Quartz lament: 10.2 on
the low end, David Parker, My Turn, 10.31. Looking at
the upgrade options that support Quartz Extreme and a
dual monitor setup.
OS X: Keyboard
shortcuts under Mac OS X, Westwind, 10.28. Toggle
dock hiding, empty the Trash, minimize window, and more
without touching the mouse.
Software: Make
Mac OS X more efficient with AutoHide, MacDailyNews,
10.23. "AutoHide is a simple background application that
will automatically hide applications after you switch out
of them."
Mac OS X and a beige
G3, Dan Knight, 10 Forward, 10.21. A simple hard
drive upgrade turns into one nightmare after another and
days of downtime.
Four useful
utilities for OS X, Evan Kleiman, Mac Daniel, 10.21.
Great alternatives to the CPU monitor, missing location
manager, simple calculator, and limited Get Info.
OS X: A
Linux user defects, Simon Cozens, Apple, 10.18.
"...the dream of Unix on the desktop had been realised.
It is indeed possible to have the best of both
worlds."
OS X: OS
X makes 9 a distant memory in Mac realm, Bob LeVitus,
Dr. Mac, Houston Chronicle, 10.17. "Today I do more with
my Mac than I ever did using OS 9, and I do it in less
time, and with less stress. "
OS X: Succumbing
to a Mac attack, Renay San Miguel, CNN.com, 10.16.
"After 10 years as a Windows person, the new Mac
operating system does take some adjustment, but not
much."
News: Serious problem
with Mac OS X Server 10.2, Damien Barrett,
mrbarrett.com, 10.17. Barrett tracking a problem with the
way OS X Server sets group priveleges on files and
folders - data copied to a shared folder is not
inheriting proper priveleges.
Macinschool: Apple
gives Jaguar free to K-12 teachers, Jim Dalrymple,
MacCentral, 10.17. "Apple on Thursday announced a program
that will give all K-12 teachers in the United States a
free copy of Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar."
Tech: What
is journaling and logs, David K. Every, iGeek, 10.16.
What's a journaling file system and why should you
care?
Advice: Things
nobody remembered to tell you, Nancy Carroll Gravley,
Computing With Bifocals, Mac Observer, 10.16. Tips on
printer drivers, resizing the dock, the usefulness of the
lowly paper clip, and more.
OS X: Jaguar
sets a ferocious pace, Garry Barker, The Age, 10.16.
"...the move to OS X and its tools had vastly
improved the speed of development for Apple and
thirdparty developers."
OS X: Look
out enterprise: Mac OS X to get journaling, M.
Rothenberg, N. dePlum, eWeek, 10.15. "In case of a crash
or other system failure, the file system can retrieve
lost data by consulting the 'journal' log...."
OS X: Finally
saying hello to Jaguar, Charles W. Moore, OS X
Odyssey, Applelinks, 10.15. "...I was surprised at how
little different it seems from OS 10.1.4."
Opinion: From
power user to dummy, Mark Starlin, MacReview, 10.14.
"After a year or two, I began to consider myself a power
user. Then I switched to OS X. I immediately went
from Power User to Complete Idiot."
OS X: Progress
and regression on the dual-mouse input front, Charles
W. Moore, OS X Odyssey, Applelinks, 10.14. "...this
past weekend I made what was for me a momentous
discovery: using a Wacom Graphire2 graphics tablet mouse
partly restores dual mouse support."
Opinion: Apple-Linux
merger powers 'Mac' switch, Paul Andrews, Seattle
Times, 10.14. Tim O'Reilly: "A lot of my friends and
customers are switching to OS X because of its Unix
underpinnings."
Of docks and
roadblocks, Dan Knight, 10 Forward, 10.11. Fast hard
drives, the dock, the trash, printing problems, backup
issues, and future plans.
Reasons not to
switch, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 10.11. Four
good reasons for sticking with Windows instead of
switching to a Mac.
OS X: Apple
pitches Mac OS X to Linux fans, Matthew Broersma,
ZDNet, 10.10. "This year Apple attended Linux Expo for
the first time to explain why Linux fans should take a
look at its operating system."
Hot rodding an old
Power Mac for OS X, Maxwell M. Cabral, My Turn,
10.07. How one low-cost upgrade after another helps an
older Power Mac keep up with much newer ones.
Forum: Leaving
classic behind, MacSlash, 10.05. Is there any part of
"classic" that you shouldn't delete when you go 100%
OS X?
OS X: Mac
OS X: An Apple a day keeps the penguins away?,
Timothy R. Butler, Open For Business, 10.05.
"Editor-in-Chief Timothy R. Butler considers one of the
most prominent arguments against adopting a Free Software
desktop: Apple's Mac OS X."
The Mac and Windows
compatibility, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive,
10.04. Macs are great by themselves, but their
compatibility with Windows computers is also a real
strength.
Opinion: Macs
didn't always just work, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night
Owl, 10.04. Today's Mac and OS are vastly superior to
what we had in the old days.
OS X: The
Mac OS that can't be tweaked, Leander Kahney, Wired,
10.01. "Whereas Apple pioneered the completely
customizable system, they are now headed in the other
direction."
Deal: Buy
a Mac, get Office v. X for $199, Jim Dalrymple,
MacCentral, 10.01. Offer "allows North American customers
that purchase any Mac system to also purchase Office for
US$199 if purchased on the same day."
Apple, Apple
everywhere, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, 10.01.
Between OS X and the "Switch" ads, Apple Computer's
profile is higher than at any time in recent memory.
OS X: MOX
Optimize 2 optimizes Mac OS X parameters, MacNN,
09.30. Application "can accelerate Mac OS X by allowing
users to 'tweak your system settings and configure many
hidden system options.'"
OS X: iSync
beta available, Apple, 09.28. Sync your cell phone,
Palm, or iPod with the OS X Address Book. Mac OS X 10.2.1
or later required.
Tech: The
BSDs: Sophisticated, powerful, and (mostly) free,
Brett Glass, Extreme Tech, 09.27. "The five best known
BSDs are FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, and Darwin
(which serves as the foundation for Apple's Mac
OS X)."
Mac OS X rapidly
catching on with *nix geeks, Dirk Pilat, Down But Not
Out, 09.27. Linux lovers and Unix users are discovering
how easy, flexible, and powerful Mac OS X really
is.
OS X: Apple's
secret "switch" campaign, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night
Owl, 09.27. "...increasing numbers of UNIX users are
taking notice."
OS X: Flirting
With Mac OS X, Moshe Bar, Serving With Linux, Byte,
09.23. "I am switching my laptop [from Linux] to
Mac OS X."
OS X: Flirting
with Mac OS X, Hemos, Slashdot, 09.26. "Taco and I
are both strongly considering beginning to use OS X
as a primary laptops - anyone else looking at doing
this?"
OS X: Is it still
too slow?, Gene Steinberg, The Jaguar Report, Mac
Night Owl, 09.25. "...Apple definitely made Jaguar run
faster than the version it replaces...."
OS X: DVD
Capture v1.0, VersionTracker, 09.24. Capture a still
from the DVD you're watching - Mac OS X 10.2 only,
some limitations.
OS X: 10.2.1
woes, Philip Machanick, Macintelligence, Mac Opinion,
09.23. "At this stage, I am wondering if I should
uninstall it or build up a longer list of bugs to report
to Apple."
Jaguar joyride,
Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, 09.24. "I have just
taken Mac OS X 10.2 (a.k.a. 'Jaguar') for a spin,
and I am impressed. There's a lot of energy in this
cat."
Benchmarks: Mac OS
X 10.2.1: How fast is it?, Macs Only!, 09.23. "10.2.1
speeds some things up: startup, login, shutdown and
launching."
Review: Norton:
Internet Security v. 2.0.1, Gary Coyne, Applelinks,
09.23. "...people have been breaking into Unix boxes for
quite some time. As such, we are more vulnerable now than
before OS X."
Review: Ten
for X, Kirk Hiner, Applelinks, 09.22. "At only
$49.99, this collection pays for itself even if you end
up using only half."
OS X: Why
I haven't upgraded to Jaguar (yet), Charles W. Moore,
OS X Odyssey, Applelinks, 09.18. "Most journalists are
not technical experts on the topics they write about, and
are reporting in many cases the experience of
others...."
Opinion: Where's
a good Mac virus when you need it?, Daniel Miller,
Mac Observer, 09.18. "The Macintosh community is way too
arrogant, especially when it comes to the dangers that
viruses pose."
OS X: I never said
it was perfect, Gene Steinberg, The Jaguar Report,
Mac Night Owl, 09.18. "It's not a contradiction to say
you like something and see a need for improvement."
Serving on Mac OS
X, Jonathan Ploudre, Back & Forth, 09.17. The
benefits of serving Web pages on OS X and first
steps in setting up your Mac.
I want to switch
but...., Dan Knight, 10 Forward, 09.16. "Apple needs
to help Mac users - especially those millions who never
visit a Mac website - understand why OS X is for
them."
OS X: What's
wrong with the "out-of-the-box" experience?, Gene
Steinberg, Mac Night Owl, 09.14. "...there's something
wrong with selling you a computer that is designed to get
you on the Internet in 15 minutes [and] forcing
you to endure a new operating system installation
first."
Opinion: OS
X Jaguar: What is missing?, David K. Every, iGeek,
09.13. "...I must admit, I can't go to it as my primary
OS yet."
Opinion: OS
X Jaguar: What's cool?, David K. Every, iGeek, 09.13.
"I really like that I'm seeing continual evolution and
progress: Apple is challenging themselves to be
better."
Go ahead, stick with
Mac OS 9, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 09.12. "Stick with
your low-end Macs and low-end operating systems. They
will continue to serve you well."
OS X: DeLocalizer,
Mike Bombich, Bombich Software, 09.12. Freeware
application removes unneeded localization files on OS X
10.1.2-10.1.5, frees some drive space.
Switching off Mac OS
9, Andrew W. Hill, Aquatic Mac, 09.12. No more
booting into OS 9 with 2003 Macs - is it a bad
thing?
Leaving the past
behind, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope, 09.12.
"OS 9 will not be a boot option in 2003 Macs. While
this is a reason to rejoice, when you move forward, you
always leave something behind."
Analysis: Copland
and NeXT, David K. Every, iGeek, 09.10. "...if you
can't build it, then buy it. It is also a decision that
usually destroys businesses."
OS X: Mac
OS X only booting in 2003, Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral,
09.10. "...Macintosh computers [will] lose the
ability to boot in the older Mac OS 9 operating system in
2003."
OS X: Mac-on-Linux
supports Mac OS X (including Jaguar), Peter Cohen,
MacCentral, 09.07. Mac-on-Linux (MOL) now supports Mac OS
X 10.1-10.2 natively on Macs running PowerPC Linux while
still working with Linux.
Norton Utilities
warning, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 09.06. Norton
Utilities has served me well for a decade, but booting
from the 7.0 CD created no end of problems.
Review: Mac
OS X 10.2 Jaguar, John Siracusa, ars technica, 09.05.
"It's no secret that I find fault with many aspects of
the OS X GUI, so it should come as no surprise that I run
several third party applications that enhance the
GUI."
Jaguar fat, slow, and
deeply flawed?, Dirk Pilat, Down But Not Out, 09.04.
What to do when Jaguar won't support the modem that
worked under OS X? Back to OS 9.
Review: Mac OS X
10.2 - New apps, Macs Only!, 09.03. A look at iChat,
Inkwell, and Rendezvous after using them for a week.
OS X: Default
Folder X v1.6.2, St. Clair Software, 08.31. "This
version includes a number of fixes for problems with Mac
OS 10.2 and other compatibility issues."
Hands on Mac OS X
v10.2, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 08.30. Mac
OS X v10.2 polishes OS X, adds a few nice
features, and improves speed even on older, slower
Macs.
Opinion: Apple's
Jaguar leaps ahead of Windows, Charles Haddad,
BusinessWeek, 08.28. "The new version of OS X once more
gives Macs clear superiority in operating systems."
Opinion: The
future of the Linux desktop, Vincent Danen,
Freezer-Burn, 08.26. With Mac OS X 10.2, "Linux has no
future on PPC hardware as a desktop."
OS X: XPostFacto
2.2 available, Ryan Rempel, Other World Computing,
08.27. Utility allows installation of Mac OS X on
"unsupported" hardware.
Opinion: Apple's
Jaguar: This cat roars, Philip Ben-David, osOpinion,
08.27. Freedom from Windows without the steep learning
curve of Linux.
Review: Review:
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, Pudge, Slashdot, 08.26. "...I
am using Mac OS X as my primary OS right now, and it's
the least painful it's ever been."
OS X: Apple
turns search engine into concierge, James Coates,
Chicago Tribune, 08.25. "Mac OS X 10.2 is far bigger than
just Sherlock 3, but this one huge improvement in how
people can use their Macs stands out far more for most
users than the rest."
OS X: RageLTPro
patch for MacOS X (10.2), James Denton, 08.23. Jaguar
doesn't support accelerated graphics on Lombard
PowerBook. This patch does.
Analysis: Cost
analysis: Upgrading to OS X 10.2, Damien Barrett,
mrbarrett.com, 08.23. The benefits of upgrading the
Macintosh computers to Apple's newest operating system
are numerous.
Review: Mac
OS 10.2 reviewed, David Pogue, New York Times, 08.22.
"Apple, long a victim of idea theft by Microsoft, saw no
reason not to borrow (and improve on) a few good ideas
from Windows XP, too."
Web: MSN
coming to Mac OS X, Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral, 08.22.
I'm sure Mac users have been longing to have Microsoft as
their ISP.
OS X: Jaguar
is fast but..., Jake Savin, Jake's Radio 'Blog,
08.19. "There are two deal-stoppers for me...."
Opinion: Mac
OS X 10.2: How Apple got it right...again!, David
Coursey, ZDNet, 08.19. "...given an easy-to-purchase $199
package for five machines, many people will do the right
thing."
Review: Mac
OS X 10.2 Jaguar, Jason Snell, MacCentral, 08.16.
Interface tweaks, functional improvements, and better
performance among Jaguar values.
Deal: Apple
gives break to multi-Mac homes, Ian Fried, Cnet,
08.15. "Under the plan . . . consumers can buy
a $199 a copy of the operating system and install it on
up to five Macs in a single household."
Apple does the right
thing, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 08.16. Apple's
"family pricing" is a real bargain for those who want to
run OS X 10.2 on two or more Macs.
Software: New
AOL for Mac OS X arrives, Dennis Sellers, MacCentral,
08.12. AOL for Mac OS X "totally redesigned to look and
feel like a true Mac application."
Advice: Homemade
dot-Mac with OS X, Alan Graham, O'Reilly Network,
08.09. "...Mac OS X is packed full of features that make
many aspects of .Mac unnecessary."
AOL 10.2 preview
pretty impressive, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive,
08.09. Preview release of AOL 10.2 fits well with
OS X, brings Mac users closer to parity with Windows
folk.
OS X: Rethinking
Jaguar, Jeff Lewis, Mac Opinion, 08.08. "...it
provides a noticeably better user experience than
previous versions."
Forum: Slow
OS X migration, whose fault is it?, Mac Observer,
08.07. "What's the real reason that Mac users aren't
migrating to OS X in the droves that Apple wants?"
OS X Maintenance
Program falls short, Dan Knight, MacInSchool, 07.31.
The Mac OS X Maintenance Program does nothing for
individual users or organizations with less than 10
Macs.
Fear and loathing in
Redmond, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope, 07.31. How
StarOffice for OS X could strengthen Apple and Sun
while reducing dependence on Microsoft.
Analysis: Office
X. or Mac OS X the problem?, Robert Accettura,
MacVillage.net, 07.27. "My theory is that Microsoft isn't
selling enough copies of Office X. because of the hefty
price tag."
News: Sun
to push StarOffice for Apple's OS X, Joe Wilcox,
Cnet, 07.26. "Apple Computer and Sun Microsystems are
cooperating on a version of Sun's StarOffice productivity
software for Mac OS X...."
X Files, Dave
Wardell, X-Basics, 07.24. How the Home folder in Mac
OS X helps you better organize your work.
iWhining about Jaguar,
.mac fees, Eric Schwarz, The Power of Mac, 07.24.
More thoughts on the value of Jaguar (OS X 10.2) and
Apple's .mac services.
Expo: Hands on
with Inkwell, Macs Only!, 07.19. Works well even with
poor handwriting, and works in any OS X app.
Is Jaguar worth
$129, Dan Knight, Expo Coverage, 07.18. There's no
doubt that OS X 10.2 offers a lot for $129, but is it
enough to justify the price?
OS X: The best of Amiga,
Linux, and the Mac OS, Ryan Callaghan, My First Mac,
07.17. "I had already decided that my next machine was
going to be something completely unable to run
Windows...."
Analysis: Apple
refutes Microsoft's Mac OS X claims, Darryl K. Taft,
eWeek, 07.15. Apple estimates 2.5 million OS X
users, giving Office v. X about 12% of the
market.
Opinion: OS
X day 1: Enter the iBook, Nathan Torkington, O'Reilly
Network, 07.13. "I'd been with Microsoft for so long
. . . that I'd forgotten what it's like to use
an operating system built by people who want it to
cooperate with the rest of the world."
OS X: More than just
another Unix variant, Zack Martin, My Turn, 07.08.
Working with desktop Linux creates even more respect for
what Apple has accomplished in Mac OS X.
The Joy of X with
Classic, Dan Knight, 10 Forward, 07.05. "Mac users
with the right hardware have little to lose and much to
gain by running their favorite applications in Classic
mode under OS X."
Opinion: Mac
OS X vs. Windows XP: It's no photo finish, Rob
Pegoraro, Fast Forward, Washington Post, 06.30. "...if
you're shopping for a new machine, you'll probably be
much happier with iPhoto...."
Mac OS: AppleScript
1.8.3 available, Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral, 06.24.
Latest version available for both OS 9 and X via
Software Update control panel.
OS X: OmniWeb
4.1 available, Omni Group. Unlike IE, OmniWeb is
beautiful and supports left-to-right languages.
OS X: Apple
releases networking update, MacNN, 06.21. Networking
Update v1.0 improves network and Internet access after
"restarting your computer or when waking from
sleep."
OS X: Crouching
Apple, hidden "Jaguar," Cade Metz, ExtremeTech,
06.21. "Jaguar is focused on moving the OS X platform
forward, innovating in the ways Apple has always
done."
Software: Internet
Explorer 5.2, Microsoft, 06.17. Newest version only
available for OS X.
OS X on pre-G3 PCI
Power Macs, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 06.14.
The pros and cons of running Mac OS X on pre-G3 PCI
Power Macs.
Software: Mozilla
1.1a available, Mozilla.org, 06.11. Available for
classic Mac OS, OS X, Windows, Linux, and lots
more.
Mac OS X AIM client
shootout, Eric Schwarz, The Power of Mac, 06.13. AIM,
Fire, Proteus, or Adium: Which is the best messaging
client for OS X users?
OS X: SpeedMeUp
Pro v. 2, NoName Scriptware. Script "prebinds"
OS X applications for faster launches.
OS X: Change
Startup Disk v 1.4, NoName Scriptware. Quick and easy
way to switch between OS 9 and X.
Opinion: Why
our OS X rollout was hamstrung, Scot Hacker,
O'Reilly.com, 06.12. Software that won't run is Classic,
new programs still not written for X, and unsupported
hardware hamstring migration.
OS X from a Linux
perspective, Jason Walsh, PPC Linux, 06.13.
"OS X is great. OS X is beautiful. In fact, sad
to say it, but OS X knocks Linux into a cocked
hat."
Advice: Avoiding
trouble in the move to Mac OS X, part 1, Adam C.
Engst, TibBITS, 06.10. "No activity in the Macintosh
world has ever inspired as much fear, loathing, and
terror as contemplating the upgrade from Mac OS 9 to
Mac OS X."
More on the OS 9.x
"Sleep of Death" bug, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous
Ramblings, 06.10. The mystery deepens as various
PowerBooks, Power Macs, iMacs and iBooks running OS 9.1
through X manifest difficulty waking from sleep.
Carbon Copy Cloner and
10.1.5, Dan Knight, 10 Forward, 06.06. Setting up a
server and clearing files to make way for OS X on my
main hard drive - with help from Carbon Copy
Cloner.
OS X: Mac OS X 10.1.5 available via Software Update
panel, includes support for older Rage Pro chip in early
G3 models.
OS X: Silk
1.0, Unsanity [MM].
Freeware program lets Carbon apps use Quartz rendering --
makes Internet Explorer look much nicer.
Software: iCab
2.8 released, available for free download. For a lot
of Mac users, it's our favorite alternative to Internet
Explorer - and they even make a 68K version.
Hands on: iCab
2.8 Web browser mini review, Charles W. Moore,
Applelinks, 06.05. We agree: This still under
construction browser deserves a try, whether on OS X
or the classic Mac OS.
Software: Mozilla
1.0 released. Finally out of beta, Mozilla hopes to
become a serious alterntive to Internet Explorer.
Opinion: Useful
translucency, Philip Machanick, Macintelligence, Mac
Opinion, 05.28. Translucency in OS X isn't very useful,
reduces performance, and decreases usability.
Benchmarks: Mac OS
X 10.1.4, Macs Only!, 05.28. As fast as or faster
then 10.1.3 in almost every area.
Opinion: OS
X: Some good usability, Philip Machanick,
Macintelligence, Mac Opinion, 05.24. "The ability to
select multiple files in an open file dialog is a huge
improvement over the old Mac OS standard."
How OS X is growing the
Mac user base, Kevin Webb, The Mac Webb, 05.22. Mac
users are discovering the power of the command line. Unix
users are discovering the joy of Apple's GUI.
Printer sharing for
Mac OS X, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, 05.21.
Linksys WPS11 shares a printer on ethernet and AirPort --
but with a catch.
Opinion: Apple
software elegant, useful, Dawn Chmielewski,
BayArea.com, 05.02. "The Mac OS X operating system is the
most elegant interpretation of Unix I've ever seen."
Three tips for OS X
users, Evan Kleiman, Mac Daniel, 04.24. The root
account, staying connected via modem, and keeping your
Dock in its place.
Opinion: It's
also the browser, Mac Net Journal, 04.19. Don't just
blame OS X for slow surfing; some browsers are worse
than others.
Opinion: Gartner:
iMacs priced too high, Ben Wilson, NewsFactor
Network, 04.19. So that's why Apple sells so many and
manages to turn a profit....
Opinion: Slow
surfing? "It's the OS, stupid," John H. Farr,
Applelinks, 04.19. "Nothing, and we mean nothing, on
God's green earth will ever convince us that whacking a
couple of seconds off any Web page display is worth
putting up with Windows...."
Analysis: Why
do new Mac surf so slowly?, Paul Boutin, Wired,
04.19. "For Web browsing . . . the new iMacs
are notably slower than a PC."
Indispensable OS X
wares, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, 04.09. 10
freeware and shareware programs every OS X user
should know about.
OS X: XPostFacto
updated. Utility now supports installing OS X on
unsupported PB 3400, original G3, and possibly 2400.
Opinion: Drowning
in Aqua, Peter Seebach, IBM developerWorks. "Aqua
stands today as a tour de force, a grand showing of just
how unbelievably awful an interface can be." Discuss
on MacSlash.
OS X on a beige G3,
Kevin Webb, The Mac Webb, 03.25. The old beige G3/300
handles Mac OS X more comfortably than expected.
Opinion: Ten
Mac OS X suggestions for 2002, Steve Klingsporn,
osOpinion, 03.22. Buy Palm or move to BSD 4.5, improve
file system, add journaling....
Take the Mac
Challenge, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, 03.19.
The goal of the Mac Challenge is to discover which is the
superior platform: Mac OS X or Windows
Opinion: A
Mac OS X Odyssey, part 5, Marc Zeedar, Less Tangible,
Mac Opinion, 03.13. "...my uptime is usually over a
month, and even then it didn't end because of a crash,
but because I installed an upgrade that required I
reboot."
Tech: The
roots of Mac OS X, Gary Rogers, OS News, 02.22.
"Something important had changed though since Steve Jobs
tried to market NeXT in the late eighties, UNIX had
gotten hip, thanks to a computer science student in
Finland, Linus Torvalds."
Opinion: Is
Mac OS X for everyone?, Marc Zeedar, Mac Opinion,
02.21. A thoughtful look at possible obstacles to making
the switch.
Opinion: OS
X: Usability, Philip Machanick, Mac Opinion, 02.20.
"I ask you with tears in my voice: how is the average
non-geek user to make sense of such a setup?"
Web: apple.slashdot.org,
Slashdot, 02.20. Slashdot's new subdomain launches with
discussion of OS X 10.1.3 - and an Aqua-like
appearance.
Review: Mac
OS X: The Missing Manual, Charles W. Moore,
Applelinks, 02.15. "It is a marvel how much useful,
well-organized and easy to access information David Pogue
has succeeded in packing into this relatively compact
volume...."
Consumer: Cubes
for $995, Deals on the Web, 02.15. 450 MHz G4,
DVD-ROM drive, and that impressive Cube design.
OS X: See
how much RAM your software is using, Bob LeVitus, Dr.
Mac's OS X Tip of the Day, 02.15. "Freeware Friday"
points to MemoryStick as the app for the job.
Eight OS X
gotchas, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, 02.12. You
can't sync your Palm, share your USB printer, use most
scanners....
Hands On: Microsoft
Office v. X, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows, 02.12. Why
Microsoft Office v. X is the "most attractive and
most fun-to-use version of Office for any platform."
Mozilla 0.9.8:
Impressive, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous
Ramblings, 02.12. Not just easy to install, this build is
fast.
Opinion: Networking
success at last, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 01.11.
More in the ongoing attempted migration to Mac
OS X.
Hands on: Virtual
PC 5, Macs Only, 02.11. In short, it works under both
the classic Mac OS and OS X.
Opinion: Making
OS X a Unix contender, Gary Rogers, osOpinion, 02.08.
Eight things that could make OS X a better, more
attractive option to Unix users.
Web: MacFixIt
embraces OS X, 02.08. First a for-cost "pro" edition,
now coverage of the classic Mac OS gets moved off the
front page, replaced with OS X coverage.
You don't have to
leave it behind, Alan Zisman, X-Wares, 02.11. Looking
at some traditional Mac wares that have been ported to
OS X.
Opinion: How
Apple could have made the OS X switch easier, Dan
Shafer, 02.01. "I wonder why Steve Jobs & Co. didn't
include some basic things in OS X that would have made
the transition for long-time OS 9 users much
easier."
10 forward, part
2, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, 01.29. An easy,
successful upgrade to OS X, and how I crashed OS X in one
easy step.
Installing OS X on
a SuperMac S900, Bill Rose, Unofficial SuperMac
Support Site, 01.29. The trials and tribulations of
installing Mac OS X on an unsupported SuperMac.
An introduction to
Unix, Adam Loiacono, Unix & the Mac, 01.29. A
brief look at Unix, why it has emerged as the leading
alternative to Windows, and what it means to Mac
users.
OS X: How fast the
future?, Tim Nash, Taking Back the Market, 01.25. How
Apple will move OS X past the early adopter phase
and make it the dominant Mac OS.
OS 9 or X: You can't go
home again, Kevin Webb, The Mac Webb, 01.25. Missing
some aspects of OS 9, I decided to go back for a week.
The experiment lasted all of one hour.
Advocacy: Debunking
Mac myths (*nix edition), Gary Rodger, osOpinion,
01.25. "Unfortunately, I know of a large number of Unix
geeks who still harbor the misconception that the Mac OS
is for grade school."
Opinion: The
Finder philosophy, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks,
01.24. Would you rather have the classic Mac interface
than Aqua on OS X? Yes.
OS X: Preemptive
vs. cooperative multitasking, Charles W. Moore,
Applelinks, 01.23. "[X] features protected
multitasking, in which the operating system constantly
monitors and allocates processor power to the various
running applications as needed, balancing and sharing
supply and demand...."
10 Forward!,
Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, 01.22. All the old
commands are in different places, but forward migration
shows just how rock solid Mac OS X is.
OS X: Mac OS X
installation problems, Mac Night Owl, 01.16. When
installing Mac OS X, read this to be prepared - and
be sure to follow Apple's instructions, too.
Opinion: Why
we've embraced Mac OS X, Derrick Story, O'Reilly
Network, 01.10. "...this new OS has accomplished in a
short period of time what others have struggled to do for
years: bring a compelling, widely accepted GUI (called
Aqua) to Unix."
Preparing for OS
X, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 01.10. Yes, we will be
trying OS X soon - here's the low-end hardware
we'll be using.
Opinion: State
of the OS: 10.1.2, Derek Currie, Insanely Great Mac,
01.04. Mostly positive assessment of latest OS update --
but still room for improvement.
Hands on: Virtual PC
5.0, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows, 01.04. If you need to
run PC software but love your Mac, Virtual PC may be for
you.
Technogeek falls in love
with OS X, Rob D Libbert, My First Mac, 01.04. Linux
power user discovers OS X, falls in love with the
interface.
Opinion: How
I learned to stop worrying and abandoned Mac OS X,
Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 01.03. "It's really
. . . a 'user experience' issue, but if
performance impairs the usage of the machine, then that's
bad UI. And performance on OS X is really not
good."
Web: Will
your G3 work well with OS X?, Anthony Surace,
MacMatrix, 01.02. Quick overview of how well various G3
Macs work with OS X, but PowerBook coverage is
inadequate.
OS X: VoodooX,
Adam Thayer. Adam is developing Voodoo drivers for Mac
OS X. We wish him the best. How about ATI when this
is done. ;-)
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