I've Finally Caught a Clue
I’m happy to report that I’ve finally automated the registration email process for Yasu. Up until yesterday, I was manually processing payments by downloading data from Paypal and importing it into a customized FileMaker database I created for parsing and sending registrations.
Yasu 2.0.5 Released
As promised, the new version of Yasu has been released, and is available for download. Go grab yours on the Yasu page. This version fixes the following:
- Fixed authorization window UI issue that would allow it to be closed and cause Yasu to get stuck
- Fixed a bug in the “Reset home permissions” option that would pop up if the User Cache folder was already empty, or didn’t exist
- Changed the version checking option to default to off on new installations for those who still use dial-up
And if you haven’t donated yet, now’s the time to do it!
Will Steve Jobs Let Mac OS Run on Intel Boxes?
Will Steve Jobs Let Mac OS Run on Intel Boxes
Now, it seems that the company that makes Parallels is working on an upgrade to the software that will let Windows users theoretically run Mac OS X side-by-side with Windows.
Hmmm. Could it happen after all? Maybe there’s a chance I wasn’t too far off the mark on the morning of the 2005 Developer Conference when I said Apple might consider opening up OS X to Windows users.
I bet if Apple allowed OS X to run on a Win box–even if it were emulated–it would entice some of those hold-outs who were tempted to switch when the Intel machines were released, but didn’t want to layout the big bucks for new hardware.
All purely speculative–but it could be interesting, no? Let me know what you think!
Application Updates Coming Soon
Just a quick note to say that I’ve not been totally slack in my duties around here. A maintenance release of Yasu is nearly complete which fixes a rare bug in the “Reset home permissions” option, as well as fixing a UI issue in the authentication window.
Same goes for an updated version of Cache Out X, which will add browser cache paths for the latest version of Opera, and straighten out some system cache paths that aren’t quite right under Tiger which could cause Intel users some troubles.
Both should be ready for public consumption mid to late next week.
Another New Look (Yet Again)
If you visit the site (instead of reading via RSS), you’ll notice the look has changed yet again (It’s got to be for the 23rd time, at least). I’ve come up with something simple that just lets the entries be entries. No more sidebar and trying to fill that up with stuff that’s really not all that relevant. As someone once categorized me; It’s sparse.
To go with the look, I’ve decided to change the direction of the site a little too. I had planned to focus solely on all things Mac, giving readers little nuggets of obscure information to keeping their systems up to snuff. While I still plan on doing that every once in a while, I’ll be adding more of the (sur)real life that goes on around me.
BTW — The quest for a new Mac Book Pro is off. While donations for Yasu have done okay, I’m not anywhere near where I thought I’d be by this point. Looking at numbers since the release of v2, there have been over 30,000 47,165 downloads — with only 328 registrations. Hmm. More on that later.
Anyway. Enjoy. There are still a few things to tweak here and there, but for the most part, this is it.
Friday Freeware Roundup – 1/5
Updates to some useful Mac freeware during the past week (or so)…
Resolve Startup Issues and Perform Disk Maintenance
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
If your computer won’t start up normally, you may need to use a disk repair utility to fix the issue. Mac OS X includes two utilities for this—Disk Utility and fsck. You can also use these even when your computer starts just fine but you want to check the disk for possible file system issues…
A decent Apple Knowledge Base article which covers repairing your start up disk using either “fsck” or Disk Utility. Tiger users should note that Apple recommends using Disk Utility whenever possible instead of the “fsck” (Unix “file system check”) command for performing repairs and/or maintenance.
