David Pogue of The New York Times says the new Spotlight technology in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is what makes the upgrade worth the money. “If it weren’t for that brilliant Spotlight feature, Tiger wouldn’t be as important an upgrade as, say, last year’s Panther edition,” says Pogue. “In fact, without Spotlight, you could make the case that Tiger is overpriced… But with apologies to Mac-bashers everywhere, Spotlight changes everything.
Read MoreAs previously reported, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger will go on sale tomorrow at Apple retail stores and participating Apple Authorized Resellers. All 105 Apple Stores worldwide will host “Tiger World Premiere” events from 6:00 p.m. to midnight offering workshops and hands-on demonstrations of Tiger’s hottest features, plus giveaways including a chance to win a PowerBook, iPod and more.
Read MoreThe Omni Group Announces Support for Mac OS X v10.4 “Tiger”
Seattle, WA — April 28, 2005 — The Omni Group has announced updates for
OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner that will include support for features in Mac
OS X v10.4 “Tiger.” The new versions will be available the same day Tiger
ships: April 29, 2005.
The Omni Group’s diagramming and drawing program, OmniGraffle and
OmniGraffle Professional, will include support for Spotlight’s new search
functions.
Delicious Library 1.5 Adds New Tiger Features
Seattle, WA – April 28th, 2005 – Delicious Monster Software today announced
the release of Delicious Library 1.5, a free upgrade to Delicious Monster’s
award-winning application for cataloging and sharing personal libraries of
books, movies, music and video games. Version 1.5 adds support for Mac OS X
version 10.4 “Tiger”, including Spotlight support and a new Delicious
Library Tiger Dashboard widget.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bare Bones Software Releases BBEdit 8.2
First Commercial Application With Integrated Automator Actions for Powerful
Text Handling
BEDFORD, Mass. – April 28, 2005 – Bare Bones Software today announced the
release and immediate availability of BBEdit 8.2, the latest version of the
award-winning HTML and text editor for the Macintosh.