MacOsX10.6.1 posts

Let's face it; the Mac OS X Dock is pretty boring. I mean, other than the little glowing blue LED underneath active applications that a lot of people can't see anyway, it's just a boring, opaque white reflective shelf. Wouldn't you like to add some excitement to it?

Well, you still can't relive the glory of your high school athletic prowess and put that dusty third-place trophy for shot-put on the shelf, but you can make the Dock look nicer with Dock Library. It's a shareware application from Dative Studios that enables quick switching of your Dock styles. TUAW covered this little application in 2008, but we have a lot of new readers who may not be aware of how Dock Library works.

Dock Library doesn't come with a bunch of built-in styles; for those, you need to go to sites such as LeopardDocks.com or LeopardDocks.net, both of which have a variety of free Dock templates ranging from the commonplace to the absurd.

After installing Dock Library, I chose the nice "Coffee Table Rounded" Dock design (see below), which looks like beautifully finished wood and has rounded corners. What's really nice is that those blue LEDs really show up under my active applications now, and that Dock Library works with Mac OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard with no issues.
I'm curious to find out what bizarre or cool Dock templates our readers would like to see -- your ideas might be just the thing to stimulate some creative designer to submit a new template to the LeopardDocks sites. Leave your comments below.

[via Download Squad and Sizlopedia]

Although it seems like just yesterday (or at least a few days ago) that Snow Leopard debuted, the hotly anticipated 10.6.1 has just hit the ground running. 10.6.1 introduces a number of bug fixes and tweaks for "the stability, compatibility, and security" of your Mac. Highlights include:

• Printer compatibility enhancements for printers that do not properly appear in the Add Printer browser.
• Bug fix for DVD playback (when playback stops abruptly)
• Bug fix for the Dock (bug prevents removal of icons from the Dock)
• Bug fix for account set up and sending mail via SMTP servers in Mail
• Bug fix for Sierra Wireless 3G modems
• Adobe Flash Player update (new plug-in version 10.0.32.18)

The Flash update is particularly important. "Multiple issues exist in the Adobe Flash Player plug-in, the most serious of which may lead to arbitrary code execution when viewing a maliciously crafted web site. The issues are addressed by updating the Flash Player plug-in to version 10.0.32.18." Further information is available via the Adobe web site.

The download is now live via Software Update.

The InterWebs were buzzing last evening with word that Build 10B504 of Mac OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard had been seeded to developers. This build appeared about a week after the initial 10.6.1 seed, which was allegedly seeded to developers only three or four days after 10.6 hit the streets.

What's interesting about this build is that it addresses only two documented issues -- the occasional crashing of Desktop Services in Finder, and excessive "dyld shared cache" messages in the Console.

Many issues that Mac users have experienced since installing Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard can be attributed to third-party software incompatibilities, but there is common agreement that there are other bugs that need to be addressed in the OS.

So, when will the new Snow Leopard cub actually hit our Macs? Mac OS X 10.5.1 was released 21 days after Leopard's first leap, and Mac OS X 10.4.1 squeaked out the doors at Cupertino a mere 17 days after Tiger first growled. It wouldn't be surprising, then, to see the first "dot-release" of Snow Leopard showing up in Software Update in the next week.

Whenever it happens, we'll be sure to let you know.

[via MacRumors]