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Author Archive for Clayton Lai

Clayton Lai is 31, male and very Cancerian. He dabbles in writing, photography, sketching and daydreaming in his free time when he is not busy directing commercials or chasing the light as a photographer. He is also quite a geek, which explains why he is writing for TheAppleBlog and also why he is permanently tethered to his gadgets.

The Apple Experience

Written on November 03, 2008 by Clayton Lai and 67 people have commented

Maybe it is because I am a recent switcher that I notice details long-time Mac owners may take for granted, details that are so minute yet so useful and so quintessentially ‘human’. The level of attention painstakingly paid to the many small details found on every Apple product is a testament to Apple’s design philosophy, [...]

Stuff iTunes With Videos Using VideoDrive

Written on October 29, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 7 people have commented

Are you a video junkie who loves nothing more than stuffing iTunes with videos to watch in Front Row, Apple TV, or on your iPod? If you find yourself spending more time than you should fussing with conversion and the such, VideoDrive can get those videos into your iTunes and iPod quickly and with minimal [...]

TAB Welcomes: Clayton Lai

Written on October 28, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 3 people have commented

Hi everyone, from the little red dot known as Singapore!
I have a confession to make: I am a recent switcher. Being in the broadcast and advertising industry, I have always been surrounded by Macs. Just about every one—from production companies to advertising agencies to postproduction facilities—uses Macs. But, for whatever reasons I cannot for my [...]

Change Notes Font On iPhone/iPod touch

Written on October 28, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 32 people have commented

I really, really detest the Market Felt typeface used in the Notes application in the iPod touch and iPhone. It is hard to read, hard to edit points into, and looks plain childish.
Fortunately, I stumbled upon a way to easily have your notes displayed with Arial Helvetica. And, no, you do not need FontSwap, jailbreaking [...]

Flipping Function Keys!

Written on October 23, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 1 person has commented

The problem with function keys on a MacBook or MacBook Pro is that they are one-trick ponies; they are either regular or special F-keys, but not both. With FunctionFlip, you can have complete control over those flipping function keys.

On the keyboard of a MacBook or MacBook Pro, function keys can either be standard or special. [...]