uTorrent Mac beta gets official launch

The long-awaited uTorrent beta for Macs is out as of Wednesday, offering users of Intel-based Macs running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or newer the same low-memory footprint Windows users have enjoyed to date. Compared to the Windows version, however, the newly-released version is missing certain features, including an RSS downloader. Rumors of a Mac uTorrent release first surfaced in June of 2007, with...

published on Thursday, the 27. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

VirusBarrier X5 10.5.5 improves speed

Intego says it has posted a v10.5.5 update for VirusBarrier X5, its signature anti-virus software. The app is claimed to be the only one capable scanning iPhone and iPod touch volumes, as well as those on Macs. The v10.5.5 patch improves the performance of manual as well as automatic real-time scans; in the latter case, special attention has been paid to Samba sharing volumes....

published on Wednesday, the 26. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

10.5: Install tips for PHP's pecl_http on 64-bit Intel Macs

Here are some tips for getting the PHP pecl_http extension running on a Macintosh OS X 10.5.x Leopard 64-bit Intel machine. For starters, you need to follow the instructions in the PHP Documentation pages to install the PEAR/PECL manager, because it is no longer in the standard OS X setup: To compile the extension, you have to install the Developers (Xcode) from your system disks because they are not installed by default. This is a simple step. It's not made clear that you need to install an older version of pecl_http than the latest stable version (1.6.1 as of this writing), because 1.6.1 needs PHP6. I used version 1.5.6 successfully. So, your Terminal command has to be sudo pecl install pecl_http-1.5.6. There is apparently a libcurl dependency in the case of pecl_http (although no dependencies are listed at the extension site), but it came with the excellent ...

published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, macosxhints

New seed shows Apple near wrap-up of Mac OS X 10.5.6

A quickly released follow-up test build of Mac OS X 10.5.6 comes with no known problems and points to Apple getting much closer to a finished patch.

published on Saturday, the 15. November 2008, appleinsider

Mac OS X 10.5.6 Development Wrapping Up?

According to the most recent seed notes at HMBT.org, Apple may be trying to wrap up development of Mac OS X 10.5.6. The latest Mac OS X 10.5.6 seed (9G38) provided to developers today lists no remaining issues. It's always difficult...

published on Saturday, the 15. November 2008, macrumors

This week in Apple: Parallels goes 4.0, iTunes bargain bin

This week's top Apple news revolved around Parallels' latest major virtualization release for the Mac, but was also spiked with news about iTunes, Black Friday, some iPhone digging, and OS X 10.5.6. Check it out in case you need to catch up.Read More...

published on Saturday, the 15. November 2008, ars-technica

MobileMe, Time Machine issues in testing for 10.5.6

The next version of Mac OS X, v10.5.6, should address problems in MobileMe, Time Machine and Mail, a note to developers suggests. Supplied with the latest seed of v10.5.6, build 9G35, the note asks for help in testing automatic syncing with MobileMe, particularly in regards to performance on notebooks, and on networks with high lag or limited bandwidth. The aim is to have changes propagated from...

published on Thursday, the 13. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

New Mac OS X 10.5.6 test build has over 90 fixes

Apple has released the latest test build of the upcoming 10.5.6 update to developers. The new seed includes more than 90 fixes, has a long list of items that need testing, and singles out MobileMe and two other components for some extra testing.Read More...

published on Thursday, the 13. November 2008, ars-technica

Apple improving Mobile Me synching in Mac OS X 10.5.6

One of the primary focuses of Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update will be to improve the reliability of data syncing between the company's MobileMe Internet service and users on notebook computers or slower networks.

published on Wednesday, the 12. November 2008, appleinsider

Apple Focusing on MobileMe Improvements in Latest 10.5.6 Builds

Apple is still hard at work on the next version of Mac OS X 10.5.6 according to published reports on the internet. The latest Mac OS X 10.5.6 (9G35) build appears to focus heavily on testing of MobileMe syncing features for notebook ...

published on Wednesday, the 12. November 2008, macrumors