So I installed Leopard on my 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo 20″ iMac using the Uprade installation routine. The installation took about 45mins and was completed successfully. Upon restarting however, I got the blue screen of death. I booted from the disk again, the installer offered to install again, which I did – same result. No booting. I then booted from the disk and ran an archive and install, which worked. Booting works, I am in. Small setback though, I am a “standard user” and I can’t do jack! I found this article on the internet to reset the root password (thank you MacXORhacker!) and solved the problem. So all in all, a pretty rocky start for Mac OS X 10.5. I am running the installer now on a 933MHz G4 iBook…
From www.apple.com/hotnews
Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users. With our revolutionary multi-touch interface, powerful hardware and advanced software architecture, we believe we have created the best mobile platform ever for developers.
It will take until February to release an SDK because we’re trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once—provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc. This is no easy task. Some claim that viruses and malware are not a problem on mobile phones—this is simply not true. There have been serious viruses on other mobile phones already, including some that silently spread from phone to phone over the cell network. As our phones become more powerful, these malicious programs will become more dangerous. And since the iPhone is the most advanced phone ever, it will be a highly visible target.
Some companies are already taking action. Nokia, for example, is not allowing any applications to be loaded onto some of their newest phones unless they have a digital signature that can be traced back to a known developer. While this makes such a phone less than “totally open,” we believe it is a step in the right direction. We are working on an advanced system which will offer developers broad access to natively program the iPhone’s amazing software platform while at the same time protecting users from malicious programs.
We think a few months of patience now will be rewarded by many years of great third party applications running on safe and reliable iPhones.
Steve
P.S.: The SDK will also allow developers to create applications for iPod touch. [Oct 17, 2007]
Hey,
Any Macheads interested in meeting at one of our local Apple Stores (preferably Roseville) to catch some Leopards next Friday? 6PM is the official launch, which means a quick trip over there after work. All hail 10.5!
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html
Hey, folks! I just grabbed an old all-in-one pc off the scrap heap, and I am going to try to convert it into something actually useful – a touchscreen bar-top jukebox. Only problem, I want to do it on the cheap! Can I get some feedback regarding any ‘skinable’ open source setup that I might be able to put on this thing?
Tech specs — It’s got a honking POWERHOUSE under the hood! Celeron 566 with 512 of PC133 on an ultra modified mATX framework (I think). It’s a crap heap, but hey, it comes with a 15.4″ LCD screen with a 2.5″ flat bezel frame and a decently sturdy and quiet case. I may be stripping this down and airbrushing some nice enamel on it, but who knows. The value price of FREE was well within my budget!
Any sage advice from the GG Open Source crowd would be greatly appreciated! I would think it would be cool if there was some Media Center like apps out there that could run on this, that shows album art with a customizable GUI.
Any ideas?
Not a big fan of re-posts but this one over at AppleInsider was too good to pass up: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2237
Not to rag on Zune, but what is going on over there at M$?
I came across this article today about Apple vs Microsoft in the enterprise. This is a topic that Patrick has also talked about at various Geek Gathers. The article talks a lot about Exchange Server (still in use and one of the few killer products to come out of MS) and Apple PowerTalk which I had never heard of before reading this article. It’s a interesting read.
David Pogue of the NY Times has an interesting opinion piece about what working in IT really means
and brings up a lot of discussion about Macs vs PCs and why, generally speaking, corporate IT continues to stay with Microsoft strategies instead of moving towards more open source models or Macs. The comments to this piece are equally interesting to read although there was a strong-biased towards Mac which may have had to do with Pogue being very much a Mac user. He does use Windows although it is primarily for Dragon Naturally Speaking, a Windows-only product for translating the spoken word into text on a screen.
Interesting editorial about Time Machine. I wasn’t too impressed with the application although it will certainly simplify things for home users. What I was impressed about is how by implementing it, there is a strong chance Apple may be moving from the old HFS+ file system to ZFS which has many significant advantages.
Does anybody have a recommendation for a free utility that allow me to clone an active OS X system folder to an external drive and make it bootable from there?