Several week\'s ago AppleInsider contacts claimed that Apple\'s target rollout date for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther was set to October 3rd (hence, 10.3). The release is said to be accompanied by a nation-wide event at all Apple Store locations in addition to other select retailers such as CompUSA and BestBuy.
Earlier this week Apple continued with its seedings of Panther Server and Jaguar Client.
Despite some claims of iCal 1.5 completion, the development team has steadily progressed onward over the past two weeks. The major upgrade to Apple\'s multifunctional desktop calendar currently resides at build number 600 and is just shy of completion.
Updates to Apple\'s professional PowerBook line are nearly three months past due. Retail outlets have long since exhausted their inventory of the current PowerBook models and Apple\'s two major distributors are fairing no better.
According to reliable sources, Apple has just seeded Mac OS X 10.3 Panther 7B53 over AppleSeed. The build is expected to be released to Apple developers via the Apple Developer Connection in the next 48 hours. At this time, no major changes have been noted by sources.
Apple Computer has quietly been prepping updates to a number its iApps and other Mac OS X based utilities, AppleInsider has learned. Sources recently provided information on significant updates to the company's iCal, iSync and Preview applications expected to make their initial debut with the release of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther later this Fall.
Earlier this evening sources reported on a mysterious version of Safari 1.1 (v94) that has surfaced from an unknown origin.
Judging by recently updated Apple images to be used by Panther\'s BezelUI engine, the company\'s forth-coming wireless Bluetooth mouse and keyboard may sport only slight revisions in regards to form factor. The two BezelUI images included below were part of a recently seeded build of Mac OS X 10.3, sources said. They sport a remarkable resemblance to the currently available wired Apple peripherals.
Over the weekend, AppleInsider sources provided an independent confirmation of rumors first published in a MacRumors.com update regarding forthcoming Apple-branded iPod peripherals.
On Thursday Apple provided developers with build 7B44 of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. The seed arrived a day early in order to address major changes to the company's FileVault archiving component.
Earlier today an AppleInsider reader submitted a tip that futher vouches support for an updated line of Cinema Displays in the near future.
Late last week Apple privately seeded developers with another build of Mac OS 10.3 Panther. Unlike the previously seeded build (7B28), the new 7B39 seed contains several visible alterations to system components.
Information regarding the forthcoming upgrades to Apple\'s PowerBook line has been chewed up and spit out the bottom of the rumors industry several times already. Quite frankly, we have little desire to rehash old, and our own, information. It\'s becoming redundant and quite boring. However, a reader submits the following tip affirming the more than minor revisions to the 15" model:
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Friday's Boston Herald brought word that IDG World Expo may not be moving Macworld CreativePro from New York to Boston next summer, as originally planned. In fact, sources close to IDG World Expo inform AppleInsider that cancelling the expo's return to Boston has been "all but a done deal" for more than a month now.
An Internal memo distributed to Best Buy personnel on August 5th, and recently obtained by AppleInsider, details a few of the retailer's plans for its renewed relationship with Apple Computer.
Over the weekend, Apple seeded yet another build of Panther to its choice developers. Several days later the build was made available to Premier Developer account holders via the Apple Developer Connection website, sources inform AppleInsider.
Mac OS X 10.2.7 may be one of the shortest lived operating systems when all is said and done. The core system update, which was brought to life only several months ago, is scheduled for completion just weeks shy of Mac OS X 10 10.3 (Panther).
Apple's royalty-free music production tool, Soundtrack, has reportedly reached gold master status. According to reliable sources, the small team responsible for converting the Final Cut Pro ad-on into a standalone Mac OS X application completed the task during the last week of July.
On June 2nd Apple cut prices on its 12" and 15" PowerBook G4 models in order to flush channel inventory for a rejuvenated PowerBook G4 line. Speedier versions of all PowerBook models exist and have been expected since late June, but have yet to surface.
Entertainment software publisher Activision is not expected to release Quake IV to gamers until late 2004, but this has done little to halt rumors surrounding the 3rd successor to the title that changed the face of computer gaming.
This afternoon, Apple provided developers with alpha 1 of QuickTime Java 6.1 According to sources, \"the release provides QTJava developers with a new version of QTJava that works on both JDK 1.3 and JDK 1.4.1 on Mac OS X.\"
If you are one of those folks who believes Apple unmasked all of Panther at yesterdays developer conference, you are about as off-base as an Apple/Intel merger rumor. Nevertheless, we will be detailing our findings on AppleInsider over the coming weeks.
Hovering above Monday's keynote congregation, this friendly ghost felt slightly chagrined as his favorite fruit company unveiled the latest in OS/Fax integration. Tugging his fanciful headdress in contempt, the Jaded one grumbled at Apple's newfangled approach to firing off cease and desist faxes with touch of a key. But yet, he was elated at news that ex-comrade and prophecy preacher, Robert Morgan, had finally thrown in the towel on the Apple/Disney merger rumors that were fueled for nearly half a decade.
A little late, but still strikingly hip. Apple, via panther, has built a caching system for their iDisk technology. Basically, a user\'s iDisk contents are now mirrored on the hard drive and a directory synchronization is performed upon each access to the iDisk. Or, if you prefer Apple\'s unfurled description:
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