OSX Trojan/Malware discovered
http://www.macworld.com/2007/10/firstlooks/trojanhorse/index.php?lsrc=mwtoprss
…a new piece of OS X malware has been discovered. Intego has named this malware the OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse. Note that this malware is not a virus—it can’t self-propagate from one machine to another. It is, however, definitely malicious, and it’s packaged in a well-designed trojan horse wrapper.
Your machine could be infected if you’ve recently [...]
Say goodbye to translucent Leopard MenuBars
LeoColorBar can do several things for you, including:
Setting a background image
Rounding the corners
Keep the image below or under the menubar
Choosing a menubar color
Give them a shot, and tell ‘em who sent ya!
http://homepage.mac.com/mdsw/md%20softworks.html
Tired of the Leopard Dock already? Fine, change it!
In a post by forum user echobucket, he demonstrated how to change the default 3d Dock from something kinda ugly to something kinda cool.
Click the mini-screenshot below to see the results of a new, darkly translucent Dock.
All you have to do is download this file, and unzip it.
In Finder, click ‘Go/Go to folder’ and enter [...]
Cool Leopard Stacks visual effect
Hey, psssttt…wanna see something cool?
While holding down your Shift key, click any Stacks icon on your Dock.
As part of the GUI Developers debug practice, this is the same type of slowed down visual effect seen previously in window and Dock animations.
Don’t have Leopard? See it below!
iPod Search for iPhone – where for art thou?
Driving to work this morning, I had my iPhone playing on Shuffle mode. A song came on my White Zombie, and as I listened, I thought to myself that I’d like to go ahead and hear more from young Robert, both solo and with ensemble.
It was at this moment that I realized that the iPod [...]
Time Machine – Leopards quirky best feature
John Gruber, over at Daring Fireball, makes a great point regarding Time Machines bizarre-o interface:
The most striking aspect of Time Machine is its UI. When it debuted at WWDC 2006, it immediately faced criticism that it was just downright gimmicky. It is in fact gimmicky, but, I think, that’s actually a good thing in Time [...]
Leopards icon for Windows shares
We here at the BGM lab haven’t gotten our Leopard copy yet, but rumors abound that the following icon is what represents a Windows share in the shipping version of Leopard:
Can anyone out there with a true retail copy confirm/deny this?
iPhoneDrive – only $5.95 today (disk mode access)
iPhoneDrive, a very useful app which allows you to do many things, including using your iPhone or Touch as a storage drive and allows you to copy music/video/photos from the iPhone, is on sale today only for a mere $5.95.
Click here to buy from MacUpdate Promos
Click here for a demo
Apple launches iPhone DevCenter
As part of the Apple Developer Connection site, the new iPhone Dev Center offers developers access to numerous resources, including:
Sample Code
iPhone Tech Talk Videos
Web Development Guidelines
iPhone Reference Library
Surely a sign of great things to come for the iPhone and Touch app community.
