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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. ↩
Yasu Nears Release
I’m almost finished with all the updates I plan to make on Yasu. All I have to do is tweak the reboot code a little, and then do a line by line scan of the main script file to be sure I’ve not borked something along the way. I should be able to have it all wrapped up by Sunday. If things go well, I’ll be releasing Yasu 2.1 to the Mac world on Monday Tuesday or Wednesday morning.
I plan for this to be the last of the 2.x branch. Once it’s out the door, I’ll (finally) make the minor updates to Cache Out X that it needs, and release it as a final 4.8. Thanks to all the COX users who have been so patient waiting for me to get to this.
Then, I’ll be starting from scratch on a new, totally revamped version of both apps. Since Leopard is just around the corner, there probably won’t be much coding done until I can get my hands on it. In the mean time, I’ll be focusing on really mapping out what the new versions are going to be. Trust me, you’re going to dig it. Big plans for the future, big plans…
Support Forums Added
Another quick note to point out to Yasu/COX or WordPress theme users that I’ve just added a PunBB support forum, which can be accessed by clicking the “Forums” link above. If you have questions, requests, gripes, praises — whatever, feel free to post them there & I’ll do my best to get you taken care of.