10.3: Easy auto-mounting of server shares

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Auto-mounting media devices

Auto-mounting media devices 04/30/2004 12:37 AM

What follows is an interesting insight into the minds of the eHome, Media PC press. 

As Andrew Grundner (the writer of this story) gushes on about how cool this closed system is, he discovers the convienience of auto-mounting devices, and you have to wonder: "where has this guy been?"

But not everybody made the immediate jump, as Arthur Van Hoff and Rob Currie did (with their Strangeberry platform), that ZeroConf (which Apple calls Rendezvous) is the perfect technology for auto-mounting home media devices.  The only difference is that they based their work on an open platform, while this MediaBolic product is closed and proprietary.

The idea of ZeroConf/Rendezvous is that products from a wide range of vendors could all work on the same 'auto-mounting' consumer media network.

Now why oh why would MediaBolic think we'd lock ourselves into THEIR proprietary network, when we're all joining up on the open network?  'Cause they got some sort of patent?

And more importantly - "why wasn't Andrew Grundner asking these questions of them?"

Now that TiVO owns Strangeberry watch for some next generation products that will make Comcast's Moxi product look like a joke.

Integrating the family's media collection and aggregating a myriad of home media services; such as digital downloading, photo prointing or food delivery - is gonna be big business. 

And watch for major plays from Broadband Mechanics in this area.

Meanwhile here's the article that just set me off!

Mediabolic Delivering on the Digital Home Concept.

Mediabolic Delivering on the Digital Home Concept  Category: Editorials - April 29, 2004  By Alexander Grundner Today I have seen the future and it's not coming from Microsoft -- at least not yet. I got a chance to meet with Jeremy Toeman, associate VP of Mediabolic, for the first time, for an informal get-together. For those unfamiliar with the company, Mediabolic is one of the leaders in the middleware software space for connected home devices. Their flagship software product, the M1 Entertainment Platform, can be found powering many notable products like the Denon NS-S100 Digital Media Server, which won TechTV's "Best of Show" at CES in January, and Creative's SoundBlaster Wireless Music Adapter. Over lunch we discussed the state of the industry, and convergent devices currently coming to market and on the horizon. Overall, we were pretty much in agreement with the general direction device manufactures were taking consumers in. But things got really interesting when he asked me if I wanted to see of demo of M1 platform at work. Back at the office, Mediabolic has terrific demo room setup, configured with networked computers and a myriad of M1 enabled connected media devices. I assumed he was going to show me what each product did individually and then move on to the next product, but I was just half right. He went beyond that by pointing out how each device is actually recognized by all the computers running the M1 server software. What's more, all networked M1 enabled PCs can populate all the connected media devices with content stored on each PC's hard drive without any special configuration (an industry first -- this floored me). In other words, if you are using a media adapter in one room, you will see all the digital files available from a networked M1 enabled PC, and if a second or third M1 enabled PC is turned on, then all their additional files will become immediately available. This function, that I was never aware of, puts a new face on connected entertainment. The idea has always been to setup a shared digital media server to distribute content around the house -- just configure each networked device to pull content from one central location. Made sense, but Mediabolic's no configuration, auto-recognize and populate solution is way more advanced, and provides a better user experience. All in all, I enjoyed my meeting, but came away impressed with the fact that Mediabolic is company that actually delivers on the promise of interoperable connected devices for the Digital Home. And best of all, anyone can use M1 enabled products with existing networking and PC hardware equipment.

[eHomeUpgrade]

Mounting Windows Server 2003 & NT
with 10.3

Mounting Windows Server 2003 & NT
with 10.3 06/03/2004 12:15 PM
Setup a G5 running Panther with all the latest updates to find that when I mounted the NT server volumes (some specifically setup for Mac), all files without a dot prefix eg .jpg .doc, came up as Unix exe (Executable) file wi...

10.3: Easy access to AppleTalk shares in
Panther

10.3: Easy access to AppleTalk shares in
Panther 12/15/2003 11:44 AM
After pulling my hair out due to not being able to easily connect to AppleTalk shares in Panther, somebody showed me the easy way. Simply make an alias to the old OS 9 Chooser on your desktop or dock -- I copied the alias ...

NAV server update, the easy way...

NAV server update, the easy way... 03/08/2004 11:17 PM

Easy File Sharing Web Server
Vulnerability

Easy File Sharing Web Server
Vulnerability 08/30/2004 02:32 AM

Direct and Related Links for 'Easy File Sharing Web Server Vulnerability'

“Critical: Moderately critical Impact: Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information Where: From remote Solution Status: Unpatched. James Bercegay has discovered a vulnerability in Easy File Sharing Web Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to access sensitive information. A problem caused due to insufficient restrictions on the web server’s virtual folders can be exploited to retrieve arbitrary files from a vulnerable system. Example: http://[victim]/disk_c The vulnerability has been confirmed on version 1.25….

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Easy Chat
Server 1.2

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Easy Chat
Server 1.2 07/02/2004 06:13 PM
Donato Ferrante (Jul 02 2004)

Mount and unmount server shares via
AppleScript

Mount and unmount server shares via
AppleScript 03/22/2005 03:20 PM
cypressor: "I am using a fileserver at home, and various SMB shares at my university, so I needed a script that automatically mounts the appropriate shares, or unmounts those that are already mounted."

Keyspan USB Server Shares USB Devices On
Your Network

Keyspan USB Server Shares USB Devices On
Your Network 05/21/2004 11:16 AM
Everything USB has a review of the Keyspan USB Server, a $120 device that lets you share other USB devices over a network. It was designed specifically for printers and scanners, although other USB devices have a fair chance of...

Microsoft Shares More Clues About
Longhorn Server

Microsoft Shares More Clues About
Longhorn Server 06/17/2005 03:18 PM
Microsoft is continuing to drop new clues about what users can expect in Longhorn Server, the version of its Windows Server product slated to ship in 2007, and beyond.

During an online Web chat on Wednesday, Windows Server Senior Vice President Bob Muglia touched on everything from a possible new home version of Windows Server, to the future of Active Directory.

Muglia reconfirmed that Longhorn Server Beta 1 will ship this summer, around the same time as Longhorn client Beta 1. And based on a comment from one of the Microsoft chat moderators, it sounds as if the current plan is to have code in testers' hands by August.

The moderator told participants to "please join us in the first part of August for a chat about Longhorn Server Beta 1."

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Microsoft Shares More Details on
Longhorn Server (and Beyond)

Microsoft Shares More Details on
Longhorn Server (and Beyond) 06/17/2005 03:38 PM
we inch closer to Beta 1 of Longhorn Server (and client, both), Microsoft is sharing more information on the next major version of its Windows Server product.

Hardware Vendors Offer Microsoft
Internet Security and Acceleration
Server 2004 in Dedicated, Easy-to-Use
Solutions

Hardware Vendors Offer Microsoft
Internet Security and Acceleration
Server 2004 in Dedicated, Easy-to-Use
Solutions 05/24/2004 02:15 PM
When Microsoft talks with customers about the newest version of its Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server at TechEd today, it will have company. That's because ISA Server 2004 isn't just the latest version of Microsoft's advanced application layer firewall, virtual private network and Web cache solution. It's also the foundation for a growing range of dedicated security hardware.

Mounting

Mounting 08/09/2004 09:16 AM
My Cable-Safe System order arrived last week. I have a nit to pick over the C-clamp — the top part...

Suitable for Mounting

Suitable for Mounting 12/06/2003 10:53 AM
Cynthia Plaster Caster has been making plaster casts of the erect penises of rock stars since 1968. Jimi Hendrix's "very statuesque and antique-looking" member broke the mold, but she "managed to reconnect the head to the shaft to the testicles." (12-06)

Ringtones Made Easy- Unwired Appeal
launches ToneGuys Ringtones and the
Adaptive Content Server (ACS)

Ringtones Made Easy- Unwired Appeal
launches ToneGuys Ringtones and the
Adaptive Content Server (ACS) 05/31/2004 01:45 PM
Cutting-edge ACS technology allows cellphone users in North American to easily download ringtones, graphics, and java games at www.toneguys.com. [PRWEB May 26, 2004]

KQ-Mail: A small, fast, easy mail server

KQ-Mail: A small, fast, easy mail server 12/16/2003 02:58 PM
Change of direction

Paying the Price: The Mounting Costs of
the Iraq War

Paying the Price: The Mounting Costs of
the Iraq War 06/27/2004 02:40 PM
Paying the Price: The Mounting Costs of the Iraq War
In fully footnoted PDF or handy Just The Numbers format.
Related Story: Iraq war 'will cost each US family $3,415'

10.3: A fix for local drives not
mounting until user login

10.3: A fix for local drives not
mounting until user login 11/11/2003 11:37 AM
I was running into a problem where non-IDE drives would not mount at startup until a user logged in at the GUI. In an all-SCSI system, this meant that I couldn't ssh into the machine and access my volumes (outside of /), and ...

How Apple Can Weather Mounting iPod
Threats

How Apple Can Weather Mounting iPod
Threats 04/08/2005 04:59 AM

Wasting your time and energy on comparatively trivial lawsuits and threats is beneath such a great company, especially when there's a world waiting to be conquered. By Jeremy Horwitz, iPodlounge

Faster, better disk image mounting via a
script

Faster, better disk image mounting via a
script 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
Faster, better disk image mounting via a script

Bush Tries to Allay Mounting Doubts Over
Iraq

Bush Tries to Allay Mounting Doubts Over
Iraq 05/24/2004 09:51 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 25 2004 2:20AM GMT

Easy-to-Spot Air Security Might Be Easy
Target (Los Angeles Times)

Easy-to-Spot Air Security Might Be Easy
Target (Los Angeles Times) 05/31/2004 05:38 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — As they settled into first class on American Airlines Flight 1438 from Chicago to Miami, they were supposed to be the last line of defense against terrorists — two highly trained U.S. air marshals who would sit unnoticed among the ordinary travelers but spring into action at the first sign of trouble.

Users struggle to cope with mounting
backup dilemmas

Users struggle to cope with mounting
backup dilemmas 09/22/2004 05:12 PM
IT managers on hand for this week's Storage Decisions conference said they are working ever harder to consolidate storage-area networks, attain a single view of their infrastructure and increase the amount of online disk storage.

Arafat Faces Mounting Pressure for
Government Reform

Arafat Faces Mounting Pressure for
Government Reform 07/21/2004 09:34 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 22 2004 1:55AM GMT

Drunken Blog Provides Mounting Evidence
of CherryOS Code-Theft

Drunken Blog Provides Mounting Evidence
of CherryOS Code-Theft 03/14/2005 05:45 PM

Pressure Mounting on North Korea for
Nuclear Talks (Reuters)

Pressure Mounting on North Korea for
Nuclear Talks (Reuters) 03/23/2005 07:12 AM
Reuters - North Korea came under renewed pressure on Wednesday to return to six-country talks on its nuclear program as its premier, Pak Pong-ju, met Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing.

Easy Come, Easy Go: Antigua Loses To US
Over Gambling

Easy Come, Easy Go: Antigua Loses To US
Over Gambling 04/07/2005 05:39 PM
Antigua has been battling the US for some time over the US's ban on online gambling. For many years, Antigua-based online casinos have run into problems with US laws. Two years ago, they went to the WTO claiming that the US ban on online gambling was a violation of a fair trade agreement the two nations had signed. It took the WTO almost exactly one year to point out that Antig ua was probably right. Of course, that wasn't acceptable for politicians who seem to think gambling is pure evil (except, of course, when it contributes to local tax coffers) -- so, while they planned to ignore the ruling completely (we're the US, we don't follow international rulings unless we agree with them), they did file an appeal, just for fun. It turns out that appeal worked, and the WTO has changed its mind, saying that banning gambling is a "moral issue," and therefore not subject to the fair trade agreement the two nations signed. So, sorry for all you online gambling addicts in the US, but you're back to breaking the law again.

Mac OS X 10.3.5 (#2): Disk mounting;
Bluetooth devices will not pair; Sleep
issues; Safari problems; more

Mac OS X 10.3.5 (#2): Disk mounting;
Bluetooth devices will not pair; Sleep
issues; Safari problems; more 08/10/2004 03:52 PM
MacFixIt Aug 10 2004 6:13PM GMT

Backup Hard Drives: CMS ABSplus And
Maxtor OneTouch Offer Easy Backup And
Easy Storage

Backup Hard Drives: CMS ABSplus And
Maxtor OneTouch Offer Easy Backup And
Easy Storage 12/19/2003 11:33 AM
Both drives do a fine job of simplifying backup and providing external storage space. The ABSplus is a focused backup device that's easy to use, right out of the box, for backup and restoration, whereas Maxtor's cheaper and quieter drive is better for people who want extra disk space and more backup flexibility. By Adam Engst (Macworld via MyAppleMenu)

Customers Gain Reliability of Mainframes
on Fujitsu's Next-Generation High-End
Server for Windows Server 2003,
'Longhorn' Server

Customers Gain Reliability of Mainframes
on Fujitsu's Next-Generation High-End
Server for Windows Server 2003,
'Longhorn' Server 06/28/2004 10:07 AM
In a press conference held here today, Fujitsu Limited Chairman Naoyuki Akikusa and Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer announced a significant expansion of the companies' long-standing global enterprise relationship. The companies entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with respect to their companies' commitment to collaborate in the development of Fujitsu's next-generation Intel(R) Itanium(R) Processor Family-based server for Windows Server(TM) 2003 and next-generation Windows Server (code-named "Longhorn" Server), as well as in platform integration, services and mission-critical customer support.

Media Made Easy Announces the
Availability of the Media Made Easy
Media Center PC

Media Made Easy Announces the
Availability of the Media Made Easy
Media Center PC 03/24/2005 08:30 PM
Media Center PC World Mar 25 2005 12:48AM GMT

Config-Auto-0.05

Config-Auto-0.05 02/10/2004 10:30 AM

Auto Onslaught

Auto Onslaught 10/31/2003 05:16 PM
20031031 - Cancelled Meeting

Auto Wreck

Auto Wreck 04/09/2005 12:38 AM
The queue looked lonely, so I thought I'd share with you kids a short story I wrote many years ago...

Auto Draw

Auto Draw 06/22/2004 12:54 AM
Auto Draw

Auto-Run SysPrep

Auto-Run SysPrep 07/31/2004 12:31 AM

Config-Auto-0.10

Config-Auto-0.10 08/17/2004 11:07 AM

Auto MySqlBackup

Auto MySqlBackup 04/21/2004 12:56 PM
The project stated

Auto-mesh

Auto-mesh 04/30/2004 12:10 PM
Glenn Fleischman writes: The CUWiN [Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network ] project wants to allow self-forming, noncentralized, mesh-based Wi-Fi networks using standard, old PCs with no configuration. Slightly more advanced units could be ruggedized boxes using Compact Flash, but the basic unit would be a 486 or later PC with a bootable CD-ROM or bootable floppy that bootstraps a CD-ROM. Once booted, a unit finds other similar units without any other configuration or control and forms a mesh. Clay comments over at Corante Many2Many: As with straight Wifi, the obvious uses of a simple meshing tool are to replace wireline networks...

Auto save, anyone?

Auto save, anyone? 03/14/2005 05:38 PM
I feel Adam's pain! The TEXTAREA does generally suck. Maybe someone will come up with a great ajax application for...
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NetInfo v4.9 Build 1116

NetInfo v4.9 Build 1116 11/16/2003 11:35 AM
NetInfo is a full-featured network toolkit. Designed for both beginners and power users, NetInfo provides all the tools you need to help diagnose network problems and get information about users, hosts, and networks on the Internet or on your Intranet. [Shareware $25.00 30 Days 1.30 MB]

NetInfo binding by DHCP

NetInfo binding by DHCP 01/07/2004 04:32 PM
Just a quickie. All the Apple documents on NetInfo explain how to set up OS X Server to provide NetInfo information as part of the DHCP response/service. But if you already have a DHCP service on your network, the DHCP option...

Alternatip: Mac OS X NetInfo Manager

Alternatip: Mac OS X NetInfo Manager 07/19/2004 11:21 PM
G4 Tech TV Jul 20 2004 3:39AM GMT

Recovering from a corrupted netinfo
database

Recovering from a corrupted netinfo
database 10/30/2003 08:18 PM
Before installing Panther on my PowerBook, I backed up the drive to an external FireWire drive with Carbon Copy Cloner. When I tried to boot that drive, however, I found that I was dumped to the login screen and my password didn't work. Here's how I recovered it.

Relocate the Applications folder via
NetInfo

Relocate the Applications folder via
NetInfo 07/26/2004 12:27 PM
I've found a method to move the standard Mac OS X Applications folder. Open NetInfoManager and go to the /mounts folder. Now, when the boring authentication process is done, add a new key applications (lowercase as shown), wi...

Inside The Mac OS: A Look At AppleTalk
And Zones

Inside The Mac OS: A Look At AppleTalk
And Zones 03/17/2005 03:09 AM

By Ryan Faas, Computerworld

A fix for AppleTalk network connection
problems

A fix for AppleTalk network connection
problems 03/19/2005 02:40 AM
Are you still using AppleTalk? So are we, but only for printing. Nevertheless, it's quite annoying when it doesn't work. Once in a while, AppleTalk won't change Network Number or Zone when you plug it into a network where it ...

Switch AppleTalk between AirPort and
Ethernet

Switch AppleTalk between AirPort and
Ethernet 04/04/2005 11:17 AM
AppleTalk can only be active on one port at a time, so if you switch from wired to wireless often, it can become a bit annoying to switch locations or to manually modify the AppleTalk settings everytime you change. AppleTalk ...

10.3: Enable AppleTalk server browsing

10.3: Enable AppleTalk server browsing 10/30/2003 11:31 AM
For some reason, Panther's ability to browse a network for AppleTalk servers is turned off by default. To turn it back on, go to Applications -> Utilities -> Directory Access, and put a check in the box next to AppleTal...

Tsarfin Computing Ltd Announces
Availability of NetInfo Version 5.2

Tsarfin Computing Ltd Announces
Availability of NetInfo Version 5.2 09/10/2004 03:30 AM
Tsarfin Computing Ltd today announces the availability of NetInfo Version 5.2, the company's flagship product in the network diagnostic software market. [PRWEB Sep 10, 2004]

Asante adds AppleTalk, WPA to
FriendlyNET router

Asante adds AppleTalk, WPA to
FriendlyNET router 04/29/2004 02:50 PM
Asanté Technologies Inc. announced on Thursday an upgrade to the firmware for their FriendleyNET 802.11g wireless router. The version 1.1 update adds Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption, the ability to e-mail or remotely log system alerts, and AppleTalk support for legacy Macintosh networks. You can download the new firmware from the Asanté Web site; the company notes that the router's updated 83-page user manual is also available for download.

Create AppleTalk zone sidebar entries
for fast access

Create AppleTalk zone sidebar entries
for fast access 02/17/2004 11:49 AM
I just found this, and figured it was a redeeming feature of the new Network browsing mechanism in 10.3. Where I work, there are a few dozen AppleTalk zones; this means that browsing through the choices after "Network&...

Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright

Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright 06/27/2004 07:33 PM
My real concern lies with the hundreds of editors who will have to provide pithy, cliche-ridden titles featuring the word Tiger only moments after the keynote ends. By Brian Bailey (via MyAppleMenu)

Taming Tiger: Pre-release of Tiger now
available

Taming Tiger: Pre-release of Tiger now
available 01/27/2004 01:21 AM

Where is Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)?

Where is Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)? 04/04/2005 02:16 AM
With April Fool's come and gone, the question remains... where is Tiger? rumors had placed it's announcement on April 1. Subsequent confirmation e...

"Tiger"

"Tiger" 06/28/2004 08:15 PM

Mac OS X Tiger

Mac OS X Tiger 04/14/2005 07:38 PM

Do you want a quick overview of Tiger check out the info Apple has put out. [Apple]

Eye of the Tiger

Eye of the Tiger 03/13/2003 12:53 PM

If you really need to have that extra edge when you play, there's a bizarre new "Focus Trainer" from SportsLink that's supposed to improve concentration and focus before atheletic activity and really get you into "The Zone". It sounds more like a trip to the Laserium if you ask us:

First, find a nice quiet place where you won't be bothered. Put the glasses and headphones on and pick a session. You can choose from 15 of them, ranging from "relaxed calmness" to "anxiety release." Press Start and wait. After a 10-second countdown, you hear a weird noise like a soothing low feedback. It gets louder and then softer, stunted a bit and then drawn out. Then the lights kick in. There are six small, flashing lights that blink furiously on the top rim of the glasses. Shut your eyes, take some deep breaths, and the effect is really strange.

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Tiger

Tiger 06/05/2005 11:32 PM
yay. got tiger. foolishly I wandered by the apple store at 5.30 to find a long line of people waiting for them to reopen at 6. Guy comes up to the line and asks the two girls behind me what the line is for. "mac store. they are giving away free stuff!! ipods and you know stuff", they tell him with excited voices. Guy turns around walks a few steps away and then comes back. "Maybe you have a better...

GNU-Darwin on Tiger

GNU-Darwin on Tiger 06/05/2005 11:13 PM
We are announcing compatibility with Apple Tiger OS as a strategy for reaching Mac OS X users with software freedom. GNU-Darwin has been the primary advocate of these values in the Darwin community

Tiger Roars As An OS

Tiger Roars As An OS 04/13/2005 07:33 PM

This OS is nirvana for productivity. By Michael Gartenberg, Jupiter Research

First impressions of Tiger...

First impressions of Tiger... 06/28/2004 04:31 PM

A few first impressions of Apple's upcoming Operating System: Tiger:

• Spotlight - basically an Apple native verstion of Launchbar with a few self-evidently nice features (searching Mail). After using Launchbar for a while I can state without question that it feels like part of the OS after a while, so if the Apple version has the similar ability to run it without using the mouse, then I'll be pretty happy. I doubt Objective Development will be, of course...
• iChat AV - the new version allows you to conference call ten people and video chat with loads of people too. That's pretty cool. I'm pretty bloody impressed by that. It's going to be pretty awesome and totally what I've been hoping they'd do. It fits in really well with some other thinking I've been doing...
• Safari RSS - sites with RSS feeds are marked when you go to them, which is cool, and then you can subscribe to them directly through the interface. I'm not convinced by their interaction design here - I suspect I'll keep using NetNewsWire for the time being - but it's certainly a positive step that can't help but make RSS penetration...
• Dashboard - basically this one is a fucking rip off of Konfabulator and I'm pretty pissed off about it. I'm not a particular fan of the paradigm, but I don't think that's pertinent - unlike RSS feeds and the Launchbar knock-off there doesn't seem to me to be really any reason for building this into the OS, it's not particularly interesting or powerful and it really does seem just like nicking someone else's ideas and lobbing them into your Operating System because you can. Harsh, Steve. Harsh...
• Automator - as far as I can tell this is a GUI for AppleScript, allowing people like me who get scared by even the simplest of scripting languages to automate tasks quickly and easily without ending up dribbling into a cup. My personal jury is out on how useful it'll actually be on a day-to-day basis but that doesn't mean that I'm not impressed. AppleScript for the rest of us?
• VoiceOver - a spoken interface for the Mac. I'm not really qualified to comment on the technology, but certainly the aspiration is good and important and I don't doubt it'll serve Apple well in cracking governmental markets. My only quibble - I'm not so impressed by the little white man they made in Illustrator to put in the logo. He looks a bit lame and ... bendy ...
• .Mac sync - a revised version of iSync with a simpler UI and apparently some developer hooks. It still pisses me off that you have to have a .Mac account to do any syncing across the internet. I can't quite believe that function is worth the $60 a year, nor do I think it's even vaguely conceivable that you couldn't explain to someone how to set up a server to handle that stuff themselves... Seems like a slightly shitty attempt to drill money out of you in an entirely random way...
• Better Unix - neat! I think!
• XCode 2.0 - wish I understood it!
• System Wide Metadata Indexing - this is seriously cool and API'd up the wazoo so hopefully it will start to lay the foundations of the Finder technologies of the future...

All in all the big news for the operating system is the integration of search and metadata technologies into the heart of the Operating System. The Safari RSS and iChat AV stuff is pretty cool too and everything else looks like tweaks, gimmicks or outright rip-offs. I wonder when it's out?

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Tiger And The (R)evolution Of Mac OS X

Tiger And The (R)evolution Of Mac OS X 07/06/2004 11:57 AM
By Ted Landau, MacFixIt (via MyAppleMenu)

New OS X 10.4 Tiger Features?

New OS X 10.4 Tiger Features? 09/14/2004 01:51 AM
AppleInsider (link, link) has published screen shots of various components of OS X Tiger builds showing previously undocumented features. Among them a...

Tiger 150, Longhorn 0

Tiger 150, Longhorn 0 08/29/2004 10:56 AM
When Steve Jobs took the stage at the Worldwide Developers Conference and unveiled the next version of OS X, Tiger, comparisons were quick to be drawn to Microsoft's Longhorn — some by Apple itself with a few strategically-placed banners. At the time, Longhorn was still packed with the promise of a better search engine, one that seemed to even put Panther’s superior engine to shame. But then Steve demoed Spotlight, and all fears were put to rest. Set to launch in the first half of 2005, Tiger continues to pile on the features, while Longhorn, now looking at a <A HREF="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=73 8&e=3&u=/nm/20040828/tc_nm/tech_microsoft_windows_dc">2006< /A> target date, is trimming its own. "We've had to make some trade-offs to deliver the features corporate customers, consumers and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) are asking for in a reasonable time frame," said Microsoft group vice president Jim Allchin. Apparently, five years just isn't enough time to properly overhaul an OS. "In developing software, somewhere you have to put a stake in the ground and there's often some hard trade-offs you have to make," said Michael Cherry, a analyst with Directions on Microsoft, an independent researcher based in Kirkland, Washington. The Windows File System, or WinFS for short, is — or rather, was — "the active storage subsystem in Longhorn that is used for searching, organizing, and sharing data. WinFS maintains a store of items and their properties, and provides a system service in Longhorn to retrieve information when it's needed." However a <A HREF="http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/winfs/default.aspx?pull=/lib rary/en-us/dnaero/html/wux_topic_storage.asp">note</A> on the Microsoft Web site reads, "In spite of what may be stated in this content, WinFS is not a feature that will come with the Longhorn Operating System. However, WinFS will be available on the Windows platform at some future date, which is why this article continues to be provided for your information"

Fink and Tiger.

Fink and Tiger. 06/05/2005 11:26 PM
Fink can be used on OS X 10.4! There are several ways you can update: A binary installer will be available within a few weeks, for binary-only users. In the meantime, new users should bootstrap fink 0.23.10, just as stable users, below. For users of the stable tree, we recommend that you delete your current fink with sudo rm -Rf /sw and then "bootstrap" an installation of fink-0.23.10 using fink-0.23.10.tar.gz--download that file and expand it, eg. via tar -xvzf fink-0.23.10.tar.gz. After running the command ./bootstrap.sh in the resulting fink-0.23.10 directory, you'll need to run fink selfupdate For users of the unstable tree, you may be able to upgrade just by running fink selfupdate if your version of fink is less than 0.24.6. It will install fink-0.24.6 for you. After upgrading to 10.4, first check that you have the right version of fink by issuing fink --version . If your version is less than 0.24.6, run fink selfupdate to get the right version of fink. Then, whether you selfupdated or not, reinstall the fink package using fink rebuild fink, and follow that with another fink selfupdate. Not all packages are working yet under 10.4, but that situation will improve over the next several weeks. The stable tree contains substantially fewer packages than in 10.3, but all of them should compile. Of course, some wrinkles still need to be ironed out. We encourage users with mission-critical applications to check in on the mailing lists to verify whether anyone has had experience with the package in question before upgrading.

Easy Tiger

Easy Tiger 09/08/2004 01:26 AM
If you must have doohickeys on your desktop now, check out Konfabulator, a platform that lets you load clever and handsome little tools (also called widgets), like a small music player, on your desktop. There's a minicontroversy among Mac observers about whether Apple swiped the Dashboard idea from the makers of Konfabulator.

PunchOut 1.0 for Tiger

PunchOut 1.0 for Tiger 04/01/2005 09:56 PM
Bare Bones Software: “Bare Bones Software today announced the forthcoming release of PunchOut, a new integrated backup system which safely records critical user data onto a durable backup medium... The new Advanced Prioritized Retrieval Integration Layer engine uses Spotlight in conjunction with a naive Bayesian reverse classifier to analyze stored data in real time.”

Tiger Gold?

Tiger Gold? 04/01/2005 03:24 AM

10.3: Easy auto-mounting of server shares

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