Archive for August, 2006

Crossover for Mac private beta released, public beta due in next few days

The Beta1 of Crossover for Mac was released in private beta today. It has much better support for games, including full screen support and full speed. Better bottle management and added support for Windows XP bottles. Quicken and Internet Explorer installs have also been improved. Overall, better management, speed and optimization. A public beta is due in the next few days.

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Get Gmail to do IMAP

Instructions on how to easily set up Gmail with IMAP in Apple Mail.app, even if you have no experiance in perl, Python, or any type of code.

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512k Mac audio cassette guide

In the latest Macworld Podcast, Cyrus Farivar plays some very humorous excrpts from the 512k Mac audio cassette guide, on subjects such as how to close windows and how to use a mouse. Starts at 9:05.

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WWDC and Vacation

Hey guys, sorry for not posting in a while, it’s just that I’m currently on vacation now. I was in London from the 28th to theis past Saturday, and I’m currently in Rome and will stay here until Friday, and then I’ll be in Italy’s Amalfi Coast until the 17th. London was great but I’ve already been there before, but Rome is just amazing, especially me being the history buff I am. More on my vacation to come later.

As for WWDC, which I hope most of you have been following, I have a bunch of things to say:

Mac Pro - Awesome, great that Apple finally breaks 3GHz, but way out of my price range.

Xserve - Coll wuith Intel, but server products are of no interest to me.

Leopard - Soooooooooooooooooo cool. Number one favorite features: Time Machine (similar to Windoze XP’s System Restore, love Time Machine’s interface), Mail 3.0 (Notes and RSS), Spaces (liek Virtual Desktops on Linux and a program tahyt does Virtual Desktop for OS X), and new iChat (screen sharing and cool backgrounds).

For more detailed coverage, read the posts by my colleagues at MacUser, at http://www.macuser.com