2004 August

Today, Skype releases its Skype for Mac OS X beta software for the millions of Mac users worldwide. Now Mac users can benefit from using the most popular Internet telephony software in the world.
Mac users now are able to join the Skype PC, Linux and Pocket PC users to make seamless cross-platform calls to […]

BBedit 8.0 ($49.00 for users of 7.x, $59 for users of 6.5 and earlier, or $179.00 for the full version) was released by Bare Bones Software today. Don’t worry, if you bought 7.1 on or after June 1, 2004 a free upgrade waiting for you. With over 100 new features and about 100 […]

I don’t know about you, but the brushed steel GUI is a step backwards. Something about it is just off to me. Aqua is sexy and I want it back. I’m sure I’m not the only one that feels that way.

In college, when space (and cash) is limited, your Mac might be your stereo. I was as lucky. Your typical stereo has a sleep timer, but what about iTunes you ask? A very simple four line AppleScript will give the function to iTunes or any other OS X application you want. Want […]

Those of you who are lucky enough to be using both Mac products and an In Motion BlackBerry (www.blackberry.net) will be glad to know that you can now sync your BlackBerry with your Mac running 10.3 or higher.
Unfortunately there are a few more stipulations. First, you have to be running Office 2004 for Mac. […]

According to Mac Minute it would appear that Apple has been sending out emails to those customers whom ordered a G5 with the NVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL Graphics Card stating to the effect that they will not be able to ship them until the 13th of September. However, it seems they are taking […]

If you are anything like myself that horrid Apple post beep we all associate with the starting up of a Mac pierces your soul and causes profuse vomiting. Well, ok–maybe it’s not that bad but it is certainly annoying.
Luckily there is a way to stop it: StartupSound.prefPane 1.0.1 by Arcana Research. A simple install that […]

Unsanity, the maker of fantasitc haxies such as ShapeShifter, WindowsShade, Mighty Mouse, APE, etc., has released an update for their SafariNoTimeout. If you’ve ever had to deal with the annoying 60 second timeout in Safari then this is a must. I mean, we certainly can’t be without Safari, and the price is just […]

As I am sure most of you know by now (sorry I didn’t get this in MUCH earlier) Apple has begun a voluntary recall on batteries sold with the 15″ Powerbook between the months of January through August of this year. It’s been reported that the batteries may heat up causing a fire hazard. […]

Iconfacotry has released an update to their very popular icon orginazation tool. It appears a few bugs have been fixed in this release including that annoying Library Upgrade warning.
Check it out: Iconfactory

As you may remember, I previously discussed how to change the Mac OS X boot panel background. Austin, one of our readers, was kind enough to write in and point out a tutorial on changing the login window as well. Its very simple to do and only takes a few minutes.

Away back in twenty-double-aught my apartment was robbed. I had something like a hundred DVDs in my collection, and some evil so-and-so chucked them into my own laundry bag and made off with them. I hadn’t yet made a full log of what I had, so I was stuck drawing on memories when making an […]

I’ve got five hundred dollars sitting around that I’d planned to spend
on the 4G iPod. Now I don’t know what to do with it. I was jazzed when
I read about the new control scheme. I was happy to read about the
improved battery life. I was even keen on the idea of playing back
audiobooks at increased […]

Apple has introduced Product Suite, which consists of Final Cut Pro HD, Motion, and DVD Studio Pro 3, all in one integrated package. Suggested retail prices of US$1299.
>> Production Suite

Via MacMinute:
Apple on Tuesday released iSync 1.5, which adds support for more devices such as the latest Sony Ericsson and Motorola phones.
>> iSync

MacMinute is reporting that Apple has officially announced that the iTunes Music Store now has over one millions songs available for download in the US. Apple is saying that its “the first and only online digital music service to offer consumers a million song catalog.”

One of my favorite apps, Little Snitch has been updated for better security.
New Features
- Voice alerts for applications running in full screen mode like games. For connections initiated by applications running in full screen we can’t show the Little Snitch alert panel. Therefor you will informed by an voice alert over the connection attempt and […]

Apple released OS X 10.3.5 today, as well as a Security Update 2004-08-09.
First, if you do not want to upgrade to 10.3.5 right away, its still a good idea to install the SU 2004-08-09 since it corrects the libpng security holes that affects OS X, Windows, and Linux… A fix for Linux was up shortly […]

As stylish as Mac OS X is, it lacks a little personality out of the box. The default is, well, the default! As nice as Mac OS X looks, we can give it a little extra personal flare. Those Windows users can change their desktop background, but so can we. That’s nothing compared to the […]

I have partially switched over to a Mac environment, though I’ll still keep my PC
around for occasional use. Like many users, I was wary about switching because of the differences between the Mac and PC,
but I’ve found that they’re not really that different.
The Mac’s got the one click mouse system, but you can also have […]