Macintosh And PC Tech Blog Posts For November, 2007


Nov 18

AT&T iPhone Without Data Plan

AT&T is responding to potential and current iPhone customers.  New details are emerging about the data side to the iPhone plan.  AT&T is now offering an EDGE data-less iPhone plan.  It’s in an effort to win over new customers for this holiday buying season.  It is also an option for current customers to not jump cell phone carriers.

Continue reading iPhone AT&T Data Plan Is Now Optional For Users That Utilize Wi-Fi

Nov 17

1.1.2 Jailbreak With Activation And PowerPC SupportA new iPhone firmware 1.1.2 Jailbreak process has been released.  What’s interesting with this new method is that it includes activation.  Activating an iPhone is necessary to use the cell phone part of the iPhone without the iTunes AT&T account activation.

Continue reading iPhone 1.1.2 Jailbreak Includes Activation Process & PowerPC Support

Nov 16

Apple’s Final Cut Express 4Apple’s Final Cut Pro 4 has now been released.  It is a paid software upgrade for the consumer level video editing suite.  It was one of two software suites from Apple that was yet to be a paid for upgrade in recent days.  Aperture was updated for Leopard at version 1.5.6, but a larger pay upgrade has not been released.

Continue reading Final Cut Express 4 Is Released By Apple, Consumer Video Software

Nov 15

Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.1 Software Update ReleasedApple has released a timely update to its newest Mac OS X operating system, Leopard.  The new version that is available through software update and Apple’s website is at 10.5.1.  It is on average a 39 MB download.  If users were to download the update from Apple’s website it would be around 110 MB.  There are quite a few changes in this update, which most users have been waiting for to install it in the first place.

Continue reading Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.1 Software Update Released For Intel & PPC Macs

Nov 14

Apple Pro Apps Updated For Final Cut Studio 2Final Cut Studio 2, Apple’s Pro software applications have all been updated to fix some issues and finally bring Mac OS X Leopard compatibility.  The version numbers for the Apple software follows.

Continue reading Apple Updates Pro Apps, iPhoto 7.1.1 And Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11

Nov 13

Mac OS X Leopard Auto quit Printer Software OptionMac OS X 10.5 Leopard has been available for a little while and tips are starting to emerge on how to use it better.  Today’s tip focuses on Leopard’s printing software.  When installing an upgrade of Leopard on several different Mac’s it has always deleted all installed printers.  Be sure to note all printers, IP addresses and what driver software is used for each.  Establishing each after the install could take a very long time.  Some printers do not have a PS or PostScript hardware module installed.  This means that setting up a printer profile in Leopard takes a little more know how than almost everything else in Mac OS X 10.5.

Continue reading Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Tip Corner How To Auto-quit Printer Software