What's New - Nov 21, 2007
By: Benjamin D Martin - Revised: 2008-01-10 richard
Introduction
What's new for the Mac in the previous month:
- General issues, workarounds and fixes
- New Software and hardware
- Software and hardware updates/patches
- Apple Inc. related news
Contents
- Leopard Dock
- OS X Client 10.5.1
- OS X Server 10.5.1
- OS X Client 10.4.11
- OS X Server 10.4.11
- Aluminum iMac Freeze
- German iPhone Legal Issues
- Non Leopard Apps
- Utah's Apple Store
- Apple Retail News
One of the big visual complaints that has plagued Leopard is the new dock ...
Luckily you have a plethora of options:
Or you can just have the side style dock (which I find sufficient and unobtrusive)
- In terminal type:
- defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
- killall Dock
Highlights
- Airport 802.1x issues; saved passwords etc.
- My laptop continues to have issues even after the patch
- Firewall security updates; code signing of third party applications; rewording of firewall settings
- The highly publicized Finder data loss bug fixed
- The not so highly publicized "core data" data loss bug still at large ...
OS X Server 10.5.1
Highlights:
- Open Directory
- Added non-ASCII username support
- Addressed intermittent password server errors
- Netboot
- Addresses issue in which 10.5.x-based software images could lead to unresponsive net boot clients
- SMB File Service
- Addressed issue in which Windows clients misinterpret ACL settings
OS X Client 10.4.11
Highlights:
- Includes Safari 3
- Improves VMWARE Fusion support
- Improves USB hard drive / flash drive support
- Improved AFP Bonjour support
- Improved AFP Kerberos support
OS X Server 10.4.11
- Membership issues for users in > 16 groups
- Registering servers on the local network via Bonjour
- ACL access using chmod
- Memory panic bug for 2GB and 4GB configurations
German iPhone Legal Issues
- Germany's legal system granted a preliminary injunction against T-Mobile
- Exclusive contracts a no-go in Germany
- Phones must be allowed to be unlocked and unlocked versions must be available
- T-Mobile will sell unlocked iPhones for: $1,470
- http://www.appleinsider.com/
Retail News
- New online Apple store: Mexico and Portugal
- Third San Francisco store to open on black friday
- Warner Music chief Edgar Bronfman has a change of heart ... and praises apple?
- This and more ... http://www.appleinsider.com/