Apple Developer News
FOR MAC OS DEVELOPERS
[1] A Technote on Undocumented Sound Manager Features
[2] Apple System Profiler 1.3.1
[3] Apple 1.2 GB Firmware Utility 1.1
[4] AppleShare IP 5.0.2
FOR RHAPSODY DEVELOPERS
[5] A New Rhapsody Porting Tool Ships
FOR NEWTON DEVELOPERS
[6] Windows Bookmaker DR1
[7] Newton Programmer's Guide 2.1
[8] Newton Toolkit 1.6x File Formats
MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
[9] The QuickTime VR Authoring Studio Contest
[10] A Web Site for User Group Marketing
OTHER APPLE NEWS
[11] The Mac OS Platform Leads in Web Content Creation
[12] Apple Launches a New K-12 School Promotion
[13] Apple's QuickTime Creativity Seminar Series Begins
EVENTS
[14] CSD's Seminars for Software Entrepreneurs, San Jose
COOL STUFF
[15] MacTech Launches Its New Web Site
[16] The MacShelf Book Review Web Site
FOR MAC OS DEVELOPERS
Technote 1108, "Unknown Sound Features," describes some undocumented
features of the Mac OS Sound Manager, including multiple sound
output and input channels; volume and panning adjustments; and
sound channel monitoring.
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Apple System Profiler (ASP) enables users to look up information
about their computer configuration. Changes in version 1.3.1 include
a fix for a bug where some startup disks are incorrectly reported
as "unknown"; added support for the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh;
and corrected CPU speed listings for 7500, 8500, and 9500 series
computers.
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This bootable disk image contains a utility that fixes the "flashing
question mark at startup" problem that occurs with 1.2 GB ATA
hard drives (versions 1.37 and lower) in some Power Macintosh
and Performa computers.
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The AppleShare IP 5.0.2 update release supports Mac OS 8 and StarNine's
WebSTAR API (application programming interface), and fixes a bug
involving NT file servers and Finder 8.
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FOR RHAPSODY DEVELOPERS
Metrowerks just released CodeWarrior Latitude Developer Release
2 (DR2), a tool that helps programmers port Mac OS applications
to the Rhapsody operating system. Suggested retail price is US$
399. Academic pricing is US$ 119.
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FOR NEWTON DEVELOPERS
Windows Bookmaker Developer Release 1 (DR1) helps you create complex
electronic Newton Books (or help manuals) on a Windows development
system.
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This supplement to the Newton Programmer's Guide and Reference
describes the new APIs in Newton OS 2.1.
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This addendum of NTK file formats includes descriptions of the
file formats used by NTK 1.6.x (both Windows and Mac OS versions).
It covers the layout files, project files, and native code module
files.
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MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
Apple's QuickTime VR Authoring Studio contest offers content and
multimedia developers an opportunity to win publicity for innovative
virtual reality work and great prizes--including a Twentieth Anniversary
Macintosh computer. [QuickTime VR Authoring Studio is a new professional-level
commercial application (US$ 395) for creating QuickTime VR panoramas
and object movies.] The contest deadline is January 31, 1998.
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A good way to encourage word-of-mouth recommendations for your
product is to send promotional information and demos to Apple
user groups. At the Apple User Group web site, you can find up-to-date
contact information on Apple user group leaders and members.
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OTHER APPLE NEWS
Web Week's Annual Survey of Web Design reported that 47 percent
of web content is created with Mac OS-based computers. Here are
the responses to the survey question "What platforms do you use
to create the majority of your web content?" (Multiple answers
were possible.)
| Macintosh or Mac OS compatibles | 47.3% |
| PCs running Windows 95 | 24.2% |
| PCs running Windows NT | 16.5% |
| UNIX workstations | 12.1% |
| Other | 9.9% |
| No answer | 2.2% |
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Public or private nonprofit K-12 schools in the United States
can get special benefits when they purchase computers directly
through Apple's new "Power of 10" program. Apple will credit 10
percent of the pretax purchase price of each computer; the credit
can be applied toward new products on Apple's education price
list.
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Apple, Adobe, Electric Image, GoLive, Macromedia, Media 100, Inc.
Magazine, PaceWorks, PowerProduction, Puffin Designs, Sonic Solutions,
Steinberg, and Terran Interactive are sponsoring a free, 12-city
seminar series on concept development, production, post-production,
and delivery of creative content.
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EVENTS
Here's the November and December event schedule for the Center
for Software Development (CSD), located in San Jose, California.
| November 4 | Strategic Planning--The Process Workshop |
| November 6 | Seventh Annual Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs' Conference |
| November 6 | Media Nite at CSD |
| November 11 | Selling Enterprise Software to the Corporation Seminar |
| November 13 | Electronic Commerce Seminar |
| November 18 | VC One-on-One with Mohr, Davidow Ventures |
| November 20 | Emerging Technology Seminar |
| December 11 | CSD Holiday Showcase of Hot Companies Open House |
The Center for Software Development is a nonprofit organization
providing key resources that software developers need to successfully
start and expand the next generation of technology businesses.
(Apple is a "pillar partner" of this organization.) CSD offers
self-service, multivendor test labs as well as business and technical
seminars. Fees for CSD's facilities and events are waived or reduced
for Mac OS developers.
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COOL STUFF
MacTech Magazine's new web site offers developers exclusive access
to a vast library of MacTech, develop (the Apple technical journal), and Frameworks articles. When
you visit this site, you can also sign up for a trial issue of
MacTech Magazine. http://www.mactech.com
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The MacShelf web site is a great place for quickly locating books
on technical areas of interest. If you'd like to contribute reviews
to this database, send your name, e-mail address, and reviews
to Cameron Barrett at macshelf@macshelf.com. Regular reviewers will be entitled to advance copies of books
sent to MacShelf for review.
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