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Complete Guide to Apple Certification and Training

Written on October 27, 2009 by Dave Greenbaum and 8 people have commented

Although I’ve been supporting Macs since they came out in 1984 (when I was in high school), I haven’t received any “formal” training. It has mostly been learning by doing, reading the occasional book and now of course, TheAppleBlog. Does formal certification really make a difference as a technician? You tell me.
Recently I got into [...]

Apple Offers Summer ‘Camps’ for Kids

Written on May 22, 2009 by Nick Santilli and 5 people have commented

Whenever a friend who’s new to Apple picks up a new Mac of their own, I’m sure to tell them about the great educational and support services Cupertino offers as well. In-store group Workshops, Genius Bar and One to One are all great offerings. One I’ve not paid close attention until now is the opportunity [...]

No Excuses: Tracking Your Fitness On OS X

Written on December 11, 2008 by Foofy and 11 people have commented

It should be obvious that the blogging elves at The Apple Blog care about the fitness of our readers, especially at this dessert-laden time of year. If you managed to stuff yourself as much as I did at Thanksgiving you may be in need of some extra assistance ensuring that the only thing that gets [...]

Apple U: Education or Indoctrination?

Written on October 24, 2008 by Darrell Etherington and 7 people have commented

Wednesday saw an interesting development in the academic world when Yale’s Dean of the School of Management announced he was departing for greener orchards. Specifically, Joel Podolny will be helping start Apple University, with a target time frame of early 2009.
Don’t get your application package together just yet, as the nature of what exactly is [...]

Apple Store Pro Labs – A Walkthrough of What to Expect

Written on June 18, 2008 by Iyaz Akhtar and 1 person has commented

While you are waiting for the iPhone to be released this July, why not head out to an Apple Store and learn something? The stores in New York provide for plenty of opportunities to become familiar with a number of applications. Myself, I want to know as much as possible about Final Cut Pro becausemy [...]