Archive for April, 2007
Monday, April 30th, 2007
Its official: Slingplayer is now compatible with OS X and more importantly the Slingbox can now stream any content to your Apple TV! If you don’t know what Slingplayer and Slingbox do, working together they allow you to stream content from your PC or Mac to a remote location, and now with Macs that content can be viewed on Apple TV as well.
Posted in Apple, Mac, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Monday, April 30th, 2007
Looking back at my article about the April ‘07 security update, I realize perhaps I was a tad too excited; If you don’t know already, there’s a small epidemic of random wireless and proxy problems that have accompanied the April update. If you haven’t updated, don’t!
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Saturday, April 28th, 2007
You can bet that the people at Apple had quite the field day when the programs that would allow “alternate” operating systems to run simultaneously with OS X on Mac came into the world. For many who are considering the glorious conversion to Mac, or those that simply can’t escape the tape worm that is a Microsoft-dominated world, Boot Camp and Parallels means living a Mac-centric life while still fitting into the rest of society. However, I think they both degrade Mac machines in separate ways, and I’ll explain why.
Posted in Apple, Mac, Microsoft, Tips, Windows | 2 Comments »
Saturday, April 28th, 2007
Apple is urging owners of MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks purchased between February 2006 and April 2007 to perform software updates, after the company discovered that these MacBooks may suffer from battery performance issues.
Posted in Mac, iPod | 4 Comments »
Friday, April 27th, 2007
OSX may be the most reliable operating system on the planet but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have backups lying around. You could image your existing installation to a DVD; you could backup only your important files which could be put on just about any storage medium or maybe backup to an external hard drive or use Mozy.
Posted in Apple, Mac, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
Apple’s Board of directors have closed ranks around Steve Jobs after he was attacked by his fomer finance chief Fred Anderson, who says he warned Jobs about the problems with the infamous 2001 options grant.
Posted in Apple, Steve Jobs | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
If you have Apple stock…well, first off we’re all collectively quite jealous, and secondly, you have every right to be excited; Apple’s second quarter earnings are posted, and as of this evening, Apple stock has soared to $103 U.S. a share.
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Seeking Alpha thinks Apple is doing the right thing regarding delaying Leopard and releasing the iPhone in June. This has resulted in the fact that the final version of Leopard will not be ready for Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference in June of this year. They will instead be showing off a “near final” version which will include a preview of all the features to be present in the final version.
Posted in Apple, Leopard, Mac | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
There are those amongst us who are more open with their “sharing” habits than others; even if you’d rather remain anonymous, I think its important to extend a few tips to making sure you don’t end up with hefty lawsuits or even jail-time for your internet activities.
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
As the venerable Rod Serling said “You are now entering a new dimension, not of sight nor sound but of mind, the signpost ahead, The Twilight Zone,” and welcome to it dear readers. The “Hack a Mac” contest held some days ago revealed a flaw in the Safari browser, or that’s what was thought at the time. Network World reports on the flaw which actually exists on Windows as well.
Posted in Apple, Mac, Macintosh | 6 Comments »