"What's New in this Version:

Adds Co-op Quickplay game mode for Online multiplayer.

The skeleton in the Shanker's Island venue now displays correctly on all supported graphics cards.

Fixes a bug that caused the animations for Lou's puppet to fall out of sync.

The Leaderboards now update more quickly.

Fixes an issue that caused some rare instability when joining Online multiplayer games.

Fixes a bug that caused some finished games to be listed in Online game searches.

Fixes an issue where menus would become corrupted when Demonware servers are under maintenance.

Fixes pauses, rare freezes, and other strange behaviors that were occurring on the Video Shoot venue.

Fixes a bug where practicing a section of a song before entering an online match results in starting from that point in the song.

The game signal strength indicators now display accurately instead of always being red.

Playing a Practice song then playing the same song in Quickplay or Career no longer crashes the game."

Blu-Ray Drives:
• Firewire (cased) Matshita (Panasonic) BD-MTL SW-5582 used w/G5 Tower (OS X 10.5.1 and OS X server 10.4.7)
  (includes notes on use with Retrospect 6.1 and Toast 8.0.3. Said OS X Tiger could not read BR discs burned with Toast 8.0.3)
  
  DVD+R/RW + DVD-R/RW Drives:
• Expansion Bay Sony AW-G540A in PowerBook G3 2000 (OS X 10.4.x)
• IDE Pioneer DVR-K06 in PowerBook G4 (OS X 10.5.1)
• USB (cased) LG GSA-H54L used w/iMac Intel-CPU (OS X 10.5.1)
  (drive also supports DVD-RAM and Lightscribe)
  
  Hard Drives:
• SATA Fujitsu MHY2250BH 250GB in MacBook Pro (OS X 10.5.1)
• SATA Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB in Mac Pro Tower (OS X 10.4.11)
• SATA Western Digital WD5000KS 500GB in Mac Pro (OS X 10.5.1)
• SATA Western Digital WD2500BEVS 250GB in MacBook Pro (OS X 10.4.x)
  (includes notes/tips on take-apart, etc.)
• SATA Western Digital WD2500BEVS 250GB in Mac Mini (intel cpu) (OS X 10.5)
  (another report on buying Passport USB case model on sale and reusing USB case for original internal drive)

You can read full reports (latest shown first) by searching the database by drive/brand/interface/mac models (the latest reports are shown first in searches). The database includes reports on Optical Drives (Blu-Ray, DVD, CD/CDR, etc.), Hard Drives, Tape drives, Removable media (ORB, ZIP, MO drives), NAS (Network Attached Storage), in all interface types (IDE, SATA, Firewire, SCSI, USB, adapters).
If you've added/upgraded a drive in your Mac send me the details (drive info/speed rating/mac model/OS used, etc.). Note: Please use the drive for at least a week before reporting on it and test for booting from Disc with internal Optical Drives. Thanks.

• Final Cut Studio doesn't display or import Flash content after upgrading to QuickTime 7.3.1 (says Flash is not supported in QuickTime 7.3.1, although a reader sent a screenshot of QT 7.3.1 playing flash OK.)
• Mac OS X: Why your Mac might not sleep or stay in sleep mode
• Final Cut Pro: Lack of responsiveness due to network volumes
• Mac OS X 10.5: Mail message attachment(s) are not saved
• "Well Known" TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products
• iPod game: Phase Requirements
• Artists do not appear in Artists menu on iPod if part of a compilation

• Pro Tip of the Week: Scheduling iCal via Mail (Apple)
• Vaporware 2007: Long Live the King (Wired)
• Lawyer: Apple's the loser in ThinkSecret deal
• Apple Forces Shutdown Of Think Secret Web Site
• Leopard Cache Cleaner 4.0.3
• Dragthing's 50th update
• Mac Giving Tree Launched to Give Free Software Gifts to Mac Users
• Quantum 1.1.0 (Asteroids-like game)
• MacPool 8.6.1
• Macware Releases Logo Design Studio Pro
• Inside iPod Touch (Businessweek)
• NeoOffice 2.2.2 patch 6
• Mac Pilot 2.4.6
• Dofus 1.21 (free MMORPG)
• NPD: Mac users saving music business
• 50% of Mac Users in the U.S. Paid to Purchase Music Downloads vs 16% of PC Users
• 3D Realms' George Broussard Tosses Out Duke Nukem Forever Information Scraps
• Duke Nukem Forever teaser trailer (won 2004's Vaporware Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Desperately seeking Wii
• (PC) Laptop Gaming Smackdown
• Nvidia v169.21 WHQL-certified ForceWare ref drivers for XP (FYI for bootcamp users)