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?