Category: Software
While the preparations for Apple’s next major OS upgrade have gone on quietly for some time now, the way Apple is treating its latest addition to the Apps of Mac OS X is anything but quiet. Messages is Apple’s new app which allows users to “send messages to any Macintosh, iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch.” The app almost looks like something of a twitter clone, with some distinct differences. Messages replaces your iVhat client and it allows you to make…
Back in the 1970’s when I was first starting out with computer programming, there was one game that was on nearly every system that I had access to. That one game was Adventure. Originally written based on a trip to Mammoth Cave, William Crowther wrote the Colossal Caves Adventure specifically for his kids. However, it soon grew wings and went beyond the confines of his home out into nearly every computer in the world. The program was even produced by…
LibreOffice, the off shoot of the OpenOffice program run by The Document Doundation, is now in Version 3.5.0 Final. The program is a multi-platform office suite that includes a word processor, spreadsheet, database, presentation creator, a drawing program, and a mathematical function writer. LibreOffice was originally created in order to remove control of the OpenOffice Project by major corporations and based on progress made this year, the LibreOffice Suite is progressing at a steady pace. Some items for users who…
Mozilla has released an update to the Firefox Browser that they have classified as a critical update. The update, Version 10.0.1, fixes a security flaw in version 10.0 as well as a Java freezing problem that was in previous versions of the browser. New items in the update include Most add-ons are now compatible with new versions of Firefox by default The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented CSS3 3D-Transforms are…
Mac DVDRipper Pro, the shareware package which allows users to rip their DVD’s onto their Macintosh has been upgraded. Produced by DVDSuki Softwares Inc, Mac DVDRipper Pro is a shareware program which is normally $24.95 for the fully unlocked package. They currently have the program for sale for $19.95 on their website. They also have a free trial version which will work uninhibited for the first five DVD rips. The latest version, 3.1.1 includes the following updates: Support for very…
AppleCommander, the Java based disk image tool by Dr. John B. Matthews has been updated. Version 1.3.5.10 was released this morning on Dr. Matthews’ webpage. AppleCommander allows you to open Apple ][ disk images and view their content down to the individual files. You can also use AppleCommander to import and export files from the disk images, as well as to convert disk images from one type to another. The current release features changes made by David Schmidt. They include…
Program: Pinball Arcade Version: 1.0.8 Size: 17.5 MB Language: English Seller: FarSight Studios URL: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pinball-arcade-free/id497189134?mt=8 After months of being hyped by many in the media, the biggest bust of the year must be Pinball Arcade by Farsight Studios. I was totally looking forward to playing some of the pinball games from over the years that have long left arcades everywhere for pinball graveyards. However, one should have been forewarned by the name of the publisher, which leads right into the…
Egan Ford, creator and curator of the Apple ][ Game Server and the Apple ][ Disk Server has created mobile versions of the website. This allows those users with iPhones to use the iOS based device to load their Apple ][ computer with games or disks directly from the Internet. The mobile version of the Apple ][ Game Server is at: http://asciiexpress.net/gameserver/mobile.html The Apple ][ Disk Server mobile version is currently being built and will be available soon. now…
Gerard Puter has released an update of his popular Virtual ][ shareware Apple ][ Emulator for the Mac. Virtual ][ is a complete Apple ][ emulator with features such as print to pdf and visual configuration menus with accurate card images. In the new version, gerard has included the following changes: Fixed an issue where the Mockingboard card could halt the virtual machine (this happened, for example, in Ultima IV). Corrected an issue in the “floating bus” screen rendering, thereby…
While there are many agencies and groups which take a hard line against any kind of piracy, including the SBA, RIAA, amond others, there seems to be one company now that actually thinks it is a good thing to some extent. Rovio, the maker of the popular game Angry Birds seems to be taking a page from the MS-Dos 1.0 book and saying that the piracy is actually growing their business more than it is hurting it. According to Rovio…
Jumsoft has released Book Palette, a package which adds 10 book templates to iBooks Author. The package also allows you to change and modify the templates to give the effects that you need in your books. It also allows you to save your modified templates, thus making it easier to create your documents with uniformity across all the documents. This package is an absolute necessity for the user who is creating lots of materials and feels that Apple’s lot of…
Program: Shink-Fit X Category: Archiver Utility Released: Feb 02, 2012 Version: 1.0 Size: 1.4 MB Language: English Seller: Kelvin Sherlock Price: Free For many of us, the SHK or Shrinkit files have been a thorn in our sides, especially if we were on a Mac. Now, our time in purgatory has been relieved by a nifty utility from the computer of Kelvin Sherlock, the author of GShisen. Shrink-Fit X is a Mac OS X Application which allows users to open…
Apple has released an update for iBooks 2. The update, version 2.0.1 is intended to address an issue with Textbooks not opening within the program. The update is now in the iTunes App Store and is a free download. To download the update, go to: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8
Skype has been updated to Version 5.5.0.2340. The latest release is a maintenance release meant to deal with some issues with call stability during video calls as well as to make some improvements to the calling interface. Version 5.5.0.2340 requires an Intel based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5.8 or newer. You can download the latest version from the Skype.org website at: http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-macosx
For those of you who are enamored with St. Valentines Day and the whole scene around it, there is now an icon set just for you. Cuberto has produced a free icon set specifically targeting the St. Valentines Day fans and is now distributing it on the Smashing Magazine website at: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/02/02/freebie-valentines-day-icon-set/
Quicksilver Application Launcher has been updated to Version Beta 64. Quicksilver allows fast and easy control of the Macintosh allowing the user to use keystrokes to launch applications. The program uses the first letters of the file name to find, and launch an application. Fixes in the latest version of Quicksilver include: You can download the Quicksilver Application Launcher for free from the Quicksilver website at: http://qsapp.com/download.php Quicksilver is available for Mac OS X 10.3 (beta 36), 10.4 and 10.5…
Many users are reporting that they are experiencing some issues with the latest version of Mac OS X. Apple, Inc. rolled out Mac OS X 10.7.3 yesterday and although most users had no issues, there were a good number who are experiencing a CUI Error with the upgrade. Reports are saying that this error is being caused by the Software Update feature of Mac OS X 10.7 and not by the manual download of the upgrade. Our own experience in-house…
JotStudio is an application specifically made to the allow precision drawing using Jot by Adonit. The application lets you take note and draw in the application, arranging photos and other media around the drawing. While you can draw badly by hand, having a Jot or JotPro stylus is really your best bet. While initial reviews of the App have been less than stellar, it is still worth the look. Adonit has some issues still to deal with in the App…
Evernote, the application which allows the user to make notes from any media or content, has been updated. Evernote version 3.0.6 has been totally re-vamped for Mac OS X Lion and now includes dull screen editing with multiple windows. Version 3.0.6 includes a number of feature updates and fixes including : Improvements: Redesigned note editor interface Redesigned login/registration window Allow adding and deleting of rows and columns in tables Quick checkbox list creation (hitting enter on a line starting with…
Brutal Deluxe Software has announced the availability of their Fishhead Copier program which allows users to copy software in the GS/OS Environment. Fishhead includes a number of important advancements and features including: * Attribute preservaswtion when copying files * Batch Mode allowing removable devices and consecutive disk copying * Advanced error handling * A complete history log of all copies performed. Fished copies files in 256 byte chunks and it’s primary function is to allow the user to archive a…
