Who wields the most power in the Mac world? According to the annual MDJ Power 25, it’s Steve Jobs. But Adam retains a spot in the top five for the fourth year, and we think we know why. Also, Kirk McElhearn explains how the command line can simplify certain file manipulation tasks, Adam reports on his current electronic book experiments, and we note the releases of GraphicConverter 4.8, Security Update 2003-08-14, TextWrangler 1.5, and DVD Studio Pro 2.
TidBITS Publisher Adam Engst #4 in MDJ Power 25 -- The results of the annual MDJ Power 25 survey are out, and TidBITS publisher Adam Engst has maintained a spot in the top five for the fourth consecutive year - fourth place this time around
Apple Releases Security Update 2003-08-14 -- Apple has released Security Update 2003-08-14 for Mac OS X, a 1.1 MB download available via Software Update
TextWrangler 1.5 Adds Scripting, Syntax Coloring -- Bare Bones Software has released the latest version of its streamlined text editor, TextWrangler 1.5
DVD Studio Pro 2 Arrives -- Four months after announcing DVD Studio Pro 2 at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference, Apple has now shipped the professional DVD creation tool
GraphicConverter 4.8 Available -- In a product release we missed a couple of weeks ago, Lemke Software has updated its venerable image editing application GraphicConverter to version 4.8
I remain fascinated by the evolution of electronic books, both those that started life on paper and those written purely for the digital world, so I'm continuing my experiments with both types.
New 10 Quick Steps Guides -- Radio host David Lawrence (of Online Tonight and the new David Lawrence Show) has started a series of ebooks that he calls the 10 Quick Steps Guides
Lesson 3: Moving, Copying, and Deleting Files and Directories
In the previous two installments in this series, we looked at the basics of using the Terminal to access the Unix command line at the heart of Mac OS X, and then at how to use the Terminal to move around your Mac's file system
Scams aimed at users of PayPal and other sites -- More details on the PayPal scam spam, along with some complaints about how PayPal and eBay deal with reports