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September 20, 2006

SubEthaEdit 2.2 downloaded URL

SubEthaEdit 2.2 is the last version that is free for non-commercial. It can be a bit difficult to find the link on the Coding Monkey's website, so here's the download page.

Posted by mcneal at 01:13 PM | Comments (0)

August 21, 2006

IRC Client Suggestions

I asked macsig for some suggestions on what IRC clients to checkout and here's what some people had to say.

Amoreena Myerscough wrote "Colloquy, X-Chat Aqua, Conversation are all good for OS X. One caveat about X-Chat is that the version I tried last year did not recognize /onotice msging, which MIRC and I believe the other two clients do. That may have changed in more recent versions. Conversation is very simple and almost like your typical IM program. X-Chat and Colloquy are more MIRCish in nature."

Kevin Worth said "I've been using Colloquy on recommendation from the Plone.org people. It has worked very well for me."

Andrew Mortensen said "Colloquy is good."

Cameron Hanover said "I spent $15 on ircle years ago, and have gotten my money's worth. xchat aqua is a decent free one, I've heard. I don't think much of Colloquy."

Kris Steinhoff said "I don't use IRC often, but I've used ChatZilla (a Firefox extension) which was OK."

I personally have started to use Conversation and have been very impressed with its ease of use and iChat like interface.

Posted by mcneal at 03:25 PM | Comments (0)

February 28, 2006

Hiding MeetingMaker with CMD-H

One of my biggest complaints with MeetingMaker is that CMD-H does not hide the application. Why they felt the need to have non-standard keyboard shortcuts, I'll never know. But thanks to Michael McDaniel's post, I don't have to ask anymore.

Using the "Keyboard & Mouse" System Preference Pane, it is possible to override keyboard shortcuts per application. To get this working, first free CMD-H by mapping “Master Schedule…” to something else. Then, map “Hide meetingmaker Client” to CMD-H. A quick restart of MeetingMaker, and you'll be all set.

Posted by mcneal at 01:42 PM | Comments (0)

February 14, 2006

Camino Browser Reaches 1.0

The Mozilla Foundation has just released Camino 1.0, a Mac OS X browser based on the same Gecko rendering engine used in Firefox, but which uses native Aqua UI elements for the interface. Camino 1.0 is also a Universal Binary, making it one of the first Intel-native browsers for Mac OS X aside from Safari.

Posted by admorten at 03:57 PM | Comments (0)

January 17, 2006

UM Sophos Anti-Virus installer ready for testing

From Janet Eaton:

ITCS invites those of you with Macintosh computers to try out Sophos Anti-Virus for Macintosh. We expect to begin announcing it to the entire U-M community within the next week or so.

Please review the documentation and then install and set up the software on your Macintosh computer. Instructions for downloading the software are provided in the documentation. Let us know if you encounter any difficulties or if the documentation needs any changes.

Posted by mcneal at 07:41 AM | Comments (0)

January 16, 2006

WorkPerfect files on OS X

Corel's old WordPerfect 3.5e was one of the last reasons I kept Classic around on my machine. I've recently discovered that the free NeoOffice/J application does a great job of handling WordPerfect documents in OS X, complete with footnotes and other embellishments.

Posted by laustin at 01:04 PM | Comments (3)

January 13, 2006

Microsoft halts development of Windows Media Player for the Mac

CNET News is reporting that Microsoft is no longer developing Windows Media Player for OS X. As an alternative, they are directing users to Flip4Mac, a free plug-in for QuickTime Player.

The current version of Media Player will remain available for download.

Posted by mcneal at 09:02 AM | Comments (1)

Microsoft halts development of Windows Media Player for the Mac

CNET News is reporting that Microsoft is no longer developing Windows Media Player for OS X. As an alternative, they are directing users to Flip4Mac, a free plug-in for QuickTime Player.

The current version of Media Player will remain available for download.

Posted by mcneal at 09:02 AM | Comments (1)

January 12, 2006

NetBoot-ing/NetInstall-ing Intel-baded Macs

Eric Zelenka, Sr. Product Line Manager, Server & Storage Software Worldwide Product Marketing for Apple Computer, via the MacEnterprise Mailinglist:

The new Intel-based Macs use a next generation pre-boot technology developed by Intel called EFI. EFI provides a superior booting experience and includes features such as a larger ROM, richer graphics support, full IP stack, dynamic boot volume picker, quicker startup times and even some cool feature such as the ability to an Apple Remote to remotely control boot options.

One of the benefits of EFI is dramatically faster boot times for NetBoot systems. Our internal tests show that in most situations booting of an Intel-based Mac is 2-3 times faster than the older Open Firmware-based systems.

To NetBoot or NetInstall an Intel-based Mac you need to deploy Mac OS X Server v10.4.4. Mac OS X Server v10.4.4 includes an updated System Image Utility for creating NetBoot and NetInstall images of Intel-based Macs. Separate disk images are required for PowerPC-based Macintosh computers and Intel-based Macintosh computers.

Posted by mcneal at 10:30 AM | Comments (1)