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Nov 15 2007

SpamSieve, the must-have Mac spam filter, now must have Panther or better

spamsieve 20071115 210348 SpamSieve, the must have Mac spam filter, now must have Panther or betterSpamSieve (which in my opinion is the greatest spam filter on the Mac platform) has been updated to version 2.6.5 with the following modifications:

  • Requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later.
  • Various accuracy improvements.
  • High-resolution version of the application icon.
  • Adjusted the appearance of the status indicators for better visibility in the Leopard Dock.
  • Updated the default whitelist rules.
  • Updated documentation for Mac OS X 10.5.
  • Updated to PCRE 7.4.
  • Improved compatibility with pre-release versions of Entourage 2008.
  • The Train as Good command in Apple Mail now recognizes spam mailboxes whose names end with “Spam”, and it works with the Trash mailbox on Mac OS X 10.5.
  • Worked around change in Apple Mail on Mac OS X10.5 that could cause the Train as Spam command not to move the messages.
  • Fixed bug where the Apple Help didn’t work on Mac OS X 10.5.
  • Fixed hang processing some pathological HTML spams.
  • Fixed bug where Growl notification preferences got reset if you ran SpamSieve under different localizations.
  • Fixed unnecessary Console logging when loading Entourage addresses.
  • Updated Italian localization.

The update is free for registered user of SpamSieve. SpamSieve sells for USD$30. If you don’t already own and use it, you should–It’s that good.

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Nov 2 2007

Pirated copies of Adobe InDesign CS3 don’t like Leopard. Adobe unconcerned.

In case you haven’t been following the blog of Adobe’s Tim Cole, since October 26th, he has been keeping us updated on the Leopard compatibility status of Adobe InDesign CS3.

In installment one we were told InDesign CS3 would not require an update to run without problems on Leopard.

Next, in his second post, we learned that problems had been reported but only on using Leopard’s archive and install process, as opposed to doing a completely clean installation.

Then, yesterday, Tim asked for people to submit crash logs and other information to help track down any further problems.

And now, today, he reveals what all those crash logs told him:

the crash logs continue to indicate that it is pre-release versions of the software (which are not made legally available to the public, I should hasten to add) that are having these compatibility problems on Leopard, not the release versions of InDesign CS3 (versions 5.0 and 5.0.1).

Tim goes on to say…

I think most users out there will regard it as rather obvious that Adobe feels no obligation whatsoever to make sure that pirated or otherwise (knowingly or unknowingly) illegally acquired and used pre-release software updated to run on the latest operating systems (and I would strongly suspect that Apple has a similar attitude). One might go even further and say that even suggesting such a thing is very silly indeed.

So… sounds like Apple and Adobe have created an accidental anti-piracy feature in InDesign! If you do have a legal version of InDesign CS3 (5.0 or 5.0.1) and really do have a problem running it under a clean install of Leopard, Tim’s blog has links and instructions for submitting your reports.

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Oct 20 2004

Get Going With Your Very Own Tiger

Apple is now offering the Tiger Early Start Kit. That’s right, I’m talking to all you impatient developers and non-developers out there (but don’t expect a beginner-friendly package). The Kit comes with all the benefits of an ADC Select Membership (for one year), pre-release versions of OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and XCode 2.0, access to downloadable updates and documents, one-on-one Tiger support, and a free Tiger Training DVD while supplies last. The best part is, you get all of this for only $500. Sure, that sounds like a lot, but it’s the same price that you would pay if you bought the ADC Select Membership by itself!

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