OS X Server 10.6.6 Update Released

Apple releases OS X 10.6.6 Server and Client today. Here are are the updates:

This update includes the Mac App Store, a new application you’ll find in the Dock. The Mac App Store includes the following features:

• Discover Mac apps: Browse featured apps, top charts, and categories; or, search for something specific. Read detailed app descriptions and user reviews, and flip through screen shots.

• Buy and install: Easily purchase apps with your iTunes account. Apps install in one step and are quickly available from the Dock.

• App updates: The Mac App Store keeps track of all your purchased apps and notifies you when free updates are available.

Additional improvements

• Fixes a DNS resolution issue for Mac OS X Server v10.6.5. The system now properly resolves a DNS alias (CNAME) that points to a host in a .local domain.

• Improves Mac OS X Server security. For more information about the security content of Mac OS X Server v10.6.5 see this article.

• Includes all the improvements in the previous 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4 and 10.6.5 updates.

• Mac OS X Server v10.6.6 also includes all improvements delivered in the client Mac OS X v10.6.6 Update.

More information is available on Apple’s site: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4460

CloudMac Dedicated Mac mini July special

CloudMac is offering a special on Dedicated Mac mini’s running OS X 10.6 Server.  The promo includes 100Mbps Internet connectivity, 250GB monthly and all the other offerings standard with the Dedicate Server plan.

As always, all hosting options are month-to-month with $0 setup fee.  For more info, please visit http://cloudmac.net/l/july_special

Offer available while servers are available.

Apple Server Hosting

CloudMac (http://cloudmac.net/), an Oneiric Systems Company, is focused on providing hosting and server colocation for OS X Servers.

For more information, please refer to the site and CloudMac blog.

MacBook Pro EFI Firmware 1.8 boot fail

Apple released EFI Firmware update 1.8 on December 8 to eliminate the noise made by the optical disk drive during wake from sleep on MacBook Pro.

Detaching Widgets from Dashboard

Sometimes  widgets need to be viewed outside of Dashboard. This tutorial outlines how to accomplish this.

Maximizing iTunes

When clicking the + button in iTunes, the view will switch to the “Mini Player.”  It is possible to change the behavior of the “+” button to maximize the window.

Relaunching Widgets and Dock

Sometimes it is necessary to relaunch the Dock or Widgets without rebooting or logging out.  To achieve this, use the following command: