MacSwitching.com > Mac OS X

Just a little after 10.4.3 major update, here comes an update for Airport Extreme users.

Just did it and… nothing weird happened: my non-Apple hotspot works fine with my Airport Extreme card, as it does with my Airport Express.

Check here

When it comes to some big-name companies, Macintosh users may have a tough time landing a job.

It’s not just that the business world is dominated by Windows-based computers. It’s because, at a number of large companies, Mac users literally can’t apply.

At American Express, for example, job seekers are greeted with this warning: “At this time, the system does not support Mac environments. If you don’t have access to a PC at home or work, please check out a local public library for Internet access, local Internet cafes, or the nearest government Work Force Center.”
Read here…

S. Wildstrom reports on what is common wisdom among Mac user and just legend elsewhere…

Is Mac OS X immune from viruses? No, but it’s a lot less virus-prone, at least until now…

Thanks to its BSD roots, Apple’s support, community reporting quickly vulnerabilities?

All of them, maybe.

OS X offers inherently better security for several reasons. The most important is that it was designed with relatively little concern for compatibility with earlier versions, while Windows is full of compromises so that it works with older and less secure operating systems.

Check for full story here.

Read from Apple here and watch the webcast video where Steve introduces the new products here

BusinessWeek argues whether a brand new iMac G5 is worthwhile or not.
Why not just wait the next Intel-based Macs?

Because it’s funny, that’s all.

“So what makes the iMac so cool? The software clearly sells the hardware here.”

Read more here the article.

The features list is really impressive, so just download it and start tweaking your Mac OS X (10.1 to 10.4).

The tool makes sure that preference changes can only affect the current user. You don’t need administrative privileges to use the tool. With this design, it is no problem to use TinkerTool in professional networks where users have restricted permissions. The program will never change any component of the operating system, so the integrity of your system is not put at risk, and there will be no negative effect on system updates.

Available now for Mac OS X users, iTunes 5.01 updates iTunes 5 and may fix the problems macswitching.com has reported about.

Read here on Apple discussion forums and here too.

An article that makes a lot things more clear about Steve, his past and his future.
At least for those who didn’t know a thing about it…

Read here the full article, or here a short preview.

Andrew Youll really deserves the “MacSwitcher of the month” prize!

He had quite a good tour moving from Windows to Mac OS X and explains it all: software, application switching, Office compatibility and so on…

Read his article here.

Nuevos is really small search window which can be customised to perform search with a list of popular search engines, and new ones may be added too!

Latest version is 0.5 (Public Beta 3), Universal Binary (PowerPC and Intel) · Supports 10.3.9 (Panther) and all versions of 10.4 (Tiger).

Downloadable from Nuevos web site.

iPodPalace.com reports about some problems encountered by several users using the new iTunes 5.

Check here to know more…

There’s too much news to talk about!
The iPod nano has taken the place of the iPod mini (farewell, my dear…), it’s incredibily small and is completely skip free!

A really nice flash-based model, 2- or 4 Gigabytes of memory and a color LCD.

The Motorola ROKR iTunes-enabled Phone holds about 100 songs, just like an iPod shuffle.

iTunes 5 has been announced too: it features a quite new interface, a new search feature and playlist folders.

Available for Mac … and Windows too here.

Read more here.