New Version of Timbuktu Turns Beta

Netopia will soon release an upgrade to their Timbuktu Remote control software. The new version (6.0.2) is in its late beta stages and features just a handful of bug fixes and alterations.

In the new version, Timbuktu Pro's connection menu is now a system menu. It is no longer mobile as in Timbuktu Pro version 6.0.1, sources said. It now functions correctly with other system menu's. It no longer appears when a Classic application is in front and it no longer changes position when the monitor resolution is changed.

As of version 6.0.2, Timbuktu Pro's Send and Exchange features, on a Mac OS X host, will now set file and folder ownership according to how the Timbuktu Pro visitor connected instead of root ownership. If the visitor connected as a Trusted Visitor, Timbuktu Pro will look at the Mac OS X system user list for a user with the same name as the Timbuktu Pro visitor. If it finds one, it will set the owner and group, of any files or folders created in the Send or Exchange session, to that user and that user's primary group. If there is not a matching system user, or if the Timbuktu visitor connected as a Public Visitor, with Ask for Permission, as a Temporary Visitor, or as an Administrator, Timbuktu will set the owner of the new file or folder to the first Admin user and the group to the admin group.

Additionally, the new version addresses a bug that prevented the hard disk from going to sleep on Mac OS X 10.1x ad well as a glitch that caused repeated console messages when Mac OS X is booted in console mode.