Seventh Beta of 10.6.7 Now Available in Mac Dev Center

Earlier today Apple seeded the seventh beta of OS X 10.6.7 (a Snow Leopard update, not Lion) and is available for developers at the Mac Dev Center. The build number is 10J868.

There are no known issues with the build and as has been a similar case with previous betas, Apple is asking developers to focus on Safari, Mac App Store, AirPort, Bonjour, SMB, and Graphics Drivers.
[Via 9to5 Mac]

Twitter for Mac: ‘Tweet’ from Anywhere in OS X

Just a few days ago everyone was talking about a simple bookmarklet for Safari that sends the site title and link to Twitter for Mac (Tweetie 2). Last night, I even found a Safari extension that did the same thing but also adds a tweet option in the contextual menu (right click) within Safari.

Right after I tweeted the link, @SebastienPeek told me “who needs that when you can highlight anything, right click and it’ll show Tweet?” I had no idea what he was talking about, do you? I asked him if it was Safari only and he went one step more and said that it’s system wide, you can do it with a right click and highlight of any text. @BoltClock is credited with pointing me to this discovery. It’s system-wide for all apps that support Mac OS X’s contextual menu item additions. Here’s some visual goodness:

Simply:

• Click and drag almost any text in Safari or Chrome
• Right click and ‘Tweet’. 

It tosses the text into the new tweet window in Twitter for Mac. I found it also works in apps like iChat, Mail.app, Ecoute, Reeder, iCal. These are just a few. Some things that it doesn’t play nice with: the address bar in your web browser, text embedded in Flash, Firefox, just to name a few.

Sure, the bookmarklet and the Safari extension do a bit more than than just sending selected text from Safari into a new tweet, but Twitter for Mac’s ‘Tweet’ sends selected text from all over OS X. I think Twitter for Mac is one cool bird.

TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS:
If this is not working for you, please check your Services Prefs and make sure ‘Tweet’ is checked under Files and Folders.

• Open terminal.app and paste “/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user”
• Reboot and ‘Tweet’ should now show up in your contextual menu.

Via: macstories.net

Apple Releases OS X 10.6.6 and Mac App Store

A great news few minutes ago from Apple which released OS X 10.6.6 with access to the Mac App Store in Software Update.
About 114 MB is available now free to download for Snow Leopard users. As noted by Macworld, the Mac App Store includes some apps from Apple such as:

• The three key apps in the $49 iLife ’11 suite—iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand—are now available via the Mac App Store for $15 each. The boxed iLife ’11 suite, in contrast, costs $49—slightly more than the three apps a la carte, though the suite also includes iDVD and iWeb, two apps that haven’t been substantially updated in recent years.
• The three apps that make up the $79 iWork ’09 suite—Pages, Keynote, and Numbers—are also available on the Mac App Store, for $20 each, undercutting the $79 price of the boxed suite. It’s an even better deal if you’re only a user of one of the apps—Keynote, for example.
• Aperture and Apple Remote Desktop are also on sale in the Mac App Store, both available at $79.99.

Full changelog and first screenshots of the Mac App Store below.

Update: here are the direct links to the OS X 10.6.6. update.

- Mac OS X v10.6.6 Update

- Mac OS X v10.6.6 Update Combo

- Mac OS X Server v10.6.6 Update

- Mac OS X Server v10.6.6 Update Combo

Cydia Coming to Mac Soon!

Apple has been working hard to try to make the Mac App Store possible. Now, Saurik the creator of Cydia app store for iOS devices has announced that he is going to bring Cydia for the Mac!

According the TUAW, Saurik made this astonishing announcement at 360|MavDev giving an overview of his upcoming Cydia for MAC OS X, Cycript, and Cydia Substrate.

Currently, Cydia Installer has been used by about 10% of all iPhone users, or about 10 million devices. There are well over 30,000 packages available for iOS, and a lot of open source material can be downloaded from Cydia. He refers to Cydia as a store for things that are not apps, but extensions of what iOS devices can do.

Freeman felt that the same type of store would be useful for Mac OS X devices; the result is a Mac Cydia, which will be available "within weeks." With today's news that the Mac App Store will not support in-app purchases, something that is critical to the freemium app model that is so successful in the iOS world, a Mac Cydia might be just the web store for a number of Mac developers.

This is a very huge advance for the jailbreak scene. Not only will there be jailbroken iDevices, now it's being expanded for Mac! This will be out within weeks! Any developers interested in trying to get their app into Cydia for Mac is always free to contact Patrick at saurikit.com

Mac App Store to Open Next Monday Along with iOS 4.3 Launch?

In case you are on of our readers, you may know that Apple is reportedly launching iOS 4.3 next Monday (December 13th). However, an inside source has just told Appletell that Apple is targeting a Monday, December 13th launch of the Mac App Store.

An inside source has just told us that Apple is targeting a Monday, December 13th launch of the Mac App Store. The company apparently told developers to have their software prepared for a launch as early as Monday the 6th of this month, but our contact would be shocked if that happened at this point. Apple has made no official announcements regarding this, and delays could always happen, but there's a push to be launched before Christmas, well ahead of the previously estimated January release.

At the Back to the Mac even on October 20th, Steve Jobs confirmed that the Mac App Store should be launched after 90 days which means late in January 2011 so we can't verify these claims but we do know that Apple has already started asking developers to submit their apps to the Mac App Store and has already seeded a new version of Mac OS X 10.6.6 to Mac App developers. So this may claims that Apple would launch it earlier than what they said. More updates as they come, stay tuned !

AirPrintHacktivator Activates Airprint in Mac OS X 10.6.5 with One Click

Airprint was already hacktivated manually (look at 9to5mac) and it took lots of steps but now the easy one has just been released by Neputing. Now Hacktivating your Airprint on Mac OS X 10.6.5 is really easy with this new tool. AirprintHacktivator can easily activate your Airprint automatically with just a click. You can now Havktivate and De-Hacktivate Airprint with this tool.

I wrote a quick and dirty application called AirPrintHacktivator that will do it for you. The application allow you to “Hacktivate” and “De Hacktivate” AirPrint by adding or removing the 3 files required… all of this while making a backup of the current files so they are properly restored during “De Hacktivation”.

WARNING! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! It is working fine for me but don’t come crying if it break something on your Mac

You can use this tool only on Mac OS X 10.6.5 and it will not work on previous versions. We see some reports floating on the web indicating that it works on fine for all.

Download AirPrintHacktivator for Mac OS X 10.6.5

[Thanks everyone who send this in]

Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.5

Apple has just released the long waited Mac OS X 10.6.5 Snow Leopard. You can finally get it now from your software update. Here's the full change log below:

What’s included?

General fixes and improvements

- Improves reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers.
- Addresses performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and Aperture.
- Addresses stability and performance of graphics applications and games.
- Resolves a delay between print jobs.
- Addresses a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an AirPort Extreme.
- Resolves an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal.
- Addresses an issue in which dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock to not automatically hide.
- Resolves an issue in which Wikipedia information may not display correctly in Dictionary.
- Improves performance of MainStage on certain Macs.
- Resolves spacing issues with OpenType fonts.
- Improves reliability with some Bluetooth braille displays.
- Resolves a VoiceOver issue when browsing some websites with Safari 5.
- Improves Bluetooth pairing with Magic Trackpad.
- Resolves performance issues with third-party displays that use InstaPort technology.
- Add SSL support for transferring files with iDisk.
- Resolves an issue when opening 4-up Photo Booth pictures in Preview.
- Addresses keyboard responsiveness issues in the Dock when Spaces is turned on.
- Resolves an issue syncing Address Book with Google.
- Fixes an issue when replying to a Mail message sent by a person whose name contains certain characters such as é or ü.
- Improves performance for users bound to an Active Directory domain.
- Improves reliability of Ethernet connections.
- Systems with a Mac Pro RAID Card (Early 2009) installed can now be put to sleep. For more information, see Mac Pro RAID Card (Early 2009): Enabling system sleep.
- Improves reliability of fibre channel connections, resolving a potential Xsan volume availability issue.
- Adds RAW image compatibility for additional digital cameras.
- Security improvements; for information about the security content of this update, please visit this article.
- Additional Information
- This update also includes the improvements found in the Mac OS X v10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, and 10.6.4 updates.

Download Mac OS X 10.6.5 Snow Leopard [Direct Link]

PdaNet Turns your iPhone into a True WiFi HotSpot on iOS 4.1

PdaNet has just got update to support iOS 4.1. PdaNet turns your iPhone into a WiFi HotSpot so that you can connect to it from your computer or iPad. This allows you to get your laptop online wirelessly through the iPhone's network.

Moreover, it supports USB tethering for both Mac and Windows users. PdaNet provides the fastest connection speed possible from your data service and data signal. To enjoy using the app, you need a jailbroken device, so you can follow our guide posted here to jailbreak iOS 4.1 with Limera1n. Once jailbroken, search for PdaNet Free Edition in Cydia under ModMyi repository for free.

To use WiFi mode you do not need anything installed on the computer end. To use USB mode, download the desktop client on Mac or Windows with 14 days trial. So, in case you enjoyed the app, let us know in the comment section below. [via FSM]

Skype 5 Beta for Mac Now Available for Download !

Skype 5 Beta for Mac has been released and it comes with lot of improvements, new features and totally new UI. It looks like Mac version of Skype has started gaining feature parity with Windows version.

The new Skype for Mac includes following new features

• New call control bar — Hang up, mute and more from a mini Skype toolbar that sits on top of any web pages, documents or photos you’ve got open
  
• group video calling which allows you to make video calls with more than two people at a time as long as all participants are on the new Mac beta or Skype for Windows 5.0.
  
• Search chat content to easily navigate past conversations
  
• Offline IM so that you can send and receive instant messages even if the recipient is offline
  
• Personalise contacts via user profiles
  
• Quickly rejoin calls if your Internet connection fails momentarily
  
• Floating Contacts Monitor to see your online contacts and contact groups

Here you can try the beta version of Skype 5 for Mac OS X for free! Stay tuned as we'll inform you whenever Skype 5 goes alpha.

Download Skype 5 Beta for Mac

Easily Recover Lost iPhone / iPod Touch Data from iTunes Backups

iTunes automatically makes the backup of your iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad data. Today I found a useful utility that lets you to extracts data from backups created automatically by iTunes.

The iPhone Backup Extractor utility can recover contacts, pictures, call histories, MMS, SMS and text messages, videos, voicemail, calendar entries, notes, app files, saved games, debug information and data that might otherwise be inaccessible. It automatically converts the extracted database into CSV, VCard or ICAL formats, so they can be easily imported into Excel, Outlook, or Webmail.

The iPhone Backup Extractor can extract files from the backups iTunes automatically makes of your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

The iPhone Backup Extractor works on Windows (XP, Vista, 7), Mac OS X and Linux, with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 backups from all versions of iTunes.

Download iPhone Backup Extractor

Phone Disk Turns your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch into a USB Drive [FREE]

Phone Desk is a nice tool for Windows and Mac OS X that enables you to turn your iPhone, iPod or iPad into a USB Drive.

By using standard USB cable, Phone Desk sits in menu bar or system tray of Mac or PC and whenever it finds an iOS device, it seamlessly mounts it to your files so you can directly access its files using Windows Explorer etc.


Key Features of Phone Desk

• Open, copy and save files directly on device
• Browse the iPhone in Finder and Windows Explorer
• Fully integrated with OSX and Windows
• Expands to work with multiple devices
• Clean application
• Copy images and the view them on device

Macroplanet is giving free licenses of Phone Disk until 1st December 2010, so if you install and activate the Phone Desk before 1st December 2010, you will get free updates and can enjoy the full version of this software on your computer forever! So what are you waiting for? Head over to Phone Desk page to avail this offer before its too late.

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac is Available for Download Now

Finally, the much waited app for Mac OS X is available for download. Earlier today, Microsoft has announced retail availability of Office 2011 for Mac. It comes in two flavors, Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 which Costs: $109 for a single license, $129 for 3 and Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011 which Costs: $174 for a single license, $239 for 3.

Microsoft launches Office 2011 for Mac today, bringing Mac users the latest versions of the company’s productivity software. The release is the latest effort from the Office for Mac team, which has been delivering Microsoft software to the Mac for 13 years.

Office 2011 for Mac brings tons of new features, Mashable has great coverage and review for the all new Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac OS X. [Microsoft]

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion have some new User interface Elements to Show.

In the Last week's media event "Back to the Mac", Steve Job demoed the new OS for Mac i.e Mac OS X 10.7. All the new features were discussed in that event. This new OS is said to be released in 2011. Main features that were discussed in this events were Full screen Apps, LaunchPad, Mac App Store.

Readers at that event have noticed some other user interfaces which will also come with this OS.

One rumor about that event indicating that there will be iOS inspired scroll bars. This means that there's no need to mouse movement for the appearance and the disappearance of the scroll bar when it is in use or not.

Another rumor was that in this OS, user will be allowed to re-size their windows from any corner an adjust it according to their use, in the paste windows was only re sized from bottom right corner. Two more feature that's discussed in the event is the "Auto save" & "Apps resume when launched", this new features make the dock look more better which means that dock will not indicate the launched app using that characteristic light (notification light) but it will show a typical light indicator under that app which is launched before.

but in the new version:

So these were some extra features that was caught by readers and as we will get some more news about this new OS we will surely inform you. [via MacRumors]

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Apple's “Back to the Mac” Event in 3 Minutes [VIDEO]

Back to the Mac media event was a great event for Mac lovers. Apple held this media event last Wednesday on 20th October. New MacBook airs were introduced in the event, Mac OS X Lion, iLife 11 and more! The full event event video is more than 90 minutes and available on Apple's site. But would you prefer abridged 3 minutes one?

Here's the 3 minutes video covering almost the important scenes took place in the event, watch it and tell us how do you like it.

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Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Brings Tons of New Features

Back to the Mac was a great event for Mac lovers! First, two new Macbook air announces one 11.6-inch and other 13.3-inch. Then, Steve Jobs announced Mac OS X 10.7 or what's called by Lion.

Multi-touch gestures
Apple knows that touch screen notebooks don’t work, trackpads and mice are the way to multitouch a desktop operating system. With this in mind, Lion will have advanced gesture support

Mac App Store
The App Store revolutionized mobile applications, so of course they bring it to the Mac. Features are automatic installation, one-click downloads, automatic app updates, apps will be licensed for use on all of your Macs. This will be available first under 10.6 Snow Leopard in 90 days. On the developer side, the Mac App Store will have the same developer 70/30 split as the iOS App Store, and submissions will be accepted soon. See screenshot below of the Mac App Store:

Launchpad
Launchpad is Home Screen for your Mac, supports multitouch gestures and multiple pages of apps, folder support, the whole thing very similar to iOS on an iPad. This is part of a newer and more refined Mac OS X GUI. See screenshot below:

Full screen apps
immersive experience of iOS apps comes to the Mac, true full screen support for apps, takes away window bars. Supports multitouch gestures to swap between fullscreen apps, desktops, and other apps. See screenshot below:

Mission Control
Expose, full screen apps, Dashboard, Spaces all in one – (we called better window management) – how do you make them all work together? Unify them under Mission Control

Auto-save
self explanatory, awesome feature and much needed. Clicking Save feels archaic after using an iPad/iPhone, doesn’t it? Yup, bring it to Mac OS X

Mac OS X Lion has a scheduled release date of summer 2011. It will be called Lion and is a significant update to OS X. ac App Store will open up within 90 days and will work on Snow Leopard. [via OS X Daily]

HOW TO: Jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad, iPod touch 4G / 3G on Mac

We already broke the news and told you that Geohot with the help of some hackers could write Limera1n's code to work on Mac OS X. In case you don't know how to use the most easiest tool to jailbreak your iOS device, here's full step by step how to guide to jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 4G, iPod touch 3G and iOS 3.2.2 on iPad.

NOTE: If you are using Ultrasn0w to unlock your carrier, then don't use the instructions below as the unlock for new basebands is not available yet. For iPhone 4 users, use the instructions posted here to preserve your baseband. For other devices, wait for PwnageTool to be released this weekend.

STEP 1: Download Limera1n for Mac OS X from here.

STEP 2: Connect your iPhone to your PC via USB then launch Limera1n and hit “make it ra1n”

STEP 3: You will have to get your device into DFU mode by following the steps on the screen shown by Limera1n.

• You iPhone will now be placed in recovery mode.

• Press both the power and the home buttons.

• When Limera1n asks you to, release the power button.

• Your phone will now be in DFU mode

STEP 4: You should see a message like this indicates that your devices has been jailbroken successfully.

STEP 6: Now start Limera1n app from your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and install Cydia as shown in the screenshots below.

STEP 7: Now simply restart your device and enjoy the jailbreak!

Apple Releases Safari 5.0.2 to Bring Improvments

Apple has just updated their browser Safari to 5.0.2, the update fixes some bugs and security issues. The update is 39 MB size and as usual it requires a restart. Apple notes on the update "improvements to compatibility and security", here's the full changelog.

- Fixes an issue that could prevent users from submitting web forms
- Fixes an issue that could cause web content to display incorrectly when viewing a Google Image result with Flash 10.1 installed
- Establishes an encrypted, authenticated connection to the Safari Extensions Gallery

Also you will notice that iWeb update is included in the update. To install these updates, just navigate to "The Software Update" app from your Mac OS.

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Apple Released iWork 9.0.4 for MacOSX

Apple just released iWork 9.0.4, the new version bringing a number of fixes to Apples's productivity suite but also deploying a new feature, this new feature is the ability to export Pages documents in the ePub format for compatibility with company's iBooks application for iOS.

Keynote 5.0.4
- Addresses an issue when printing handouts with rule lines.
- Fixes an issue with the slide switcher.
- Resolves an issue when automatically resizing some images while changing slide size.
- Fixes an issue with tables.

Pages 4.0.4
- Fixes an issue with tables.
- Includes compatibility with the standard ePub file format (for use with iBooks) when exporting.

Numbers 2.0.4
- Fixes an issue with tables.

Note:Apple has also posted a support document offering advice on how to choose between ePub and PDF for a given document and outlining how to create an ePub file from a Pages document.
Download iWork 9.0.4.
[via macrumors]
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Mac OS X gets PDF Exploit Fix in a Security Update

Mac has got its own PDF exploit fix in a new security update, it's the same as the iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone / iPod Touch, and iOS 3.2.2 for iPad which fixes PDF exploit that was discovered when JailbreakMe released! Here's what Apple says about the security update.

Impact: Viewing or downloading a document containing a maliciously crafted embedded font may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A stack buffer overlow exists in Apple Type Services’ handling of embedded fonts. Viewing or downloading a document containing a maliciously crafted embedded font may lead to arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved bounds checking.

The update is available for all users who have the latest version of either Leopard or Snow Leopard installed on Mac OS X Server 10.5, Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X Server 10.6, or Mac OS X 10.6.4 .

Mac Theme on Windows 7 using “Snow Transformation Pack”

If you are using Windows seven, why don't you make it like a Mac? This pack turns your Windows 7 into interactive and awesome Mac OS X interface including icons, wallpapers, the Dock, sounds, dialogue boxes, login screen, window skin, and more! The pack is developed by WinXSoft and it's free for download!

You can download the pack from the link below for free, if that piss you off, then get a Mac and you will get a better theme, right?

Video guide by iPhonix!


Download Snow Transformation Pack [Direct Link]