Category: Free Software
November 19, 2009
After receiving a legal snot-o-gram from Baker & McKenzie asking his company to change the name of one its applications so it would no longer contain the word “iPod,” Little App Factory CEO John Devor decided to take matters into his own hands and write Steve Jobs personally. Surprisingly enough the Apple CEO actually responded, though this story doesn’t have a happy ending.
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Posted in Amusing, Apple, Free Software, Mac, Macintosh, OS X, Steve Jobs, iPod, iPod Touch, iTunes, news | 2 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
November 13, 2009
Over the life of the Apple App Store, there have been myriad stories written about it, many of them full of glowing praise and many of them conveying the problems its whimsical rules have caused.
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, iPhone, opinion | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
November 8, 2009
As is oft the case with software updates, it’s two steps forward and one back. With the just released Apple TV 3.0, users are reporting that upgraded units lose or are unable to play all of the content loaded on those machines.
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Posted in Apple TV, Free Software, Mac, Tips, Tutorials, Updates, news | 2 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
November 4, 2009
The Apple App Store, and the number of apps that it contains and which are downloaded from it, have been given a great deal of the credit for the success of the iPhone, but when is enough enough?
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, iPhone, iPod Touch, news | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
October 30, 2009
Looking to free a big ol’ chunk of drive space? Is your Time Machine back up directory giving you grief and you’d just rather start over again? Here’s a quick and easy way to just make it go away.
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, OS X, Tips, Tutorials, snow leopard | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
October 28, 2009
Here’s a quick and neatly annotated compendium of 40 of the best Macintosh graphics, game, utility, productivity, video, browser, iTunes add-ons and Internet applications available. Most of these of products are free or offer free demos, plus there’re tons of links to Blorge’s huge review and best of libraries.
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Posted in Adobe, Apple, Free Software, Games, Mac, Mac Games, Macintosh, OS X, Tips, iTunes, snow leopard | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
October 24, 2009
Once again the search giant co-founder has popped up in public to express his irritation at the lack of a Mac version of Chrome. Moreover, he says the company he helped create should have shipped the WebKit browser simultaneously with the PC iteration way, way back in August of last year — apparently neither his discomfort nor his opinion count for much.
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, Rumors | 2 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
October 15, 2009
When Apple shipped Snow Leopard, one of the most powerful ways to extend Safari got broken in the mix, taking with it one of my favorite add-on features. It’s taken some time, but required input manager and utility suite itself have all been refreshed, bringing them up-to-date.
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, Tips, Tutorials, snow leopard | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
October 14, 2009
When it comes to Web browsing, Flash is a primary source of both insecurity and instability, not to mention unadulterated annoyance even when Adobe’s proprietary multimedia middleware does its job. Here’s a quick, easy and free way to precisely control where and when, if at all, you choose to use Flash.
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Posted in Adobe, Apple, Free Software, Hacks, Leopard, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, OS X, Tips, Tutorials, snow leopard | 3 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
October 12, 2009
About a year ago, Google’s Sergey Brin was embarrassed to admit that it might be “months” before Chrome would arrive on the Mac. Now, the search giant’s CEO managed to deliver some smarmy praise for Mac users, but not the actual product, which is already at version 3.0 on Windows.
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, news | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson