PCWiz has created a great application with everything built into one interface.
You can replace this suite with xMod, however, this application is still under development. Therefore, it is not advised that this Public Beta is used in your everyday partition.
The final version is near completion and will be updated here when it becomes available:
You can download the latest release here.
The link has been updated to OSX86Tools Beta Build 149.
For any questions you may have, you can visit the appropriate Thread at the InsanelyMac forums.
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Zephyroth has been hard at work not only in developing the Software Update Utility for AMD/Intel machines, but also a beta of an “About This Mac Modifier”, which allows users from both platforms to edit their “About this Mac” info screen using a graphical user interface (GUI).
Users are advised that this utility is still in early development (beta testing) and is subject to future updates.
What is it?
This software allows you to modify the “About This Mac” screen easily. You can use any image you want to replace the default Apple logo as well as change the CPU and RAM information.
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Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) has finally released MSN Messenger 7 for Mac OS X. Strangely though, this new version does not offer that much to regular users over previous versions, aside from a little more spit and finish and Leopard compatibility.
For corporate users, MSN Messenger for Mac 7 offers A/V support for the first time making it ideal for business meetings and conferences. Messenger also takes advantage of Mac OS X’s Bonjour technology. However, regular/home users will need to wait a little longer to enjoy these features, though the Mac BU has said that they are working hard on bringing an update in the next few months.
MSN Messenger 7
The MacFUSE project has been updated to version 1.5 and brings with it more support for Leopard as well as many bug fixes.
MacFUSE is an Open Source FUSE-Compliant File System Implementation Mechanism for Mac OS X. MacFUSE implements a mechanism that makes it possible to implement a fully functional file system in a user-space program on Mac OS X (10.4 and above). It aims to be API-compliant with the FUSE (Filesystem in USErspace) mechanism that originated on Linux. Therefore, many existing FUSE file systems become readily usable on Mac OS X. The core of MacFUSE is in a dynamically loadable kernel extension.
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Titanium Software has updated OnyX, the multifunction utility for Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel), to version 1.9.4.
Onyx allows users to verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock and of some of Apple’s own applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome and more.
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