Vista is left in the dust as Mac OS X Leopard takes centre stage. After a half-year delay, Apple’s latest operating system hit the streets yesterday. Already most of the technology press and blogs have published their first impressions and verdicts on Leopard.
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The wait is (almost) over. Apple has confirmed that its latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, will be released at 6pm on October 26th, 2007. Leopard will cost the same as previous versions of Mac OS X, $129. Steve Jobs says : “Everyone will get the ‘Ultimate’ version.”
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Apple’s latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, has been delayed since spring, and should come out in October. If you’re absolutely sure you want it, you can now pre-order Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard from Amazon.com.
The price remains the same as the last version of Mac OS X, US$129 (even for the “Ultimate Edition”).
Apple must be buzzing with activity right now, with the preparations for the iPhone launch going full steam ahead. While we are waiting for Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) to drop in October, Apple has released what will probably be the last version of Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4).
Apple has released the latest, and probably final, update to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. The 10.4.9 Update is recommended for PowerPC and Intel-based Mac computers currently running Mac OS X Tiger version 10.4.8 and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes or compatibility updates for the following applications and technologies:
Ahead of the World Wide Developer’s Conference next week, Apple has released the latest Security Update for Mac OS X. Security Update 2006-004 deals with many issues in Mac OS X Panther & Tiger, for both Client and Server editions. The update affects AFP Server, AppKit, ImageIO, Bluetooth Setup Assistant, Bom, DHCP, dyld, fetchmail, gunzip, Image RAW, LaunchServices, OpenSSH, telnet, WebKit, and AppKit.
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Apple has released the latest Tiger update, Mac OS X 10.4.7 which includes many small changes and fixes ranging from AFP networking issues to various syncing changes. The more detailed update page lists many fixes with specific Apple and third party applications including Mail, iChat, iSync, the Finder, Adobe’s CS2, network cards from Sierra, additional networking issues, Apple’s Xsan, and more.
If you have ever played around with Mac OS X’s Activity Monitor (or typed “top” in a terminal window), you’d see many processes with unfamiliar and undecipherable names like cron or hdid. So what do they all mean? Westwind Computing has a list of the common process names and their meanings.
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Macworld Magazine has published a guide called OS X First Aid. The guide is meant to help you to quickly resolve the most-common Mac problems: freezes, crashes, startup woes, and kernel panics.
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Have you installed Boot Camp yet? Having problems? O’reilly is here to help you – for a price, of course. You can get O’reilly’s Running Boot Camp PDF ebook for US$7.99, and it comes with a 100% guarantee.
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