10.5: Run Spore in OS X 10.5.2
While Spore (the full game, not Creature Creator) states that it require OS X 10.5.3, it's possible to get it running on OS X 10.5.2. I thought that I'd try to get it to run under 10.5.2 first in case it was possible, so I wouldn't need to upgrade. Unfortunately, 10.5.3 and later breaks compatibility with Starcraft, Diablo and some other older games on Nvidia 8x00 graphics. Here's how I got it running in 10.5.2: Insert the CD, then using Terminal or something that can see invisible files, copy the whole contents of the CD to your hard disk, to somewhere like /Spore/. Navigate to /Spore » SPORE(TM) Install.app » (Control-clcik and Show Package Contents) » Contents » Resources. Open tgInstall.plist in your favorite pure text editor. Comment out the $INSTALLVOLUME line, as shown below: ...
published on Wednesday, the 10. September 2008, macosxhints
CrushFTP 4.9 expands protocols, safeguards
The creator of CrushFTP has released v4.9 of the program, introducing a number of minor and major changes. The software operates as a file server, and supports a number of FTP, HTTP and WebDAV protocols. The update adds support for the WebDAV changes in Mac OS X 10.5.3, and a new file encryption option, which encrypts files as they are uploaded but decrypts them for authorized downloaders....
published on Tuesday, the 9. September 2008, macintosh-news-network
VirusBarrier X5 10.5.3 adds iPhone support
Intego has released the v10.5.3 update to VirusBarrier X5, its antivirus protection software. The program continually scans the files read and written on a Mac, and also monitors for unusual program behaviors that could signal an existing infection. It is otherwise said to remain out of the way unless a virus detected, and can be left active when ...
published on Thursday, the 17. July 2008, macintosh-news-network
One possible fix for internet connections that drop out
If you search the Apple Discussion boards you will see a lot of discussions like this one -- they're all about Airport and Ethernet internet connections dropping. I think I have figured out a solution to the problem (I use 10.5.3), as I was having it as well. With certain routers, OS X will choose to use the address of the router as the DNS server's IP address. Therefore, it will first try and contact the router to get DNS info, and only after a while will it find it's way to the net. I had a new MacBook Pro with this issue, as well as a new iMac. The latter fortunately showed the wrong DNS server IP (grey fonts), but the Macbook didn't. The solution is to go in the Network System Preferences panel and select 'Manually' instead of 'Using DCHP'. Then fill in the IP address, subnet mask, router address, and DNS server address. Click 'Advanced' and then go to the 'DNS' tab to verify ...
published on Wednesday, the 2. July 2008, macosxhints
Customize the inserted date/time in Pages '08
In Pages, I couldn't get both the date and the time inserted in the combination of formats that I wanted. (You can see the available formats by double-clicking on an inserted date/time field.) Here's how I added a customized format. I?m working with Pages 3.0.2 and Mac 10.5.3 on an iMac G5. One has to be comfortable editing a plist file.Quit Pages. Select Pages in the Finder, Control-click on it, and pick Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu. Then, after backing it up somewhere just in case, open the following file:/Contents/Frameworks/SFWordProcessing.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/Defaults.plistYou can do this using TextEdit or the Property List Editor (if you have that installed). In TextEdit, look for the following lines: <string>Custom</string> <integer>0&...
published on Monday, the 23. June 2008, macosxhints
10.4: Run Spore Creature Creator Demo in 10.4.11
To run the Spore Creature Creator Demoo in Tiger, just edit the Info.plist file you'll find inside the demo application. Control-click on Spore Creature Creator.app, choose Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu, and open the Contents folder.With Info.plist open in your favorite text editor, locate these strings:<key>MinimumSystemVersion</key><string>10.5.3</string>Edit the strings as follows:<key>MinimumSystemVersion</key><string>10.4.11</string>Save the changes and quit the editor. The demo works great on a first generation 3GHz Mac Pro with an ATI X1900XT video card.[robg adds: System requirements are typically based on features in a given level of the OS, so there may be unknown issues if you use this hint to run the demo on an earlier version of the OS.]May be this will work for the full version too...
published on Monday, the 23. June 2008, macosxhints
Pro Tools 7.4.2 update for Leopard 10.5.3
Digidesign on Thursday unveiled Pro Tools 7.4.2 for Mac, an update that addresses compatibility problems with Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard and Pro Tools 7.4 HD, LE, and M-Powered. The update requires the new OS version, but does not resolve an issue with ATTO SCSI cards that 10.5.3. Digidesign recommends that ATTO SCSI users keep Pro Tools 7.4.1 and Leo...
published on Thursday, the 19. June 2008, macintosh-news-network
Parallels Desktop 5608 adds tools for Linux
Parallels Desktop Mac Build 5608, the latest build of the virtualization environment for Mac OS X, has been released. This build adds support for guest Parallels Tools for Linux in the latest Linux distributions (including Ubuntu 8). It also includes added support for running 3D graphics in your Windows VM on Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.3. If you're alre...
published on Thursday, the 12. June 2008, macintosh-news-network
Mac bug forces releases of Firefox 3.0rc3
Mozilla.org has been forced by Apple to release yet another release candidate of its next-generation Firefox 3 browser. Firefox 3.0RC3, released on Wednesday for all operating systems, offers a single bug fix, a workaround for a bug introduced in the Apple's latest Mac OS X 10.5.3 update, released a few weeks ago. First noted by MacNN, the bug, whi...
published on Wednesday, the 11. June 2008, macintosh-news-network
DTrace bug fix slipped into Mac OS X 10.5.3 update
A problem that prevented proper debugging of Mac applications appears to be (mostly) fixed in Apple's latest OS update.Read More...
published on Wednesday, the 11. June 2008, ars-technica