What's New - Sep 16, 2008

By: Benjamin Martin - Revised: 2008-10-27 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

Agenda

  • What's New
    • Ben Martin ~ U of U
  • iPhone App Store Publishing: Inside and Out
    • Matthew Stoker ~ Pixio Software
  • Whole Disk Encryption for Mac OS X
    • John Dasher, Product Mgr, PGP

OS X 10.5.5

Reference: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/15/apple_releases_mac_os_x_10_5_5_update.html

  • Spotlight indexing performance improved
  • iPhone integration
  • AD improvements
  • Graphics enhancements
  • Includes previous updates (security, etc)

Server 10.5.5

Reference: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxserver1055.html
  • DS reliability
  • Binding and authentication in AD environments
  • syncing portable home directories
  • And much more ...

Server Admin Tools 10.5.5

Reference: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17727
  • Show RADIUS/Kerberos auth info for PPTP VPN service
  • Radius now reliably displays primary IP address for 802.11n Airports
  • Add packages and post install images from a volume
  • And more ...


Security Update 2008-006

Reference: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3137
  • Directory Services
  • Finder
  • ImageIO
  • Kernal
  • mDNSResponder
  • OpenSSH
  • And more ...


ARD 3.2.2

Reference:  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2691
  • Improved reliability with the copy items command
  • Upgrade client software command now uses unicast packets for improved reliability
  • Fixes to the Force Quit Applications automator action
  • Is this all??? ...


iTunes 8

Reference: http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatsnew/
  • Genius Playlists
    • Genius sidebar
  • Grid view
  • HDTV shows
  • Enhanced Accessibility
    • Screen reader friendly (Mac + PC)

iTunes 8 n' Vista (BSOD)

Reference: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9114468


iPhone 2.1

Reference: http://gizmodo.com/5050123/iphone-21-firmware-review-it-fixes-everything
  • iPhone update received favorable reviews
    • Reception +
    • Battery life + (I noticed a big improvement on mine)
    • Faster installs, backups, syncs
    • Less crashing/hanging
    • Less keyboard lag


iPhone tethering?

Reference: http://gizmodo.com/5043218/rumor-apple-and-att-developing-iphone-tethering-plan
  • It would be pricey ...
    • BlackBerry tethering plan is an additional $30/month
    • Seems that Apple and AT&T might be working on bringing the same feature