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Apple Updates Xcode, Final Cut Pro
iumacboy writes "Hot on the heels of yesterdays Panther 10.3.2 update and today's QuickTime 6.5 and iTunes 4.2 updates, Apple has released Xcode 1.1, Apple's free suite of developer tools for Mac OS X. 'The Xcode 1.1 Update provides overall stability and performance enhancements to Xcode IDE, as well as improvements to debugging, workflow, the Xcode build system, and CodeSense. It is recommended that all Xcode users install this update.' Available via Software Update." Well, earlier today it was available via Software Update; it has since disappeared. However, if you are a Final Cut Pro user, you can get FCP 4.1.1 and LiveType 1.1.1 while you wait for Xcode 1.1 to return. Also, iTunes 4.2 has now appeared in Software Update, too.
From Apple's xCode Discussion thread:
"Due to a server-side glitch, we had to pull the update. We are working on the problem and I'll post when it is available again.
Scott"
You forgot to quote the most important part:
"For those that have already installed the 1.1 update, you are fine."
- Under some circumstances builds will fail (unsure of the circumstances) and you cannot shutdown the build in anyway or restart it. The only way to fix the issue is to force quite Xcode.
- Some of my projects had weird linking errors and complained about: "Dependency Analysis". Rebuilding the project fixed this annoyance.
After those events though (the former was repeatable), I would have to say its a nice update. Code Sense is much much much faster than before. The interface has been tweaked in my deparments, for the better IMHO and build times has stayed the same which is always welcome (although I would love it to be faster).
As Apple said, there is no reason to worry about your Xcode installations, we are just going to have Xcode 1.1.1 as soon as Apple get back on the 5th of Jan.
For instance, if they've upgraded gcc.
I didn't see anything in the release notes that specifically said anything about a new GCC. Here's what I get with "gcc --version":
gcc (GCC) 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)
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Apple released DVD Studio Pro 2.0.3 and Compressor 1.1.
"The DVD Studio Pro update includes changes from DVD Studio Pro 2.0.1-2.0.3, adds support for Cropped D-1 and 1/2 D-1 MPEG-2 video resolutions, changes the behavior of the dual-layer break point for DVD-9 projects, and more.
The Compressor update "dramatically improves" MPEG-2 encoding performance, optimizes presets, and enhances the reliablity of the Submit button. "
Today's MacIntouch is reporting that some users are encountering kernel panics and have had to reinstall Panther after installing Xcode 1.1. Probably pulled for very good reasons.
Actually, I would disagree (although you are correct that rumor sites haven't really been speculating too much). The reason I would disagree is that Jobs is actually giving the Keynote speech this year. At this past Macworld (the name of which was changed to something else, I believe) he didn't.
It is true that Apple wanted to break the linkage between product announcements and Macworlds, if only for more flexibility. But if Jobs is giving the keynote, I would imagine that at least something marginally interesting is going to come out.
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The glitch was that it was showing up in Software Update even on machines which didn't have the developer tools installed.
For those machines, it would continue to show up even if the package was installed.
So there's a problem with the installer, not the code. I'm sure it'll be fixed soon if it isn't already fixed.
It's the same version that was available yesterday [or so Apple claims]. You can either download an updater or a complete installer.
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There's also a separate "Xcode 1.1 Assembly Rule" download for assembly language programming [which everyone on
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And like always, since they've updated the version of Final Cut Pro, non-AGP Mac users will need to edit the application's Info.plist file again, changing "AGP" to "PCI". Instructions here.
This little hack has let me delay buying a new G5 until I have gathered sufficient funds.
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there was also a "Battery Update"
don't remember the details, but i downloaded and installed it. Panther, iBook
Fixes: AFP Server, ASN.1 Decoding for PKI, cd9660.util, Directory Services, fetchmail, fs_usage, rsync. and System Initialization. Xcode 1.1 was put back on the Update Server today after a server glitch yesterday caused it to be pulled. Quicktime 6 MPEG-2 Component is also updated today as well. This was fix an issue where the component expired on the 15th of Dec.