Year: 2005

Apple Store, MacMall shipping Tiger

Posted by | Apr 22, 2005 | |

A handful of MacMinute readers report receiving shipping notices for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger from the online Apple Store and MacMall. Two readers even informed us that they’ve already received their ordered copy of Tiger, a week before the update will be rolled out officially. Those that have received shipment confirmation are reporting expected delivery dates of early next week. Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger will go on sale at special events at Apple retail stores and Authorized Apple Resellers across the U.S. on Friday, April 29.

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Desktop pictures/icons weekly recap

Posted by | Apr 22, 2005 | |

Over the course of the past week, MacDesktops has posted 14 new desktop pictures, including: Jaime Pressly (Show some skin), Tokyo Godfathers (Animation), and Budapest (Landscapes – Urban). Meanwhile, MacMonkies have four new desktop pictures and three new icon sets, and Iconfactory have posted “Carbon: Database Add-On” — “Building on the success of the “Carbon” series, Carbon: Database Add-On is an extension of the original stock icon set.

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Netflix Freak 2.1 released

Posted by | Apr 22, 2005 | |

The Little App Factory has released Netflix Freak 2.1, the latest version of its application for managing your Netflix rental queue. Version 2.1 adds Cut/Copy and Paste movies from one Netflix Profile to another, the ability to switch between Netflix Profiles without being prompted for a password, support for multiple Netflix accounts and the ability to switch between them. Netflix Freak requires Mac OS X 10.2.6 or later and is priced at US$15. A free 30-day demo version is also available.

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Apple releases Java update for Mac OS X 10.3.9

Posted by | Apr 22, 2005 | |

Apple today released a Java update for Mac OS X 10.3.9 that fixes problems some users had after updating to the latest version of Panther. “After updating to Mac OS X 10.3.9, some systems may have issues with Java applications and Java-enabled websites when using Safari,” the company says. “Safari may unexpectedly quit, and standalone Java applications may unexpectedly quit or not launch.

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Jobs: Apple environmental concerns are ‘bulls**t’

Posted by | Apr 22, 2005 | |

Environmental concerns, a lack of women in senior roles, and Microsoft’s Longhorn were the hot topics at Apple’s annual shareholders meeting on Thursday. At the meeting, which was picketed by protestors, Apple CEO Steve Jobs defended the company’s recycling efforts, noting it is leading the industry on environmental issues and that it took back 1,500 tons of products in 2004 through its recycling program.

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