Macs have long been able to brag about their stability in the face of Windows’ tendency to crash and burn at the slightest provocation. That day is no more. For one brief moment, Windows users get to point their finger and laugh. It seems the newest update to Mac’s operating system, OS 10.5.6, is inducing some very Windows-like problems into Mac’s utopian world.
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MacWorld has been Apple’s flagship trade show event for 10 years. It has seen the launch of many of Apple’s finest and more innovative products. In spite of 10 years of product launches and good press, Apple announced today that this year would be its last MacWorld. An even bigger blow was dealt to Apple fans when the other shoe dropped: Steve Jobs won’t be doing the keynote.
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If you have ever lost a disc, wanted to make a backup of expensive new software like Rosetta Stone or Adobe products, or needed to do some simple file conversions, you have needed a virtual disc drive. There are ways to handle this problem on your Mac, some involving downloading free or low cost software to do the job and some using existing tools, depending on your experience level.
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If you have a Mac, you have probably checked out iWork as a cost effective alternative to Microsoft Office. Personally, I think iWork beats the pants off Office for ease of use, features and appearance. It has become my software of choice for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations.
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Breaking the mold of the Apple store, Cydia offers jail-broken iPhone users access to applications for their iPhone that may not meet Apple’s strict requirements for inclusion in its store. One of these applications is a new peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading app called MewSeek. MewSeek works on P2P SoulSeek.
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Apple released the second build of Snow Leopard to developers this week. There are many more features and changes in this one, but the one that grabbed me was the change from Carbon to Cocoa for Apple’s Finder. Finder has been the last Carbon hold out until now.
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MacJunkies Episode 4 is today at 2 PM. If you have questions about Macs you would like answered, put them in the comments of this post or send them to me in a DM on Twitter. See you there!
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Rumors are circulating that the new line of Mac laptops with the NVIDIA chipset have decoding of h.264 enabled. This is making geeks everywhere rejoice as their movies suddenly seem to have faster playback and less lag.
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I seem to have lost my voice due to some kind of horrid illness, so MacJunkies will not be on this week. We’ll resume our regular Wednesday at 2PM schedule next week.

Today at 2 we had MacJunkies Episode 3. MacJunkies is a short mini podcast in which I recap the week in Mac news, rumors and speculation, in addition to offering hints, tips and tricks to answer your burning Mac questions. You can listen to the episode below or subscribe on iTunes or TalkShoe. To subscribe in iTunes just go to the TalkShoe page and click the iTunes icon from the list of choices. There are also other choices for those who don’t use iTunes.
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