Back in October, Apple dropped DVDs as their distribution system of choice for WWDC sessions and presentation slides. The company moved all this content to iTunes - but only for Select and Premiere members of the ADC (Apple Developer Connection). Today I just received an ADC email titled "Watch Mac OS X State of the Union," re-announcing the availability of this content, but seemingly for all ADC members. This time around there is no talk of access only for specific members, so it sounds like anyone with a valid ADC account of one level or another can access this library of Mac OS X development goodness. We would post the URL, but it seems as though it is only accessible by logging into one's ADC account online.
[Update: According to readers, it sounds like only the general State of the Union sessions are offered, while access to "the juicy stuff" still requires a Leopard Early Starter Kit.]
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1-23-2007 @ 5:47PM
mark said...
You need the Leopard Early Dev start kit to view most of those links. From the screenshot you posted in my iTunes there is only 1 track under general and that is a PDF telling me I need to buy the dev start kit to watch the sessions.
ADC membership is free, the start kit isn't.
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1-23-2007 @ 6:00PM
Richard said...
Only the general (State of the Union) sessions are available. A Leopard Early Start Kit is required for the juicey stuff.
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1-23-2007 @ 6:16PM
Ahmad said...
no duh. you should have gotten that straight TUAW. I'm never coming back here again!
/internet
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1-23-2007 @ 6:22PM
Richard said...
Just logged into my ADC account, I can't find any of these sessions links at all.
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1-23-2007 @ 6:57PM
Danny Zumwalt said...
Nope, ADC Select and Premier are not free. ;)
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1-23-2007 @ 7:02PM
Solsys said...
I think this may still be for Paid Memberships, I tried to login with my free account and it said I wasn't authorized to view the content...
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1-23-2007 @ 7:17PM
Matt James said...
Ditt with other posters. I have a free account and can't see any podcasts that are available, juicy or non.
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1-23-2007 @ 7:31PM
Daniel Elessedil Kjeserud said...
I can't find these links either. Could someone post the navigation path to it?
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1-23-2007 @ 7:35PM
Mathieu said...
This is the link: http://developer.apple.com/adconitunes/
You need a paid account to log in and see the content (at least the State of the Union).
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1-23-2007 @ 8:18PM
Steven Fisher said...
I have a paid account, received the email, and still can't see a darned thing.
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1-24-2007 @ 4:39AM
Pip said...
The free OS X state of the union is still pretty juicy...lets us see many of the features that were being whispered about after WWDC, but everyone was formerly bound by NDAs to keep quiet. Now that this stuff is public, are the Mac blogs going to go nuts talking about it?
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1-24-2007 @ 10:25AM
Laurie said...
You need to be a Select or Premier member to access any of the tracks or slides under the Leopard Sessions in iTunes. I am a paid ADC Select Member, and I am able to download all the sessions and slides from every track -- over 100 downloads in total.
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