Apple inches Mac OS X 10.6.3 closer to release

Apple on Friday distributed yet another beta of Mac OS X 10.6.3 to its developer community with no known issues, as the update to Snow Leopard moves closer to a public release.
SNOW LEOPARD VS HAWK!

SNOW LEOPARD VS HAWK!
When a distressed hawk was spotted in our male snow leopard enclosure we had to act fast! Hercules was separated into the other side of his enclosure and given a rabbit to eat and keep him occupied. Director of Operations – Scott Lope then had the job of catching the bird, so [...]
Mac Pro Update Soothes Audio Processing Issues [Updates]

The Achilles’ Heel of the latest and greatest Nehalem-based Mac Pros seemed to be their trouble handling audio processing—even playing a song in iTunes reportedly caused overheating and sacked performance. Mac Pro Audio Update 1.0 offers sweet relief.
According to MacWorld, the new update, which rolled out last week, seems to help the matter both in [...]
Apple’s new beta of Mac OS X 10.6.3 includes few changes
Apple on Friday evening equipped developers with yet another build of its upcoming maintenance and security update for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard that includes few changes from an earlier build distributed two weeks ago.
Apple releases iPhone OS SDK 3.1.3 – CNET
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Apple has released an update for the iPhone SDK, bringing the current version of the SDK to 3.1.3.
The new SDK 3.1.3 includes Xcode, which is available in versions that are compatible with Leopard and
Snow Leopard for
iPhone and
iPod [...]
Nikon releases Capture NX2 v2.2.4 for Mac

Nikon has released v2.2.4 of its Capture NX2 software for Mac. The latest version, released last month for Windows, fixes minor bugs and extends support to Mac Snow Leopard (v10.6.2).
Sales of Apple’s iWork office suite surge 50% in 2009
Apple’s iWork software suite, in both standalone and box set SKUs, had a strong 2009, particularly in the wake of the launch of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in August.
How To Guides: The Best of 2007 [How To]

As any diligent weekend reader knows, we don’t just find and explain the news around here, we like to do stuff; hack things; make gadgets better. Here’s the cream of this year’s how to guide crop:
Make Your PC and Mac Share Stuff Like Best Friends: Getting PCs and Macs to play nice over a home [...]
The Mac-Like Windows Desktop [Featured Desktop]

Reader Mango Sango’s Windows desktop pulls together a bunch of system customization applications that completely transform the interface into something more Mac-like, but still unique and impressive to look at.
The desktop is a combination of:
ObjectBar | Mod of Gaia09 by Sinedrock
Rocketdock | Mod of Gaia09 by RequestedRerun
Icons | Gaia07 by Imrik and Adobe CS4 by [...]



