Archives: Apple
- Two New Free Downloads from Microsoft
Two great new free downloads from the Microsoft Mac BU this week: Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0 (Beta)Remote Desktop Connection Client lets you connect to a Microsoft Windows-based computer and work with programs and files on that computer from your Macintosh computer. Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac (Beta)...convert Office Open XML files to a format that is compatible with Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and Microsoft Office v. X for Mac. Just doing their part to promote Mac & Windows cohabitation.... - MTA Subway Map for iPhone
Since I bought my iPhone on June 30, I've been looking for an easy, high-quality method for viewing the MTA Subway map. The phone's built-in Photo application “optimizes” all photos and images down to a dimension and resolution that doesn't work well for images with lots of small text and details. What I wanted, was the ability to view a PDF, or large PNG of the system map – and to be able to zoom in and drag it around easily. Bill at iSubwayMaps.com outlined one such solution, which involved setting up a Yahoo! mail account, since IMAP mail accounts... - Back-Bay Apple Store, Part II
Some details are finally starting to emerge surrounding Apple’s plans for the construction of a signature Flagship retail store in the Back Bay, Boston. IfoAppleStore reports that renderings of the proposed design have leaked (see left), and that the backward-looking Back Bay Architectural Commission has serious misgivings about the 3-story modern glass structure. This is a shame… our wonderfully acerbic alternative newspaper, The Weekly Dig, said it better than I can: Putting aside the mental gymnastics it takes to believe that one glass building would destroy the neighborhoody feeling of a three-lane boulevard that hosts a mall, a convention... - iPod Packaging Parody
What if Microsoft re-designed Apple’s iPod packaging? So true, and so good. [via]... - Camino 1.0
Camino is out of beta today! Talk about a great Valentine’s Day gift. I use Camino as my primary browser, since it renders Gmail and Google Reader much faster than Safari/Saft. It doesn’t allow for all of the extensions that Firefox features, but it’s quicker, and just feels more like an OS X application. Here are some links today: John Hicks does a way better job singing Camino’s praises, (love the heart logo!) Om Malik has an interview with the Camino team. Scott from Wishingline suggests CamiTools, a Camino add-on.... - Apple to Build 4-story Store in the Back Bay?
Bostonist links to rumors that Apple will finally open a flagship store in the heart of Boston. Looprumors reports: Apple is poised to announce a major retail store directly across from the Prudential Center on Boylston Street in Downtown Boston. The store is said to be Apple’s most state-of-the-art store to date with 4 stories and a front made entirely of a glass. Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino is expected to announce plans for the store in the coming week. They couldn’t have picked a better spot. photo is of the new San Francisco store, uploaded to Flickr by iPhil... - Pre-mature Upgrades
Damn… I’ve got a bunch of photos of somebody’s birthday celebration, but no way of exporting them easily to Flickr. I upgraded to iPhoto 6, before I realized that Frasier Spiers hasn’t yet made his indispensible Flickr Export plugin compatible with the new version. Oops. So, I just made a small donation to Frasier… You should too, if you rely on this plugin as much as I do.... - iPod nano & ROKR phone
Wow — we all expected the new iTunes phone, but who would have guessed at the iPod nano? First, the ROKR is available from Cingular now. It’s got iTunes (100 songs), Bluetooth, and a VGA camera (sucky) — for $249.00. But, I’m more intrigued with the iPod nano… Sure, it only comes with a max of 4GB storage, but the small size, color screen, and “wow” factor is going to make it a big hit. And, the price is right at just $249 for the 4GB, (the same as the now dead, iPod mini). Start saving your money… even the... - MAMP: Mac, Apache, Mysql & PHP
When I’m designing and building a website, I dread the point where I’ll have to shift from working locally, to working on the server. Once the initial layout and CSS is done, it’s time to start scripting with PHP, and pulling content in from MySQL databases — and time to fire up ye olde FTP. This constant uploading is frustrating, and gives me carpal tunnel… I’ve always known that it was possible to set up PHP & MySQL locally, as Mac OSX has the Apache web server built-in… but, that always seemed like such a hassle. After a few minutes... - Backups, Part III
Hurrah! Continuing the saga, I was searching through the D�j? Vu help, I stumbled upon this little nugget of information: IMPORTANT: If you are backing up to a Windows server, you must use the ‘Connect’ button in the ‘Auto-Connect’ tab to mount the volume before you select the source and destination folders (in the ‘What’ and ‘Where’ columns). If you select the source and destination folders when the volume has been mounted by the Finder, D�j? Vu will not be able to find the destination when it auto-connects to the volume at backup time. No kidding. I did as asked,... - Backups, Part II
My scheduled backup didn’t go so well, the other night. Apparently, D�j? Vu copied the folder structure, but couldn’t copy the files. Obviously there is some kind of permissions issue here, but I’m wondering if this is due to the fact that I’m copying to a Windows PC… The app connects to the remote drive just fine, and I can manually copy files to it — I just can’t seem to get this to work, though. I’ll have to do a little more research (leave a comment if you have an idea!)… or else, on to rsync. UPDATE: Ethan suggests... - Backups
Having read a few recent posts from Andy Budd and Jason Kottke, I’ve grown suddenly worried about the prospect of losing my Powerbook’s data. For the past couple of years, I’ve manually backed up critical files to CD, but I was lucky if this got done once per year… After briefly flirting with DVD archiving (thanks for your help Jason), it was clear that this would be only slightly less annoying than CDs. And, web servers offer even less disk space… No, I decided that it was time to set up scheduled backups, to hard disk. First, I started with... - Dumb
Ever try to fix something, only to manage to completely f*ck it up? Apple keyboard, redefined. -- the bluetooth kind. 1 spilt gin and tonic, 2 weeks of sticky keys, and now many, many melted keys.... - J. Crew iPod case
A friend at work came in today with a rather interesting "iPod case":http://jcrew.com/catalog/multiProduct.jhtml?ids=prod67004791,prod66991791 -- one that she got from "J. Crew":http://jcrew.com. Available for $29.99, in yuppie-rific "blue, green and pink":http://jcrew.com/catalog/blowupPopup.jhtml?id=prod67004791&colorCode=WV7244. Here is the description: bq. Made from the same pure Italian silk as our ties. With leather. Clear vinyl screen cover; removable neoprene-lined flap for extra protection. Leather-covered metal belt clip. This strikes me as odd, since J. Crew is hardly in the business of crafting leather cases for consumer electronics. But, perhaps it just illustrates what a cultural icon the iPod has become.... - My Powerbook is on vacation
Forgive the silly title -- I had to send my "12-inch PB":http://ned.suckahs.org/archives/001758.php#001758 away to Tennessee (or wherever "Apple":http://apple.com does their heavy tech support), because the slot-load drive was locking up. So this is my first Apple hardware issue... In 4+ years with my "Dell":http://dell.com, the only hardware issue I ever had was my Dell Trinitron monitor (which went bad at 2 years, 11 months). Is this an indication of what I can expect in the future?... - iLife '04
I ordered "iLife":http://www.apple.com/ilife/ today... a good distraction from boring work-life, and from the "Dean campaign":http://blogforamerica.com in general. Suddenly I'm not hanging on every headline. "Jason's writeup":http://bloodymortyvane.typepad.com/bossanova/2004/01/living_the_ilif.html sounds pretty cool -- I want to make fuzzy rock songs in "Garageband":http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/ ... maybe "Presley":http://presley.suckahs.org will sing? Also, I've imported my 2000+ photos into "iPhoto":http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/, which is really good at managing photos, (if not editing them)... hopefully the new version will speed up the app's response-time.... - Powerbook en Route
My 12" Powerbook 12.1/1GHZ/786/80/CMBO/BT/LL is enroute from Taoyuan City, Taiwan, and you can bet that I'll be watching the FedEx tracking page every moment. It's expected on 10/9, only one day late. _UPDATE:_ It's here! And boy is it fast...... - 12" Powerbook
Todd, of What do i know, got his 12-inch Powerbook, and it's got this Dell XP user drooling.... - I want iPod
Has anybody out there looked at mp3 players? I can't see spending $150-$200 for some 64 or 128mb compaq player (which Presley got as a gift)--- it's just not enough music for the money, ya know? I have seen the iPod, and it's just so perfect in every possible way. But i'm NOT a mac person. Who is? Alas, Mediafour is coming through -- developing windows software that will make iPod for Windows possible. I mean, I don't have a job, per se, that i have to commute to or anything... but if i did, iPod would be great company...
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