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Cocktail 4.0.3 (Leopard Edition) has been released
Maintain is proud to announce the release of Cocktail 4.0.3 (Leopard Edition). Cocktail 4.0.3 (Leopard Edition) is the latest maintenance update for Cocktail (Leopard Edition). It adds Mac OS X 10.5.2 compatibility, improves network optimization presets, fixes a bug causing Safari RSS reader to report NSPOSIXErrorDomain:2 error, adds support for Firefox 3, contains updated Help files and resolves a number of other minor issues discovered in the previous release. The update is strongly recommended for all users of Cocktail (Leopard Edition).
Cocktail 4.0.3 (Leopard Edition) is distributed as a Universal Binary and runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. Cocktail 4.0.3 (Leopard Edition) requires Mac OS X / Mac OS X Server 10.5 or later and is tested for compatibility with Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.5.2.
Cocktail 4.0.1 (Tiger Edition) for Mac OS X 10.4.x and Cocktail 3.7 (Panther Edition) for Mac OS X 10.3.x are available for download from our website.
Is that a Leopard in your pocket?
Alternate title: what’s in YOUR wallet?
As one of the suckers with a Capital One card, I took interest in their offer of a card with a custom image as the background. While I considered the logo of BGM (as well as a panorama of the inside of my kidneys, taken from an old xray), I was pleased to see how well my final decision turned out. Although I guess I could have used Taco Bell too…hmm.
As you may recall the image on the card below was/is a quite popular download from our site. Again, I don’t recall where it originally came from, but will gladly update my references when I find out.
Anyway, I had to flip the image to avoid the CO logo covering it, but I think this turned out pretty well. And yes, I blurred out the info so no one charges a dozen Macbook Airs to my card. 
The scan, despite my best (if somewhat lackluster) efforts, doesn’t do it justice:
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Freeridecoding updates SmartBackup to 2.2
A follow up to my recent post about backup software. Giving this a try today also.
Freeridecoding announces a major update for its straightforward backup tool, SmartBackup v2.2. SmartBackup is the ideal application to perform all kinds of daily backups to hard drives, network sharepoints, webDAV, usb sticks, iPods etc.
From a smart efficient document backup to a full bootable backup of MacOSX - SmartBackup is very easy to set up and straightforward. The tool supports the use of Spotlights “saved searches” as backup items or to define exclusion which makes creating dynamic backups (all protected iTunes files, all documents changed this week, etc) very simple. SmartBackup optionally archives deleted or changed items during each backup and keeps them sorted in an archive folder.
SmartBackup supports handling of multiple backup sets and can be automated using iCal, Automator or for the unix pros using the commandline mode and shellscripts.
New Additions in 2.2:
* Supports full bootable backups
* Interface improvements
* Improved performance
* Improved Leopard support
* Bugfixes
* Requires 10.4More details on what is new in the update can be found on their website.
Features:
* Straightforward interface
* Backup presets
* Backup/exclude saved searches
* Archiving of changed/deleted files
* Bootable backups
* Easy handling of multiple backup sets
* Powerful built-in sync engine
* Preserves important metadata
* Optimized for network backup
* Schedulable with iCal or Automator
* Commandline mode
* Built-in restoreMinimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4 or higher
* Full Tiger and Leopard compatibility
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and IntelLanguage Support:
English, GermanPricing and Availability:
SmartBackup is a recommended update for all customers. Single 15 Euro (approx. $22 USD), Family Pack 30 Euro (approx. $44 USD). Site licenses available. Press licenses for evaluation are available upon request.Freeridecoding
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Screenshot/App IconFreeridecoding is an independent developer of smart and delicious MacOSX tools. Freeridecoding is currently located in Vienna, Austria (Europe). Other well known products: BurnAgain DVD.
Exclusive Interview with Guy Kawasaki
Former Apple Evangelist Guy Kawasaki offers his thoughts on the Macbook Air, the blogosphere, and talks about his new online venture, Alltop. Having spent over 25 years in Silicon Valley, Guy Kawasaki has seen a lot of trends come and go. He was in on the ground floor of the launch of the original Macintosh, and went on to have a successful career in venture capital with Garage Ventures.
Now he’s launching a new single page aggregation website called alltop.com. Guy has given an exclusive interview to The Digital Lifestyle. Guy gives his thoughts on the MacBook Air (he’s not a big fan), the blogosphere, the state of venture capital, and his new website.
In the 13 minute multimedia interview, Guy speaks frankly on the trends in technology, and the reality of just how much (or little) influence bloggers have in the real world.
The interview is available immediately from The Digital Lifestyle homepage.
The Digital Lifestyle
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Alltop
Located in Philadelphia Pa, The Digital Lifestyle was founded in November 2007 by Ryan Ritchey to provide 24-hour video of Apple news, rumors, and lifestyle.
1Password Adds Support for 10.5.2
The recently released Mac OS X 10.5.2 (Leopard) upgrade caused the premiere password manager 1Password to stop functioning in Safari. Today, Agile Web Solutions announced that 1Password version 2.5.11 is now available to fix this issue, as well as adding support for the Firefox 3 nightly releases. This update is free to all 1Password customers.
iPhone jailbreak/unlock for all versions - instructions within!
I won’t bore you with rehashing the same old stuff from every other site on the web, but I will tell you how to use this on your Mac.
Here are the command line switches available in the app. Below that: how to use them. Enjoy!
CAVEAT: Not my issue of you break something, seriously. Pay attention, follow the instructions here and on the developers site and you should be fine!
ZiPhone v1.0 by Zibri. http://zibree.blogspot.com
Source code available at: http://www.iphone-elite.org
Usage: ziphone [-u] [-a] [-j] [-i imei]
-u: Unlock (Only for 4.6 BL)
-a: Activate
-j: Jailbreak
-i: Change imei (Only for 4.6 BL)
-v: Verbose boot (debug)
-e: iErase BL 3.9 baseband
- Connect your iPhone
- Download the file from the authors Google code site: http://iphone-elite.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ZiPhone.zip.
- Unzip the file, for instance, to your Destop. You should have a folder called ZiPhone.
- Open ‘Terminal.app’ - (Applications/Utilities).
- Type the following (again, assuming you unzipped to the Desktop):
cd ~/Desktop/ZiPhone
.
- Hit Return.
- If you ONLY WANT TO JAILBREAK (meaning you want to run 3rd party apps), type
./ziphone -j
- If you WANT TO UNLOCK (meaning you want to use the iphone on another provider), type
./ziphone -u
- If you WANT TO ACTIVATE (meaning you can actually use the iPhone with another provider), type
./ziphone -a
- You will be prompted to put the iPhone in ‘recovery mode’. To do so, hold down the power switch (on tope of the iphone) for a few seconds, then slide the red slider to the right to shut down.
- After the iphone is off, unplug it from your computer. Hold down the ‘Home’ button (you know, the one button that does stuff on the iPhone…). Keep holding it down, while at the same time plugging it back into your computer. KEEP HOLDING IT DOWN! Don’t let go until the Terminal screen message changes to ‘Please wait 45″..
- After your iPhone comes back up, you should see the fruits of your labor. In our case, it meant having Installer back, and thusly the glorious iSlots. Hooray!
Please note: these instructions are not intended to be actual support. They are the steps used by me and me only. If it breaks your iPhone, Im sorry. it shouldn’t, but again - it’s not my fault if it does!
Yazsoft announces major Speed Download 5 Upgrade for Mac OS X
Yazsoft announced today the immediate availability of Speed Download 5. Developed exclusively for Mac OS X, Speed Download is “an easy to use, powerful and reliable download manager”.
Speed Download sets a higher standard for download manager innovation, and is expressly designed to be a central, unified hub for almost all downloading and file transfer activities.
This new upgrade continues to enhance and tweak the performance of Speed Download to ensure utmost reliability. Version 5 includes tons of key improvements, and is a recommended upgrade for all Speed Download customers.
Some Key New Features in Version 5:
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MultiBay Trayless HSB-V RAID Cluster Storage Subsystem with Blu-ray
FirewireDirect (Akumen Inc), a leading supplier and manufacturer of FireWire800, eSATA (Serial-ATA) storage cluster hardware and RAID subsystems announces the new ‘HSB-V’ -Touted as the most configurable 4-Bay storage solution on the market and also offers the best value available.
The HSB-V 4-Bay is configurable with five different types of host interfaces: 4x eSATA, 1x Multilane Infiniband, 1x Port Multiplier (PM), 1x PM w/RAID or as paired FireWire800/USBv2.0 Combo ports. When utilized with available PCIe 8x RAID controller the HSB-V can easily be configured as a RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 or as a JBOD.
The PCIe hardware RAID controller also offers features like Variable Sector Size (VSS) breaking the 2TB limitation and making it possible to have logical disk sizes of up to 40TB. The HSB-V is also available with an integrated 50GB Blu-Ray HD Burner or Reader, which is supported, natively with MacOSX 10.5. If selected for Windows, a software download link is bundled.
Default Folder X 4.0.1: Open and Save Faster
St. Clair Software announces the immediate availability of Default Folder X 4.0.1, which boosts the speed, compatibility and polish of its award-winning utility for enhancing Open and Save dialogs.
About Default Folder X:
Awarded Macworld Magazine’s Editors’ Choice Award for Best System Enhancement Utility, Default Folder X makes Open and Save dialogs “work the way they should.” It enhances the file dialogs in all Mac OS X applications, making them work as quickly as you do. Custom keyboard shortcuts put your favorite and recent folders at your fingertips. Pop-up menus let you navigate your folders and open Finder windows. Previews and Spotlight comments are there when you need them. Open, save, and get back to work: Default Folder X is workflow for the rest of us.
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10.5.2 finally released - dozens rejoice
For those of you living under a rock or who have been disconnected from the internet for the last 12 hours: Apple has finally released 10.5.2, which contains all of the goodness seen here on BGM a few weeks ago.
Enjoy!
