10.6.7 Font issue is widespread — Apple being taken to task over ignorage

April 7th, 2011

People in the industry are displeased that the bugs in 10.6.7 are so widespread, and yet weeks later there seems to be no awareness — officially or casually — at Apple as to the issue, or any fix.   This issue is serving to surface a trend at Apple whereby the feedback loop on unsolved bugs has been breaking down, in this author’s opinion for some time.

Geese will continue to keep a watchful eye on this issue.

The Mac OS 10.6.7 Update causes problems for some

March 28th, 2011

It seems that the Mac OS 10.6.7 update, published earlier in March, is causing problems for some; especially those who print to PDF, or do work in Flash development.

Creative Goose is, for the moment, recommending that ALL USERS forego the update until this stabilizes. There is nothing especially urgent or important about the update, so just wait.

See here for some more info (scroll around).  More on this as it develops.

Apple’s new North Carolina Data Center is almost ready

March 23rd, 2011

Speculation is rife in the media about what Apple will with a massive data center they are putting the finishing touches on just now.  Apple is characteristically mum on the subject, leaving one to fantasize.

Apple Could Use North Carolina Data Center For Video and Music Streaming, Voice Navigation Service | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD.

iPad 2 is a hit, sets the standard for the industry

March 18th, 2011

The world is all a-twitter over the new iPad 2… but many locations sold out in 10 minutes on day one, and the Japan disasters may slow delivery of the backlog — which is currently at about 5 weeks.