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Apr 27 2009

Linux on Mac on Mac (and more)

We’ve got an interesting bunch of freeware – some still in early beta, and others a little older and more stable. From the ability to emulate PPC on your Mac to quality photo editing, we’ll do it all for free.

mu Linux on Mac on Mac (and more)Mac-on-Mac

This new free application (version 0.2) does a few interesting things, and promises to do a lot. If you’re not afraid of early development software, you probably get a lot out of this utility.

Mac on Mac is an OS X port of Mac on Linux, and allows you to run OS X and Mac classic in a virtual machine much like Virtual PC. Again, not much is supported, but the app promises PPC Linux support and is fast, due to the fact that it is running PPC on your PPC Mac (if that makes any sense).

mu Linux on Mac on Mac (and more)Goldberg X

We’ve looked at this one before, but in a major revision this simple, free image editor has added compatibility and features. In addition to opening and editing a heap of graphic formats, 2.5 integrates ColorSync and supports ICC profiles giving this free app professional muscle.

mu Linux on Mac on Mac (and more)Scale ‘N’ Mail

Realizing that you are probably fully capable of resizing images manually, this application is targeted for use by those less savvy (or with less time on their hands). If you’ve long since tired of explaining what images must be “shrunk” to email, then this application may happily replace you as the photo-mailing geek.

mu Linux on Mac on Mac (and more)JetPhoto Studio and Server

If you’d like to take you online photos to the next step, consider this free set of applications. JetPhoto Studio maintains your photo collection on your Mac, while JetPhoto Studio manages your gallery online (on a remote server with PHP). The two work together, creating a seamless local and online photo managing system.

Thanks for joining me this week. I hope some of this week’s freeware finds a use on your Mac.

Brian

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Apr 27 2009

Better Dual Booting

Owning a Mac is the best of both worlds: the most powerful OS packed in beautiful hardware. While there’s no question what OS we use by choice, there’s something about having a choice.

Linux, and on the newest Macs, Windows is now easier than ever to install and use on your Mac. Below are just a few options that allow you to tinker with Linux without touching your internal drive, and load Windows XP on your Intel Mac.

Ubuntu Linux 5.10 Live PPC CD

For ages, PC users have enjoyed no-risk Linux previews on their systems via Live CD. Ironic that it took so long for Linux Live CDs to make it to the Mac when it was Mac System 7 that introduced the world to CD booting.

But history aside, the PowerPC Linux Live CDs have arrived. I have selected Ubuntu for its ease of use and at times nearly miraculous hardware support. Download the Live CD image, burn the image using Disk Utility and reboot holding the “c” key. You’ll enjoy a complete Linux install, including Firefox, Open Office and more with out touching your hard drive.

Yellow Dog Linux 4.1 (free download)

If you’re going to run Linux regularly, you don’t want to have to wait on a slow booting Live CD. But many of us aren’t exactly enthusiastic about repartitioning their internal drive. For this situation, Yellow Dog Linux has a unique solution. In 4.1 YDL introduced the first distribution installable on a Firewire drive. The release has recently been released free (scroll down to the 4.1 Sagittarius release) – following Yellow Dog’s pay-for-the-latest model.

Installation requires you to burn 4 CDs, reboot from Disk 1 and follow the instructions on-screen. Install using the Firewire option and, after reboot with the Option key held down and you’ll find a Linux option among the bootable system options. And, with the speed of Firewire you will enjoy a near full speed install. Run into trouble? Visit the Yellow Dog Board.

Mac OS X Ext2 File System

With your new Linux formatted Firewire drive, the moment will come when you need to access the files on that drive from OS X. This SourceForge project allows you to access drives formatted in the Linux Ext2 and 3 formats and even adds the capability to repair these volumes in Disk Utility. Its a must have for Mac-Linux users.

Windows XP on Intel Macs

We all knew someone would do it. And it is one more reason to snap up one of Apple’s new Intel Macs. With a simple bootloader, Windows XP can me loaded on to your Mac to run natively. With programmers the world over working to smooth some of the driver issues, the solution can only get better.

It is better than ever to be an Mac user. And even though we have it better, there’s no harm in a little dual booting just to make sure.

Brian

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Dec 19 2007

Adobe awaits word from Apple on how to address InDesign on Leopard problems

Untitled 1 20071218 211247 Adobe awaits word from Apple on how to address InDesign on Leopard problemsIn a recent blog post, Adobe staffer Tim Cole let’s InDesign users know of three Leopard compatibility problems that Adobe’s engineers are currently working on.

Problem #1 is an issue hiding InDesign or other applications.

Problem #2 centers around copying and pasting vectors out of InDesign CS3 and into Illustrator CS3.

And then we have Problem #3…

The most serious issue is the Nav Svcs problem that can cause a crash when interacting with the file system via InDesign CS3′s Place, Export, Save, re-Linking etc. dialog boxes. This problem occurs far more often on PPC machines running Leopard. Some users experiencing these crashes have reported that trashing their InDesign Preferences temorarily removes the problem for them. Our testing has not confirmed that.

Cole leaves the post explaining that though all of these issues are confirmed, Adobe engineers “are having to wait on (Apple’s) engineering teams for information on the source of the problems and the ways they can be fixed.”

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