Author: mactech

Unlike most other Unixes, Mac OS X does not use a separate partition for the virtual memory swap file. ResExcellence has posted a must-read, step by step tutorial which walks you through creating a swap partition which will cut down on hard disk thrashing and speed system performance.

Our friends at MyMac.com have posted a tribute to Mick O’Neil — a Mac writer for over ten years, the last four of which were posted on MyMac. Mick passed away last Saturday. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.

MediaBay, a seller of old-time radio shows over the Internet, has filed a complaint against popular file-swapping service Napster. The complaint charges copyright infringement and unfair competition — MediaBay wants Napster to filter out its radio programs from its system.

The Omni Group has updated their popular Web browser for Mac OS X. The newest version of OmniWeb, 4.0.1, contains many bug fixes including a fix for users that downloaded Internet Explorer 5.1.1 and found QuickTime no longer worked with OmniWeb.

Totally Hip Software today released LiveStage Professional 3, a new version of its interactive QuickTime authoring environment. The new version adds full support for the new features and functionality found in Apple’s QuickTime 5, allowing users to create interactive QuickTime movies and video for the Web, CD, and DVD. The software also provides close integration with Macromedia Flash and Adobe LiveMotion. Among the new features are support for QuickTime 5’s media skins, Flash 4 support, XML support, seventy wired actions, and more.