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  • Swad

    VMware’s Fusion beta details

    By Swad, in OSx86,

    TUAW slips us some private info about Fusion, VMware’s answer to Parallels virtualization. Highlights of the new app include:
     
    - Ability to create and run a wide variety of x86 operating systems on OS X without rebooting. You can easily create virtual machines and run multiple operating systems simultaneously on Mac OS X.
    - Access physical devices from the virtual machine.
    - Safely evaluate software in isolated virtual machines: You can evaluate non-OS X applications safely on your Mac by running them in an isolated virtual machine.
     
    Yawn. But wait! A few features that will indeed be worth checking out:
     
    - Easily share files between OS X and guest operating system. You can simply drag and drop files between OS X and virtual machines to easily share files between the two environments.
    - Leverage Virtual SMP capabilities to gain additional performance improvement. You can assign more than a single CPU (on supported hardware with Intel Core Duo CPU) to gain additional performance for CPU-intensive workloads.
    - Your virtual machines can have multiple virtual processors, taking advantage of the Intel Core Duo chips in today's newest Intel Macs.
     
    Begun, the virtualization wars have. If any of you have access to this beta, tell us your experience!
  • Colonel

    iTunes 7.0.2 Released

    By Colonel, in OSx86,

    Apple today released iTunes 7.0.2. The update is available via Software Update and Apple's iTunes Download site. The update includes support for the new iPod Shuffle and also fixes a few bugs. Apple gives the following description for the update:


    With iTunes 7 and the new iTunes Store, preview and purchase high-quality hit movies plus new and classic games designed exclusively for the Fifth Generation iPod. Flip through your collection by album cover with Cover Flow, protect your iTunes library by backing up to CDs or DVDs, and much more.
     
    iTunes 7.0.2 adds support for the Second Generation iPod shuffle and addresses a variety of stability and performance issues found in iTunes 7 and 7.0.1.
  • Swad
    Adobe announced last week the beta of Soundbooth, an audio editing app from the company who seems to have its hand in every media-related cookie jar. Mac fans, however, weren't too happy with a little caveat to the application: it will only run on Intel Macs. PowerPC support, it seems, is slowly going the way of the buffalo.
     
    Macintouch (a site to which I would normally link at this point if it didn't have the worst web-based interface on the planet) seemed to lead the charge against Adobe, claiming that they had abandoned the PPC users.
     
    John Nack, Adobe's Photoshop product manager, had this to say:


    Now, if you were Adobe and had started developing a new application at exactly the time when Apple told you, "This other chip architecture is dead to us," would you rather put your efforts into developing for that platform, or would you focus elsewhere?
     
    This logic seems lost on a lot of online posters, who leap to some fairly outlandish conclusions. "Oh my God, next thing you know, Photoshop and the other apps won't run on PowerPC, and the next thing you know, they'll kill Mac versions altogether and just tell us to run Windows using Parallels!" At what point Adobe will burn Snuggle the Fabric Softener Bear in some dark pagan ritual isn't specified, but that must be the natural next step, right??
     
    I have to ask myself, Why on earth am I devoting part of my weekend to writing all this? Why not blow it off and get out of the house? Maybe I should, but as a die-hard Mac user I feel like someone has to speak a little truth to the Mac community--or rather, to that vocal little group of zealots and forum trolls. So here's my message for those folks: You're hurting the Mac platform. You're hurting the Mac community. You need to crush a little aluminum foil against those antennae of yours, because you're hurting everyone concerned. You're making it harder (and less appealing) for people of goodwill to make the effort to support the Mac. The man has a point.
     
    I doubt that this would be much of an issue had Adobe been responsible, over the past year, in getting Intel versions of their apps out the door. I've heard their excuses and, although reasonable, they're still lacking. If Adobe wants to be choosy with their architecture support, that's fine... just find a position and stick with it. Snubbing both Intel and PPC users is never good for customer relations.
     
    The true question, though, is this: are we seeing the beginning of a trend?
  • Colonel
    This Friday, November 3rd, Apple will be releasing the second generation of the iPod Shuffle. Those who have pre-ordered their new iPod should be seeing them any day now. AppleInsider has more info about Gen Deux of the world's (now) smallest digital music player.


    The second-generation shuffle is the only iPod from Apple to ship with a docking station at no addition cost. It comes packaged in the same style translucent packaging used for the company's aluminum iPod nano players and also includes earphones and a Quick Start guide.
     
    Apple retail stores and big-box retailers such as Best Buy and Circuit City should begin taking receipt of new shuffles sometime this week but have been instructed not to display or sell the players until Friday, those people say.
    Anyone order one already?
  • Alex Oughton

    Boot Camp 1.1.2 Released

    By Alex Oughton, in OSx86,

    Thanks to Bartboy919 for spotting that Apple has now released version 1.1.2 of the Boot Camp Beta.
     
    The update weighs in at 143 MB, and can be found here.
     
    This new version reportedly includes support for the new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro, as well as adding touchpad scrolling, right-click support, and support for the Apple USB modem.
  • sHARD>>

    Wiki Troubles

    By sHARD>>, in OSx86,

    We're currently experiencing a few problems with the OSx86 Project wiki, which is currently disabled. We hope to repair the problem shortly and bring it back online.
     
    Update: The situation has been resolved, though we may perform more preventative maintenance this week.
  • kevin_4e
    Arguably one of the best browsers on the planet, Mozilla has released Firefox 2. With improved tabbing, spell checking, and many other features, this is definitely worth a download... If you decide to stick with Safari, then you may enjoy the add-on Inquisitor. Inquisitor is “like the Spotlight for the web”... If you were in a situation where your black MacBook’s keyboard broke, would you take what you could get? In this guy’s case, it was a white keyboard... Not to make this a “MacBook Links for the Weekend,” but here’s one more issue MacBook owners are starting to encounter. Unfortunately, not as pretty as the previous MacBook... Here’s a neat article all about “Steve Jobs' Best Quotes Ever?.”
     
    Mac OS X and an Xbox 360. Is it possible?... Remember the MacBook that humorously showed it could cook an egg? Well here's (another)
  • Alex Oughton
    Hey there, InsanelyMac!
     
    I've just finished editing the video and photos from our trip to Mac Expo 2006 in London, and they are now ready for your viewing pleasure!
     
    You can check out the 6 minute video blog here.
     
    Edit: Somehow Youtube's video processing has broken lip-sync towards the middle. I'll try to get this fixed a bit later on. Plus it's a bit... well... compressed. Maybe someone can advise me a way to improve Youtube quality?
     
    There's also a set of photos here, although I'll be posting some higher resolution versions after this weekend.
     
    It was a very small show, with not a lot (or anything) to report in terms of Apple-related news, but it was a fun look at a few of the Mac and iPod products which Apple and the 3rd-party developers/manufacturers are pushing at the moment.
     
    Thanks to Ted, the camera man! (Although this is his first time shooting video, so be prepared for a few "shakey" moments!)
  • sHARD>>

    Flashback: Marklar In 2002

    By sHARD>>, in OSx86,

    Here's a summary of an eWeek article detailing Marklar, Apple's supposed Intel builds of earlier OS X versions:
     
    "'According to sources, the Cupertino, Calif., Mac maker has been working steadily on maintaining current, PC-compatible builds of its Unix-based OS.'
     
    The article discusses this as a fall-back plan, should the PowerPC fail to deliver... however, does not expect Marklar to become significant in the near future. An Apple-IBM collaboration is again raised with upcoming Power4-based chips.
     
    Who knew that eWeek could possibly have been so right? Amusing.
  • sHARD>>

    Leopard Build 9A283 Leaks

    By sHARD>>, in OSx86,

    Another day, another headache for Apple Legal. Leopard, a beta of Mac OS X 10.5, has been leaked in the form of build 9A283. This is the same build which was recently released to ADC members, offering new features such as parental controls, iCal improvements, 3D audio cues, and Preview editing.
     
    Will we see another fiasco as occured with Tiger leaks? This appears to be the first ADC (as opposed to WWDC) leak since Leopard builds began appearing. Interesting.
     

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