So Mac OS X 10.7 is finally out. This OS release can be quite trouble-making for those who distribute their software products through Mac App Store, which Apple, Inc. opened in January 6th.

Screenshot 1 – Source: MacHouse

If you develop Mac software products, you probably know that the primary location where your application is allowed to access and store files is Application Support. More specifically, the path is Users/User/Library/Application Support/(application name)/. As you see in Screenshot 1, however, you don’t find ‘Library’ inside the User folder. Under Mac OS X 10.7, this folder is hidden. So you have to reveal invisible files at first to access the Library folder. If you have done so, you may probably want to add it to the sidebar. (See Screenshot 2.) If you click on the favorite folder you’ve just added, whether invisible files have been revealed or not, you can have quick access to the Library folder.   Continue reading →

TOKYO (MacHouse) – It was announced yesterday that the company planned to release Mac OS X Lion today. Indeed, OS X Lion is already available at Mac App Store. In the meantime, Apple, Inc. has also released a new line of MacBook Air models.

Source: MacHouse

It has been more than two months (two months) since we submitted a software update for DeskPics. Today, Mac App Store rejected this software update by saying the following.






The app does not achieve the core functionality described in your marketing materials or release notes.



We have found that changing the file type the screen shot is saved to requires two actions: Selecting the file type from the displayed list, then choosing the same file type (in the form of an extension) from a file name dialog. This is confusing to users, and should be simplified or clarified in the application (not in just documentation).



The App Review Board has reviewed this information ahead of time and has upheld this violation.






Mac App Store has repeatedly rejected this software update in the past two months for baseless reasons. We’ve tried very hard to explain why their rejection reasons are wrong. There is nothing more than we can do to deliver this software update to current users.

Apple, Inc. is expected to release OS X Lion this month. Some of our software titles that are available at Mac App Store may not be compatible with OS X Lion for now. Only after Apple, Inc. releases OS X Lion, we plan to work on software updates to make sure our software titles will all be compatible with Lion. The reason why we work on compatible software updates not right now but after they release Lion is that there is a long list of software titles that Apple, Inc. hasn’t reviewed. The following is a list.






Switchies
AppReady
DeskPics (update)
LittleCal Pro
AskKey Pro
QuickPaste
iVerify
Color2Code
T-Styles
FontsView
Icons2Pics
PNG4iDevices
Shotgun A to Z (update)
d-d ZoneX (update)
CopyReady (update)
NameRanger
Image2Go (update)
Movie2Shot (update)
VersionsX (update)






At this stage, we cannot even tell when Mac App Store will finish reviewing all software titles and updates listed above. And we cannot tell when they will be ready to work on compatible software updates that we are soon to submit.

ちょうど半年前にサンワサプライのSDカード付きUSB2.0ハブを紹介しました。これは3つのUSBポートとSD/SDHC/SDXCカードリーダー機能がある面白い製品でした。ただ一つ大きな問題が。。。このUSBハブがSnow Leopard搭載のMacに繋げられた場合、コンピュータ本体が起動しない場合があります。この製品を外すとMacは起動し始めるため、すぐにまたUSBハブを繋げるというてもあるものの、そんなことマック本体の起動の度にやるのはね〜。そこで急遽近くの量販店で購入してきたのがこのELECOMの製品です。製品番号はU2H-SS4BF2WHです。（写真1参照）

写真1: 資料元 – マックハウス

まあ、ヤマダ電機に行くと似たような製品が色々売っていました。¥980だとバッファローコクヨ サプライの製品だとか。¥880でこの製品とロアスからの製品もありました。ただ半年前のマウスパッド事件以来、当サイトではロアスの製品は全て避けているため、結局このELECOMの製品になりました。ちなみにロアスの製品の箱の裏にははっきりと10.6に対応とは表示されていませんでした。   Continue reading →