X11: Apple's secret formula
News Apple has quietly extended an overture to the Unix community, with the release of software that would make it easier for Unix applications to run on the Mac operating system. The Unix strategy is a good way for Apple "to increase their appeal in...
[January 22, 2003, 12:28]
KDE Launcher
Downloads KDE Launcher starts X11 and KDE (as installed by Fink) using Apple's X11 but with KDE's native window manager AND working settings, but in way that makes KDE behave like a separate application with its own Dock Icon and its own instance...
[March 21, 2007, 7:00]
Apple to build browser into OS X
News Apple is planning on taking a page out of Microsoft's book, and integrating its new browser technology into the Mac OS X operating system. The software is a significant step in boosting Apple's Mac-only software offering, and reflects a shift in...
[January 9, 2003, 16:26]
Apple plugs multiple holes with OS X update
News Apple released a Mac OS X security update on Thursday that contains fixes for more than two dozen vulnerabilities, including one in Safari RSS that could lead to arbitrary code execution and one in Remote Apple Events that could disclose sensitive...
[February 13, 2009, 7:58]
Apple pitches Mac OS X to Linux fans
News While Apple's user interface is generated through the famous Aqua technology, OS X also allows users to run X11, a windowing system widely used on Unix and Linux. At this year's Expo the business giants and Linux geeks were joined for the first...
[October 10, 2002, 16:01]
MLdonkey Launcher
Downloads This AppleScript lets you start MLdonkey from Script Menu (http://www.apple.com/applescript/script_menu/) instead of the Terminal. Several options are available: Enable logging Use external IP address Run MLdonkey in daemon mode Open web interface...
[September 12, 2004, 8:00]
Grace ASCII Import Wizard
Downloads For MacOSX it comes in two "flavours": gaiw2grace - calls xmgrace in the X11 environment.gaiw2pdf - which uses gracebat to completely bypass X11 and produce directly a PDF which is opend in Apple's preview, where it can be renamed and saved.
[January 23, 2005, 7:00]
iNMR
Downloads Being the only application that follows the Apple Guidelines, its interface is consistent with those of other Mac applications.iNMR supports the latest Apple hardware (like the Intel Core Duo and the Mighty Mouse) and software, like Spotlight...
[December 15, 2009, 14:49]
Sun to push StarOffice for Apple's OS X
News Apple and Sun Microsystems are cooperating on a version of Sun's StarOffice productivity software for Mac OS X, the companies said. Now, "Microsoft is mad, and Apple's coming at them hardcore. Cooperation between Apple and Sun also could further...
[July 29, 2002, 8:55]
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther review
Reviews And for no apparent reason, buttons have replaced tabs in every application -- even non-Apple programs. With Panther, Apple continues to create new places to park file and folder icons. If you subscribe to Apple's £69 per year .Mac service...
[October 31, 2003, 10:25]
Photos: Native Aqua OpenOffice on Mac
News The OpenOffice wizard for Presentation has similar functionality to PowerPoint and Apple's Keynote. The OpenOffice team have announced this week the first alpha release of the Aqua version of OpenOffice productivity suite for Mac OS X.
[June 11, 2007, 12:56]
KDE getting ready to go native on Windows
Talkback First of all, Apple introduced a floppy disk that used a DOS compatible format, and lots of people were upset about this "contamination" (after all, the Mac's proprietary 800k disks *were* technologically superior) and that Apple was finally going...
[February 9, 2005, 12:58]
Office for the Mac vs OpenOffice 3 for the Mac
Blog The other factor with this story is that while sales of Office for the Mac might be on the up, a lot of that has to do with the fact there are simply more Mac users out there - and a lot of them seem to want to use their Apple device for business...
[May 13, 2008, 14:46]
TSclientX
Downloads Like most Unix-derived software on the Mac, Apple's X11 is required. (Note: TSclientX is also available for PowerPC Macs as a separate download) TSclientX is a Remote Desktop Protocol (also known as Windows Terminal Services) client for Mac OS X.
[May 9, 2009, 20:27]
OpenOffice releases Mac alpha version
News The Microsoft Office competitor works on Linux and Unix systems using the X11 graphical interface, but the new version uses Apple's native Aqua interface. OpenOffice.org programmers have released a rough version of the open-source office suite that...
[June 13, 2007, 11:51]
Launch KDE
Downloads Small combination Apple script and shell script that Launches KDE (as installed by Fink) using Apple's X11 but with KDE's native window manager as a separate instance of X11 so that the normal Aquafied X11 can be used at the same time.
[February 28, 2005, 7:00]
