Week in Apple: Developers leaving iPhone, Psystar screwed
What would a week in Apple be if it didn’t involve some developer drama, Google, and Psystar? That’s all included in this week’s top Apple news, as well as a few major software tidbits and rumors about Apple building more first-party iPhone games. Read on:
Respected developers begin fleeing from App Store platform: Continued issues with the App Store approval process are prompting developers to shun the platform entirely. Though there are tens of thousands of other developers pumping out over 100,000 iPhone apps, will migration away from iPhone development result in less quality software for the platform? Worse yet, will users even care?
News Flash: Apple already working on Mac OS X 10.7: Believe it or not, Apple has already begun work on the successor to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Well, actually, you should believe it—Apple has probably been working on it since 10.6 was announced.
Hacked Darwin kernel available for 10.6.2 on Atom netbooks
First the 10.6.2 update to Snow Leopard wasn’t compatible with Intel Atom processors. Then it was. Then it wasn’t again when it was finally released to the masses. Fortunately for the netbook-loving Mac OS X fans out there, the OSx86 scene is only too happy to offer a patched version of mach_kernel to enable booting 10.6.2 on netbooks once more.
The kernel is the deep-down part of Mac OS X that generally handles direct communication between the OS and hardware. Speculation swirled that Apple was actively trying to keep Mac OS X from being installed on inexpensive Atom-based netbooks. However, chances are it was more likely a result of optimizations that didn’t take into account Atom processors, since Apple doesn’t use them in any shipping products.
Week in Apple: Developers leaving iPhone, Psystar screwed
What would a week in Apple be if it didn’t involve some developer drama, Google, and Psystar? That’s all included in this week’s top Apple news, as well as a few major software tidbits and rumors about Apple building more first-party iPhone games. Read on:
Respected developers begin fleeing from App Store platform: Continued issues with the App Store approval process are prompting developers to shun the platform entirely. Though there are tens of thousands of other developers pumping out over 100,000 iPhone apps, will migration away from iPhone development result in less quality software for the platform? Worse yet, will users even care?
News Flash: Apple already working on Mac OS X 10.7: Believe it or not, Apple has already begun work on the successor to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Well, actually, you should believe it—Apple has probably been working on it since 10.6 was announced.
Hacked Darwin kernel available for 10.6.2 on Atom netbooks
First the 10.6.2 update to Snow Leopard wasn’t compatible with Intel Atom processors. Then it was. Then it wasn’t again when it was finally released to the masses. Fortunately for the netbook-loving Mac OS X fans out there, the OSx86 scene is only too happy to offer a patched version of mach_kernel to enable booting 10.6.2 on netbooks once more.
The kernel is the deep-down part of Mac OS X that generally handles direct communication between the OS and hardware. Speculation swirled that Apple was actively trying to keep Mac OS X from being installed on inexpensive Atom-based netbooks. However, chances are it was more likely a result of optimizations that didn’t take into account Atom processors, since Apple doesn’t use them in any shipping products.
Week In Apple: Software Updates, Jailbroken IPhone Worms, And VESA
Mac users got some love from Apple this week in the form of an update to Snow Leopard, as well as one for Safari. But it’s not all good news for Apple fans–hackers are out to get jailbroken iPhone users and those running Atom-based hackintoshes will be stuck on Mac OS X 10.6.1. Read on to get the low-down.
Mac OS X 10.6.2 out now along with Leopard security update: Come and get your Snow Leopard update to 10.6.2! If you’re still on Leopard, though, security fixes are available as well.
Truly malicious iPhone malware now out in the wild: While previous “attacks” on jailbroken iPhones were benign, a variation of the same attack quietly extracts personal data from an infected device. Please, folks, change your default passwords.
Week in Apple: Software updates, jailbroken iPhone worms, and VESA
Mac users got some love from Apple this week in the form of an update to Snow Leopard, as well as one for Safari. But it’s not all good news for Apple fans–hackers are out to get jailbroken iPhone users and those running Atom-based hackintoshes will be stuck on Mac OS X 10.6.1. Read on to get the low-down.
Mac OS X 10.6.2 out now along with Leopard security update: Come and get your Snow Leopard update to 10.6.2! If you’re still on Leopard, though, security fixes are available as well.
Truly malicious iPhone malware now out in the wild: While previous “attacks” on jailbroken iPhones were benign, a variation of the same attack quietly extracts personal data from an infected device. Please, folks, change your default passwords.
Netbooks shunned by official Mac OS X 10.6.2 release
The fears of netbook users with an appreciation for Mac OS X have been confirmed this week with the release of the 10.6.2 update to Snow Leopard. Users of “hackintoshed” netbooks are now finding out the hard way that attempting to install the just-released 10.6.2 update results in an unusable machine.
“So, I can tell you 10.6.2 DOES NOT WORK with the [Dell] Mini10v,” wrote MyDellMini forum member Crisu. “OS X tries to start, but it hangs before you can see the Apple and system is trying to boot again… you are in a loop.”
Week in Apple: Magic Mouse, ra1n & sn0w, iPhone chicanery
We gave you the lowdown on how well Apple’s new Magic Mouse works, told you about a Dutch teen that used port scanning to find vulnerable jailbroken iPhones, showed how less-than-honest iPhone developers claim to have developed others’ apps, and how Apple may or may not be dropping support for Atom processors. If you missed any of that, here’s a look at top Apple-related stories this week.
10.6.2 kills most Netbook love
Numerous sites are reporting that the last developer seed of 10.6.2 breaks compatibility with machines that utilize Intel’s Atom processor. While none of Apple’s current hardware makes use of the Atom, the software change throws a wrench into the upgrade plans of those Mac OS X users that run the operating system on third-party hardware. (Machines running OS X on non-Apple hardware are commonly called Hackintoshes because of the “hacking” necessary to get the OS running properly.) The Atom processor is most commonly used in Netbook computers, the low power, small sized, budget laptops that are becoming more and more popular.
MacBook on life support, but Apple not pulling the plug yet
Apple has kept the classic white plastic MacBook around as a sub-$1000 (well, barely) option in its notebook lineup ever since the introduction of the aluminum “unibody” MacBook last fall. While the aluminum 13″ model recently graduated to “pro” status, the lonely MacBook has sat by seemingly ignored, languishing without significant updates. That won’t last for long, though, if the latest rumor is to be believed.
According to anonymous sources speaking to AppleInsider, the MacBook is currently “undergoing an industrial design overhaul.” The laptop will reportedly get some internal rejiggering along with a sleeker, lighter enclosure. With the redesign will come a lower price, as well.
