The big news this week is that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard won’t make its appearance until October 2007, so that Apple can focus on the iPhone. We have details and reactions from prominent Mac users. Apple also bagged attention by unveiling Final Cut Studio 2, which includes Final Cut Pro 6, Motion 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, Compressor 3, and a new application for video professionals, Color. Not to be outdone, Adobe announced that Creative Suite 3 is now shipping and made beta versions of Premiere Pro and After Effects available. We also note the AirPort Extreme N Firmware 7.1 Update and the Nisus Writer Pro public beta, plus look at some possible future technologies for batteries, displays, and networking. Lastly, can we have the car keys? TidBITS turns 17 today!
Leopard will remain caged for a few more months. In a statement released last week, Apple announced that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard will not be released until some time in October 2007
Kicking off the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference this week, Apple reinvigorated its line of professional video applications, which will collectively be bundled as Final Cut Studio 2
Just days after we published "Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Extreme Network," Apple released an extremely minor firmware upgrade related to a pair of security issues with the AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n (Extreme N, as I call it)
Adobe's recently announced revisions to its flagship design, Internet, interactivity, video, and page layout software collectively sold as Creative Suite 3 (CS3) are now shipping (see "Adobe Announces Creative Suite 3 Plans, Pricing, Dates," 2007-04-02)
I used to be a huge fan of Nisus Software's Nisus Writer in the classic Mac OS days. In fact, producing TidBITS each week relied on a collection of Nisus Writer macros I'd written
Predicting the future is a tricky thing, but as the late Macintosh writer Cary Lu once noted, all the technology we'll see in products in the next five years is being worked on in research labs today
[The scene fades in on a dark street. A man is slumped against a streetlight, its yellow glow illuminating his rumpled suit and battered fedora. He straightens, and as he walks off down the sidewalk, subtly taking in his surroundings, he speaks in a low, rough voice, hardened with frustration.]
Thursday night, and I had failed
Today marks the 17th anniversary of TidBITS, which we've published continuously since 1990. On previous anniversaries, I've written about our accomplishments, our goals, lessons we've learned, and more
Leopard delayed until October -- What are people's thoughts about Apple's delay in getting Leopard out the door? (35 messages)
Google calendar/OSX contextual menu -- An update to Google's Gmail Notifier adds a contextual menu item for Google Calendar