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Panther 7B44 Client, Xcode and Upcoming iApp Updates

Thursday August 21, 2003 4:44 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Apple continues their speedy development on Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) and provided developers with another seed -- Panther 7B44 as well as Xcode 7B44.



Per usual, this seed provides few details on specific improvements, but reportedly includes changes to Filevault's file structure.



Unrelated to Panther seeds, but of more interest to most users is reports that a couple of iApps will be seeing upgrades in the next few weeks... with updates to iSync and iCal to versions 1.2 and 1.5, respectively. These updates will presumably be released independent of Panther.



iSync was recently updated to version 1.1 in early June. The 1.1 upgrade added more phone suppport and Bookmark syncing.



iCal, however, remains at a 1.0.2 version number, and has not seen significant updates since its release.



Current Panther builds contain early versions of iCal 1.5, which contains significant improvements in performance, calender event scheduling and user interface.

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DanUk2003
111 months ago
I can't WAIT to get my hands on a copy of Panther when it ships....

(and a two-button bluetooth Apple wireless keyboard / mouse too.... :D )
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MacManDan
111 months ago
I'm glad to hear some development on iCal and iSync ... maybe iSync will finally support my LG phone over USB? That would be nice! Mmmm and a faster iCal .. I'd be very disappointed if iCal wasn't 100 times faster than in its current form..
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Wonder Boy
111 months ago

Originally posted by MacManDan
Mmmm and a faster iCal .. I'd be very disappointed if iCal wasn't 100 times faster than in its current form..


Good point. I couldn't remember anything wrong will iCal until you mentioned that. Now that I think about it, double clicking is really slow. Also, there is a bug when you double click on a date to enter something, it opens up a text block in the next day. Very frustrating.
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Powerbook G5
111 months ago
I cannot wait to get a new PowerBook and upgrade to Panther, this is going to be soooooooooo sweet!
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Freg3000
111 months ago

Originally posted by MacManDan
Mmmm and a faster iCal .. I'd be very disappointed if iCal wasn't 100 times faster than in its current form..


Hopefully it will see the same speed increase as it did from version 1.0 to 1.0.1/2.
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pivo6
111 months ago
I'm hoping that iSync will keep adding more phones. I'd rather not have to buy a PDA if I can help it.
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BillyShears
111 months ago

Originally posted by DanUk2003
I can't WAIT to get my hands on a copy of Panther when it ships....

(and a two-button bluetooth Apple wireless keyboard / mouse too.... :D )


I'd prefer at least 78 or so "buttons" on my keyboard ;)
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Puppies
111 months ago
It would be nice if they add better Palm support to iCal too. Palm desktop for Mac stinks, to put it mildly, but iCal dosen't support memos.
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tjp144
111 months ago
Panther Build 7B44 ROCKS and is nearing completion. I have tested builds since they have started and all I can say is wow. The Finder is VASTLY improved and is about 60% faster than 10.2. I have run into one problem so far while testing 7B44 and that's iChatAV video problem. Every build I have tested of Panther has not returned ANY video via iChat. Apps like Evocam and ohphone seem to send video fine.

cheers,
tim
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tizza
111 months ago

Originally posted by Powerbook G5
I cannot wait to get a new PowerBook and upgrade to Panther, this is going to be soooooooooo sweet!

Oh yes - they are my two selfish desires in life at the moment!
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