Accelerate Your Mac News Archive for Wednesday Feb. 13th, 2008

News Archive for: Wednesday Feb. 13th, 2008
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Hardware Monitor/Temperature Monitor Updates (w/2008 Mac Pro, MacBook Air support, more)
Marcel Bresink has updated his suite of utilities to add support for the new Mac Pros and MacBook Air as well as some other features. Temperature Monitor v4.4 (freeware) Release 4.4 (Build 080211) Added support for new Macintosh systems equipped with Intel Xeon 5400 processors. Added support for the MacBook Air. Added new feature for drives equipped with activity LEDs. To help users in identifying drives, it is now possible to let drives light up their activity indicators via the Drive Overview window. It is now possible to directly connect to remote computers by double-clicking entries in the connect panel. Sensor labels can now be reset to their initial default designations. The FAQ chapter in the reference manual has been revised. Many small optimizations in user guidance. Hardware Monitor v4.4 Release 4.4 (Build 080211) Added support for new Macintosh systems equipped with Intel Xeon 5400 processors. Added support for the MacBook Air. Added full support for load sensors of Intel GMA X 3100 and ATI Radeon X 2000 graphics chips (Hardware Monitor only). Added new feature for drives equipped with activity LEDs. To help users in identifying drives, it is now possible to let drives light up their activity indicators via the Drive Overview window. It is now possible to directly connect to remote computers by double-clicking entries in the connect panel. Sensor labels can now be reset to their initial default designations. The FAQ chapter in the reference manual has been revised. Many small optimizations in user guidance. Hardware Monitor Remote v4.4 (see change list) Hardware Monitor Widget Edition v2.4 (see change list) Temperature Monitor Widget Edition v2.4 (see change list)

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More Feedback on OS X 10.5.2/Leopard Graphics Update 1.0
I've updated the page of Feedback on 10.5.2/Leopard Graphics Update 1.0 with a follow-up from a MacBook Pro owner on Clamshell use Issue (said 10.5.2 reinstall w/o Leopard Graphics Update applied works), notes from 2 Express34 card users, more on Translucent menubar option/toggle, notes from a CPU upgraded Quicksilver G4/iBook G4 owner and the separate section on 2008 Mac Pro feedback has 2 more reports added also.

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Express34 Card Reports page updated
I've added two more MacBook Pro owner reports to the page on Express34 Cards. (More NitroAV FW800 ExpressCard and Apiotek eSATA ExpressCard Reports - including notes after applying OS X 10.5.2.)

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More 2008 Mac Pro owner feedback
I've updated the 2008 Mac Pro owner feedback page with another report from an Nvidia 8800GT equipped model - including a screenshot showing vertical lines in an iChat window border and some artifacts in WoW. (Although not as serious as the graphics corruption/freezes reported by some 2600 card users - although not all have seen that problem.)

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Other News/Articles, Mac Software Updates
Apple TV 2.0 Review (gizmodo) Apple TV "a networked video iPod for your living room" (Cnet) Lightweight new MacBook Air is heavy-duty (detriot free press) Apple TV: Not able to sign in to the iTunes Store with an AOL account (requires .mac acct) Apple TV: Connections through proxy servers are not supported (Apple) Apple TV: Some menu items may not appear with software version 2.0 (due to wrong iTunes store country selected) Analysts: 3G iPhone may reach users by midyear (Wash. Post) Cineon/DPX Pro QT Components for Final Cut 2.5.12 (Apple staff pick) ZeusDraw 1.3 (Apple staff pick) DrawIt 3.3 (Apple staff pick) Raw Photo Processor 3.6.8 Hydra 1.0.3 (create HDR photographs) Net Monitor 4.4 SmartBackup 2.2 Media Catalog 3.8.2 NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 11 Panasonic's 32GB SDHC memory card coming in April

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Recent Articles and Reviews
Listing/links to recent articles and reviews you may have missed.

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