Leopard).
If you have been living under a rock for the last 3 months and don't know what Leopard is they you can see more here. Apple also have a guided tour video.
Now for the blurb... Leopard is the most impressive Mac OS ...
Oct 16, 2007 by gary
Today Apple announced the official release date and prices for the next version of OS X codenamed Leopard. In the announcement Steve Jobs was happy to point out that "And everyone gets the ‘Ultimate’ version, packed with all the new innovative features, for just $129.” which was a swipe of Windows Vistas and its many versions.
However not quite everyone will get OS X 10.5 for $129. The price ...
