OSX

It looks like this wikidot page (as of today, anyway) that was referenced in this earlier post is down down dead. However, a bit of Googling turned up this Boston College page with a list of programs that work in OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard".

I just got my copy of Snow Leopard and haven't installed it yet -- there's a regimen of saving off old project files and cleanup first -- but I was very interested when one of our list members pointed out this article (thanks, E!) Big change. Here's what: I create a file. Save it. Later I open it. Maybe it doesn't open in the same program I used to create it. Chaos and confusion ensues. Two articles to read: E.

Sophos warns the install will downgrade Flash to a more insecure version.

Just tweeted:

Neither Best Buy nor Mac Life will have the Snow Leopard family pack until next week. FAIL.

PC World pours some oil on the troubled waters and calms fears. Read article for specifics.

In my beta testing of Mac OS X Snow Leopard, I had no issues with Creative Suite 3. But just to be sure, I installed the suite on a fresh copy of Snow Leopard today and ran a variety of tasks in the main CS3 apps just to be sure.

Much-appreciated forward from our friend in the northern environs (ie: McCall): Listing with links and details of those applications that work with the next version of Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, which releases...today!

There are classes in September, October, and November scheduled covering working with your Mac and working with digital images. They're conducted by Mark Winchester, a regularly contributing presenter at BoiseMacs. Classes include Mastering Mac OSX, Discovering Apple's iPhoto, Working with Digital Images, Photoshop: Hands-on series, How to sell well on eBay, How to choose a camera. For more details, read on.

Thanks to Doc on our list for passing this along. Images including PNG, Canon RAW and OpenEXR could pose a security risk in allowing a hacker to run malicious code. (Sophos reports)