As Mac OS X Lion’s sometime-in-July release date comes ever closer, we’re focused on upgrades and transitions. Glenn Fleishman leads off with a brief bit about Intuit’s email to Quicken users about Lion incompatibilities, Michael Cohen provides a way of determining roughly how long it will take to download Lion from the Mac App Store, Steve Sande offers some options for iWeb users who currently host their sites on MobileMe, and Adam editorializes about how Apple’s recent quality failures point toward needing a well-designed public beta program. Plus, Jeff Carlson looks at how iMovie ’11 can now import from iMovie for iOS. Finally, Jeff Porten contributes a final report from the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2011 conference. Notable software releases this week include Airfoil 4.5, GraphicConverter X 7.3, KeyCue 5.3, Opera 11.50, Postbox 2.5, and EagleFiler 1.5.4.
Look out for Lion, Quicken! Intuit has sent a note to owners of Quicken for Mac 2005, 2006, and 2007 alerting them to incompatibilities with the upcoming Mac OS X Lion release.
With Mac OS X Lion available only from the Mac App Store, you might wonder how long it will take to download Apple’s latest beast. Here’s how to guesstimate.
The latest update to iMovie ’11 brings a feature originally promised when the video editor first appeared: importing projects created using iMovie for iOS.
Special pricing for TidBITS readers is still available for the upcoming MacTech Boot Camps in Los Angeles and Chicago, should you be a consultant or support tech looking to expand your technical and business skills.
MobileMe hosting of iWeb-generated site is going away as of 30 June 2012, and while that means you have a year to move your iWeb sites somewhere else, you may as well start researching alternatives now. “Take Control of iWeb ’09” author Steve Sande offers some free and inexpensive options.
After two releases of Snow Leopard that introduced notable problems, Adam suggests that it’s time for Apple to start a public beta program for Mac OS X.
At the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2011 conference, Jeff Porten describes and comments upon the keynote delivered by Senator Pat Leahy.
Notable software releases this week include Airfoil 4.5, GraphicConverter X 7.3, KeyCue 5.3, Opera 11.50, Postbox 2.5, and EagleFiler 1.5.4.