The Voice of Rosen

Apple finally announced a long-awaited upgrade to the Mac mini product line.

Everyone seemed to be anticipating a new version of the Mac mini would be announced at the Macworld conference today. But then... nothing.

A number of Mac users have noticed that the 10.5.5 update to Mac OS X disabled functionality in the Screen Sharing application, and caused other problems as well.

Almost a month after installing Leopard, what more have we learned about using it? How to keep the printer icon from lingering in the Dock after a print job is done, and how to fix problems with Parallels Desktop.

So is all the hype about Leopard warranted? Yes and no. A look at some of Mac OS X 10.5's newest features, both the highly publicized and the well-hidden. (Sometimes the low-key enhancements outshine the flashy ones.)

Migrating my MacBook to Leopard was a pretty straightforward process... for the most part. But as with all cases of early software adoption, weirdness abounds. Here's some help to avoid at least some of that weirdness.

According to this article at Forbes.com, there's one place where Vista beats Leopard--speech recognition... huh?

So Leopard, Apple's new version of the Mac OS X operating system, is finally here. Here are some pointers to all the things Leopard has to offer.

After persistent pressure from developers, Apple promises an SDK for the iPhone by February 2008.

As soon as it became available, I downloaded and installed Parallels Desktop 3.0 for the Mac. So far, pretty damned impressive...

Apple's software updates rarely cause problems. This one may be an exception, but forewarned is forearmed...

Bill Gates offers high praise for the Macintosh as the only machine "that's really new and really captures people's imagination". Of course, he said this back in 1984...

The latest previews of Mac OS X 10.5, better known as Leopard, show that its user interface is borrowing a lot of its look and feel from... iTunes.

Apple has released a version of its Safari browser for Windows... OK, so?

A new version of Parallels Desktop, the virtualization software that allows you to run Windows on your Intel Mac, is about to come out any day now...

Fierce competitors Steve Jobs and Bill Gates may each rail against the other's companies and products... but deep down, there's love.