Apple eNews: July 25, 2002

Announced last week at Macworld, New York, Mac OS X v10.2 ushers in a new era of innovation. Built on a solid and secure foundation, Jaguar delivers over 150 new features. We mentioned just a few in last week’s issue of Apple eNews, and we’ll tell you about many more in the weeks ahead.

But in this issue we’d simply like to introduce you to the newest version of Mac OS X and address a few of the questions you may have.

You.

After all, you deserve an operating system that’s:

Stable.

Used to frequent restarts? Maybe with other operating systems, but not with Mac OS X.

A modern operating system built on a rock-solid UNIX core, Mac OS X doesn’t crash. Applications may, but Mac OS X just keeps going.

Secure.
Two important factors help keep Mac OS X secure: a vigilant open-source community and adherence to industry standards. Apple works closely with security watchdog organizations CERT and FIRST and builds such innovative technologies as Personal Firewall protection into the heart of Mac OS X v10.2, where it does you the most good.

Compatible.
No OS is an island. Or, at least, shouldn’t be.

As a result of our persistent adherence to industry standards, Mac OS X v10.2 lets you share files easily with Windows and UNIX colleagues; browse Windows file servers, right from the Finder; and remotely connect to the corporate network via the PPPT-based VPN client in Mac OS X v10.2. What’s more, thanks to Personal File Services in Mac OS X v10.2, Windows users can connect to, and share files with, computers running Jaguar as easily as they can with other computers running Windows. Maybe even more easily.

Mobile.
Who likes to be tied to a desk?

We don’t, and we doubt you do. So we made certain that Mac OS X v10.2 makes it a breeze to work from wherever you’d like with such features as robust location management, instant wake from sleep, simple, automatic networking on the fly with Rendezvous, and wireless connectivity via both AirPort (802.11b) and Bluetooth.

Supportive.
If you like to wrestle with your operating system on an almost continual basis, you certainly have other options available to you.

But wouldn’t you rather rely on a modern OS that lets you work the way you want to, stays out of your way if you don’t need help, but offers meaningful assistance that allows you to be more productive? In the weeks ahead, we’ll share many of the exciting improvements coming your way in Mac OS X v10.2.

For example, in Mac OS X v10.2, you’ll find it even easier to create PDFs, and you’ll find Print Center to be more intuitive and customizable. Would you like to share printers over a network? Create custom paper sizes? You can in Jaguar.

If you use Image Capture, you’ll find significant improvements there that will increase your productivity. In Mac OS X v10.2, for example, you can capture images directly into applications (e.g., Adobe Photoshop 7, Microsoft Word, FileMaker, iPhoto, and others) or directly to a specific location (folder or drive). You can specify the ICC profiles to embed when images are scanned or downloaded from a camera. Or you can tell Jaguar to launch an AppleScript when you attach a device and trigger a series of scripted actions.

Innovative.
“Who cares if 30,000 applications are available for Windows,” asks David Pogue in a recent New York Times article about Macworld, New York, “if the five you want most are available only on the Mac.”

He directs his comments at five of Apple’s digital lifestyle products—iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and iSync, introduced at the Macworld expo and along with “the new iTunes-iPod combination,” a candidate, so far as Pogue is concerned, for “a Pulitzer Prize simply for good ideas.”

But his sentiments could apply equally as well to the wealth of good ideas coming your way next month in Mac OS X v10.2.

In the weeks ahead, we’ll tell you more about iChat, Inkwell, the Dock, Sherlock 3, Quartz Extreme, Universal Access, QuickTime 6, the much improved, systemwide Address Book, Finder-assisted Services, the return of spring-loaded folders, the improved Mail program that actually learns how to recognize what you consider junk mail, built-in spell checking (in eight languages, no less), Personal Firewall, and many more.

Stay tuned.

You should expect to find Mac OS X v10.2 on store shelves on August 24. It costs $129 (US).

But you don’t have to wait to order it. Place your order today at the online Apple Store. Or visit one of Apple’s 33 retail stores or our many reseller locations to reserve your copy.

Do You Qualify?
You may be able to purchase Mac OS X v10.2 for just $19.95 (US), plus any applicable local taxes.

How?

If you purchased one of our qualifying products, you can take advantage of our Mac OS X Up-To-Date program. For complete program details, visit the Mac OS X Up-To-Date website.

You’ll be able to run Mac OS X v10.2 on a wide variety of the Macintosh computers shipped over the last five years. You’ll find complete system requirements on the Mac OS X website.

Because of Apple’s support for industry standards, Mac OS X v10.2 will automatically recognize a significant number of

•	Input devices—e.g., mice (even two-button mice), keyboards, MIDI devices, joysticks, graphics tablets
•	Displays and projectors
•	Storage devices—e.g., hard disk drives, CD burners, optical drives, Zip drives
•	Scanners—flatbed and film
•	Digital cameras and camcorders
•	Printers—USB, FireWire, networked (wired and wireless) inkjet, photo, and PostScript printers from such leading manufacturers as Apple, Canon, Epson, HP, Lexmark, and Xerox/Tektronix

Like to see how many of your peripherals Mac OS X v10.2 already supports?

Visit an Apple retail store or surf to the online Apple Store, and you’ll see for yourself how many applications support Mac OS X v10.2. Fact is, you have over 3,000 native Mac OS X applications to choose from.

And a growing number of Macintosh developers added still more to the collection at last week’s Macworld expo in New York and Summer NAMM 2002 in Nashville.

Detto introduced its first Macintosh product, an application that will assist those switching from the PC to the Mac move their files. Announced at Macworld, Move2Mac, the parallel-to-USB or USB-to-USB migration kit, will be available in September.

RealNetworks unveiled a Beta version of their RealOne Player for Mac OS X. Available for immediate download, RealOne Player for Mac OS X features TurboPlay technology that “practically eliminates buffering over high-speed connections” and RealVideo 9.

At Summer NAMM 2002, BIAS CEO Steve Berkley proudly announced that the company’s entire product line is now shipping and available in Mac OS X. And there was plenty of additional Mac OS X product news for music fans.

Another new Mac OS X developer, El Gato Software, brings us the Eye TV digital video recorder. A Mac OS X exclusive, the USB device lets you find and record television programs on your Mac hard drive. You can even watch them on your Mac and record them on CD or DVD for posterity.

Speakers from space? No, it’s JBL Creature, a new three-piece speaker system from Harman Multimedia. Do they sound as out-of-this-world as they look? If past performance is any indication...

Epson had everyone goggling at the quality of the photographs printed on their new EPSON Stylus Photo 960, including the editors of Macworld magazine, who awarded Epson a Macworld Best of Show award for its efforts. The 2880x1440 dpi EPSON Stylus Photo 960 offers “the world’s first two-picoliter ink droplet and a superior six-color photo ink system” that will produce prints lasting up to 25 years.

Microsoft recently posted two very interesting items on their Mactopia website, including the eagerly awaited conduit for Palm Desktop 4.0. Although temporarily unavailable at press time, Microsoft expects to repost its Handheld Synchronization for Entourage X shortly.

Their Remote Desktop Connection client for Mac OS X will let you “connect to a Windows-based computer and work with programs and files on that computer from your Macintosh.”

And this just in.

Earlier this week, Apple announced that Shake 2.5, a new version of the industry-leading compositing and visual effects software, will be available in August for Mac OS X.

High-performance compositing software, Shake has been used in the production of over a hundred motion pictures, including the past five winners of the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects—Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Gladiator, The Matrix, What Dreams May Come and Titanic.

If you’re still using Mac OS 9 (or earlier), you’ll find resources on our website that can help you become acquainted with Mac OS X.

Resources that will get you ready to install Mac OS X v10.2.

And still others that will help you make the switch from a PC to a Mac.

For additional assistance, you’ll find the self-paced “Getting Started with Mac OS X” ($29.95, US) available on the online Apple Store, as well as quite a few excellent new books, including David Pogue’s “Mac OS X: The Missing Manual.” Or maybe you’d like to take a course. Did you know that we offer our own training courses? One for those interested in “Moving from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X” and another for those who’d like help “Getting Started with Mac OS X.”

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