I’m still a loyal fan of Flock (except when I need Safari for Sirius streaming, that is) but if you’re into Firefox, click through for the FF 2 RC3 (code-named “Bonecho”) download link. InfoWorld is reporting that the full beta of Bon Echo, otherwise known as Mozilla Firefox 2.0, may arrive as early as today. […]
Day: July 11, 2006
Are Apple’s Customers Rebelling?
There’s been rash of press recently suggesting Apple is weathering a growing consumer recoil following claims about poor quality control, anti-iTunes legislation and allegations about Chinese sweatshops. “Are we falling out of love with iPod?” asks the Daily Telegraph. The BBC queries, “Is Apple Feeling The Heat?” And The Scotsman reports, “Apple faces the music […]
QuarkXPress 7.0.1 is Universal Binary
QuarkXPress has released public beta 2 of XPress 7.0.1 which is Universal Binary and runs natively on Intel-based Macs. Interestingly the Windows beta is over, but they still appear to be accepting Mac beta applications. Following are some tips to help you use the files you created with the QuarkXPress 7.01 Universal Binary public beta […]
MCE is now selling 160GB (5400RPM) SATA hard drives for the MacBook, MBP and Mac mini for US$299. Previously the largest shipping notebook SATA drive was 120GB. In January MCE announced 160GB hard drives for PowerBooks but those drives are Ultra ATA/100 and won’t work in Apple’s newest iron. So if your MacBook’s hard drive […]
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance is a free, non-commercial, reference designed for ordinary Macintosh users (not power users) to tell you how to do effective routine maintenance on your Macintosh running OS X. It not only tells you what to do, it tells you which utilities to use (with an emphasis on easy to use […]