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Author Archive for Josh Pigford

Josh Pigford, founder and editor of TheAppleBlog, is a writer and interactive designer based out of beautiful Denver, Colorado. In addition to immersing himself in all things Apple, he also designs and develops interactive products for companies both large and small around the globe.

Site: http://twitter.com/theappleblog

Spore Origins Released For iPod

Written on September 03, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 3 people have commented

All of the gaming love seems to have been directed at iPhone and iPod touch users for the past few months so it’s only fair that “regular” iPod owners get a piece of the pie.
Tricky Software has released Spore Origins. It’s currently only available for iPod nano (3rd generation), iPod classic and iPod (5th generation).
Using [...]

TAB Mobile Site Available

Written on September 01, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 5 people have commented

I hope all of you are having a glorious un-labor day and doing nothing but reading through all the past 2,100+ articles here on The Apple Blog. What? You’re not doing that? That’s unfortunate.
At any rate, if you aren’t doing that, you should definitely check out the new mobile version of The Apple Blog!
Just go [...]

Forum Activity: September 1, 2008

Written on September 01, 2008 by Josh Pigford and No one has commented

Unzipping Files
Settings to make IP address publicly accessible?
My case from Interofficemac.com and power adapter for The Air
Touchscreen ideas for Medicfusion EMR?
Will SDK run on Mac mini with PowerPC G4?

Forum Activity: August 25, 2008

Written on August 25, 2008 by Josh Pigford and No one has commented

Airport Express & Non-Wireless Routers
DVD Conversion Best Practice?
Old iPod, New screen?
Search File Size (*.* on pcs)
RSS feeds and “Bloglines.com” – do you use it?

Forum Activity: August 18, 2008

Written on August 18, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 2 people have commented

iPod Linux… HELP!
MacBook Pro Battery
iWeb and FTP
Best way to create a website?
iPod Touch Adapter

Forum Activity: August 11, 2008

Written on August 11, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 2 people have commented

Favorite iPhone Apps?
Apple Loyalty
Advice re: Upcoming mbPro Purchase
Deleting … files? how to do it!!
“The Application Superdrive……”

I Am Rich: Proof that Apple doesn’t do any quality control with the App Store

Written on August 05, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 22 people have commented

What more can I say, the fact that this application is live in the App Store proves Apple couldn’t possibly do more than have a drone sitting in a cubicle hitting “Approve” on new apps for the App Store.
I present to you I Am Rich.
I think the big problem here is that Apple has touted [...]

iPhone OS 2.0.1 Available With a Truckload of “Bug Fixes”

Written on August 04, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 18 people have commented

This evening Apple made iPhone OS 2.0.1 available via iTunes.
Frequently Apple doesn’t include a lot of information on what software updates actually fix, but this could be on of the most cryptic of all.
This update simply says the update includes “Bug Fixes”…247MB of “bug fixes” to be exact.
Now that isn’t an additional 247MB of space [...]

Forum Activity: August 4, 2008

Written on August 04, 2008 by Josh Pigford and No one has commented

Shapes and CSS?
Cuil – can it tackle Google?
Trouble getting the iPhone 3G
How to clean un-used downloaded items
Yet another Macbook vs. Macbook Pro thread…

Find a carpool buddy with Carticipate

Written on August 03, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 12 people have commented

With gas prices costing an arm and a leg these days, people have found that carpooling is a great way to cut down on costs. Trouble is, it’s not always that easy to find a group of people that are traveling to your general destination.
Thankfully, with the iPhone’s location aware capabilities and the release [...]

Copy + Paste Coming Soon To An iPhone Near You?

Written on August 03, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 8 people have commented

This weekend was the 2nd annual iPhoneDevCamp held, mostly, in San Francisco. iPhoneDevCamp is a 3 day event where iPhone/iPod touch developers get together to learn and develop with other developers and this year seems to have churned out one of the most highly requested features for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Andrew Mager posted a [...]

iPod + Game Boy = iBoy

Written on August 03, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 3 people have commented

Growing up, my Game Boy was probably one of my favorite gaming devices. I have every single add-on you could get for that thing to the point where it was about the size of a volleyball…completely negating the point of a small handheld device. All of those add-ons included flip out speakers, a light, [...]

Forum Activity: July 28, 2008

Written on July 28, 2008 by Josh Pigford and No one has commented

Help Me Prepare For New MacBook
Favorite iPhone Apps?
Help choosing MacBook or Pro?!
Taking iPhone Overseas
Help with an iPod Dock

Forum Activity: July 21, 2008

Written on July 21, 2008 by Josh Pigford and No one has commented

Adobe Software Blunders
GL Image Browser
Airport Extreme AirTunes Capabilities
iPhone 3G, MobileMe and Stuff
HELP, serious problem Powerbook G4 12″ Alu dead?

10 Must-Have iPhone/iPod Touch Games

Written on July 16, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 65 people have commented

Despite the issues Apple had with product launches this past week, the launch of the App Store has been an overwhelming success, with over 10 million downloads in the first weekend.
The App Store is home to a plethora of applications in over a dozen different categories. Some applications do make you wonder how Apple ever approved [...]

Forum Activity: July 14, 2008

Written on July 14, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 1 person has commented

School Software
Office Alternatives?
A Macbook, 3G… and a PS3
Dual vs Quad, 10.4 vs Tiger, Leopard
iPhone Lines, Quanitites, how soon to start waiting?

Most problematic launch in Apple history?

Written on July 11, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 32 people have commented

The past two days were supposed to be one of the biggest launches in Apple history in terms of the number of big products being released. Unfortunately the launch has been anything but smooth.
Four different products were scheduled to be launched in the past 2 days: MobileMe, App Store, 3G iPhone, and an update to [...]

Forum Activity: July 7, 2008

Written on July 07, 2008 by Josh Pigford and No one has commented

FrontRow Podcasts Issue
Help with exporting track data from iTunes
Unlocked iPhone – iTunes Sync
Pro Care and Battery Replacement
Who plans on buying the new iPhone relatively soon?

Forum Activity: June 30, 2008

Written on June 30, 2008 by Josh Pigford and No one has commented

H.264 versus MP4
iPod Touch Case
iPhone Plans in Canada
BootCamp Windows Shortcut
Documents Automatically Lock in Dreamweaver

Forum Activity: June 23, 2008

Written on June 23, 2008 by Josh Pigford and No one has commented

G4 Power Up Issues
Mail.. Problems.. Please Help?
iChat
iSync with my N73
iSight not working?