Begin forwarded message:
> From: Doug Hamilton <doug_hamilton(a)umanitoba.ca>
> Date: September 16, 2009 9:59:17 AM CDT (CA)
>
> Hi Wayne,
>
> ...thought you'd be interested some info about the University of
> Illinois change in their computing labs to all dual-boot Macintosh
> systems.
>
> http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/uofillinois/
>
> Doug
> -------------
> Doug Hamilton, BA, MA, APP
> Senior Computer Consultant
> Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba
> 204-474-6196 (Ph.)
> 204-474-7556 (Fax)
> http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/
...from:
http://www.macworld.com/article/142752/2009/09/itunes9_safari.html
Bugs & Fixes: iTunes 9 and Safari mix it up
by Ted Landau, Macworld.com
After installing iTunes 9, you may find that the updated version
refuses to connect to the iTunes Store.
However, at least based on my testing, you don’t need the actual
Safari application for iTunes Store access. For example, I deleted the
application from my drive and the iTunes Store worked just fine. My
guess is that there is some installed component of Safari, located in
a Library folder (WebKit framework?), that is the true requirement. It
is this that needs to be the proper version. Unfortunately, I have not
yet determined anything more specific.The cause turns out to be a
direct link between the iTunes Store and Safari. Specifically, you
need to be running Safari 4.0.3 or later to access the Store within
iTunes 9. If not, you’ll be greeted with a message informing you that
you cannot “use the iTunes Store within iTunes.” You heard correctly:
you may need Safari installed on your Mac, in order to use the iTunes
Store, even if you otherwise never use Safari.
Reinstall Snow Leopard?
For some users, the news was even worse. They were getting the Safari
warning message even though they had Safari 4.0.3 already installed.
Based on threads posted in Apple Discussions, most of these users
appear to have been running pre-release versions of Snow Leopard (Mac
OS X 10.6).
The solution turns out to be to install the release (golden master)
version of 10.6. Even those that claimed they had previously installed
the golden master version generally found that re-installing the OS
from a release version DVD eliminated the error. If, despite following
all of this advice, you still have this symptom, I have no solution to
offer at this time.
No Genius Mixes?
Although more subtle, a second iTunes Store problem also turns out to
have Safari files as its root cause. The specific symptom is an
inability to get the new Genius Mixes feature to appear in iTunes
listings.
The first potential fix for this omission is to go to iTunes’ Store
menu and select Update Genius. If that does not work, return to the
same menu and select Turn Off Genius followed by Turn On Genius.
If things go well, your work is done. However, in some cases
(including my own), things may not go so well. Turning on Genius may
get bogged down in Step 2: Sending this information to Apple. If so, a
message politely informs you that “This seems to be taking longer than
usual…” In fact, left alone, it will likely never complete.
The solution here is to delete the relevant Apple cookies from Safari.
To do so, quit iTunes, go to Safari and select Preferences -> Security
-> Show Cookies. In the search text box enterapple.com. To be extra
sure of getting the job done, you can select all of these files and
click to Remove. Otherwise, you can start by removing only
the .phobos.apple.com items(s), as well as any other items that
contain the word “itunes,” and hope that is sufficient.
After doing so, return to iTunes and once again select to Update
Genius. With just a bit of luck, all should now proceed smoothly and
Genius Mixes will appear within a minute or two.
Updated at 9:16 a.m. to clarify a potential fix for the Genius Mixes
bug.
...from:
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/releasenotes/Java/JavaSnowLeopardRN/…
/apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007737-CH3-SW1
- Description:
Since Java SE 6 is the only Java version shipped with Mac OS X 10.6
Snow Leopard, any application that requests an older version of Java
will only launch in Java SE 6. No dialog is presented, since there is
only one choice, and the app will either work correctly or it won't.
Workaround:
Ensure your application will run correctly on Java SE 6...
- Description:
Due to backwards compatibility constraints, older Java applications
which are bundled with a PPC-only JavaApplicationStub will only launch
in 32-bit Intel.
Workaround:
Rebundle the application with a JavaApplicationStub that contains an
x86_64 slice in its mach-o binary.
- Description:
Applications that use Cocoa Java will fail on Snow Leopard.
Resolution:
Contact the application's developer for an updated version that does
not use Cocoa Java. Cocoa Java has been deprecated since Mac OS X 10.4
Tiger in 2005, was only supported on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard for 32-bit
applications, and this support has been removed as of Mac OS X 10.6
Snow Leopard.
Wayne Billing
Classroom Technology Support
Audio Visual and Classroom Technology Support
123 Fletcher Argue Building
474-6649
474-7598 (fax)
Wayne_Billing(a)umanitoba.ca
