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Mac OS X Snow Leopard: iDisk Icon

Apple changed the iDisk icon for Snow Leopard. The version in Leopard is colored pink and the one in Snow Leopard is colored blue. Blue like the sky with a cloud. Cloud Computing, I get it!

iDisk icon in Mac OS X Leopard:

iDisk User IconiDisk Generic Icon

iDisk icon in Mac OS X Snow Leopard:

iDiskUserIconiDiskGenericIcon Snow Leopard

Mac OS X Snow Leopard is scheduled for release sometimes in September 2009. Mac OS X Snow Leopard is priced at:

  • Upgrade from Mac OS X Leopard: $29
  • Family Pack upgrade from Mac OS X Leopard: $50
  • Mac OS X Snow Leopard: TBA
  • Mac OS X Snow Leopard Family PAck: TBA

Mac OS X Snow Leopard requires Macs with Intel processor.

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What is this Digital TV Transition you are talking about?

Obviously a lot more people didn’t even realize that it is actually happening, Over The Air Analog TV Signals are being turned off as of June 12th, 2009.

“So, what is this Digital TV Transition you are talking about?”
You can find out more at:

“What really happened with this transition?”
Some news articles:

Most TV’s sold in the past 3 years are equipped with digital signal tuners.

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Apple Releases fixes For Java Security Hole

It is long overdue and Apple finally fixes the long outstanding Java security holes reported back in August and December 2008 (Ars Technica article).

The Java update is available for Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger and Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard. Apparently Apple has included the fixes in the  Developer Preview version of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Released on June 15th, 2009:

Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 9 | 80.11MB
Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 9 delivers improved reliability, security and compatibility for J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.4.11 and later.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3593
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3633

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4 | 158MB
Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4 delivers improved reliability, security, and compatibility for Java SE 6, J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.7 and later.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3581
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3632

Java for Mac OS X updates are also available through Apple Software Update.

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Dream Theater: “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Pt. 2” is Available on Amazon and iTunes

Dream Theater’s fifth cover song, “Larks Tongue In Aspic Pt. 2” is now available for download on Amazon MP3 Store and iTunes Store.

The six cover songs included in Dream Theater’s “Black Clouds & Silver Linings” special edition CD set.

  1. “Stargazer” – Rainbow
  2. “Tenement Funster/Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley” – Queen
  3. “Odyssey” – Dixie Dregs
  4. “Take Your Fingers From My Hair” – Zebra
  5. “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Pt. 2” – King Crimson
  6. “To Tame A Land” – Iron Maiden

Get it from:

“Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Pt. 2” originally appeared on King Crimson’s 1973 Album “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic”

Dream Theater, King Crimson, Lark's Tongue Pt. 2

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“Black Clouds & Silver Linings” | June 23rd, 2009

01. A Nightmare to Remember
02. A Rite of Passage
03. Wither
04. The Shattered Fortress
05. The Best of Times
06. The Count of Tuscany

“Black Clouds & Silver Linings” is available on:

Click the artwork above for the hi-res version of the cover art.

Image courtesy of Dream Theater and Roadrunner Records.

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Apple Remote Desktop

The current developer preview of Snow Leopard (Build 10A380) is incompatible with Apple Remote Desktop Admin.

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This is because the built-in client in Snow Leopard is version 3.3 and the current shipping version is 3.2.2.

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Upgrading from Leopard

Generally I avoid OS upgrade but this time I am giving it a try in a production machine.

Upgrading from Mac OS X Leopard to Mac OS X Snow Leopard Developer Preview on my MacBook Pro.

My colleague tested the upgrade on a MacBook Core Duo and it went smoothly.

I’ll see if the upgrade went smoothly on my MacBook Pro Core Duo.

P.S. I ordered another 320GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive for the MacBook Pro. It is still much cheaper than the 500GB 7200RPM notebook hard drive.

Western Digital Scorpio Black 320 GB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 2.5 Inch, 16 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD3200BEKT