2004 November

CLIX (’Command Line Interface for OS X’) is a Cocoa application that makes it
easier to harness the power of Unix. The CLIX 1.4 package includes a starter
database file with over 400 system commands for investigating your system
status, for cleaning out junk files, for getting at esoteric secret settings
in your most used applications - and more. […]

Have you ever wanted an iPod radio boombox? If you have been looking for
a solution, then fear not. Digital Lifestyle Outfitters created a
boombox-like setup and all you have to do is attach your iPod and go. This
will work for all iPods except the new Photo iPods. The features of this
new device sound promising with a […]

XM Satellite Radio has announced itself as being Mac friendly by its compatibility
with Apple’s Safari browser, Mozilla Firefox, and Netscape Navigator
browsers on Mac computers and with Windows Media Player 9.0 installed. From Mac News Network:
“XM Satellite Radio has added two new XM music channels available only on
the Internet and has announced Mac compatibility. XM Radio […]

Over the weekend Roxio introduced Popcorn, a Mac OS X program that will help you create copies of your DVD movies. I think this will be a very cool program and the name sounds yummy, too! From Mac News Network:
“Powerful compression technology offers the flexibility to copy even the
largest movies to a single DVD disc. […]

Yesterday, Apple released iCal 1.5.4, which is a security enhancement to help protect your computer when importing events with alarms that open files or applications. This is a 7.7MB download, and right now it is only available via the Mac OS X Software Update. From the Apple site:

Dan Frakes at Macworld shares some helpful hints about unlocking the secrets of the Keychain:
Passwords, serial numbers, ATM codes - we’re all swimming in a sea of information that’s secret (or should be). Make it easy to remember, and someone may swipe it. Make it hard to guess, and you may forget it yourself. Mac […]

The word over at iPod Garage:
If you’ve been paying attention, then you already knew it was happening. But thanks to the research released today by Wall Street analyst Piper Jaffray, we now have numbers to support the phenomenon that we’ve been witnessing in the iPod Garage Forums and other places: Windows users who buy […]

Senuti is a simple utility that makes transferring songs from an iPod to your computer quick and easy. It reads information from the iTunesDB file located on your iPod in order to quickly retrieve information on all of the songs on your iPod. Senuti is currently under active development and many features will be added […]

When moving files from a Mac to a PC, it is necessary that all files have proper file extensions and that there are no “illegal” characters in the file or folder names. Even if your files are already on a Windows Server, switching from AFP to SMP protocol for faster file-access (Appletalk vc TCP-IP protocol), […]

Kirk McElhearn writes:
The Mac OS X command line offers a faster, easier way to accomplish many tasks. It’s also the only way to use many commands that aren’t accessible from the GUI. The Mac OS X Command Line: Unix Under the Hood is a clear, concise, tutorial-style introduction to all the major functionality provided by […]

Are you fanatical about your Macintosh? Aww, that’s okay - we’ll settle for merely passionate!
If you’d like to contribute to this channel and share your love of all things Apple (especially OS X, obviously) in exchange for the rapt attention (and feedback, oh, there’s always feedback!) of a wide audience of fellow Gnomies and […]

Kirk McElhearn writes:
Computer users must adapt as operating systems evolve. Mac OS X users know just how difficult that adaptation can be. In moving from Mac OS 9 to OS X, not only did the version change from a number to a letter (or Roman numeral, to be precise), but many key interface elements changed, […]

Some people are content to use their iPod simply to play music. Some people want to do much more. Those people, and you know who you are,aren’t satisfied until they get under the hood and tap every iPod trick available to them.
They want to explore and experiment, create shortcuts, and unearth cool and unexpected […]

David Green at MacInTouch reports:
“The new AirPort Extreme v5.5 and AirPort Express v6.1 firmware upgrades break wireless printing for some printers, most notably the Brother HL-1440 (which Apple sells) and HL-1240 (which is technically unsupported by the AirPort, but has worked anyway).
“Users with an AirPort Extreme can downgrade back to v5.4 via a firmware […]

Laurie Duncan at The Unofficial Apple Weblog writes:
“Stalwarts in the Macintosh community, Other World Computing (OWC) and NewerTech started shipping their new high-capacity replacement batteries today for the 15-inch Powerbook G4 (Aluminum) under the NuPower label. Priced at $129, these batteries boast up to 6% more capacity than the original Apple battery.
“I personally replaced […]

It was no joke when Apple announced the new iPod Socks in October. Most
people thought they were a joke, but no, they are really a new product to
keep your iPod snuggly warm and toasty this winter. On sale now
for about US$29.00, I wonder if people will buy these. I just see myself
now: wearing matching socks […]

Yesterday Apple began distributing the 10.3.6 update through OS X’s software update.

There is good news for all you gamers that are on the Mac. Aspyr Media
has announced they plan to publish Doom 3 for the Macintosh. The game is
currently in development, and will be released in February 2005, which
will cost around US$49.99.

Doom 3 is the latest installment of id’s legendary bloody first person
shooter series - a […]

If you have Apple’s iTunes 4.2 or lower you will not be able to purchase
or download songs from the iTunes Music Store, but Apple says the new
features in 4.6 are worth the upgrade.

“As of today, customers will need to use one of the three most recent
versions of iTunes - 4.7, 4.6 or 4.5 - to […]