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April 29th, 2007
Incredible survey results in an article on AppleInsider. Here’s an interesting statistic from “iPhone could turn technology world on its ear” on AppleInsider: As of February, awareness of Apple Inc.’s iPhone device had spread to nearly 50 percent of U.S. consumers, with a significant chunk of those people expressing sincere interest in Continue reading iPhone could turn technology world on its ear April 20th, 2007
Well, it depends on how you calculate that. I downloaded my inveestment quotes into Quicken today, I noticed the little newspaper icon beside Apple’s name in the list. The icon indicates a news story for the company. I clicked the icon and found the headine “Apple Corners 5% of U.S. PC Market” with Continue reading Apple Corners 5% of PC Market? April 20th, 2007
Information from Software Update. Security Update 2007-004 is recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components: AFP Client AirPort CarbonCore diskdev_cmds fetchmail ftpd gnutar Help Viewer HID Family Installer Kerberos Libinfo Login Window network_cmds SMB System Configuration URLMount Video Conference WebDAV For detailed information on this update, visit Continue reading Security Update 2007-004 Now Available April 17th, 2007
Information you can find in System Profiler. As Apple hardware improves, the latest and greatest versions of different devices are installed in Macintosh models. As a result, some older optical drives may not be able to write to all the formats that current optical drives can write to. How can you tell which Continue reading How to Determine What Formats Your Optical Drive Can Write To April 13th, 2007
It’s all about timing. Yesterday afternoon, not long after the stock markets closed in New York, Apple put a one-paragraph announcement on its Hot News page. The announcement told the world (or whoever happened to be watching that page) that because Leopard resources had been used to finish up the iPhone, Leopard would Continue reading Leopard Postponed — What’s a Writer to Do? April 13th, 2007
A quick tip (with video) for Macintosh users. Suppose you have a bunch of files in a folder and you want to know what the combined size of several files would be. Select all the files you want to include. You can hold down the Command key to select multiple files. Hold down Continue reading Using the Multiple Item Info Window April 12th, 2007
Dang! From Apple’s Web site: Apple Statement iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is. However, iPhone contains Continue reading Leopard Delayed Until October April 12th, 2007
A great article on Plagiarism Today. As those of you who read this site regularly should know, I’ve been pretty POed about the blog spam and splogging situation. I subscribed to the Plagiarism Today feed because of its excellent articles about copyright and the fight against feed scraping by sploggers. Today’s article about Continue reading Why WordPress.com is Virtually Spam Free April 12th, 2007
Apple revises its Podcaster Tech Specs document to provide information on Apple TV compatibility. Continue reading Podcasting Instructions Update April 12th, 2007
A look at the Mouse preferences pane. Continue reading How to Configure a Mighty Mouse April 11th, 2007
Information from an Apple Press Release. I was wondering when Apple was going to get some interesting new content for use with its Apple TV. The answer is, today. From Award-Winning MGM Films Now on the iTunes Store: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Apple® today announced that MGM is now offering Continue reading Award-Winning MGM Films Now on the iTunes Store April 11th, 2007
A solution for Vista network connection to Macintosh problems. Back in December, 2005, I wrote an article titled “File Sharing: Tiger & Vista,” in which I reported my efforts in getting my Dual G5 running Tiger to talk to my Dell laptop running Vista. As that article explains, I was able to set Continue reading File Sharing: Tiger & Vista, Part 2 April 10th, 2007
An overview of DVD Technology as it applies to Macintosh computers. In researching Chapter 3 (File Management) for my upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide, I poked around on Apple’s support Web site for a complete list of the CD and DVD media that’s supported by Apple’s optical drives. I Continue reading DVD Technology Overview April 9th, 2007
A few good widgets. I subscribed to the Apple Computer Dashboard widget RSS feed a few months ago. What amazes me is how many new widgets are released each week. I like to check out the new offerings periodically and share information about the ones I think have a kind of universal appeal. Continue reading April 9 Widget Watch April 5th, 2007
Just when you thought it was safe to visit the Apple store. From the Mac Pro page on Apple’s Web site: Meet the latest addition to the Mac Pro family: The world’s first 3.0GHz, 8-core Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro. Consider the bar officially raised. All I can say is, thank heaven I know Continue reading Mac Pro 8-Core Computer April 3rd, 2007
That’s book number 68. I put the finishing touches on Microsoft Office Excel 2007: Visual QuickStart Guide. It’s my 68th book (I just counted) and right now, I feel as if I wrote them all yesterday. Okay, so not that tired. I had some trouble with this book. First, there was the beta Continue reading Excel Book Done April 3rd, 2007
An Apple Press release brings good news. In January 2007, I whined in my article, “CDs vs. Downloads” about the inconvenience of dealing with DRM in my music. I said that I’d gotten to the point where I’d rather just buy a CD and rip it to iTunes than buy from the iTunes Continue reading Apple Unveils Higher Quality DRM-Free Music on the iTunes Store April 2nd, 2007
A handful of Dashboard Widgets I think are extremely useful. The trouble with Dashboard widgets is that there are so many of them. Literally dozens of them are released each week. And while some of them have very specific purposes that appeal to an extremely small group of users, others have far more Continue reading April 2 Widget Update |
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