Archive for March 14th, 2007
Via gWhiz
Credit cards all over the world are beginning to be charged for delayed product orders. Apple Discussion Forums lit up yesterday regarding credit cards being charged (finally) for the Appletv orders.
Online Apple Store and Apple’s 1-800 number don’t yet reflect it (as of yet). But, a quick and simple question to the sales agent [...]
This article covers the basics of the Terminal for those who are not hardcore UNIX geeks as I am. This article, while not particularly in depth is a good reference for beginning terminal users lookign to get up of their feet using these two commands, if, and cd.
The Terminal, an Introduction
Here is a hilarious video by Current showcasing the long waged Mac vs. PC battle in it’s many fronts, presented by both luminaries, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
This old Apple commercial circa 1990 features a PC user who, while having trouble with DOS on his old portable PC and goes ‘I speak seven languages but I can’t understand this’. The girl on the other hand – using an early Apple laptop of monstrous size (a Mac Portable, [...]
Via Crunchgear
At first I figured it was for accessories to use the “Made for iPhone” tag, like many iPod accessory makers, but something was odd, so I probed with, “For accessories?” He or she said, “Naw, we don’t do hardware anymore. It’s a meeting about multitouch and the OS and stuff.” Wait a minute….Many things [...]
It Seems OS 10.4.9 isn’t the only update Apple has rolled out today, Apple also released iPhoto 6.0.6 today. This update is surely not as exciting as the latest OS update, but if you’ve had trouble with Photocasting, or EXIF data, it may be of use.
Got an iPod with a Hard Disk that’s too small, or won’t spin? Go on your way to Command Tab for a detailed, delightful rundown on iPod hard drive replacement. They’ve got the scoop on every drive that will fit in full-size current and past model players, plus detailed replacement instructions and tool info.Or…..if you’ve [...]
Low end Mac has a nice set of suggestions for optimizing performance on your Mac. The main point of the article is to turn off or delete things you don’t need (e.g. Universal Access, seldom used System Preferences, extra localization languages, etc.) in order to salvage as much RAM and hard drive space as possible, [...]
It is now clear why Steve Jobs has always been so enthusiastic about New York City’s Apple Store “Cube”: It’s Free ad space!
Earlier yesterday morning (Monday, March 12th), workers placed a huge iPhone ad over one side of the cube. It features the now familiar image of a hand holding an iPhone and the line, [...]
It’s that time of year again – the time when Mac OS X developers can submit their application to Apple for a chance to win a coveted Apple Design Award. The categories up for judging this year have actually lowered from eight to seven since 2006, removing Best Automator Workflow to leave us with:
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