John Siracusa of Ars Technica has written incredible reviews of each OS X release for years — 10.5 Leopard, 10.4 Tiger, 10.3 Panther, 10.2 Jaguar, 10.1 Puma, the original release of OS X, and even the public beta. His take on Snow Leopard is no different. All 23 pages of it are great. He covers the [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
The Box
I noticed today just how much smaller the box has gotten since 10.0:
Loads and Loads of Snow Leopard Tricks
Mac|Life has discovered 100 tweaks on Snow Leopard — including some very obscure ones. It really shows the level of detail Apple went to on this release.
Newspaper Industry is Bleeding
Mashable: Last week, the Newspaper Association of America posted the quarterly financial data of the U.S. newspaper industry. It tracks both print and online revenues for the industry as a whole. But unlike past updates, the NAA did not promote these numbers. When you look at them, it’s easy to see why. In Q2 2009, [...]
Apple Event on Sept. 9
Reuters: Apple Inc said on Monday that it would host a media event next week, when the company is widely expected to unveil an updated line of iPod media players. Apple declined to say what products would be featured at the September 9 event, which was announced in an invitation emailed to members of the [...]
Apple Reverses Air Hinge Repair Strategy
Apple support article #ts2948: Learn what you can do if you experience one or more of these issues with the hinges on your MacBook Air. • Unable to close lid completely. • Broken or cracked plastic near one or both of the hinges. • More than one inch (2.54cm) of free play while opening or [...]
More on Snow Leopard’s Kernel
CNET: Apple’s Snow Leopard operating system, released Friday, by default loads with a 32-bit kernel, despite running 64-bit applications. While Mac OS X version 10.6 ships with a number of 64-bit native applications, the kernel itself defaults to 32-bit, unless the user holds down the “6″ and “4″ keys during boot time, at which point [...]
Additional Services
Mac OS X Automation has quite a collection of downloadable services available. Nice stuff.
Loving Memphis: An Open Letter
by Stephen M. Hackett I have the coordinates to Memphis tattooed on my left forearm. I get asked about it almost everyday, and usually the response I get is goes something like this: Why would you get that tattooed on your arm? My answer is simple — I love Memphis. It’s a great city. I’m [...]
Snow Leopard Ripped a New One
Randall C. Kennedy of InfoWorld: Mac OS X Snow Leopard is truly an underwhelming release, one that borrows most of its “new” ideas from Windows Vista. Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to drive OS evolution forward, introducing a raft of truly innovative features with Windows 7. The new Taskbar puts Apple’s clumsy Mac OS X Dock to [...]
