Both technical and intellectual property issues prevent me from moving SideTrack forward. Because of these restrictions I've decided it is time to bring SideTrack to a close. Current customers, your SideTrack license will remain valid.
I will continue to handle technical support and serial number issues for existing users. Please contact the support address for assistance. Comments, questions or concerns? Please contact support. After a long public beta, I've released MenuMeters 1. There are no code changes from 1. Please contact me if you experience a problem on older machines or OS versions. At the same time I've released PullTab 1. An updated MenuMeters public beta is available fixing all reported issues with the prior beta.
A public beta of MenuMeters 1. This version has not received extensive testing, please report problems to the support address. Snow Leopard is coming soon and compatibility questions have started to appear in my Inbox.
As with prior OS upgrades Apple has changed enough to make the transition interesting. SideTrack 1. The SideTrack preference pane opens in System Preferences bit mode but otherwise operates normally. The SideTrack driver is only available on bit kernel machines, but bit is the Apple default kernel for every machine SideTrack supports.
Because of the major last-minute problems with SideTrack during the Leopard release I'm not quite ready to claim complete compatibility until I have a chance to test on the retail CD. However, things are looking pretty good. There are a number of subtle bit bugs in MenuMeters so more than a simple recompile is needed. I'm working on an update to MenuMeters and expect to have a public beta shortly after Snow Leopard retail availability.
Both machines have Apple's new "multitouch" trackpad that supports iPhone-like gestures. Unfortunately, this new trackpad is completely new hardware, and SideTrack doesn't know how to talk to it. Of course this isn't the first time Apple has changed pad hardware.
Just like previous generations I've started looking at whether SideTrack can support the new pads. As soon as I have news I'll post here again. In the meantime, SideTrack should continue to work with all previous generations of Apple trackpad hardware, including the brand-new MacBook models introduced in February. With the new year and MacWorld comes the final release of SideTrack 1.
This free update is recommended for all SideTrack users. I'd like to thank everyone who contacted me during the beta period. The prior public beta was a great success, many obscure Leopard bugs were reported and fixed.
Thanks to everyone who tried it and sent in their reports. I'm almost ready to call version 1. However, before that happens I'd like to get a little more testing of these new fixes from the last beta. As with the prior public beta I am obligated to warn you This is beta software. Serious bugs may exist. Back up your data before installing the beta. The SideTrack 1. Good news for SideTrack on Leopard!
Preliminary testing with my private testers has been very positive. While I'm not quite ready to finalize the next version of SideTrack, I do feel confident enough to offer a public beta. The Mandatory Beta Warning: This is a beta version. While preliminary testing has shown no major issues, this is a prerelease of a boot time device driver. Backup your data. I encourage you to have a bootable OS CD available just in case see the instructions on performing an "Archive" OS reinstallation below.
If you experience problems with the beta please contact the support address. Your built-in keyboard will be disabled external USB keyboards will operate normally. Due to the severity of the incompatibility you should not install SideTrack on Leopard.
If you have an existing installation of SideTrack you should uninstall SideTrack prior to upgrading to Leopard or perform an "archive" install of Leopard. If you have already installed an old version of SideTrack on Leopard or performed an "upgrade" install of Leopard you will experience the SideTrack compatibility issue see below for a more complete discussion. Boot from your Leopard CD again and perform an "archive" installation. This is my recommendation since it is the simplest course for most users.
On the "Select a Destination" page of the installer the one where you chose the hard drive to install click the "Options" button. The "Archive and Install" option is available there. It is safe for you to chose to have the archive install preserve your users, home folders and network settings.
An archive install will always disable the SideTrack driver. You can attempt a manual SideTrack uninstall. If you have an external USB keyboard you can attach it to your machine and then remove the SideTrack program files not all of these files may be present on your machine depending on your version of SideTrack :. During removal you will be prompted for your admin password this is why you need the external keyboard. With the files removed you can reboot and your machine will come up normally.
As before, I apologize for the inconvenience of this issue. I hope to have a public beta of a working Leopard version of SideTrack available very soon. I've been able to confirm with Apple that a very recent change in the Leopard keyboard driver conflicts with SideTrack. It appears unlikely this will be changed in any future OS updates. This change was made after I completed initial Leopard testing for SideTrack 1.
At this time I am actively researching a workaround. Unfortunately there is simply no time left to create and test the workaround in time for early adopters of Leopard. Because of the severity of the Leopard bug total disabling of the internal keyboard on some laptop models I've decided to release SideTrack 1.
The 1. If you are presently using You can safely wait to upgrade to the next major version of SideTrack when it is released. The earlier SideTrack compatibility information I posted was incorrect. Subsequent testing on the very latest seed release indicates that Apple has made a late change to their keyboard driver that conflicts with SideTrack.
This is entirely unexpected, and does not appear to be a deliberate change on Apple's part. At present SideTrack is incompatible with Leopard, preventing the internal keyboard from operating while SideTrack is installed. I have contacted Apple and hope to have a workaround available soon. In the meantime you should not install SideTrack on Leopard. Mac OS X However, I have good news about my major products and Leopard:. There are no known issues at this time, and based on current testing I expect no new bugs to appear in the final Leopard release.
It can also graph user and system load and display the load as a "thermometer". The menu for the CPU Meter contains several pieces of information I like to have a single click away.
The Disk Meter menu shows volume space details for local drives it does not display mounted network volumes for performance reasons. The Memory Meter menu shows a breakdown of current memory usage and VM statistics. The Memory Meter can optionally display a paging indicator light. Both the arrows and the graph are scaled using a user-selected scaling factor and calculation. Scaling can be done on the basis of actual link speed reported by the network interface or peak traffic and can use one of several scaling calculations.
The Net Meter menu shows current interfaces and their status. Interface information is gathered from the SystemConfiguraton framework and thus is Mac OS X network location aware to prevent interfaces from appearing in this menu see the FAQ.
MenuMeters comes without warranty or support. That said, if it causes you problems I'd like to hear about it so that I may be able to track down the bug. Even better, since this is open source, you can fix the bug yourself.
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