News & Rumours

Magic Trackpad

new model analysis

family letters; VideoLAN Player; Eudora

CrashPlan, Mozy, Carbonite, SpiderOak, Time Machine; plus procedures

DVI-to-Mini DisplayPort adapter

remote access; sham "survey"

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iOS4 troubleshooting tips

strange error; vibration

update issues

5.0.1 experiences

firmware passwords; mtiks

Software Update slow

Server Admin Tools 10.6.4 is a set of software tools for remote administration of Snow Leopard Server and is required to administer Mac OS X Server 10.6.4 remotely.

ActiveTrak's location tracker for stolen notebooks now includes tracking of multiple computers at once through a centralized Web control panel that can be viewed from any Internet accessible device, including iPhones and iPads.

The time tracking program with Basecamp integration adds time tracking against projects as well as to-dos, updated badges on the project pane, improvements for manual time editing, and better error handling.

Houdah Software's geocoding application adds faster image export, a fix for an image corruption issue on export, improved communication speed with iPhoto '09, and restoration of communication with Aperture 3.

This release of ProjectWizards' project management program addresses a number of issues, including some access rights on project files not being set correctly and the utilization view not refreshing properly.

Ubermind's plugins for uploading to Picasa add support for Protected album visibility, visual improvements and animation effects for the interface, an update to GData framework 1.10.0, and some bug fixes.

Now under development by a new team and available for Snow Leopard only, the open source Apple Mail plugin provides a front-end to GPG (GNU Privacy Guard), allowing Mail to read and send PGP authenticated and/or encrypted messages.