G. Dan Mitchell, we’ll call him Dan, likes to take photos. Oh how he LIKES to take photos and they are some seriously awesome photos (checkout his work at gdanmitchell.com). Dan and I have been talking back and forth on Twitter about things we’ve noticed in the latest version of Apple’s OS X operating system…
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New iPhones and iPod Touches Debut with More Storage
The Apple Store went down for a few minutes this morning as Apple unveiled a 16gb iPhone ($499) and 16gb ($399) and 32gb ($499) iPod Touch. Very cool.
...Read MoreThe Leopards Meow
So I’ve now got OSX Leopard Running on my 15″ PowerBook G4 and it seems to be doing OK. I haven’t really noticed much of a slowdown in performance. In fact, somethings have gotten faster. I did have to disable one application. GROWL doesn’t seem to work under Leopard. Spotlight has finally come of age…
...Read MoreMac Trojan On The Loose
It appears Apple users are no longer immune to the affects of malware. Intego Security has posted information on a trojan for the OS X operating system designed to steal passwords and financial information. This one is totally reliant on the user so if you pay attention you’re probably safe. Intego.com: “A malicious Trojan Horse…
...Read MoreMake Your Site Look Beautiful on an iPhone and iPod Touch
Thanks to Sam over at Fruitbytes.uk.co I found a really cool plugin for WordPress from ContentRobot that reformats you weblog for the iPhone and iPod Touch. ContentRobot.com: While the iPhone and iPod touch do an amazing job of displaying web pages the way they were designed to be seen, often visitors want quick access to…
...Read MoreJobs Says Yes to 3rd Party Apps on iPhone
So the big news out of Cupertino this week is Steve Jobs says Yes to 3rd Party Apps on the iPhone. But it’s going to have to be done the Apple way. Here’s a link to the letter which appeared on the Apple Start Page blog on October 17th 2007. Unfortunately they don’t use permalinks…
...Read MoreiPhone 1.1.1 Jailbreak Released
From the Well that didn’t take long file: The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) is reporting that the iPhone Dev Team has released a jailbreak for iPhones running 1.1.1 TUAW: “The hack applies only to the iPhone at this time and is not meant for iPhones with modified basebands. An iPod touch jailbreak will be published…
...Read MoreApple Updates iLife and iWork ’08
Apple has released major updates to their iLife and iWork ’08 suites. Mostly the issues are compatibility issues and some small fixes. No major product enhancements or changes with this round of updates.
...Read MoreDone with it? Delete it!
One cool new feature I’ve found on the iPhone is it gives you the option to delete videos from it’s memory to save space when you’ve completed watching them. I can see this as leading to the ability to download movies from the iTunes store and then delete them when you’re done. Hopefully iTunes will…
...Read MoreNew Toys for the Apple Fan Boys
We just got back from the Apple store where I picked up one of the new aluminum wired Apple keyboards and I must say, it’s honestly the best keyboard I’ve ever used. No I mean it. I’m a peripheral sort of guy and this is really the best keyboard I’ve owned for both Mac and…
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