September 2009 - apple-list - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

INTEREST: OSX/Windows dual boot labs at U of Illinois
by billing 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

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/

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INTEREST: Polo Park's Apple store opens Sept 19, 2009
by billing 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

The original date that was rumoured for this opening was October some time. Surprise, I guess. ::-) Come to the new Apple Store, Polo Park, and bring your curiosity. It's the best place to learn all about the Mac, check out an iPod, and see all the amazing things an iPhone can do. And if you find something you like, take it home that day. When you get to the store, find our Concierge in the orange shirt. The Concierge is your guide to everything from checking in for an appointment to instant checkout. If you're one of the first 1000 visitors, you'll get a free Apple T-shirt.* Genius Bar Get all the advice you need for your Mac, iPod, and iPhone. One to One There's no better way to get set up, get trained, and get going on your new Mac. Personal Shopping Reserve a time to shop with an expert at the Apple Retail Store. Workshops Free hands-on workshops for beginners and pros alike. *No purchase necessary. While supplies last. Space for workshops and presentations is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Apple Canada Inc. 7495 Birchmount Road, Markham, ON L3R 5G2 All Rights Reserved / Privacy Policy / My Info Si vous ne recevez pas les courriels d'Apple dans la langue de votre choix, cliquez ici. If you prefer not to receive commercial email from Apple, or if you've changed your email address, please click here. TM and copyright © 2009 Apple Inc.

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FYI: Bugs & Fixes: iTunes 9 and Safari mix it up
by billing 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

...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.

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FYI: JAVA 1.6 only with Snow Leopard
by billing 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

...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

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