What's New - Jun 18, 2008

By: Benjamin Martin - Revised: 2008-09-05 ben

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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

  • Agenda
  • iPhone 3G
  • MobileMe
  • SnowLeopard
  • FireFox 3.0
  • OS X 10.5.3
  • Security Update 2008-003

Agenda

  • What's New
    • Ben Martin ~ U of U
  • InstaDMG
    • Phillip Ershler ~ U of U
  • Self-Servicing Account Overview
    • Richard Glaser ~ U of U

iPhone 3G

Reference: http://www.apple.com/iphone/

  • 2.4x faster downloads (HSDPA - high speed downlink packet access
    • Also delivers UMTS, GSM, Wi-Fi, EDGE
  • GPS
    • Uses multiple sources (cell towers, Wi-Fi, GPS, etc to pinpoint inside and out)
  • iPhone 2.0 Software Update
  • Enterprise
    • Push: email, contacts, calendar
    • WPA2/802.1x
    • More VPN protocols
    • Remote wipe
    • Enforced security policies
    • Certificates and identities
    • And 3rd party applications ...
  • Available July 11th
    • 8GB $199, 16GB $299
    • $30/month data plan + voice plan
      • See AT&T for local voice plan prices ($40+)

Mobile Me

Reference: http://www.apple.com/mobileme/
  • Exchange for the rest of us ...
  • Push email. Push contacts. Push calendar.
  • Sync from one device to all your devices
  • Mail, Address Book, iCal on Macs
    • Outlook on PC
  • Online: Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Gallery and iDisk

Snow Leopard

Reference: http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/

  • Microsoft Exchange Support
  • 64-bit (throughout including the kernal)
  • Multicore support
    • Grand Central
  • QuickTime X
  • OpenCL
    • Akin to OpenGL OpenCL makes using the system GPA more accessible

FireFox 3.0

Reference: http://www.apple.com/mobileme/

  • Performance
    • Improved memory management, faster javascript, smaller memory footprint, faster page load, graphics engine improvements
  • Personal
    • Library (history/bookmarks) searchable, smart location bar, tagging, one click book marking
  • Security
    • Instant website ID, anti-phishing, anti-malware, etc.

OS X 10.5.3

Reference: www.versiontracker.com

  • Improves Active Directory binding and login
  • Eliminates a delay when logging in as an Active Directory user in a .local domain
  • Improves Spotlight over AFP
  • Improves 802.1x behavior and reliability
  • And much more ...

Security Update 2008-003

Reference: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1897

  • AFP Server
  • Apache
  • Appkit
  • CUPS
  • Flash Player
  • Kernal
  • Mail