<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Echenique dot com &#187; OS X</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.echenique.com/index.php/tag/os-x/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.echenique.com</link>
	<description>Photography, technology and other cool stuff.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:35:40 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Canon Announces Snow Leopard Printer Driver Availability</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/09/17/canon-announces-snow-leopard-printer-driver-availability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/09/17/canon-announces-snow-leopard-printer-driver-availability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imageprograf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OS X]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[printers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.echenique.com/?p=561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Canon, who was apparently caught flat-footed by Apple&#8217;s release of Snow Leopard, has announced the schedule of availability of printer drivers for it&#8217;s ImagePROGRAF line of professional printers. Model Release Date (on web server) iPF5100, iPF6100, iPF6200, iPF8100, iPF9100 October 7, 2009 iPF5000, iPF8000, iPF9000 October 9, 2009 iPF500, iPF600, iPF700 October 9, 2009 iPF6000S, iPF8000S, iPF9000S October 14, 2009 iPF650, iPF655, iPF750, iPF755 October 17, 2009 iPF510, iPF605, iPF610, iPF710, iPF720, iPF810, iPF820 October 21, 2009 W6400, W8400, W8400D November 12, 2009 I am currently using a Windows 7 VM under Parallels Desktop 4.0 Mac to host drivers for both my Canon W6400 and HP B9180. Printing in managed by Qimage Studio (64-bit multicore version) software-based RIP. Unless these drivers are totally spectacular, I may continue working this way.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/09/17/canon-announces-snow-leopard-printer-driver-availability/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Snow Leopard Missing Driver Workaround</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/08/29/snow-leopard-missing-driver-workaround/</link>
		<comments>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/08/29/snow-leopard-missing-driver-workaround/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[howto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OS X]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow leopard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.echenique.com/?p=473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I reported previously, one of the casualties of upgrading to Snow Leopard was the loss of my Canon ImagePROGRAF W6400 large format printer. As a professional photographer, this was a bad thing. Not fatal by any means, as I could submit my prints to a service for printing, but I lost my ability to produce single large prints and proofs. Apple users are now about to experience the awe and mystery of Driver Hell. As OEMs drag their feet to produce 64-bit drivers, many will be left stranded without access to their esoteric bits of kit. I got around my problem like this (YMMV):If you keep Snow Leopard in default mode (32-bit kernel + KEXTs) you will still have access to VM software like Parallels 4.0 Desktop (I have not tested VMWare Fusion nor VirtualBox yet). Here you can load up a previous version of the Mac OS or a current version of Windows. I loaded Windows 7 x64 Ultimate. The trick was to set the VM&#8217;s network adapter to be bridged, making sure that it picks up an IP from your network&#8217;s DHCP server (if I lost you with all of this jargon, fear not. Pictures will follow.) [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/08/29/snow-leopard-missing-driver-workaround/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Snow Leopard on my Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/08/29/snow-leopard-on-my-mac/</link>
		<comments>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/08/29/snow-leopard-on-my-mac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OS X]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow leopard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.echenique.com/?p=471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fedex swung by today, dropping off my Snow Leopard upgrade. I happily slit open the box with my Swiss Army Knife and pulled out the teeny-weeny package inside. Consisting of one DVD, the Snow Leopard upgrade held the promise of unlocking the power of my Mac Pro. Almost. The upgrade itself was for all intents and purposes, painless. Kudos to coders at Apple for one of the smoothest transitions I have ever experienced. The aftermath, however, dragged up some memories of the early days of XP x64. With Snow Leopard, Apple is now forced to send folks to the cursed 667th circle of Driver Hell. While Apple took great pains to provide as complete a set of drivers as possible, certain bit of hardware (most notably my slightly older large-format printer) as no longer recognized. It now falls upon the OEMs to crank out 64-bit drivers. Hopefully, they will not choose this moment to abandon support for their older pro equipment. When Redmond decided to go 64-bit, they went whole hog, plunging the early-adopter community into a chaotic scramble for 64-bit driver support. After five years, PC OEMs now ship 64-bit drivers the same time they ship 32-bit ones (usually). [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/08/29/snow-leopard-on-my-mac/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Apple Blu-Ray Support: What&#8217;s taking so long?</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2008/02/05/apple-blu-ray-support-whats-taking-so-long/</link>
		<comments>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2008/02/05/apple-blu-ray-support-whats-taking-so-long/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blu-ray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OS X]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.echenique.com/?p=15</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about this topic for quite some time now. What is preventing Apple from officially supporting BD drives and HD content from them? Steve Jobs is on the Blu-Ray Steering Committee for Pete&#8217;s sake! Not technology. With the latest refresh of the Mac Pro, even the base model has hardware support for decoding the HD content with ease. MacBooks and iMacs have been that way for a while as well. Not encryption. The HDCP stack is now supported fully by all of the components. Not licensing. iTunes/AppleTV already has access to a ton of HD content. The only answer (that I can think of) is money. Playing HD content over DVI or HDMI requires royalty payments to the patent owners. My guess is that Steve is waiting for DisplayPort (the royalty-free VESA standard for HD connectivity) to become prevalent. He will then announce new video card options for the upgradeable Macs and new version of the MacBook to support this technology. At this point the drives will become suddenly available and viewing BD content on the Mac will only require a quick software update (which removes the blocks in place). Oddly enough the catalyst for this will [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2008/02/05/apple-blu-ray-support-whats-taking-so-long/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

