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iOS 4 Now Available
Jun 21st
Fire up iTunes and upgrade your iPhone to iOS 4. You’ll need the new iTunes 9.2 I posted about a few days ago. You’ll now be able to multitask and apps like Pandora are already updated to take advantage of that. I have been seeing reports on Twitter though that the iPod Touches aren’t getting the same new features. Seems to have left out locking screen orientation and multitasking. I haven’t tested on my iPod Touch yet though so let me know in the comments if you’re missing features.
iTunes 9.2 Available in Software Update
Jun 16th
The new iTunes 9.2 is available in software update and it’s all about iPhone 4. There are a few other fixes and you can read more about it from Apple.
• Sync with iPhone 4 to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, books and more on-the-go
• Sync and read books with iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 and iBooks 1.1
• Organize and sync PDF documents as books. Read PDFs with iBooks 1.1 on iPad and any iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4
• Organize your apps on your iOS 4 home screens into folders using iTunes
• Faster back-ups while syncing an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4
• Album artwork improvements make artwork appear more quickly when exploring your library
10.6.4 Available in Software Update
Jun 15th
If you always want your Mac to be fully updated than hit up software update. 10.6.4 is available to everyone now.
Some new things:
* resolve an issue that causes the keyboard or trackpad to become unresponsive
* resolve an issue that may prevent some Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications from opening
* address issues copying, renaming, or deleting files on SMB file servers
* improve reliability of VPN connections
* resolve a playback issue in DVD Player when using Good Quality deinterlacing
* resolve an issue editing photos with iPhoto or Aperture in full screen view
* improve compatibility with some braille displays
iOS 4 Already Jailbroken
Jun 14th
It didn’t take long for the new iOS 4 to be jailbroken. The video below is proof that it’s running. You can find the tutorial on how to do this here. Not something I would want to do so early but it’s nice to see people putting in the effort before the actual release.
Office 2011 for Mac Only 32-bit
Jun 11th
It has been said on the Mactopia blog that the new Office 2011 will only be 32-bit. Some say this is a negative but really does it matter to have 64-bit support? Probably not. When dealing with Office files like Word, PowerPoint and Email it is very unlikely that you would need any benefits that 64-bit provides, even if you are a power user. For me it was more important to have a native Cocoa app that functions similarly to the Windows version. Even the 2011 version isn’t fully Cocoa I think they are headed in the correct direction.
It was also mentioned in the comments that they expect the release before the holiday season. I think it will be before that but I don’t think they will make the back to school season.
Office 2008 Updated to 12.2.5
Jun 8th
Microsoft has released an updated to Office 2008 bringing it to 12.2.5. It’s 200MB in size and listed as critical. You can find out more at Microsoft Support. It fixes security vulnerabilities.
