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  • Hagar

    R.I.P Prawker

    By Hagar, in OSx86,

    It is with great sadness that we announce that Anthony Muoio, a.k.a Prawker; Friend and valued member of this community has passed away from cancer. He was 17.
     
    He had been ill for some time, and although he had multiple surgeries to treat the rare CASTLE cancer, and was declared cancer-free in december it returned, and yesterday morning the battle was finally lost.
     
    He will be sorely missed by us all here at InsanelyMac, and our thoughts go out to his family and all those who knew him in person.
     
    Goodbye, Prawker, you were taken from us far too soon.
  • apowerr
    Source (CNET)

    Pretty big news for OSx86 perhaps as an outcome of this we will be fully 'legal' and not in violation of Apple's restrictive EULA. Rudy Pedraza is right on the money when he claims that people are open towards using OS 10, but don't want to pay Apple's ridiculous price premiums on normal (and often out of date) hardware. Personally I'm going to have to side with Psystar on this one as I feel that Apple's current EULA for Mac OS 10 is absurd: You pay $125 for software, and then can only install it on certain machines?
     
    How do you guys think?
  • apowerr
    Security Update 2008-005 has been released for OS 10.5.4, as well as the Intel and PPC variants of 10.4.11.
     
    This update is not safe for AMD users. AMD users should use Zephyroth's AMD Software Updater to patch CPUIDs, or grab the fixed version mentioned here. Of course this update is 100% safe for vanilla installs, and as long as you don't have an AMD system you should be able to update normally.
     
    According to Apple's published information, Security Update 2008-005 fixes the following:

     
    Good luck updating! If an AMD/non vanilla work around is released, I will be sure to update this post.
  • REVENGE
    You probably weren't expecting this, especially since Apple is now suing Psystar, but some folks are just too brave (or stupid?) to care. Open Tech Inc.'s "Open Tech" and "Open Tech XT" desktops have been (un)officially branded as Leopard compatible, according to these screenshots posted by the Engadget. I promptly went to Open Tech's website to see for myself, but it seems they had already taken down the OS logos. In fact, I caught a glimpse of them on their "Open Tech XT" page, but it dissappeared after subsequent refreshes. Fortunately, I was able to cap a pic of their webstore, which says:


    "*OS X Leopard Will not be pre-installed or included. Instead you can install it yourself using an easy Do-it-yourself kit . All other Operating System will be preinstalled* VISTA & XP ARE 64-BIT",
    along with a dropdown menu that allows you to select OS X Leopard as your choice of OS.
     
    Open Tech Inc. is blatantly advertising their computers as Leopard capable and offering to supply users with miscellaneous materials for the purpose of installing Leopard on their products. The latter was specifically part of the legal complaint that Apple had filed against Psystar.
     
    But honestly Open Tech, why can't your product and company names be a tad more creative than our now infamous friend, the Open Computer?
     


  • Colonel
    In Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Apple introduced a new technology called Quick Look, as fast and easy way to preview media, documents, and other files on your computer without having to open up an entire program to view their contents. QuickLook was available from Finder in CoverFlow mode, where you could click on the file in CoverFlow to preview it, in List Mode, you could view your the selected item by clicking it once, then clicking the icon in the sidebar to view a quick preview of it, or just by clicking a file and pressing the space bar.
     
    Taking it one step further in the next version of Mac OS X, dubbed Snow Leopard, Apple is incorporating QuickLook into the file's icons themselves, making it even easier to preview your media without even having to open a program. When the user rolls the cursor over the desired file's icon, a gray triangle will appear. When clicked, the icon will show a full preview of its contents.

    For other types of files such as Keynote presentations or Microsoft Word documents, QuickLook will allow you to flick through the pages and slides in the file without having to open up the respective application.
     
    Yes, this will definitely be a nifty feature to have, but unless you've got your icons cranked up to the maximum size, it may pose as a bit of a challenge to preview your files in that tiny icon view.
     
    Snow Leopard is the next generation of Mac OS X and is due sometime in 2009.
     
    Credits to AppleInsider for the find.
  • Numberzz

    Pwnage Tool 2.1 Released

    By Numberzz, in OSx86,

    The wait is over for Pwnage Tool. The Dev Team just released it today, Saturday, July 19th. The download link is at the bottom of the page. The 2.0 version of pwnage tool features a new interface, support for jailbreaking and unlocking Software 2.0 on 1st Generation iPhones, and jailbreaking the iPhone 3G on 2.0. I am currently backing up my phone, so I will post results when done.
     

    Click for larger view.
     
    Download (Mac)
     
    EDIT:
    It works!

  • Numberzz
    In a surprising act of earliness, Apple has taken MobileMe, the App Store, and firmware 2.0 online. Mobile me was taken online after last night when Apple released the MobileMe updater for OS X that replaced all references to .Mac with MobileMe.
     


     
    Apple has also released iTunes 7.7, which has support for iPhone OS 2.0, App Store Applications, and the ability to be controlled by the "Remote" application that is available on the App Store. iTunes 7.7 is available through Software Update.
     
    iPhone OS 2.0 Build 2A347 (download link) is now available and has all the Exchange and other features that everyone has wanted for the iPhone for so long now.
     
    App Store:
    Finally! We can all download 3rd party applications for the iPhone with no h4x0r1ng required! The App Store is hidden from iTunes, but, if you search the Application name in iTunes, it will show up. You can also access the App Store from the App Store application on your iPhone or iPod touch.
     

     
    Good news! When you download an Application from your iPhone, it syncs back up to your iTunes library.
     

     
    EDIT: I see at least 4 apps that are available that you can download from Installer: Sketches, Band, Superpong, and Trism.
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