If you use Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, or Outlook Express you need the security patches Mark Anbinder covers this week. Other important releases include Mac OS X 10.1.4 and Adobe Photoshop 7. Also this week, Matt Neuburg reviews Suitcase 10 and Charles Wu joins us with a tutorial on how to make professional looking slide shows using iMovie – a boon to Mac OS 9 users unable to run iPhoto. Finally, Apple reports a Q2 profit of $40 million!
Mac OS X 10.1.4 Released -- Apple has released Mac OS X 10.1.4, a 2.2 MB update available via Mac OS X's Software Update. The new software adds support for Fast 10 SCSI drives and disc recorders from SmartDisk, EZQuest, and LaCie
Photoshop 7 Arrives at Last -- Adobe announced that Photoshop 7 is now shipping for both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. Like a top-billed band arriving late to their gig, Photoshop 7 is perhaps the most anticipated Mac OS X software upgrade
Apple Posts $40 Million Q2 Profit -- No doubt about it: iMacs rake in the dough. Apple announced a $40 million profit for its second fiscal quarter of 2002, coming in slightly higher than analysts's expectations following component shortages which impeded the roll-out of the new flat-screen iMac
Microsoft has released security patches to address two security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and Office applications for both the "Classic" Mac OS (Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9) and Mac OS X
In a recent issue of TidBITS, I reported that Font Reserve, the font management utility I'd been using for years, had made the transition to Mac OS X with somewhat limited success
Apple's winning iPhoto software makes it easy not only to collect and categorize your digital photos, but also to create slide shows that feature blended transitions between pictures and an accompanying sound track