Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is described as “The most important annual event for Apple hardware and software developers and is the definitive event for anyone developing for Mac OS X”. Attending WWDC provides the opportunity to receive strategic information from Apple executives and attend more than a hundred in-depth technical and hands-on sessions given by Apple’s technical architects and engineers. Continue Reading

Today Apple Computer, Inc announced a new all-in-one desktop line, the eMac, which is aimed specifically for the education market and is based on the original iMac range, but features a 17″ CRT screen and a 700Mhz G4 processor.

They also announced updated PowerBook G4 models. Continue Reading

Last December, I wrote a review on Panergy’s icWord and icExcel, two applications that I believe EVERY Macintosh owner should have – Even those who own Microsoft Office! as they allow quick and easy access to Word, Excel and AppleWorks documents, without huge system requirements. At the time I gave them a rating of “9 out of 10” and stated that the only reason they lost a point was because they didn’t have a carbonized version.

Well, now they do! Panergy have just released icWord 2.1 and icExcel v1.1 with native Mac OS X support. Continue Reading

MaxBulk Mailer is a full-featured mail-merge tool for both Mac OS 8/9 and Mac OS X on the Apple Macintosh which allows you to send personalised announcements, press releases, prices lists or any kind of email message as either plain text or HTML documents. MaxBulk Mailer is fast, fully customizable, very easy to use, as well as been inexpensive. Continue Reading

Apple Computer, Inc., have just released a public beta of a new Webmail service for use with their iTool’s mac.com email accounts, allowing you to access your mac.com mailbox from anywhere in the world.

In the past, you could only access your mac.com address using a standard POP3 or IMAP email client, like Eudora, Outlook Express or Mail.app. Now, you can access it from a web browser, by simply going to the Apple iTools page and logging in. Continue Reading

Steve Godun has started a petition that he plans on submitting to Apple Computer, Inc in September 2002, that asks them to consider releasing Mac OS 8.1 and Mac OS 8.5.1 in a similar fashion to the way System 7.5.3 was released in late 1999 – The full installer made available as a free download from the Apple web site. Continue Reading

On March 21, at approximately 11:30am Melbourne time, Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs commenced his keynote speech at Macworld Tokyo. While this was with a “reasonable” viewing time to see a streamed QuickTime broadcast of the keynote live for those of us in Australia and the Asia Pacific region – normally we have to stay up late at night to watch them – there was no live QuickTime broadcast, nor in fact any real “live” coverage from the major Macintosh News sites. All the major news started following after the keynote had concluded. Continue Reading

SwitchPic, a US$5 shareware utility by Joe Howard, is the perfect tool for changing Desktop Pictures under Mac OS X 10.1 or greater. It returns all the Desktop Picture changing features found under Mac OS 9 and adds some more to boot. Continue Reading

Last week, a group of people from AUSOM, including Ron Webster (President), Susan Jensen (Committee), and myself (Special Events Co-ordinator) visited the Melbourne Office of Apple Computer, Australia and were fortunate that one of the demonstration iMacs was available and thus we were able to see the new “Luxo Jr” iMac in the flesh. Continue Reading

On Monday, January 7, 2002 at 9am San Francisco time (4am, Tuesday 8 in Melbourne), Steve Jobs gave his keynote speech, opening the Macworld Expo. Continue Reading