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duanechaos: Apple 10.7.4 IMPORTANT NOTICE BEFORE UPGRADING!: http://t.co/QGj8LDeB

Duane Nickull — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:24:48 +0000

duanechaos: Apple 10.7.4 IMPORTANT NOTICE BEFORE UPGRADING!: http://t.co/QGj8LDeB

duanechaos: @AppleTwets Why does 10.7.4 not support universal any more? http://t.co/dEFJPMR8

Duane Nickull — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:10:17 +0000

duanechaos: @AppleTwets Why does 10.7.4 not support universal any more? http://t.co/dEFJPMR8

duanechaos: Please RT and warn others! Apple admitted to me today that 10.7.4 will cause huge problems for "universal" apps. http://t.co/dEFJPMR8

Duane Nickull — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:05:20 +0000

duanechaos: Please RT and warn others! Apple admitted to me today that 10.7.4 will cause huge problems for "universal" apps. http://t.co/dEFJPMR8

Apple 10.7.4 IMPORTANT NOTICE BEFORE UPGRADING!

Duane Nickull — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:51:00 +0000

I had a hard drive issue the other day and decided to upgrade and re-install my OS on a new drive. I started by installing OSX Snow Leopard and then upgraded to Lion 10.7, which immediately prompted some updates to the OS, leaving me with 10.7.4. My machine is a Mac Pro running 2 X 3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xenon processors.

To my horror, when I went to install Sorenson Squeeze 5, which is market on the outside package as "Universal" install for Mac meaning it runs on both PPC and Intel architectures. When you open the folder, there are two installers - one for Intel based Macs (like mine) and one for PPC based Macs.

PPC is no longer supported but to my horror, when I tried to install the Intel version, I got the following message.

I got the same behavior with several other "universal" installs so I set up a call with Apple to discuss this, thinking it is obviously a bug. The call took place at 9:00 AM PDT and I am going to share with you what was said to me. BTW = if anyone from Apple wants to know who the person was, the case was Express Lane Case 315474064: Scheduled Support Call. First the Apple guy told me it was because Lion no longer supports PPC. I told him that up until the day before, I had my Final Cut Pro and Sorenson running on this same machine with the Lion OSX. He was unapologetic and told me I just had to just pay Apple to upgrade to a newer version of Final Cut Pro. My reaction was to put my hands up and say "don't shoot" but I politely suggested this sort of behaviour was not appropriate given the stamp "Universal" means it runs on Intel. I also told him that by him telling me I had to go and upgrade all my software was akin to robbery. I told him I was going to blog about this and he got really worried and said he had not said anything and I should refer to the website. He said "I didn't say that and anything you say you are making up".

Sorry pal. The truth is the truth and this blog stays here! That's final. Nio court gag order will take this down.

Well, I am blogging about because other people might want to know about this. There is an error and I hope someone from Apple reads this and sorts it out. Please be warned!

Dear Apple: Please explain what "universal" really means? From their website:

"Now every new Mac ships with an Intel processor. Experience delightful responsiveness from the smallest Mac mini to the most beefed-up Mac Pro. Use one of more than 7,000 universal applications that take full advantage of the Intel chip."

Hmmmm.

duanechaos: @jonno Warning: Do nto install latest MS patch for office on Mac. Does not play well with Lion OSX upgrade. MS admits major flaw in logic

Duane Nickull — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:30:25 +0000

duanechaos: @jonno Warning: Do nto install latest MS patch for office on Mac. Does not play well with Lion OSX upgrade. MS admits major flaw in logic

duanechaos: Warning: Latest Lion OSX and Office 2011 upgrades do not play nicely together. Same issues on 3 machines.

Duane Nickull — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:55:26 +0000

duanechaos: Warning: Latest Lion OSX and Office 2011 upgrades do not play nicely together. Same issues on 3 machines.

duanechaos: @jonno Microsoft hires customer support people who are only the second generation to walk upright. 4.5 hours and counting. My phones dyin

Duane Nickull — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:40:40 +0000

duanechaos: @jonno Microsoft hires customer support people who are only the second generation to walk upright. 4.5 hours and counting. My phones dyin

duanechaos: Microsoft says "reinstall" for the 4th time. Didn’t work first 3 times. #FAIL

Duane Nickull — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:37:44 +0000

duanechaos: Microsoft says "reinstall" for the 4th time. Didn't work first 3 times. #FAIL

duanechaos: Microsoft asked me to upgrade, then asks for key, tells me I have used it too many times. 4 hours lost so far. Hello UBuntu!

Duane Nickull — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:31:44 +0000

duanechaos: Microsoft asked me to upgrade, then asks for key, tells me I have used it too many times. 4 hours lost so far. Hello UBuntu!

Adobe LiveCycle ES3 (version 10.0) Download

Duane Nickull — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:25:00 +0000

Adobe has recently announced that Adobe LiveCycle ES3 is available as a download. This announcement was met with some great enthusiasm by the community, none less than us here at Technoracle. The brand itself had been subject of much speculation regarding it’s future and we are happy to see the investment into LiveCycle continue. This re-invigorates our own investment to work with this excellent SOA platform.

Having now been accepted into the Adobe Enterprise Solution Partner Program, we are extremely excited to be amongst the first in the world to offer you, the customers, the ability to purchase Adobe LiveCycle ES3 and professional services around it, starting from initial project consulting to complete project management. In case you haven’t heard, there are several new features that many enterprises have asked for. Our great former colleagues Jeff Stanier and Dave Welch have done a spectacular job of making this release a “must have”.

LiveCycle ES3 first and foremost incorporates the Data Services ES3 module (version 4.6.1), an optimized Java server framework that can enhance and simplify the development of rich, data-intensive enterprise and mobile applications. This includes several mobile platforms such as iOS, Android etc.

ES3 also offers a new SAP to Java connector for creating front-end interfaces to SAP systems. Alongside this update are connectors for FileNet 5 and easier SharePoint server farm deployment and integration.

Our favorite new feature is within LiveCycle Designer. When you add a new submit button, Designer allows you to select an encryption method and choose from from several XML encryption/decryption algorithms. This will help with many accounts we are currently working on.
Out mobile MEAP-lite platform is also a good way to add custom mobile functionality for wireless device integration into business process. Companies like Uberity have already released a great free and open source mobile SMS module including the full source code and binaries at http://blog.uberity.com/2012/02/extending-adobe-livecycle-es-to-use-sms-in-business-processes/

So why wait? Get started today. Contact us, a company founded by former top LiveCycle ES rock stars and engineering managers. Leave a omment if you wish to inquire about our services around LiveCycle ES3.