By Christian Boyce. Helping people with their Apple stuff since 1987.
Apple will hold a special event, centered on iPods and iTunes, Wednesday September 9th in San Francisco. The event is called “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it.” As usual, there are plenty of people guessing at what Apple has up its sleeve. I can guess too, but why bother? We’ll all know... Continue Reading →
Wish I could say “Go get it, install it, you’ll be very happy” but I can’t. I installed Snow Leopard on my MacBook yesterday, had a few problems, and went back to 10.5.8. My advice: wait until Apple has a 10.6.1 update before installing Snow Leopard. That’s what I’m going to do.There are plenty of... Continue Reading →
Based on Apple’s “Snow Leopard Enhancements and Refinements” page, we have some nice stuff to look forward to in Mac OS X 10.6. Here’s a quick list of what matters most to me.Rewritten Finder. Finally, after all these years, Apple has rewritten the Finder, in Cocoa. They’ve been telling everyone else to use Cocoa for... Continue Reading →
Looky here-- Apple finished Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) early! The software, which costs $29 for Macs with 10.5 already installed, will be available this Friday.If you want to know more about Snow Leopard, click here. If you want to buy a copy of Snow Leopard, click here*.I will install Snow Leopard as soon... Continue Reading →
Long-time readers may remember “Big Wednesday” (July 30th, 2008) as my blog’s first 50-visit day. You can scroll down and read all about it. In case you don’t scroll down, the gist of the blog entry was “Today 50, tomorrow 100. Tell a friend.”Well, it took a little longer than I thought it would (maybe... Continue Reading →
Apple’s next version of the Mac OS is called Snow Leopard. It’s not out yet, but it will be soon, and I am already getting questions about it. Here are the answers. What’s Snow Leopard? Snow Leopard is Mac OS X 10.6. Rather than introduce hundreds of new features, Snow Leopard is focussed on being... Continue Reading →
Apple has quietly changed the name of the iPhone 3G S to "the iPhone 3GS."
Here’s a website that shows you newspapers from around the world. Point to a city and see the front page of today’s paper for that city. Click on a city and you’ll see the front page zoomed in. Look around (top right) for links to that newspaper’s website etc. Really fun. Thanks to my friend... Continue Reading →
Despite good reviews from Mossberg and Pogue, the Palm Pre doesn't cut it for me. It feels cheap and plastic-y. I give it a thumbs down.
Apple’s Phil Schiller gave the keynote speech at the World Wide Developers Conference. Click the picture to watch the show.In a nutshell:Updated MacBook Pro laptopsUpdated iPhones (some cheaper, some faster)iPhone software 3.0 coming this monthMac OS X 10.6 coming in September-- for $29!No, they did NOT come out with an iPhone whose camera faces forward,... Continue Reading →
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Baskerville 2 by Anders Noren.