Pages Tagged “Apple”
Reviews
- Apple Mail (macOS) ★★★★☆ No-nonsense but full-featured email application for macOS that works well with multiple IMAP accounts and Gmail.
- Safari (Web Browser) ★★★★☆ Dependable web browser built into macOS. Not much in the way of bells and whistles, but it does offer the usual bookmarks, autofill, reading mode, private windows, etc. And it’ll install PWAs on a desktop.
Blog Posts
- Location, Location, Location
Two storefronts in a mall. One is MAC Cosmetics. Right next to it is the Apple Store.
- What is up with MacOS system updates?
On Monday, the home laptop mysteriously started lagging on heavily-modded Minecraft worlds that it had been just fine with the day before. Katie tried all kinds of troubleshooting over the next few days: using different launchers, trying local and server-based games, disabling mods, reinstalling Sophos, rebooting the system repeatedly. Nothing helped. Until she checked the […]
- Tech Giants’ Core Strategies
The Verge makes an interesting point about Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda: for the most part, Microsoft doesn’t care what hardware you run their stuff on, they just want you to buy the software. So it’s less likely to be about trying to gain Xbox exclusives and more likely to be about getting more games for […]
- I’m Going to Miss the iPod Click Wheel
I prefer the older iPods for listening to music in the car, because a touch screen is a horrible interface for pause/play or skip while driving.
- Jobs Paranoia
I don’t know about paranoia, but there’s certainly a lot of anxiety about jobs these days…
- Apple opens dictionary, abandons lawsuit over “App store”
It’s about time common sense prevailed. “App store” describes a store for apps as generically as “book store” describes a store for books.
- Apple: Supported After All
It felt weird to kill time at the Apple store with my Android phone. I thought about reading the new Flash comic, but that seemed off as well…or was it?
- App Store: Apple vs. the English Language
Apple denies that, based on their common meaning, the words ‘app store’ together denote a store for apps.
- Links: 1.0 Releases, Sci-Fi and Science Fact, The Missile that Wasn’t
Matt Mullenweg on Apple, WordPress & tech release strategy. 1.0 Is the Loneliest Number Robert J. Sawyer on the relationship between science fiction and science fact: The job of sci-fi isn’t to predict “THE future,” but “to suggest a smorgasbord of possible futures, so that society may choose the one it wants.” Mystery California missile […]
- Iconic Imagery
iTunes 10 has shed the CD imagery in its new icon. And yet a floppy disk is still the universal toolbar image for “save.”
- DC Comics Goes Digital
DC Comics has launched a digital comics program, starting with the iPad/iPhone and the Playstation network. And by launched, I mean launched. As in, you can download the app and buy comics right now. I’m really looking forward to the day when they expand this to more platforms (desktop PCs, Android and Windows–based tablets, etc) […]
- Location, Location, Location
As near as I can tell, all they sell are iPod/iPhone accessories. But they’re right across from the Apple Store.
- All it Needs is an iPod
Seriously: this Starbucks VIA stand-up looks like it could use an iPod.
- Powerless at the Mall
How an outdoor mall dealt with a lunchtime power outage. And some Apple observations.
- Apple Sax
Apparently the key to getting a story posted on Slashdot quickly is to mention Apple and software patents in the same virtual breath. Spam subject: “Your Saxual power has gone somewhere, Dont trifle with this!” Imagining a jazz player who can’t play the sax anymore…
- iPod Thoughts
If I had to replace my iPod, what would me options be? Comparing the iPod Classic, iPod Touch, G1, or getting a used iPod.
- Video Linkblogging: Mac vs. PC
Found this fun short movie: Mac vs. PC. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. It’s been done a million times. But how many times have the Mac and PC been Transformers? There’s a strong element of Terminator in there, as well. (via Major Spoilers, though it apparently hit Digg a week ago)
- Looking back: Slashdot on the iPod Launch
2001 verdict: “No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.” That “lame” product revolutionized digital music, changed Apple’s focus, and led to the iPhone, which transformed the mobile phone industry.
- iPhone iLine
I went by the Spectrum for lunch, and the line to get into the Apple Store for the new iPhone was still stretched past several storefronts into the nearest courtyard, right up to the fountain by the carousel — even though they’d launched that morning. Actually, I had several co-workers who were late today because […]
- Apple Updates Software Update, Addresses Criticism
In conjunction with the Safari 3.1.1 security release, Apple has also released a new version of Apple Software Update for Windows. With version 2.1, they’ve taken the opportunity to fix one of the problems that caused so much criticism last month. It now shows two lists: one for updates, and one for new software. This […]
- Apple Software Update: a Simple Solution
I appreciate the fact that Apple provides a single updater for all their Windows software. It’s nice to consolidate things a bit with the profusion of updaters for what seems like each and every application (sort of like how every mobile device seems to need its own charger). But it has its flaws. I’ve mentioned […]
- Safari 3.1 – Quick Thoughts
Grabbed the new Safari 3.1 this morning, both at work (WinXP) and on the laptop at home (Leopard). Noticed that the website no longer says “Beta” for the Windows version. Oddly enough, there doesn’t seem to be much chatter from the browser community about it, at least not on sites I follow from work. There […]
- Powerless
After nearly 4 years of faithful service, our G4 PowerBook has crashed. This machine has been rock-solid through 2 OS upgrades, a RAM upgrade, and a battery recall. On Sunday, the hard disk finally gave out. We only lost a few recent files. I had a chance to grab them on Saturday, but unfortunately I […]
- Corporate Evolution
Hixie’s Natural Log: Evolution in the species “Companies” – Microsoft’s dominance of the industry has killed off or absorbed many smaller companies. Those that have survived are those with strategies resistant to Microsoft’s tactics. The article looks at Mozilla, Google, and Apple.
- Apple UI Nitpicking
I appreciate that Apple offers a single software updater for all its free Windows software. But one thing annoys me about it. It opens a window, then opens a message box showing a progress meter as it checks for updates. Only one problem: It fills out the “New software is available” caption before it actually […]
- Leaped to Leopard
The new Mac OS X disc arrived in today’s mail. I opened it up to make sure everything was there, and was surprised to see that Apple has really cut down on packaging. Instead of the ~8×10″ box with folds to keep the disc and manual in place, they’ve gone to a small box the […]
- Mac OS X: The Leopard Pounces
After many delays, Apple has finally announced the release date for the next version of Mac OS X, a.k.a. Leopard. It’ll hit the shelves in just 10 days, on October 26—roughly 2½ years since the previous release. I’d planned on pre-ordering it from Amazon, since I have no interest in standing in line at an […]
- iCampers across the Spectrum
Since I was going to the Irvine Spectrum for lunch anyway, I figured I’d drop by the Apple Store and see how many people were there for the iPhone launch. I walked by around 1:50pm, about 4 hours before the event, and sure enough there were a bunch of people lined up all along the […]
- Safari on Windows: What effect will it have on Opera?
Following up on my previous post, Apple just dropped a bombshell: the Safari web browser is now available for Windows. I’ve posted some general reactions at K-Squared Ramblings as to how it will benefit web developers and users overall. The most obvious is that Windows-only web designers will no longer have an excuse for not […]
- Safari on Windows
Wow. I have to admit I was not expecting this at all, but Apple has just announced they’re releasing the Safari web browser for Windows. Increased consumer choice, of course, is a good thing. The most immediate benefit, though, is that Windows-based web developers (the majority) who haven’t been willing to buy a Mac to […]
- Assault via Battery?
Received the replacement battery for the PowerBook yesterday. It was shipped out via DHL, with a prepaid return label for shipping the old battery back via regular mail. Last night I drained the old battery, plugged the new one in, and packaged up the recalled one in the box. At lunch today I went to […]
- IE/Mac: The Final Nail
The WaSP is reporting that Microsoft will end support and cease distributing Internet Explorer for the Macintosh at the end of January. It’s been about eight months since the latest version of Mac OS X shipped without IE, and almost three years since Apple launched Safari. While there is an “end of an era” feeling […]
- Acid2 Timeline
April 13, 2005: Acid2 test announced by WaSP. April 27, 2005: Internal builds of Safari pass it. May 22, 2005: Public beta of iCab passes (but no one else notices for a week). June 5, 2005: Development builds of Konqueror pass. October 31, 2005: Safari 2.0.2 becomes the first non-beta web browser to pass the […]
- Perfect Price Point
Reportedly the recording industry is still pressuring Apple to raise the prices on the iTunes Music Store. They don’t seem to understand that a big part of what made iTMS a success was the 99¢ price point. It’s sometimes cheaper than buying a CD, and more importantly, you can impulse buy at that price. Steve […]
- Command and Control
Apple Matters has posted What OS X Could Learn From Windows, a short wish list of features that Windows already has. The first one is to move keys around so that Command on Macs and Control on PCs are in the same place. When I first read it, I thought “Yeah, that’s tripped me up […]
- Spinning Beach Balls of Death!
The Mozilla-based Camino web browser for Mac OS X has just launched 0.9 alpha 1, and the release notes include this item: Rarely see “beach balls of death”. I don’t remember whether I’d heard the term before (I recall the “spinning pizza of death,” or maybe of doom), but I knew exactly what it meant.
- We have always been at war with Eastasia
The eternal Mac OS on Intel rumor resurfaced last week, and as always, my reaction was “I’ll believe it when I see it.” Well, I’ve seen it. After five years of rumors, Apple has not only confirmed Mac OS X can run on Intel processors, but future Macs will run on Intel. No, they won’t be releasing […]
- The iPod Shuffle is a success
I stand corrected. I figured the iPod Shuffle would be a joke, but the headline speaks for itself: Shuffle grabs 58% of flash player market.
- Survivor: Mac OS X
In checking my pre-order status for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, I noticed this customer recommendation: I assumed it was yet another book about the OS timed to come out just as people would be interested. No, it’s the 1982 rock album by Survivor, featuring the well-known Rocky III theme…which has now lodged itself firmly in my […]
- Diversifying Fedora Core
Fedora Core is following the path blazed by the Linux kernel: having started out as primarily an x86-based project (the 32-bit Intel-based processors from the 386 through the Pentium 4 and Athlon), it’s branching out. Versions 2 and 3 added support for the AMD-64 chips (basis of the Opteron and Athlon 64), and now, with […]
- Shuffling across the memetic landscape
Two months later, 12,500 pages mention Apple’s “Do not eat iPod shuffle” joke. Ironically, one page that doesn’t mention it is the one that started it all. Apple has removed the footnote from its iPod shuffle product page. Sure, the comparison to a pack of gum is still there, but I guess enough people thought […]
- I shall call it…Mini Mac
Holy crap, ThinkSecret was right about pretty much everything. Apple has just announced a $499 miniature Macintosh. Daring Fireball had suggested the price might be unrealistic, given what happened with the iPod Mini announcement last year (ThinkSecret predicted $100, it turned out to be $250, and the audience was underwhelmed because their expectations were set […]
- Cry me a river
So Apple is ticked off at Real’s reverse-engineering to let people buy music from Real and play it on an iPod. Apple has threatened DMCA sanctions and all but promised to deliberately break it in the next software update. Excuse me? In general I like Apple, but their insistence on locking the iPod to iTunes […]
- Shipped!
The delayed PowerBook has shipped, and is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday! Woo hoo!
- Power Outage
It looks like it wasn’t quite the perfect time I thought to order a PowerBook. I received confirmation today from TerraSoft that the delay is due to the changes in the PowerBook line (which were half the reason I chose now to order it). It seems they’re still waiting for a shipment from Apple! Presumably […]
- Power on its way
Last night’s mutual cyber-binge after only two days away from the keyboard was the kicker: If we’re going anywhere for two weeks, we’ll want to bring a computer along. And so tonight I finally ordered a dual-boot PowerBook from TerraSoft. We’re splitting the cost as a combined wedding and belated/early birthday present to each other. […]
- Good Timing
Sometime early last year I decided I’d like to get a PowerBook. Ideally, one dual-booting Mac OS and Linux. I spent several months saying “I don’t really need a laptop,” but I really started to like the idea after a while, and Katie started to like the idea too, and this January I went so […]
- Command-shift-BLAMMO
I just caught myself repeatedly pressing control-V and wondering why nothing was pasting. As I’m a lifelong Mac user, this is a personal sign of the plural of apocalypse. Somebody shoot me before I attract any horsemen.
- Apple Operating Systems
I found this article on OSNews: A History of Apple’s Operating Systems. The article starts with the Apple II and works its way up to Mac OS X, touching all the various branches in between – as well as Apple OSes that never quite made it out the door, and other OSes – like NeXtStep […]
- Hell Froze Over
That’s the current headline over at the Apple website, on the announcement of iTunes for Windows.