What's New - Jul 15, 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
  • Notable Updates
  • 10.5.4
  • 10.5.4 Server
  • Security Update 2008-004
  • Microsoft Office
  • iPhone Enterprise Deployment Guide
  • iPhone VPN U of U
  • iPhone Battery Life
  • iPhone with a U discount
  • iPhone Data plan madness
  • MobileMe goes live
  • Apple Science Productivity Lab
  • Humor

Agenda

  • What's New
    • Ben Martin ~ U of U
  • Aqua Connect Terminal Service
    • Joseph Cohen ~ CTO Aqua Connect
  • Mozy for Mac
    • Tom MetGe & Dan Reese ~ Mozy

Notable Updates

Reference: http://support.apple.com

  • XCode 3.1
    • iPhone SDK
    • Additional GCC & LLVM compiler options
  • Safari 3.1.2 for Mac OS X 10.4.11
    • Important security fix

10.5.4

Reference: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/29147

  • Adobe CS3 remote server save/open fixes
  • X11 fixes
  • VPN reliability
  • Airport 5GHz network fixes
  • Numerous iCal fixes
    • Meetings, iPhone syncing, ToDos, events, attendees, etc

10.5.4 Server

Reference: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/30929

  • Directory Service reliability and authentication
    • LDAP password hash fix
  • Creating mobile accounts

Security Update 2008-004

Reference: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163

  • Ruby
  • SMB File Server
  • Tomcat
  • VPN
  • WebKit

Microsoft Office

Reference: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/34058

  • Office 11.5.0 (Office 2004)
    • If MS Office OpenXML Converter is installed you can read/write OpenXML files
  • MS Office Open XML Converter 1.0
    • read/write OpenXML files
  • Office 12.1.1 (Office 2008)
    • Stability and numerous bug fixes

iPhone Enterprise Deployment Guide

Reference: http://support.apple.com/manuals/en_US/Enterprise_Deployment_Guide.pdf

  • iPhone Configuration Utility
    • OS X 10.5
  • iPhone Configuration Utility for the Web
    • Windows XP (with .NET 2.0)
    • Windows Vista
    • Mac OS X
    • Looks like a Ruby on Rails Application

iPhone VPN U of U

Reference: http://www.macos.utah.edu/documentation/security/campus_iphone_2_vpn_setup.html

  • Profile to download for automatic configuration
    • Right now you must download the profile and email it to your iPhone
  • There are also instructions on how to manually configure everything
  • Thanks goes to Richard Glaser



iPhone with a U of U discount

  • Voice and data 15% off
    • To get the discount you must go through the AT&T premier online store or an AT&T store
  • Email Anthony MacKay (AT&T rep) with questions
    • AM9649@att.com

iPhone Data plan madness?


MobileMe goes live

  • Sync Mail, Contacts, Calendar to Mac OS X, WinXP, WinVista, iPhone and iPod touch
  • Online storage for Photos, iDisk
  • $99/year 20GB storage
    • $149/year family pack 40GB stoarge
    • $49/year per 20GB extra storage

Apple Science Productivity Lab

Reference:  http://www.apple.com/science/productivitylab/

  • Tutorials geared towards scientists
    • Keynote- Scientific Posters
    • SnapzPro X - Screen Captures
    • iWeb - Scientific Websites
    • iWork 08 - Research Presentations
    • iWork 08 - Powerpoint conversion

Humor