Apr 21, 2005 | Software
I’m keeping this post as a running list of the applications I’m running on my Powerbook that might need to be updated when I install Tiger (OS X 10.4) next week. Truthfully, it’s a list of the applications that I use on anything more than a once-yearly basis, with information about whether the author has released a Tiger-related update. If anyone has more information about anything listed, or I’ve noted something that isn’t correct, feel free to leave comments!
- Adium (currently at 0.77, no update needed)
- Adobe Photoshop (running version 7, and I haven’t found a reason to upgrade yet!)
- Adobe Reader (probably no update needed)
- Citrix Client (currently at 7.00.402, no clue if an upgrade will be needed)
- CocoaMySQL (currently at 0.5, unlikely to require update)
- Colloquy (appears to work in Tiger)
- Cyberduck (currently at 2.4.3, no information about necessary upgrades)
- ecto (currently at 2.2.9, likely to be fine under Tiger)
- ffmpegX (currently at 0.0.9s, no upgrade needed)
- Fink (currently at 0.7.1, looks like an upgrade will be needed)
- Firefox (currently at 1.0.3, I can’t imagine needing an upgrade for Tiger)
- Flickr Uploadr (currently at beta 7, or 1.0 v95, and upgrade unlikely to be needed)
- Flickr Export (currently at 1.2.3, upgrade unlikely to be needed)
- Fugu (currently at 1.1.2, no information available about upgrades)
- GeekTool (currently at 2.1, which doesn’t work on Tiger)
- Growl (currently at 0.6.1, although a few apps install a prerelease version of 0.6.2, but either way it appears to work on Tiger)
- HandBrake (currently at 0.7.0b2, no information available about upgrades)
- iLife (iPhoto, iTunes, iDVDm, iMovie; currently at ‘05, and no way an upgrade will be needed)
- iStumbler (currently at release 93, looks likely to not need an upgrade)
- iTerm (currently at 0.8.1, questionable whether it will work with Tiger)
- MacJanitor (currently at 1.2.1, and I can’t imagine an upgrade will be needed)
- Mail.app (being upgraded with Tiger itself, and it’s supposed to be one of the biggest reasons to make the jump)
- MenuMeters (currently at 1.2, which claims to work on Tiger)
- Microsoft Office (currently at Office 2004, and no upgrade needed)
- More Internet (currently at 1.1.1, no information about Tiger compatibility)
- MySQL 4.0 (currently at 4.0.24, which apparently works just fine on Tiger)
- Nortel VPN client (Apani) (no info I can find, but I bet it’ll break)
- PDF U (currently at 0.1.3, and likely to require an upgrade)
- Quicksilver (currently at beta 35 which will run on Tiger, and as of beta 40, will require Tiger)
- QuickTime (currently at 6.5.2, but frickin’ Apple will upgrade it to 7.0 with Tiger, which will require another payment to Apple to get QuickTime 7 Pro)
- Toast Titanium (currently at 6.0.9, no information that I could find about compatibility with Tiger)
- Safari (obviously being upgraded as part of Tiger)
- SlimBatteryMonitor (currently at 1.3, no information about compatibility with Tiger)
- SSHKeychain (currently at 0.7.1, but looks like there are Tiger-related fixes that haven’t made it into a downloadable version yet)
- SubEthaEdit (currently at 2.1.2, which is the “Tiger-ready” version)
- Subversion (Martin Ott has been kind enough to provide a package for OS X installation that’s currently at 1.1.4, and both 1.1.3 and 1.1.4 are known to work with Tiger)
- svnX (currently at 0.8.3, unlikely to need an upgrade)
- TextMate (currently at 1.1b5 — anxiously awaiting beta 6! — and unlikely to require an upgrade)
- TftpServer (currently at 2.7, no information about if it’ll work with Tiger)
- Tomato Torrent (currently at 1.0.3, likely to work fine with Tiger)
- TransparentDock (currently at 2.2, and will almost certainly require an upgrade for Tiger)
- VPNClient (Cisco) (currently at 4.6.02.0023, and will certainly require an upgrade to work with Tiger)
I’ll be releasing 2.3 this weekend. 2.2.9 will run fine on Tiger, but 2.3 is just a bit more nifty ;)
• Posted by: Adriaan Tijsseling on Apr 21, 2005, 6:33 PM(For those of you who don’t know who Adriaan is, he’s the author of the splendifabulous ecto.)
• Posted by: Jason on Apr 21, 2005, 6:44 PMI’m not keeping a list cause I’m a crazy nut job who likes to live dangerously.
• Posted by: Jim on Apr 22, 2005, 12:59 PMiTerm seems to run just fine
• Posted by: Sebastian on Apr 25, 2005, 3:19 PMFugu has now been updated to version 1.1.3, which is supposed to be a Tiger support release.
TextMate has leaped to version 1.1b7, but without any Tiger-related information. (Again, I can’t imagine that Tiger will necessitate a TextMate upgrade though.)
• Posted by: Jason on Apr 27, 2005, 6:42 PMI also now have it on good authority (e.g., the author!) that SSHKeychain 0.7.1 works without issue on Tiger.
• Posted by: Jason on Apr 28, 2005, 9:18 AMIt now looks confirmed that the current Cisco VPN client will not work with Tiger; Cisco hopes to have a compatible client out within two weeks following the release of OS X 10.4 (so within two weeks of tomorrow).
• Posted by: Jason on Apr 28, 2005, 12:05 PMJust called Apani support regarding the Netlock Client for Nortel VPN. They are “still testing” and will email users that ask a notification when they have either approved the current version or have released an update.
• Posted by: Greg on Apr 28, 2005, 2:33 PMStill no word about TransparentDock, which is really their loss, since the free utility ClearDock is now Tiger-ready. Looks like a no-brainer…
• Posted by: Jason on Apr 28, 2005, 5:33 PMApani is broke broke broke.
The currently released version of the Contivity VPN Client, v3.1.1, will not support the use of Mac OS 10.4. There are changes at the kernel level that cause the Contivity VPN Client to no longer work.
• Posted by: Chris ODonnell on Apr 30, 2005, 7:16 PMToast 6.0.9 only works up to 10.3.9. For Tiger, there is an update from Roxio. the problem encountered with 6.0.9 in Tiger is that in copying a CDd or DVD or disk image, the original cannot be unmounted. The update solves this problem.
• Posted by: Chris Waddling on Jun 6, 2005, 10:35 PM