Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) starts tomorrow in San Francisco. WWDC is an annual gathering of programmers who create applications for the Mac and the iPhone, hosted by Apple, and it’s a very big deal. It costs $1000 to attend, which is also a very big deal, and that explains why I’m not there... Continue Reading →
Lost in Monday’s excitement about the new iPhone was the news that Safari has been upgraded to version 4. I think it’s terrific, and since it’s free you’ll definitely get your money’s worth. I say “go get it.”Click here to read all about it. In a nutshell, Safari 4 loads pages faster than anything and... Continue Reading →
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 →
You’re probably thinking “what a waste of time-- what’s so hard about charging an iPhone? Just plug it into the wall, right? Right?”Wrong. Well, technically “right”, except my way is even more right. And my way is “plug it into the computer.” Here’s why.Plugging into the wall charges the iPhone. That’s all it does. Plugging... Continue Reading →
Usually, when you close a Safari window, you mean to do it. But sometimes you make a mistake and close the wrong one. That’s when you say “Come baaaaaack...” and of course it doesn’t.Next time that happens, try this: Go to Safari’s History menu and choose the well-named “Reopen Last Closed Window.” It looks like... Continue Reading →
I hate to sound like a broken record-- I mean, a corrupted MP3-- but HP’s Mac software is the worst. I love their printers, I love their scanners, but I hate their software (and that keeps me from buying their printers and scanners). Ugh. HP sells a lot of equipment (to people who didn't ask... Continue Reading →
Apple’s giving away an iPod Touch with purchase of a MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or iMac. Actually, it’s a rebate thing, so you have to pay for it first, then submit the receipt, and wait for your money to come back. And, you can only take advantage of the deal if you’re going to... Continue Reading →
If there’s one feature of Apple’s Address Book that is overlooked by almost everyone it’s Smart Groups. The regular kind of Group is handy, and you should read up on them (try going to the Help menu in Address Book and looking for “Groups”). In a nutshell, you add people to a Group manually, by... Continue Reading →
Surely you’ve heard of the Kindle, the electronic book-reading device from Amazon. It can hold thousands of books in its memory and you can download new ones through the air. That’s the good news.Here’s the bad news: it costs $359, the screen isn’t color, and it’s another thing to carry around (and it’s not small).Enter... Continue Reading →
Here are some of my favorite iPhone tips. Try ‘em and let me know what you think.Press the Home button and you go to the “Home” screen you were most recently on. Press the Home button again and you go to the FIRST PAGE of the Home screens.Capture whatever’s on your iPhone’s screen by holding... Continue Reading →
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