ArchiOffice “Save As…” Prompt After Installing Mac OS X Java Update
I’ve discovered some unusual ArchiOffice launch behavior after performing Apple Software Updates last night. I believe the specific update that affected ArchiOffice was Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 6 (released 11/8/11). For every user in this SF office, launching ArchiOffice shows a verification window, followed by a Save As… dialog prompting you to save ArchiOffice 2011.app....
Read MoreMajor Applications and Mac OS X 10.5 compatibility
1. Adobe Adobe on Friday announced that most of it most popular products were compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, but that many of its applications would require forthcoming updates — due in December 2007 and January 2008 — for full compatibility with Apple’s newest operating system. Most of its Creative Suite 3 Web are certified and fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.5...
Read MoreThe Zoho Experiment
When I attended the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco last week, I did not know all of what to expect. I am not surprised that I saw multiple MS Office replacement products. Some were open source and some had minimal cost. But what did surprise me was the variation in quality of the offerings. I won’t name the ones I did not like, but the coolest one by far was Zoho Office. Zoho is...
Read MoreFirst Impression with Numbers
I love Microsoft Excel. The words love and Microsoft don’t usually go together for me. But I think Microsoft Excel is one of the best applications ever written. Microsoft Word has largely sucked–particularly on the Macintosh–ever since version 6. Microsoft did a lot of work to redeem Word when it released Word 98. Still, Microsoft forgets that Word is largely about, well, words....
Read MoreFirst Impressions of iPhoto ’08
Like many people, I expected the new version of iLife to come out at MacWorld in January of 2007. And like many people, I was disappointed when the latest piece of software candy didn’t arrive on my plate. Apple has finally delivered what all the rumor sites knew was in the works. iLife ’08 came out on Tuesday, August 7 along with the announcement of a refreshed line of iMacs whose...
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