Posts Tagged ‘Mac OS’
Friday, August 7th, 2009
Apple have released the final update to Leopard before the release of Snow Leopard. Mac OS X 10.5.8. Both client and server versions are available.
The fix list includes:
- Upgrades Safari to version 4.0.2.
- Improves the accuracy of full history search in Safari 4.
- Resolves an issue in which certain resolutions might not appear in the Display pane in System Preferences.
- Dragging an Aperture image into Automator now invokes an Aperture action instead of incorrectly invoking an iPhoto action.
- Resolves an issue that could prevent importing of large photo and movie files from digital cameras.
- Improves overall Bluetooth reliability with external devices, USB webcams and printers.
- Addresses an issue that could cause extended startup times.
- Improves iCal reliability with MobileMe Sync and CalDav.
- Addresses data reliability issues with iDisk and MobileMe.
- Improves overall reliability with AFP.
- Improves overall reliability with Managed Client.
- Improves compatibility and reliability for joining AirPort networks.
- Improves Sync Service reliability.
- Includes additional RAW image support for several third-party cameras.
- Improves compatibility with some external USB hard drives.
- Includes latest security fixes.
and on the server:
AFP Server
- Fixes an issue that could cause the AppleFileServer process to keep the server’s processor busy even when no users are connected.
AFP Client
- Fixes an issue that could cause an AFP client to indefinitely repeat unsuccessful attempts to reconnect to an AFP server after waking from sleep.
Managed Client
- Fixes an issue that could prevent managed users from logging in on a PowerPC-based Mac after installing the Mac OS X v10.5.7 Update.
- Improves reliability of synchronizing files from a portable home directory to a network home hosted on an SMB server.
- Login Items stored in a user’s network home directory will now run properly at login.
- Simultaneous login is now correctly disallowed if the “Allow simultaneous login” setting is unchecked.
Server Admin
- Fixes an issue that could cause Server Admin to stop responding when propagating permissions.
- Adds NetBoot/NetInstall model filters for Macs introduced in June 2009.
System Image Utility
- Adds NetBoot/NetInstall model filters for Macs introduced in June 2009.
Addtional improvements
- Improves Mac OS X Server security. For more information about the security content of Mac OS X Server v10.5.8 see this article.
Tags: Mac OS, Server, Xserve
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Apple releases Safari 4, the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser. Available for Mac and Windows PCs and introduced as a beta in February of this year, Safari 4 features the Nitro engine which runs JavaScript up to 4.5 times faster than Safari 3. Safari 4 makes browsing more intuitive and enjoyable with innovative features, such as Top Sites, Full History Search and Cover Flow, and support for modern web standards like HTML 5 and advanced CSS Effects.
Tags: Apple, Leopard, Mac, Mac OS, Safari
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Apple unveils Mac OS X Snow Leopard, a powerful new version of the world’s most advanced operating system that includes hundreds of refinements, new core technologies, out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange and new accessibility features. Snow Leopard will ship as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard users in September 2009. Apple also unveiled a Developer Preview of Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard, a full 64-bit UNIX server operating system based on open standards that is up to twice as fast as its predecessor
Tags: Apple, Leopard, Mac, Mac OS, Server, Xserve
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Apple have released the long awaited 10.5.7 update. This s more than likely going to be the last major update before the realease of Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) later this summer.
Highlights in this update are:
- Improves performance of video playback and cursor movements for recent Macs with NVIDIA graphics.
- Improves Finder search results for network volumes that may not support Spotlight searching
- Includes several improvements to Directory Service and Client Management.
for a full list of updates visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3397
Direct Downloads:
10.5.7 update ( Requires 10.5.6) here
10.5.7. combo update (updates any 10.5.x) here
Tags: Apple, Leopard, Mac, Mac OS, Server, Xserve
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Parallels annouced today an update to their excellent Parallels Desktop Software. This software enables you to run multiple virtual machines on your Intel powered Mac. This has been great for training or lab testing environments, previously we’d have several machines, such as a Mac OS X Server, a Windows 2003 Server Windows XP/ Vista client and Mac OS Client all setup. Now we just need to deploy a single machine with that can run all these Operating systems simultaneously. & using the Template deployment ro snapshotting feature its easy to reset for the next class, or revert back to a previous system state when somethings gone wrong.
Parallels also has a Server product meaning you can run multiple Server OS’s on a single Mac OS based computer, this is really useful when there is a windows server requirment within a Mac environment.
Tags: Leopard, Mac OS, Parallels, Server, Virtual Machine, Vista, Windows, XP
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Group Logic announces the release of ExtremeZ-IP 6.0 an AFP server for Windows Servers.
Extreme-Z IP is a high performance AFP Fileserver that bridges the gap that Windows native SFM (Services for Macintosh) and Mac OS X’s native SMB/ CIFS client and create.
the 3 massive selling points for me are:
- Performance – its way quicker than SFM & SMB/ CIFS which is justification for some alone
- Full Microsoft DFS (Distributed File System) support
- Mac OS X Spotlight support
for a full SFM comparison click here
for SMB/ CIFS please click here
Also please note the SFM has been removed from Windows Server 2008.
Mach One have been recommending Extreme-Z IP for many years & have always found it a very reliable product with excellent technical support. Extreme-Z IP is easy to install and configure and is a product we have used time and again when consulting on Macintosh integrating with Microsoft Active Directory, Network Home Directories and managed client environments. Please do contact us if you would like any advice or help on the above we can be emailed here
Tags: AFP, CIFS, ExtremeZ-IP, Group Logic, Mac OS, Server, SFM, SMB, Windows
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
just seen this article on the BBC website which reports a Microsoft claim that 97% off all messages sent of the net are spam.
To combat this ever present problem we have been installing, configuring, supporting and fine tuning the excellent Kerio MailServer for a number of years now.
Kerio MailServer offers A combination of content-based SpamAssassin and sender-based anti-spam tools that significantly reduces the amount of unwanted email. Kerio MailServer also support dual antivirus scanning providing you with comprehensive protection against malicious emails. for a full list of features click here
Kerio is a genuine competitor to Microsoft Exchange. Not only does the server run on the Mac OS Platform it also features groupware features such as shared calendars, contacts and mailboxes.
Mobile devices are very well catered for with push email, contacts and calendars direct to your iPhone, Blackberry or other smartphone.
Tags: Blackberry, Email, iphone, Kerio, Mac OS, Mailserver, Microsoft, Smartphone, Spam
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
Popular font management app Suitcase Fusion 2 has just been updated. Previous versions were only compatible with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard. Fusion 2 13.1 is now compatible with Mac OS 10.4 Tiger
Click here for a direct download
Tags: Leopard, Mac OS, Suitcase Fusion, Tiger
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
We all know that Command-Shift-3 will screenshot your entire screen and that Command-Shift-4 will turn your pointer into cross hairs so you can draw a box around the desired area don’t we?
The problem is that often using the Command-Shift-4 method you end up with a few pixels on unwanted image & you then need to crop them down in either Preview, or other image editor such as Adobe Photoshop.
Most of the time I want to screenshot entire windows. If you type Command-Option-4 but the press the space bar your pointer should then turn into a camera, click on the desired window and you get a nice tidy image of the entire window.
NB this applies to Leopard users only
Tags: Leopard, Mac OS, Preview, Screenshot
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