![]() ![]() ![]() He'd recorded the pass-phrase at home and it refused to work in front of the crowd. ![]() ![]() Apple had one of their traveling 'demo the new wares' shows in Louisville recently, and their own pitchman couldn't get it to work. The problem with the PowerBook was probably because the acoustics changed as the machine moved around. On a desktop machine it was quite reliable, but on a PowerBook it was not. My experience with voice recognition is somewhat mixed. The Mac analyzes her voice patterns to decide whether it's really her. When this is turned on, a user can log into the system by speaking a phrase into the microphone. The most spectacular part of the whole multiple-user setup is voiceprint passwords. PowerTalk is long gone, but the personal keychain is back. One of the good ideas in PowerTalk was the personal keychain, an encrypted database to store all those pesky user ID's and passwords collected while cruising the 'Net. Called PowerTalk, it never really caught on, and was abandoned with Mac OS 7.6. To go along with the multiple-user feature are some more interesting ideas.Ībout five years ago, with Mac OS 7.1, Apple had a grand vision for building unified networking and messaging into the operating system. It's not a very strong security feature, but it's a step in the right direction. This allows individual users to store their own password-protected preferences and custom setups on a machine. Apple has borrowed a feature from Windows 95 and 98 by allowing multiple user configurations on a Mac. My experience with a late beta copy is that it's likely the fastest, most feature-rich and stablest Mac OS ever.įollowing are some observations about a few of the more spectacular new features. It's probably the most ambitious upgrade to Mac OS since version 8. Mac OS 9: The Good, the Bad, and the Uglyīy the time you read this, Mac OS 9, the latest version of Mac OS should be available. This article first appeared in the November 1999issue of the LouisvilleComputer News. Mac OS 9: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly enc), PC/Unix 8 bit to 7 bit encoding similar to BinHex (. exe) v1.5.1 to 8.0.x, including encrypted, segmented and self-extracting archive (Classic Mac OS file type code 'SIT!') SpaceSaver StuffIt compression format used in versions prior 5.x.StuffIt Expander 2009 decompresses files in the following formats: There is also a command line DOS application called UNSTUFF v1.1 that allows decompression of. With older versions of StuffIt Expander on the classic Mac OS platform, such as StuffIt Expander 3.5, it was possible to enhance the capabilities of StuffIt Expander and to add support for decompressing additional archive formats by means of the shareware DropStuff with Expander Enhancer software from Aladdin Systems. Note that the registration reminder dialogue box is not shown in this case. To start StuffIt in Expander mode the following command line switches were used: -expand -uiexpander. sit and other classic Mac OS-specific archives was 7.02, distributed with StuffIt v7.0.x for Windows.įrom versions 7.5.x to 11 the Expander capabilities were actually performed by the StuffIt Standard Edition, that allowed decompression even after the end of the trial period. The previous stand-alone version able to decompress. NET v2.0 framework and MSVC 2008 (9.0) runtimes. sitx (and ZIP) archives, version 2009 claims to be able to decompress over 30 formats, some listed below. Unlike the version before it (12.0), which was only able to decompress the newer. The latest stand-alone version for Windows is 2011 (15.0). Expander 5.0 contained many bugs, and its file format was not readable by the earlier version 4.5, leaving Mac users of the time without a viable compression utility. StuffIt has been a target of criticism and dissatisfaction from Mac users in the past as the file format changes frequently, notably during the introduction of StuffIt version 5.0. 4.5 for System 6+ (compatible with all 68k processors).The latest version for each Mac platform is as follows: Prior to 2011, a Linux version had also been available for download. It runs on the classic Mac OS, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. StuffIt Expander is a proprietary, freeware, closed source, decompression software utility developed by Allume Systems (a subsidiary of Smith Micro Software formerly known as Aladdin Systems). ![]()
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