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[float=right] The XNU-Development team has wasted no time in attempting to bring an up-to-date kernel to non vanilla 10.5.5 users. Apple has been quick in releasing the 10.5.5 kernel sources, and XNU-dev has been quick in porting it. The…

[float=right] Apple on Tuesday released Mac OS X 10.5.7, a recommended update for all Mac OS X 10.5.x Leopard users that includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of Macs. Mac OS X…

[float=right] iDeneb has recently been updated to v1.3. This new version includes the latest Mac OS X 10.5.5 update as well as a few fixes and driver updates. iDeneb is a Mac OSX Leopard release modified by Layne and iHackintosh Team, to…

My system runs Mac OS X really well, however, I have one small niggling issue and that is my boot up times are somewhat long - around 2-3 minutes give or take. I suspect this could be due to the fact that NForce 5 boards don't always mix…

[float=right] Dutch Hackintosh community Muzzle.nl has posted an interview with Davide Rutigliano co-creator of EFI-X. The interview does not give too much away about the product, but it touches on its legality and what the future holds…

[float=right] Apple today released the Mac OS X 10.5.5 update which is recommended for all users of Mac OS X 10.5.x. The update includes over a hundred bug fixes and more than two dozen security enhancements. At the time of writing, the…

[float=right] Recently a new kernel for Intel and AMD platforms was set loose into the wild. The StageXNU kernel is currently in an early beta, but it is already garnering positive reaction from within the OSx86 community - particularly…

[float=right] Taking a page from U.S. Mac clone maker Psystar Corp., a German company is selling Intel-based computers with Mac OS X pre-installed, possibly putting it on collision course with Apple Inc. HyperMegaNet UG, based in…

For those who have updated to a new kernel but have noticed that it is still visible from within the Finder, follow this small guide. Open the terminal and type: Now press "ctrl+x" then "y" to save. You'll need to restart the Finder to…

[float=right] Apple today announced the public beta of Safari 4 for Mac and PC that brings several new features including a new 'Nitro' engine. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. Innovative new…

[float=right] According to Wired, the recent Mac OS X 10.5.7 update has apparently given Hackintosh netbooks a significant boost to battery life of up to 33%. Here’s a rather odd little tidbit regarding Apple’s latest update to OS X. While…

[float=right] The always productive PCWiz has released yet another useful application for the Mac OSx86 community: INSTAHackintosh. INSTAHackintosh is an automated DVD builder that creates for you your own OSx86 DVD that can be perfectly…

For those of you that use lovely Growl, there is a new theme called iPhonesque. Check it out

[float=right] Leo4All's bhast2 has released a Mac OS X 10.5.4 Server package for AMD and Intel systems. Leopard Server builds on Apple’s legendary ease of use with new Server Assistant and Server Preferences features that allow even…

[float=right] A federal judge last week ruled that Psystar Corp. can continue its countersuit against Apple Inc., giving the Mac clone maker a rare win in its seven-month-old battle with Apple. He also hinted that if Psystar proves its…

[float=right][AppleInsider] In an aggressive response, unofficial Mac clone builder Psystar has made a controversial claim that Apple doesn't legally own the US rights to protect Mac OS X, invalidating a major component of its lawsuit. The…

Apple has released 10.5.3 via Software Update. Proceed with extreme caution. Apple begins widespread testing of Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update

Official: Mac OS X Snow Leopard doesn't support PowerPC Macs According to Apple Insider, documentation included with copies of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard distributed during Apple's developer conference this week confirms that the…

[float=right] The Omni Group has released four of their software applications as freeware: OmniWeb, OmniDazzle, OmniDiskSweeper, and OmniObjectMeter. All versions are fully functional with no licensing restrictions, and are available at no…

I've read that some people have had problems getting Toast to launch correctly because they did not have QE/CI enabled, however, I do have it enabled and Toast still won't launch. I'm just wondering if others have experienced the same…

[float=right] The XNU-Development team has announced a Beta 1 release of the Voodoo 9.5 Kernel The release marks the beginning of a unification of all kernels and setups, including sleep+speedstep, sse3+sse2 and intel+amd among other…

[float=right] Development at Voodoo Labs keeps on progressing with the team releasing Beta 2 of the Voodoo XNU 9.5 Kernel. NOTE: Pentium 4/D users: If you experienced instant reboot with Beta 2, please download Beta 2c. We decided to delay…

[float=right] According to AppleInsider, Apple's next-generation Snow Leopard operating system will introduce a massive re-write of the Mac OS X Finder and debut a new feature called ImageBoot. Cocoa-based Finder People familiar with…

So here it is, what are your reasons for installing Mac OS X on to your generic PC hardware? Is it curiosity, maybe you want to evaluate it because you intend do buy a real Mac someday, or are you, like me, an old and loyal Apple owner and…

[float=right] MacNN reports that the heated legal battle between Apple and the Mac clone manufacturer, Psystar, has taken an unexpected turn that could lead to resolution without a trial, according to the Mac Observer. An attorney, who…

Technical notes, hardware configuration, and community findings for GeForce 9 series driver support for the Mac coming soon (10.X Core).

The Official Infinite Mac Desktop that comes in two flavours Both designs come in 1600x1200 | 1680x1050 | 1440x900 | 1280x1024 | 1024x768 Download: Infinite Mac Wallpaper Pack

Source Infinite Loop Apple today released Safari 3.1 (www.apple.com/safari) for both Mac and Windows, which the company claims "loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2." Apple also claims that Safari…

If you want to chat in real time to others or simply want to hang out, then drop into our new irc channel. Server: irc.atlantis-irc.net Channel: #InfiniteMac Recommended Server: armada.atlantis-irc.net

[float=right]The Unofficial Apple Weblog reports on one individual's success installing Mac OS X onto an ultra portable Asus Eee PC - complete with a back-lit Apple logo! I've heard some great things about the tiny little EeePC, but this…

One thing that irks me about the Firefox icon is how big it is when sitting in the Dock next to other icons. So I decided to modify it slightly to make it 'sit' better in the Dock... I've shared it here if anyone wants it. Simply find the…

I love Linkinus but I'm not a fan of the original menubar icon, so I took it upon myself create a new one. It also animates like the original Linkinus Menubar Icon

If like me you grow weary of the constant back up routines from Time Machine, fear not, you can customize the back up frequency to your own liking with TimeMachineEditor. Alternatively, one can navigate to /System/Library/LaunchDaemons and…

If you're a fan of Google Reader then chances are you might be running Reader Notifier. This app is really nice as it resides in the menu bar and uses Growl notifications to let you know about updated RSS feeds. Simply clicking on the icon…

I love a good screensaver as much as the next person. A few days ago one clever individual decided to fire up Quartz Composer and create the stunning Time Machine Screensaver. I urge you all to check it out and show it off to your family…

[float=right] If you've been keeping up with current events within the OSx86 world, then chances are you've heard of EFi-X. For those who haven't, EFi-X is a hardware add-on that allows one to install an unmodified retail copy of Mac OS X…

[float=right] Apple has posted Security Update 2008-007 which is available via Software Update and the Apple downloads page. The update is available for both client and server editions of Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard. The update fixes…

[float=right] The iphone-dev team has once again managed to 'jailbreak' the recent 2.1 firmware for iPhone and iPod touch. According to their blog, the iphone-dev team circumvented new anti-hacking counter measures found with iTunes 8…

Logging in to MobileMe this morning I was greeted with a new design layout. Quite nice

[float=right] Yesterday was a very busy day for Apple with the release of several new products including a redesigned iPod nano and the highly anticipated iTunes 8. iPod nano Available in nine vibrant colors, the new fourth generation iPod…

[float=right] VMware announced yesterday the release of VMware Fusion 2.0 VMware Fusion 2 builds on the success of VMware Fusion 1, which in its first year on the market has earned hundreds of thousands of users, won more than a dozen…

The XNU Kernel Dev team need to know if any Phenom users out there have ever suffered from the dual core bug commonly found in Athlon 64, Opteron and Sempron K8 CPUs. Please confirm whether or not you have experienced this bug by posting…

[float=right] Apple today announced the release of the iPhone 2.1 software update. The update contains many bug fixes and improvements. To get it, connect your iPhone to your computer using iTunes 8 and click 'Check for Update'. Update…

Steve Jobs, Apple's leader and co-founder, today celebrates his 54th birthday. Although Steve is currently in poor health and taking time out from his day-to-day operations as CEO to recuperate, I'm sure many of us here would like to wish…

[float=right] Apple has added several security fixes into the latest versions of iTunes and QuickTime. The company has issued a pair of postings outlining nine security fixes in QuickTime 7.5.5 and two in the new iTunes 8.0. The iTunes…

I came across this via Daring Fireball - A good example of Firefox being a bad Mac app. It looks like you can customize menu key shortcuts using the Keyboard Shortcuts panel in System Prefs, but the custom bindings don’t work, and the…

“The discussion pertaining to torrents is strictly forbidden. Any further discussions will result in an immediate ban.”

“Is there a 9.5.0 system.kext also? Here's the 9.5.0 system kext. Happy testing”

“There are several packages around for an assortment of Realtek ALC88x chips. What type of chip is it?”

“The 'mouse bug' and audio stutter are both symptoms of TSC drift which has now been resolved.”

“According to mercurysquad the official beta 2 should be released before Monday, "hopefully".”

“Yes, you read it right. I've been testing a pre beta 2 kernel with the relevant fix and I have to say that my system has never been so stable. No mDNSResponder errors, no divide by zero, no -10810 errors -- nothing! Good job XNU-Dev!”

“[cite] naquaada:Puttabongs Dual Core machine also runs fine as far as I know. Read a few posts back, Puttabong's hack recently became susceptible to the problem. This issue has been around (according to JaS) since the Tiger days, and it is …”

“To summarise this for future reference; it is not a 'mouse bug' per se, but a dual core timing issue. Symptoms include: • Mouse lag - early signs are drag and drop inaccuracies, trail skipping • GUI lag - Finder window movement becomes chop…”

“Finally! Photoshop does seem to cause the cores to freak out.”

“@pmcnano: Unfortunately it appears to be an AMD dual core issue that needs to be resolved at base code level. For stability, the only solution is to use cpus=1 :-\”

“After a few days of testing I cannot maintain a stable dual core system with any of the aforementioned flags. Looks like we're going to have to wait for either a patch or switch to Intel. For now I have reverted to using cpus=1 in my config…”

“HPET stands for High Precision Event Timer. TSC is Time Stamp Counter.”

“I don't always use the cpus=2 flag, this is just a test. HPET is just another timing method, and no, it's not got any slower.”

“I added four flags to my com.apple.boot.plist and left the machine running over night with several apps running plus a download. In this time frame there have been no 'unexpected quits', -10810 errors or stuttering/lag. I'll keep you all po…”

“Even after two hours of uptime with the -legacy flag I got the dreaded -10810 error. Back to cpus=1 ...”

“Voyn1x, on your mobo under M.I.T. you have an option named 'K8 CPU Clock Ratio', if that is set to Auto then C'n'Q is enabled, if you've changed it then it's disabled.”

“[cite] Voyn1x:after a bit of research (ie. Google), it seems there's no way to disable Cool'n'Quiet on my mobo @ Rogue, do you have an option for CnQ in yours, If so is it enabled? C'n'Q is located in the Cell menu on my motherboard. Mine i…”

“I've been speaking with JaS about this and he's convinced that this is a TSC timing issue. He's kindly going to find out about getting a patch to fix the timing issue. I'll keep you all posted. http://developer.amd.com/assets/TSC_Dual-Core_…”

“@naquaada: I'll take a look at my bios settings in due course, but I first want to test this machine thoroughly before rebooting. So far it has been up for over 24 hours and I've hammered it without so much as a hitch. It's definitely a Dua…”

“22 hours of up time using CPUS=1 boot flag and my machine is still rock solid. I've spent some time in Photoshop creating artwork and applying filters with no visible sign of performance degradation. Any Leo4All users experiencing this bug …”

“iirc the system profiler does not correctly report the Bus Speed correctly. It states mine as being 200Mhz when in fact it should be 2Ghz (2 x 1000Mhz). edit: Maybe I am wrong about the Bus Speed reading - I'm probably getting confused with…”

“I can't right now as I'm at work, but why do you ask?”

“My machine has now been up for well over 12 hours without any sign of the bug. Last night I was working in Photoshop without a hitch and after leaving the machine on over night it's still running along quite happily. I'm wondering if certai…”

“I'm going to try running with the cpus=1 flag and see how that works out. From what I gather it might well be attributed to a timing issue between the two cores, so rather than use idlehalt flag I'll see how this pans out.”

“[cite] Voyn1x:I thought IDLEHALT=0 had cured it for me initially, but after working for a period of time in photoshop the jumpy mouse came back unfortunately It only seems to delay the problem. Exactly the same problem here mate.”

“You seem to be one of the lucky ones Puttabong. My machine runs great, but as soon as I start loading files into Photoshop, run a few filters and layer styles, the bug appears and a reboot is necessary. I'm toying with installing Leo4All un…”

“It seems that memory intensive apps can cause issues, as prolonged use of Photoshop CS3 causes this bug too. Adjusting the memory/performance settings within PS itself can stave off the bug for a while longer, but eventually it catches up. …”

“@ pcwiz: No, it's not so easy to revert to QT 7.5.4. The installer says that there's a never version on the system and won't allow an installation. Why not try deleting the 7.5.5 receipt package first and then try reinstalling the older one…”

“[cite] zuz242:strange, your images (tiff) dont show in my firefox? ! Do you have AdBlock enabled - maybe you're suffering from some false positives?”

“Here's mine: OS X: Leopard 10.5.1 (Rev 1) by zephyroth using MBR Board: MSI K9N SLI nForce 570 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ RAM: 2GB Corsair Value 667 DDRII Graphic: XpertVision NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS 256MB HD: Hitachi Deskstar 160GB ATA Dri…”

“@ Aydinz; Apple now officially provides support for the Radeon HD 4870 with the 10.5.7 update.”

“Almost the perfect install: CPU: AMD64 X2 6000+ @ 3Ghz Per Core (SSE3/Socket AM2) MB: MSI K9N SLI (nForce 570 MCP) Ram: 2Gb Corsair Value DDR2-667 Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB Audio: Onboard Sound ALC888 Chipset Lan: Netgear FA31…”

“I'm currently installing onto my MacBook Pro, though, I'm not quite brave enough to install onto my Hack just right now. I'll leave you guys to be the guinea pigs for the moment”

“[cite] WinLinMac01:This is how it looks now ROGUE. =) If you want I can invert the Mac OS X text for you. That'll look much better imho.”

“[cite] WinLinMac01:Hey ROGUE, can you please upload that sleek Logo you showed us at the following discussion thread: osx.kb ot.de/comments.php?DiscussionID=15&page=4 I just can't stop looking at that. Thanks. =) Just for you WinLinMac You'…”

“Here's mine: OS: Mac Os X Leopard 10.5.1 (Zephyroth Rev 1) Processor: AMD64 X2 6000+ @ 3Ghz Per Core (SSE3/Socket AM2) Motherboard: MSI K9N SLI (nForce 570 MCP) Memory: 2Gb DDR2-667 Ram Corsair Value Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB (Ze…”

“Is it me, or are those scores I see here so low? These are what I get from my MBP. Results 241.88 Yours is unusually high. The average score for a Mac Pro is 160.30 which takes top place in the Xbench database. Also, I noticed that you omit…”

“I recently did a fresh install and thought I'd once again do the test. Disk test continues to show the weakness within my system. I get 175 without the Disk test. Results 128.56 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.6 (9G55) Ph…”

“Ahar! Salty sea dogs and green demons. Now consider yourself slapped”

“You need to read all the documentation that came with the kernel... Test 3 Audio/Video performance Passed: [_] Yes [_] No [_] With issues Start up iTunes and play a song. You should observe no stuttering in the playback. Repeat this test wi…”