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Book Reviews

Tuesday, November 12, 2002

Using Chimera more and more -- Comment()
I have been using Chimera (version 0.6) more and more. This Mozilla-based web browser will still occasionally crash, and the user interface needs some polishing here and there, but the speed, and tabbed browsing make it a good choice. The user interface looks (for the most part) quite good, which is an additional small bonus.

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Enable a journaling file system on OS X 10.2.2 Client: "Journaling allow the system to recover more easily from crashes and protect against corruption by having a "journal" (a buffer where changes are first made and then afterwards written to disk) and makes recoveries much faster when using tools like fsck. In exchange for this, extreme disk usage could have an impact (up to 10%) on performance. So, it's not recommended if your machine moves a lot of files around unless it's a file server, in which case it is *strongly* recommended." [Mac OS X Hints]

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Chimera - The newest OS X browser: "Although Chimera has been out for quite a while now, it's only in the newest versions that it's really starting to feel like a 'real' program to me. It still doesn't have everything needed for successful use as my full-time browser (hence the somewhat low score for a pick of the week), but it gets much much better with every minor release. Version 0.6, released about a week ago, is by far the best version yet. I've found myself using it quite often this last week, and so it winds up as this week's Pick of the Week." [Mac OS X Hints]

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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.2.2 update: "Apple today released Mac OS X 10.2.2 via the OS X Software Update app. It delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for the following applications and technologies: Address Book, iChat, IP Firewall, Mail, Print Center, Rendezvous, Sherlock and Windows file service discovery. The update also includes the updated services previously delivered in Security Update 2002-09-20." [The Macintosh News Network]

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Journaling feature offered with OS X Server: "Mac OS X Server 10.2.2 (released earlier today) includes a new "journaling" feature for the Mac OS Extended (HFS+) file system. As noted previously, the journaling system protects the integrity of the file system on any OS X-based server. Apple highlights two key benefits of the new system: rapid recovery of lost files; automatic logging of file system transactions. Designed for rapid implementation, the journaling system does not require a drive reformat to work, and earlier versions of HFS+ can be easily retrofitted with the technology." [The Macintosh News Network]

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Watson 1.6: "Karelia today released Watson 1.6, a free upgrade to its desktop interface to popular Web content and services. Version 1.6 has a number of improvements including integration with iCal, the Mac OS X Address Book, and EyeTV from El Gato Software." [The Macintosh News Network]