I don’t watch a lot of television, so for me, the iTunes music store’s growing list of shows available for commercial-free download is great. If this keeps up, I might be able to do away with the cable company all together. Oh, what a wonderful day that would be.
There is just one problem - the [...]
When Mac OS X Tiger was announced, it was on these pages that I lamented the ethnocentrism of the VoiceOver functionality in that OS. Whilst it was, I allowed, impressive, and presumably responded to the perception, whether real or otherwise, that Mac OS X was not exactly user-friendly for the visually impaired, it seemed something [...]
My old iBook’s power adapter has been the unfortunate victim of my feline friend’s wire-chewing habits, which I cannot figure out how to stop. Of course, this was after the original Apple-designed adapter was replaced with a much less expensive one. The Apple adapter suffered the very popular problem of fraying and burning from the [...]
If you visit the Leopard page and have a scroll mouse, try using the scroll wheel while hovering over the Leopard image at the top of the main page.
When the Leopard Sneak Peek pages went live on apple.com Monday, the 64-bit section touted Leopard’s universal nature (no separate Intel- and PowerPC- based versions) with the following sentence: “From G3 to Xeon, from MacBook to Xserve, there is just one Leopard.”
Obviously the inclusion of the word G3 and Leopard in the same sentence would [...]
There has been a lot of complaining about the lack of new features in The WWDC keynote yesterday. I guess Apple geeks get very excited at the prospect of a new OS. I know I was queueing with everybody else for the Tiger launch.
But there are a few things which went unmentioned yesterday, a few [...]
After the introduction yesterday of the Mac Pro, they’ve been on display at WWDC and I was able to get some pictures of the inside and out of the new Mac.
Mac Pro with side off. See below the jump for more pictures.
Apple and Microsoft have always had quite a rivalry. And up until now it seemed to be in good taste. Steve would make small comments here and there during various keynotes poking fun at Microsoft and Bill…well Bill never really had anything to poke fun at.
But after seeing multiple banners at WWDC taking direct jabs [...]
According to a news.com report, Microsoft stated that pressure from competitors has forced them to forgo an Intel version of the application.
“It would be like releasing version 1.0″ Maybe that would be a good thing Microsoft? I realize you’re having problems with Vista, but the Macintosh business unit can’t be too involved with that. [...]
Boot Camp is one of the main elements that is expected to be released properly at WWDC later today and even though I’ve currently given up on Boot Camp in preference for Parallels, there are those who will prefer the Boot Camp approach for the performance improvements it provides - particularly if you want to play any games on your Intel Mac under Windows.
As part of registration for WWDC, Apple usually hands out a few items for the participants in addition to a map of the Moscone Center and the WWDC Sessions schedule. Normally, there’s some sort of laptop bag (backpacks in 2004 and 2005), a T-shirt and a pen with notebook. This year, Apple changed things up [...]
The main activity today at the Moscone Center was registering the large number of people who are attending this year’s WWDC, as well as provide the registrants with the ability to meet and talk with each other before the full schedule of sessions and keynotes start tomorrow morning. It’s also a good opportunity to try [...]
After I got off the plane yesterday, it was a little early to check into my hotel and get my room. So I left my bag at the hotel and wandered down to the Moscone Center to see what I could see, and took these pictures (click to see full size.)
update 08/07/2006 midnight: Tests went well so-far.
Note to prospective relayers:
i’ve worked with a couple of users to get them set-up as possible party-line relays, should the call load get too heavy for me, i can forward SIP calls to their addresses. If you’re interested in being a relay, get SJPhone configured according to these instructions, [...]
Airport, Leopard, Boot Camp, Bonjour. These are just a sampling of the many terms that Apple has used for different pieces of technology that they offer the world. These everyday terms have a way of seeping into our consciousness that we may not realize. It’s the new subliminal marketing. Think about it.
My [...]
It has been about 3 weeks since the release of the Nike+iPod sport kit, and thought it might be about time to give a brief overview of some relevant links and info regarding Apple’s attempt to get geeks off their couches and start running.
One of the major questions has been over the interoperability of the [...]
Following in Redmond’s footsteps, Apple has pushed-back the release of OS X 10.5, code named Leopard. This comes just a week prior to the popular World Wide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, where Leopard is to be the center of discussions. Can we still expect to see the Leopard’s spots? It’s too [...]
The Smart InputManager Bundle Loader (SIMBL), developed by Mike Solomon, is a hack, and not only that, it’s a hack that allows for more hacks. In this meaning, it’s a good hack. SIMBL allows developers to write plugins for cocoa applications that would normally not allow them. Once SIMBL is installed, each [...]
This guy noticed something I picked up on when 10.4 server came out. If you go into Server Admin and disable port 626, OS X Server automatically re-enables it. This port is used by serialnumberd, which relies on Bonjour to look for duplicate serial numbers of OS X Server on the local network.
The bug is [...]
After reading this article by the Guardian Unlimited I’ve been thinking about Steve Jobs and his eventual departure from Apple. Is Steve Jobs the reason for Apple’s comeback and amazing success? Can Apple survive without him at the helm?
After Bill Gate’s announced retirement from day-to-day operations at Microsoft, which a lot of people said would [...]
