Yasu 2.5.1 Released for Leopard Compatibility
Yasu 2.5 was released today which fixes how the periodic scripts (daily/weekly/monthly) are run for compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Nothing else in the application needed to be changed (wOOt).
You can get the latest version from the Yasu page. Release notes can be viewed on the release notes page. Questions, comments, bug reports should be shared in the forums.
[UPDATE] Version 2.5.1 has been released which fixes the inderterminate progress indicator not animating in the status panel.
Not As Bad As We Thought
Some real good news…
I’ve been able to fully qualify Cache Out X for use on Leopard. There were no major path changes that affected the operation of that application. I do need to add a path for the removal of Safari history & cookies, but as it is, those paths are broken under Tiger as well — which is most likely due to changes in Safari 3. I’m also aware of some other browser paths (Opera) that aren’t right which I need to get around to fixing. Bottom line is; while there are a couple of long-standing broken paths, running Cache Out X on your Leopard install is okay to do. I’ll try to get an update out the door by early next week.
Yasu requires a very small change to how the daily, weekly & monthly scripts get run, but aside from that there’s nothing else that needs tweaking. I’ll be updating it either this evening, tomorrow or Friday at the latest (very busy week). In fact, if you wanted to run Yasu 2.1.1 on Leopard until I can get the new version done, it’s totally okay to do. The only thing that won’t work is the weekly cron script. The daily & monthly actually run okay.
There you have it. It’s okay to run Cache Out X and Yasu on Leopard – though a very minor update to Yasu is on the way to fix the weekly cron script from not running, and one on the way for COX to fix browser paths.
Any questions, be sure to use the forums to ask ‘em.
Early Yasu/Leopard Compatibility Reported
Ooh. Here’s some news that just made my day! Yasu is reported to “work as expected” when run under Leopard build 9a559 on a 17″ PowerBook G4. There were no adverse affects the user could see, and the log file showed no incidents worth reporting. It may be that happy dance will get posted to YouTube after all.
However… Until I can qualify Yasu on my own install of 10.5, I do not guarantee that everything is okay yet.
To reiterate… I’ve not seen it with my own eyes, so I can’t say with 100% confidence all is well running Yasu on Leopard. I just know that my application worked for the individual who reported back to me, no more, no less.
More later as other reports come in.
Yasu 2.1.1 Released
A quick note for the readers to let you all know that Yasu 2.1.1 was released today. This latest version addresses an issue where a home folder was kept on a different partition than the system, the partition name had a space in it, and the home folder was protected by FileVault.
Not your everyday set of circumstances, but it’s still a recommended update for all users. You can download the latest version from:
Third-Party Devs Request Patience
As Leopard Day nears, third-party devs request patience
You may have already started getting ready for Leopard this week, but third-party developers can’t ensure their apps will work with Apple’s new cat until they get in line with the rest of us.
(via Infinite Loop)
It would appear I’m not the only small-time one man indie developer who’s got to deal with the major OS update…
Yasu, Cache Out X, and Leopard
There’s a lot of speculation that Apple will be releasing their new operating system some time around the end of this month. That could put us just a little under two weeks from D-Day. Or should I say “L-Day.”
I’m positive many Mac users will be early adopters, and those who use Yasu and/or Cache Out X are no doubt wondering if either of the applications are going to be compatible with the new OS. Well, I have an answer for you… Sort of…
I don’t know.
Since I’m not a card-carrying, dues-paying Apple developer, I haven’t had the opportunity to get my grubby mits on the new OS to see what has or has not changed under the hood which would affect how my apps behave1. It could be that nothing has changed and everything will work fine. I’ll do a happy dance and post it to YouTube if that’s the case. However, experience has told me it’s not going to be that simple.
Chances are there will be some significant changes, as has been the case for my apps each time Apple has released a new major version of OS X. There could even be the outside chance that both apps will need to be completely rewritten. While I plan to do that eventually, if I had to do it just for Leopard compatibility, it would probably take a while before it got done.
So my advice is this; If you plan to install Leopard, don’t run Yasu or Cache Out X on it until I am able to fully qualify the app for the new version of the OS. If you do, and catastrophic things happen to your computer — well — all I can say is, don’t say I didn’t tell you so.
- Well, I could have. But why run the risk of Apple legal hunting me down like a dog for grabbing something off of BitTorrent? No way. [↩]
A Moment of Silence…
Please join me in a moment of silence to mourn the passing of the first Mac rumor site I followed religiously back in the early days. That’s right, RAILhead Design has closed its doors for good. So sad, but I can totally relate to where Maury is coming from, and why he chose to go dark.
You did an awesome job, Maury — and believe it or not, you were one of the inspirations in the early development of Yasu. Indeed… So long, and thanks for all the fish.
PlagiarismToday: What the RIAA Judgment Means to Me
What the RIAA Judgment Means to Me
With so much twisting and warping of the facts on both sides, the only thing that is clear right now is that this issue is far from resolved and that this case has done nothing to settle the underlying issues.
(via PlagiarismToday)
Some food for thought…
