Memory Protection

May 2001: WWDC & iBooks


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It’s May 2021, and this month we discuss May 2001—how about that! (We’re on a new schedule for a new season of Memory Protection.) We have two events to review this month: WWDC 2001 and the “Your Life, To Go” event. We check the bottom line and get fiscal as we discuss iBooks, Education, and Mac OS X.

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QuickTime Machine
  • 10.0.1 - April 16th, 2001- Performance & Stability + Better Support for USB devices
  • 10.0.2 - May 1st, 2001- Updates iTunes, adds CD Burning. Apparently it’s faster.
  • 10.0.3 - May 9th, 2001 - “Ensures full visibility of file lists in directories that contain a large number of items.”
  • Internet Explorer 5.1.1 Available Via OS X’s Software Update
  • Apple Releases QuickTime 5 And QuickTime Streaming Server 3 - First release for Mac OS 9 & Windows
  • BBEdit Comes To OS X
  • BBEdit is up to V13 as of May 2021, and was first released in 1992
  • Wikipedia Article
  • Douglas Adams passes away - May 11th, 2001
  • Mac OS X Public Beta Expires May 15th, 2001 - R.I.P.
  • FileMaker Pro comes to Mac OS X
“Your Life. To Go.”

Keynote Video

NotesKey Link

  • Apple’s Page about the new iBook
  • Apple Lands Mammoth iBook Deal: 23,000 iBooks Sold To One School District
  • New commercial showcases iBook as a portable Digital hub - This commercial is bad —Matt
WWDC Announcements

NotesKey Link

  • Ahead of WWDC, Apple drops developer membership by $100
  • Apple Dropping 17" CRT Displays, Does Going All Flat Panel Include The iMac?
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