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July 1997
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-- Thursday, July 31 --
Steve Jobs will become Apple's new Chairman of the Board.
Warning!
For MacOS Users Only!
MacWEEK reported on the new StarMax 6000's announced by Motorola. 233/266MHz PowerPC-750 CPU's and backside L2 cache in
The Preview 1 release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.0. is available for trial use.
"Tiger Technologies has just released version 1.2.1 of Window Monkey. Window Monkey is a Macintosh shareware program tha
Kaleidoscope 1.7.1
-- Wednesday, July 30 --
Mac OS 8
For MacOS Users Only!
For MacOS Users Only!
O'Grady's PowerPage reports that NewerTECH has dropped its plans for a super dock for the PowerBook 3400 because Apple w
Speaking of feet, NEWS.COM covered former Apple CEO Gil Amelio's keynote address at the Commonwealth Club's luncheon yes
Hayes sent me a reminder that July 31st, Thursday, is the last day to sign up for their $99 upgrade to a 56K Hayes modem
Here's MacKiDo Temple's big Mac attack on a nattering nabob of negativism.
-- Tuesday, July 29 --
Special Deal
For MacOS Users Only!
Possible Mac OS 8 Netscape Glitch? --
Mac OS 8
AppleCD ROM v5.4
Connectix's Virtual PC
According to MacWEEK, the preview beta of Internet Explorer 4.0 for the Mac will be released by Microsoft this week. NEW
Claris announced in MacWEEK the upcoming release of ClarisWorks Office 5.0, which will include a substantial update to C
-- Monday, July 28 --
For MacOS Users Only!
Mac OS 8 Copy-to-Floppy Issue
Reader Dana Baggett gave me the URL for the Apple Channel on Excite. You can set up your own page at that URL.
The cloners are still negotiating with Apple on the Mac OS 8 license according to Techwire's article. I can understand w
-- Sunday, July 27 --
I'm testing a new color scheme, so please let me know how you like it. People with red-green color blindness have nicely
Mac OS 8
PowerBase 180 and Apple 7100/80
Printing
Mac OS 8
Reader Thomas Schmitt found a bug in Mac OS 8. To repeat it, make a window into a popup window using the View menu, cont
Iomega Driver v5.0.3
Netscape Communicator
-- Saturday, July 26 --
Mac OS 8
Reader Elan Soltes has isolated a conflict that he had with SpellCatcher and MS Word to Kaleidoscope 1.7. Thankfully, ve
Apple CD ROM v5.4 doesn't work
Mac OS 8
Apple posted a couple of press releases
Apple posted several new software updates
-- Friday, July 25 --
Possible Mac OS 8--Copy to/from Floppy Issue
Making The Grade 7.0e
MacWEEK has the scoop on new StarMax Systems, CHRP and 266MHz CPU and a 66 MHz system bus, from Motorola. Here's Macworl
NewerTECH
For those who do not like the new Mac OS 8 Charcoal font, there is a note carried by Macintouch that you can rename any
Peter Spina wrote me that his Clone Central now has a message board.
MacFixIt 7/24 reported that there are two new foam gaskets from Apple for PowerBook 3400 users, one for the video cable
-- Thursday, July 24 --
Possible Mac OS 8--Copy to/from Floppy Issue
A Mac OS 8/RAM Doubler/Floppy Drive Issue Solution
Apple's official Mac OS 8 Press Release, MacWEEK's article, Macworld's article and NEWS.COM's article.
From Jeremy Kezer
MacWEEK reported on Internet World held this week in Chicago.
Day 21
-- Wednesday, July 23 --
From Jason Whong, "Ambrosia Software says its products don't break with MacOS 8."
During the past five days a number of applications/utilities have been updated. Among them are
"RC5-Mac serves as starting point and way station for Mac users trying to break the RC5 encryption scheme. The challenge
Day 20
-- Tuesday, July 22 --
For MacOS Users Only!
Andy Pang of "...QuickMedia is offering 800 free Living Album Pro CDs to early purchasers of Mac OS 8. Among its many ne
For MacOS Users Only!
Day 17
-- Monday, July 21 --
For MacOS Users Only!
Stability
Chisel 12 Font
-- Sunday, July 20 --
For MacOS Users Only!
Mac OS
Mac OS
Correction
-- Saturday, July 19 --
Mac OS
Speed Doubler 1.xx and 2.xx
MacSurfer's Headline News has a Surf Report listing a plethora of Mac OS 8-related links. Now that Ted Landau is back fr
Get Mac OS 8 fast! MacNN 7/18 has a special deal with AllMac--order it on Monday mentioning MacNN and get your copy on W
Henry Norr gives a good overview of Mac OS 8 in a MacWEEK article published late yesterday. He also covers some incompat
Apple has released new software
POWERtools Special
-- Friday, July 18 --
Early Mac OS 8 Impressions
-- Thursday, July 17 --
Good news on the retail front!
More good news!
For MacOS Users Only!
From the Darkside
There is an exchange on the David Winer story on MacKiDo. Curiously, Dave Winer's response has been deleted from his sit
PowerComputing
Day 16
-- Wednesday, July 16 --
How big is it?
How big is it?
From the Darkside
From the Darkside: Part 2
From the Darkside: Part 3
Netscape 3.02's stability
Jeff Keller reported that a "very reliable" source told him that in August PowerComputing will release CPU upgrades for
MacInTouch, another Mac-related site, believes that its server was attacked with a "SYN-Flood" just like the Swedish sit
Claris has posted an updater from v2.01 to 2.02 for Emailer. Some sites reported that the updater had been pulled but it
Day 15
-- Tuesday, July 15 --
Mac OS 8
Want to see the future Mac OS? Check out Mac-the-Knife's pictures of the Rhapsody (Apple's NeXT OS) interface.
problems with Netscape 3.02
MacKiDo Temple
I received my copy of TechTool Pro that I ordered through MicroMat's $39.99 special a couple of weeks ago and will post
For MacOS Users Only!
Day 14
-- Monday, July 14 --
Are you intertested in using Java in your business? Then the Java Internet Business Expo, 8/25-28 in New York may be for
Macworld Online has a set of articles on Dr. Amelio's departure from Apple under the title "The Amelio Ouster". There is
From Pierre-Luc Paour comes Virtual v2.0b2, a shareware application that creates virtual monitors on your screen. It is
L2 cache card in an Apple PM 8500
-- Saturday, July 12 --
Editorial
Days 11-13 of
PGP issued a press release on its new Pretty Good Privacy freeware version 5.0. This encryption software now has an easy
According to MacWEEK, NewerTECH will produce new MaxPwr CPU cards based on the new Arthur chip. They'll begin at 270Mhz
Check out J.R.'s How to Make Real Money (with your computer and/or web site) Page. J.R. has "...created a new self-emplo
Speaking of making money, are you a gambler? NEWS.COM has an interesting article on online casinos.
MacKiDo Temple has a follow up on Don Crabb's story about the Amelio/Hancock resignations. According to David Every, Don
MacWEEK has a bunch of articles on the turnover at the top of Apple.
-- Friday, July 11 --
INMAUI.COM
-- Thursday, July 10 --
MacInTouch reported that there is a bug in Disinfectant 3.7 and that version 3.7.1 has been released. Getting a copy qui
Thanks Dana Baggett
Apple CEO Gil Amelio and CTO Ellen Hancock resigned late Tuesday! This is an unexpected development to me. I thought Ame
DuPont
The Apple Club's new discount is $50 off a Newton MessagePad 2000 with keyboard.
There is a new 5400/6400 Disk Tools disk image file for those Macs with Mac OS 7.6.1 pre-installed.
PowerBook 3400c's internal modem
Don't like Netscape Communicator 4.01 (I do)? Well then Navigator 3.02 (5 MB) is out.
BMW Cyberdrives
-- Wednesday, July 9 --
Be has made available for download an updated version of The Be Book, the version that will come with the Preview Releas
I loaded OneStep 1.0 to check out this new shareware interface. It's windows have a dark blue header with a gray backgro
DataViz's MacLink Plus v9.7 upgrade is out. It includes translators for Word and Excel 97 as parts of Microsoft Office 9
Leland Raymond III on MacSurfer reported that future CHRP-compliant Macs running MacOS 8.1.1 will not need ROM chips, us
For those of you with an Avid Cinema card and running Mac OS 7.6.1, Apple released Avid Cinema v1.1.3. Note that there a
NEWS.COM reported on Apple's upgrading of the CPU speed on the PowerBook 1400's.
Day 10 of
-- Tuesday, July 8 --
13,000
For MacOS Users Only!
For MacOS Users Only!
Occasionally, I get a lead on something really cool. Check out the Museum of Counter Art. Yes, I mean web page hit count
complaint
A brand new Disinfectant v3.7 is out. This is a freeware anti-virus utility.
Eric Belsley's The Macintosh Resource Page (7/7) has an excellent firsthand report on the results using NewerTECH's MaxP
For MacOS Users Only!
Have you tuned in to the web digital video report on Pathfinder's Mars landing and Sojourner Rover's exploration? Pretty
Yahoo reported that Apple Japan will strive for a 16% market share--hope they make it and then some.
Visit Clone Central for the details on a special $1799 deal on the POWERtools Infiniti 4200GT.
Returning a courtesy, late Monday The Mac OS Daily moved to its own site. Good luck, Matt!
For MacOS Users Only!
BMW's CyberDrive resumed with Day 10 today. I'll have a report later.
-- Monday, July 7 --
For MacOS Users Only!
For MacOS Users Only!
If you want to express your opinion about the new site, look or content, please let me know what you think.
Mac OS 8
Speaking of OS's, OneStep 1.0 claims to give your Finder the look of the NeXT operating system on the Mac just like Aaro
-- Saturday, July 5 --
Monday
The Darkside
Here is an article in PC Computing-Home on some myths associated with Windows NT. The article calls them "lies" and I gu
-- Thursday, July 3 --
According to MacWEEK's tests, UMAX's new cache-doubler technology increases the 603e CPU performance to nearly that of t
MacWEEK lists the top 10 desires for Apple developed by engineers who participated in last week's MacHack. I like the la
Accelerate Your Mac
Day 9
International Year of the Oceans
" Some of your readers may be interested in an upgrade with Making The Grade
The BeOS public Preview Release is coming soon. Here are some "employee" comments:"Well, the Preview Release is now head
Here's some scoop on what'll happen at Macworld Expo Boston from Yahoo--looks to be an excellent exposition.
Qualcomm released Eudora Light v3.1.1, an upgrade to the premier freeware email application. Its big commercial sibling,
Yesterday, MacOS Rumors (7/2) reported confirmation of the original MacCentral rumor that Sony may talk to Apple about l
Day 8
-- Wednesday, July 2 --
drop
The Apple Club is offering ClarisImpact (cross-platform business charting and diagramming) to members for $79 (Reg. $99)
Remember that the Apple Club gave members a modest discount on Mac OS 7.6? Well, I forgot but reader Dana Baggett didn't
The Daily MaOS Info Page
Apple's stock became a better buy yesterday when it dropped below $14 a share. If you don't get some, you'll be sorry la
Numerous sites announced that the initial Conflict Catcher 4.03 Updater has some flaws. The revision, 4.03v2 (955K), has
Day 7
-- Tuesday, July 1 --
For MacOS Users Only!
I heard from Franck Picard of Vision Power last night. He says that "[w]e will be at MacWorld Boston Booth #454 Bayside
Apple sent out a bunch of press releases on its efforts in the education market, especially K-12 where Apple remains ver
Here's a great deal on cosmetically-off software. "MicroMat is offering a limited number of damaged TechTool Pro package
PowerComputing
From the Darkside
MacWEEK reported that IBM/Motorola announced the production of the Mach 5 604e CPU which will run at 250+MHz and is 1/3r
SoftWindows
Right on the heels of Symantec's SAM, Datawatch upgraded its Virex Definitions for July.
The super secure version of Netscape Communicator 4.01 is out. This version can not be exported from the US or Canada at
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