Spell Catcher for Mac OS X Coming Soon!

From Casady & Greene, "We have had thousands of requests for the new Spell Catcher for Mac OS X, and we just want to let you know we are almost there! The new version of Spell Catcher for Mac OS X is almost ready for release. It has taken quite awhile, and it was no easy feat. Why? Because Spell Catcher is one of the few programs out there for Mac that functions intimately with the operating system to work its magic. Most software applications do not tie themselves to the core system like Spell Catcher does. Because Mac OS X is a completely different operating system, Spell Catcher had to be completely rewritten to become a Cocoa Service within Mac OS X."

[Updated] Internet Explorer X 5.2.2 and Classic 5.1.6 are available for download for Mac OS X and Mac OS Classic respectively. Finally, two Microsoft Mac applications are patched for the security issue that M$ fixed in its Windows apps weeks ago. There are still 4 more M$ Mac apps (3 M$ Office versions and Outlook Express for Classic Mac OS) to be patched. From the M$ Mactopia web site,

"...version 5.2.2 provides all the latest security and performance enhancements for Internet Explorer 5 for Mac OS X, including the security vulnerability described in this Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-050. It also provides support for the new Quartz™ text smoothing feature provided in Mac OS X version 10.1.5 and later, so text on your screen is easier to read."

[Update] From Bob Patterson, "I attempted to run the Internet Explorer 5.1.6 installer on my 9600 running OS 9.0.4, but after clicking "Agree" to the license I get an immediate message that I do not have proper privileges, error -54. I downloaded a second copy some hours later but got the same result. I had no problem installing v 5.2.2 on my iBook 700 running OS 10.1.5." We also had no problem with 5.2.2 but have not tried 5.1.6. [Update 2] We downloaded 5.1.6 and did not have Bob's problem.

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