News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
Apple has completed the process of restoring mail service to MobileMe customers that found themselves without e-mail over the past week or so. According to Apple, one percent of members were affected by the mail problems. The restoration of the mail service also includes historical messages, the company said in a posting to its MobileMe web site. Apple has set up temporary chat support dedicated to users that still have problems with mail.
Jim Dalrymple | Jul 31, 2008
Cuil, the latest search engine startup to come out swinging from its corner with the hope of knocking out Google, is instead taking a beating that could do it long-term damage as a credible contender. The company received broad media coverage on Monday, primarily because it has former Google engineers on its team and because of its claim to have the world’s largest search index, but Cuil is now facing an angry backlash. The site had performance and availability problems throughout launch day, and a growing chorus of search market observers has declared the engine’s results to its queries unimpressive.
Juan Carlos Perez | Jul 30, 2008
Jumsoft on Tuesday announced the release of Home Business Trio '08 for the Macintosh. It includes three already-released software applications aimed at Mac business users, and it costs $US59.
Peter Cohen | Jul 30, 2008
Adobe hason Tuesday officially released Photoshop Lightroom 2, a product that was first released as a beta in April 2008. Lightroom has many new features including being Adobe’s first application to support 64-bit for Mac OS X 10.5. Tom Hogarty, senior product manager for Lightroom and Camera Raw at Adobe, said that the Lightroom 2 beta was downloaded 130,000 times. The company received a lot of valuable feedback about the new features and some insight into how professional photographers were using the application during the beta process.
Jim Dalrymple | Jul 30, 2008
MakeMusic has announced that it is shipping Finale 2009, a new version of its music notation software for Mac OS X and Windows. Finale is priced at $699; upgrades from previous releases, crossgrades from competing products and special pricing are available from Australian distributor Intelliware (02 9981 8088).
Peter Cohen | Jul 23, 2008
Apple has updated its iLife 08 applications and accompanying software. The updates are available for download from Apple’s wWeb site, and can also be downloaded through the Software Update system preference.
Peter Cohen | Jul 23, 2008
Apple on Monday posted a profit of $US1.07 billion on revenue of $US7.46 billion for its fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2008, making it the best June quarter in the company's history in both revenue and earnings. In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs also indicated that the company is preparing several other products for release in the coming months, which will help future quarters. "We set a new record for Mac sales, we think we have a real winner with our new iPhone 3G, and we're busy finishing several more wonderful new products to launch in the coming months," said Jobs.
Jim Dalrymple | Jul 22, 2008
Apple says Psystar knowingly violated its copyrights and license agreements and induced customers who bought the OS X-running Open Computer to do the same. Because of that and the resulting damage that Apple alleges is being done to its brand, it’s asking the US District Court for a permanent injunction that would bar Psystar from selling any more hardware with Apple software. And it wants Psystar to recall every Mac clone sold.
Philip Michaels | Jul 18, 2008
Mozilla has patched a pair of critical vulnerabilities in Firefox, taking the unusual step of updating the older version 2.0 on Tuesday but delaying the fixes for the newer version 3.0 until Wednesday (USA time). Both updates, labeled Firefox 2.0.0.16 and Firefox 3.0.1, plug two holes rated “critical” by Mozilla, which uses a four-step threat ranking system. Firefox 2.0.0.16 was posted to Mozilla’s servers Tuesday afternoon. Firefox 3.0.1, the first update since the open-source browser was upgraded almost a month ago, arrived this morning.
Gregg Keizer | Jul 17, 2008
The curtain is about to fall on .Mac, Apple’s collection of web-based services, as the company prepares to make the final switch to its rebranded MobileMe offering. .Mac will go dark on Wednesday, as Apple makes its final preparations to launch MobileMe. According to a .Mac support page, the .Mac service will be taken offline at 6 pm PT on Wednesday, July 9 (that's 11am Thursday 10 July AEST).
Phillip Michaels | Jul 8, 2008
After a year of being in public beta, Microsoft has finally released Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) client for Mac 2. Remote Desktop Connection 2 includes multiple session support, allowing users to connect to multiple computers at the same time. RDC also gives users the ability to print from Windows applications to any printer that can be configured from your Mac.
Jim Dalrymple | Jul 3, 2008
PC Tools on Monday announced the launch of iAntiVirus Beta Edition, an anti-virus and anti-spyware software application designed especially for the Mac. It’s free to download, though $US29.95 nets you full support and updates for one year.
Peter Cohen | Jul 1, 2008
Myvu has announced that its Crystal video goggles now work with the iPhone. The Crystal glasses require a new cable which costs $US24.95.
