new mac mini server

apple has on tuesday (20/10/2009) released a new server version of the mac mini for AUD 1399.- incl. GST making it an extremely affordable solution for small business.

snow leopard improvements

now that we have been able to dive right into snow leopard, here a brief overview of what we like most… event editing in ical… much easier than before, thanks to: ical > edit > show inspector expose all windows grid (sort ‘command+1’ alphabetically, ‘command+2’ by application) minimise windows into dock icon (system preferences > … Read more

snow leopard incompatibilities

apple has posted a list of known incompatible software, which snow leopard will not allow you to run here. some rather prominent omissions from this list are… ‘1password‘, which does not work with safari 4… however it seems to work with firefox 3.5.2; vectorworks 11.5.2 & 12.5.3 & 2008 sp3 & 2009 sp4… apparently an … Read more

snow leopard installation

at last snow leopard is out and we have a copy to play with – here some links, we found useful: before you do anything follow john gruber’s reflection on murphy’s law here. a more detailed review of the installation process and its requirements here.

snow leopard (updated)

for a preview on what the upcoming mac OS 10.6 (a.k.a. snow leopard) has to offer click here. some of the features we are most looking forward are the following: faster shutdown & startup reduced footprint saving approx. 6GB compared to 10.5 ms exchange support for ical & addressbook quicktime X video editing apparently, snow … Read more