Version Tracker gets new features with newly up-dated Pro Software + A Great Bonus

Ian Schray Site Manager, at VersionTracker.com tells us the good news;

I. New VersionTracker Site Features including:
- "Feedback", a way to help each other and communicate with developers.
- Your own Personal Page on VersionTracker.com- lists all your
feedback posts, and more features to come!

II.Your own Page:

III. VersionTracker Pro 2.6- new version of the software client for
VersionTracker Pro subscribers:
- Proxy support
- New preferences for Ticker appearance and behavior
- Save multiple views of your Watch List, available from the
"View" menu

Learn more and get the download:
http://www.techtracker.com/products/pro
Requires Mac OS X 10.2 or higher.

By the way, we've launched some great new subscription features on
VersionTracker.com for Plus and Pro subscribers:
- Recent Product Pages: a list of the last five Product Pages
you visited on every product page
- Advanced Search: within the Feedback System, find what you
need right away

All upgrades and renewals of VersionTracker Pro or
the VersionTracker Pro / MacFixIt Pro bundle will receive a FREE copy of
the Stupendous Software iMovie Color Effects plugin, a $25 value!

Find out which VersionTracker Product is right for you:
http://www.versiontracker.com/mp/propageapp.m?page=matrix

Way To go Ian and the Version Tracker Gang, and Kaveh at Stupendous.
What a deal!

Beta of MacResponder available

Have you ever wanted to have an automated email responder for your Macintosh?
You would like to warn your relatives you're in vacation?
Or to make your customers have patience when you're unavailable?

MacResponder is the perfect application to send automated replies to people who are writting to you while you're away . For a download go to: www.brunoblondeau.com or use versiontracker.com

Read all about it in the Next Special Issue of The [Digital][Dispatch] -Jaguar Maintenance & Security Available Mid June 2003, for a free subscription email at : thedr2@mac.com

SubRosaSoft DiskGuardian; Is Smart, Very Smart

SubRosaSoft DiskGuardian is a collection of tools and helpers that help guard the data on your disks.
Integrating SMART monitoring, HFS+ journaling, volume repair, surface scanning, hardware integrity checking, benchtesting, backup/restore, and online reporting it not only diagnoses and repairs disks,
but it can predict many problems long before they occur.

Keeping the focus on guarding DiskGuardian performs scheduled regular checks on your hard drive
no matter where you are, and will report to your email, web server, or to reports on your disk.
That is Smart, Very Smart ! Visit and try at: www.subrosasoft.com

Read all about it in the Next Special Issue of The [Digital][Dispatch] -Jaguar Maintenance & Security
Available Mid June 2003, for a free subscription email at : thedr2@mac.com

Safari gets up date

Available from Apple; Apple Safari 1.0b2v74 (M)
Get it using your Software up date or go to versiontracker.com

CodeTek up-date Virtual Desktop to 2.3.1

What's new in this version:
Fixed bug where Matlab, Java, and some X11 applications were not appearing in the pager
Fixed a bug where automatic changing of desktops was not working in all cases
If a default desktop is set for Mail.app, then the activity window is moved to that desktop rather than appearing on the current desktop.
Transparency changes in the pager are no longer jerky
Windows now appear properly in the pager on multi monitor systems with different resolutions on each monitor
CodeTek VirtualDesktop brings full virtual desktop support as available on other operating systems (Mac OS 9, Windows, Unix, Linux) to the Mac OS X platform. www.codetek.com

iPhoto Tracing Tool; Rumours

SpyMac claims that an internal iPhoto beta features some additional photo manipulation tools:

Labeled 'Trace' and currently wedged between the 'Retouch' and 'B & W' edit icons, the wand allows for chunks of pixels to be cut out from the rest of the picture -- especially helpful when removing backgrounds and entire people from images.

Apple to bring QuickTime to mobile devices; QuickTime 6.3 due soon

"Apple Computer Inc. is reportedly preparing to extend the reach of its QuickTime multimedia software to mobile devices. According to sources, the company this month is expected to wrap up development on QuickTime 6.3, code-named 'Sidecar,'" report Nick Ciarelli and Matthew Rothenberg for eWeek.com.

Panther Mac OS X Next Big Wave : More Rumours

According to Loop Rumours this what you can expect to see (at this point in time) with the fall release of Panther;

System-wide metal. Panther's applications system-wide will sport a metal interface.

Flatter Aqua. The overall Aqua appearance in Panther will be flatter with less dimension. The last iChat update late last year showed signs in this direction with the red yellow and green window controls flatter, appearing more recessed within the window. The recently released iTunes also shows signs with the flatter play, fast forward and rewind buttons.

Improved Dock. You will now be able to control document windows that are sent to the dock. Click and hold on the window's icon in the Dock to Save, Print or Close that window.

Piles. Piles will work just like piles of paper stacked up on your desk. Instead of documents having their own individual space on your computer, you group them together in a Pile and see the contents of that Pile by clicking on it.

iChat 2.0. iChat will be Apple's answer to Microsoft's NetMeeting. iChat 2.0 will support videoconferencing with video streams at broadcast quality 30fps, taking advantage of a new compression that Apple has been developing. Other new features will include information on how long a buddy has been signed on and access to member profiles.

QuickTime 6.5. New version with support for videoconferencing, and several compression formats.

Safari 1.0. The Safari web browser will be included as a golden master.

iWorks. Apple is developing a new software package that will rival Microsoft's Office X. ThinkSecret first reported that Apple was working on a new productivity suite. iWorks will consist of a word processing application tentatively called "Document," Apple's Keynote presentation software, a spreadsheet/database application, and an updated Mail 2.0 app.

Advanced Mouse Support Built-in. Support for most third party mice with two and three buttons built in. Jaguar already contains support for scroll wheel mice. On April 30th, LoopRumors reported on a Bluetooth mouse in the works. We stand by this report.

Advanced Software Update. Several sources indicate that the Software Update Control Panel is redesigned. One report specifies that SUCP will maintain a history of all purchases made through one-click, i.e. iTunes Music and software purchased through the Apple Store, will always be accessible for download through that User ID.

64-Bit Support. Panther is written to take full advantage of 64-Bit architecture. Further evidence that Apple will adopt IBM's new PowerPC 970 chip. Although most Application written at the time of release will only be optimized for 32-Bit.

Power PC 970 Timeline

We received word that two large shipments of Power PC 970 processors went to Foxconn in Taiwan, under a purchase order from Apple computer. Twenty thousand 1.4Ghz PPC 970's and forty thousand 1.6Ghz PPC 970's have already arrived in their hands. IBM's inventory contains fifty thousand 1.8 Ghz PPC 970's, of which forty thousand are destined for Foxconn tomorrow. (Source Loop Rumours)

It Start to Look Like New G4 or shall we call then G5(?) are around the corner.......

Popular Mechanics proclaims Apple's HD Cinema Display 'King Of All Flat Screen Monitors'

"The first thing you'll notice about Apple Computer's luscious HD Cinema 23-in. flat-panel display is its size. It's big--really big. Yet, it has a footprint of only 7.3 in. And it's really thin, too--only 2 in. deep. It's a Euclidian plane balanced on its edge, stable yet dynamic. The clear plastic frame and clean lines make the image on the screen look like it's floating in midair. The combination of good looks, stylish design and fantastic image quality leads us to proclaim this Apple display as the King Of All LCD Monitors," writes Christopher Allbritton.

Two Million and Counting; Apple iTunes Music Store Doing Brisk Sales

Apple has announced that over 2 million songs have been downloaded from its iTunes Music Store in the first 16 days of operation. "Response to the iTunes Music Store has been phenomenal -- we've clearly hit a chord with users," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO.

Books: What You want, What You Need

In the Latest issue of The [Digital][Dispatch] #20 we have reviewed a fair amount of Must Have Summer Books.
It's the perfect season to sharpen your skills next to the campfire, or outside soaking the sun.

Here is "The A List" (For Now)

Peachpit Press
The Robin Williams Mac OSX Book (Jaguar Edition) ISBN#0-321-16966-2
The Little Mac iApps Book By John Tollett with Robin Williams ISBN#0-321-18747-4
The Macintosh iLife By Jim Heid ISBN#0-321-17011-3
Mac OSX Disaster Relief Updated Edition By Ted Landau ISBN#0-321-16847-X
Mac OSX For Windows Users A Switchers Guide By David Coursey 0-321-16889-5
Start With A Digital Camera Second Edition By John Odam 0-321-13011-1
Final Cut Express For Mac OSX By Lisa Brenneis ISBN#0-321-19912-X
Mac OSX Jaguar Hands-On Trainning By Carrick Chow Devel. By Linda Weinman ISBN#0-321-18099-2

www.peachpit.com

New Riders
The Photoshop Book For Digital Photographers By Scott Kelby ISBN#0-7357-1236-0
Mac OSX Killer Tips By Scott Kelby ISBN#0-7357-1317-0

www.newriders.com

O'Reilly
Mac OS X In A Nutshell By Toporek & Stone ISBN#0-596-00370-6
Mac OS X Hacks 100 Industrial-Strenght Tips & Tools By Dornfest & Hemenway ISBN#0-596-00460-5
Google Hacks Industrial-Strenght Tips & Tools By Calashain & Dornfest ISBN#0-596-00447-8

www.oreilly.com

Read all about it in The [Digital][Dispatch] Issue #20
Free Subscription : thedr2@mac.com

Stupendous Software Release: two new iMovie plugins, including first title plugin.

Masks & Compositing: effects for blue screen, green screen, and compositing. Includes free blue screen effects!
Big & Bold: titles with an emphasis on text motion. 5 free titles!

You can check them out on at: http://www.stupendous-software.com/

The [Digital][Dispatch] To Publish Special Issue about Mac Maintenance, & Security

Publisher Hugo Trottier has announced Today that The [Digital][Dispatch] Canada's #1
Mac Tip Sheet Publication, will publish in the middle of June 2003, a "Jaguar" Special Issue
About Maintenance and Security. Always being at the forefront of Mac News, Tips and Must Have Picks
The [Digital][Dispatch] Remain Free and widely available on the internet. Published at least 52 Times a Year,
The Publication is available, in Englis, French and even MP3 "Portable" Format.

For a Free Subscription email: thedr2@mac.com

Long Awaited: The 500-plus Most Amazing Power Tips for the Mac

O'Reilly Releases "Mac OS X Hints"

Many of the former keyboard shortcuts, undocumented
double-clicks, and secret timesavers vanished with the appearance of
Mac OS X 10.2. The new operating system may be a stunning technical
achievement, but it has a personality of its own. Fortunately, Mac OS X
harbors just as many secrets as any system that came before; users just
have to know where to find them. "Mac OS X Hints: Jaguar Edition" by
Rob Griffiths reveals the best tips, tricks, and work-arounds that Jaguar has to offer.

"The 500-plus hints in this book are based on tips published in the Mac
OS X Hints web site (www.macosxhints.com)," explains Griffiths. "But
it's not just a rehash of what's there. Every hint has been rewritten,
expanded, organized, indexed, tested for compatibility with the latest
version of Mac OS X 10.2, and in many cases, illustrated, making the
book an even better resource than the web site."

Inside "Mac OS X Hints: Jaguar Edition" isa available right now from O'Reilly
www.oreilly.com

Apple shipping 2003 Mac non-bootable CDs with AppleCare package

The current iteration of the TechTool Deluxe Pro CD does not allow booting on 2003 Macs. Unfortunately, the same CD is being shipped with Apple's $250 AppleCare extended warranty/parts replacement plan.

Apple is providing new, 2003 Mac-bootable CDs to customers who request them. (According to MacFixit)

Rumours; Keynote, iSync and iCal are lined up for minor updates by month's end.

Rumors of Keynote 1.0.2 and iSync 1.1 have leaked out over the past few weeks. ThinkSecret published a few more iSync update details today and also expects the release to arrive by the end of this month. Fewer details on iCal updates are available, though there have been indications that the iCal development team has seen some employee turnover in the recent past. (Source RailHeadDesign )

O'Reilly Releases "Mac OS X for Java Geeks"

Praise for the newest Mac operating system has ranged
from mildly glowing to unbridled hyperbole. End-users are
not the only ones making the transition; the new
OS is drawing developers, too, including a steadily increasing
number of Java developers. The reason for this?
Novelty and a pleasing countenance, while appealing in their own right, may not provide
impetus enough to lure Java developers from their current development
platform. But, as Will Iverson, author of "Mac OS X for Java Geeks" explains,
"Mac OS X is finally a developer'splatform. With the melding of BSD, a killer user interface,
and unprecedented stability, code can finally be written on the Mac OS X platform and deployed to Windows,
Linux, Unix, or other Mac OS X Servers."

Mac OS X for Java Geeks
Will Iverson
ISBN 0-596-00400-1, 282 pages
http://www.oreilly.com

VideoClix Production Software Slash Down it's Price

VideoClix for Mac OS is now $249 (down from $400)
VideoClix educational licenses have also been reduced accordingly.
Makes this fine product more affordable than ever.

For a free showcase go to: http://www.VideoClix.com

Symantec announces Norton Internet Security 3.0

Symantec today announced Norton Internet Security 3.0 for Macintosh, the latest release of the company's complete Internet security solution for the Mac.

Expo Paris details revealed

The 20th Apple Expo Paris takes place from September 16-20 2003 at its regular home, the Porte de Versailles.

Apple will open the event with a keynote at the Palais des Congres on September 16 at 10am (9am GMT), as it did in both 2002 and 2001. Apple CEO Steve Jobs delivered the keynote last year. As is its custom, Apple has not yet announced who will deliver the company's message to Europe. (According to Macworld)

The Summer Must Have Jaguar Special Issue of The [Digital][Dispatch] Now Available

As of midnight , Monday May 12, the Special Issue of The [Digital][Dispatch] # 20 is now Available.
Packed with products review, from the best kept secrets in freeware, shareware, and application, many products review , must have books and of course, Editors Hot Summer Picks.

It is according to it's Publisher "The Boldest issue Ever".

For a free copy email; thedr2@mac.com

iTunes-service Euro talks 'imminent'

Apple Europe is moving to establish the iTunes Music Service across Europe, claims UK music-industry bible, Music Week.