Mac OS X Server 10.3.9

From the Apple Knowledge Base article:

Mail Server

  • Addresses an issue in which the cyrus database may become corrupted.
  • Addresses an issue in which the cyrus server may not respond to configuration changes.

I know a lot of people who will be pleased by this.

The Hand That Feeds 1.0.band

Cool!

Trent Reznor has released NIN’s latest single as a GarageBand file.

From the README:

For quite some time I’ve been interested in the idea of allowing you the ability to tinker around with my tracks – to create remixes, experiment, embellish or destroy what’s there. I tried a few years ago to do this in shockwave with very limited results.

After spending some quality time sitting in hotel rooms on a press tour, it dawned on me that the technology now exists and is already in the hands of some of you. I got to work experimenting and came up with something I think you’ll enjoy.
What I’m giving you in this file is the actual multi-track audio session for “the hand that feeds” in GarageBand format. This is the entire thing bounced over from the actual Pro Tools session we recorded it into. I imported and converted the tracks into AppleLoop format so the size would be reasonable and the tempo flexible.

You can get the file here.

Mac OS X 10.3.9

Mac OS X 10.3.9 was released yesterday. There have been several posts on the WOProject, WO Developer, and Java lists that indicate that this update borks Java 1.4.2 for some people. I wasn’t going to upgrade, but I read that the update includes Safari 1.3. Safari 1.3 includes support for contentEditable and designMode so, I’m interested in trying it out.

I shutdown all of my applications, backed up my boot drive (I like SuperDuper!), downloaded the combo updater, crossed my fingers, and let it rip. So far, so good, every thing is running well.

Eclipse fires up fine, and my current projects all run without any issues.

As documented on Surfin’ Safari, Safari 1.3 is very fast. It does seem to have issues with Google Maps though, and I cannot find documentation on getting the HTML editing to work (none of the Mozilla/Midas-based examples light up).

Why Apple insists on releasing OS and Security updates on Friday is beyond me though.

Update: Changing the User Agent to MSIE via the Debug menu in Safari seems to allow Google Maps to function again.

Annoying WOBuilder bug

It is pretty well known that WOBuilder has its share of bugs. My current pet peeve is what it does to xhtml-compliant br tags. To see this for yourself:

  • Add a <br> tag to your component.
  • Switch to the source view and reformat the <br> so it is correctly formatted for xhtml (ie: <br />)
  • Switch back to layout view and select, cut and paste the <br />.
  • Switch to the source view and look at the result. It will look like this: <br /="">

Yuck!

Apple Yorkdale opening Tomorrow?

According to page 5 of todays Metro news, Apple’s Yorkdale store is opening tomorrow (here is a 10MB download of today’s issue).

apple_store_2.jpg

This seems to be confirmed by the Yorkdale site as well. Although last time we were there, the store was miles away from completion. Should I line up now?

Update: Yup, looks like the Apple Store is just included in the Yorkville marketing by default. The store is still looks far from completion (along with many of the other "40 new stores").