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Paul Burd writes: "After setting up the account through my host, and setting up the IMAP account in Apple’s Mail, I found that items weren’t being synced as they should. Anything I did through the webmail client did show up in Mail, but things I did in Mail did NOT show up in the webmail client." Read on for helpful hints.
The standard Mac Pro includes one 250GB hard drive. Like the Power Mac G5, the Mac Pro uses SATA hard drives. But while the Power Mac supported SATA drives with a maximum bandwidth of 1.5 gigabits per second (Gbps), the Mac Pro supports the second generation of SATA drives—sometimes known as SATA II or SATA-300—which have a maximum potential bandwidth of 3 Gbps. However, this doesn’ actually translate into doubled speed—drive mechanisms aren’t currently fast enough to pump out that much data in that amount of time.
Nearly twenty years at Apple taught me a few lessons. Some of them actually might benefit those working in other organizations. There is not as much consistency as one might hope for in Apple managers so my experience would not likely be duplicated in another's career. Much of this is likely the same that you might find in any company. Yet Apple tends to be more fun to discuss because it's viewed through a magnifying glass, and there is an army of people who like to be armchair managers and analysts for Apple.
If a recent patent filing is any indication, Apple may abandon the iconic wheel that has become virtually synonymous with its popular iPod music players. The company had previously explored replacing the click wheel with a virtual one as part of a touch-sensitive display. But now Apple appears to be looking at a third option: a touch-sensitive frame surrounding the display. Rather than click a physical button or press a virtual one on the screen, users would touch an area on the frame to operate their iPod.
According to Bob Denton, Event Director, the removal of Greenpeace had nothing to do its message or the materials being handed out. The problem started when a group of 12 Greenpeace activists gathered outside the show entrance and started handing out flyers and apples to attendees. Allegedly, Greenpeace attendees were invading other stands for mock photo shoots and replacing other exhibitors' promotional material with their own.
Way to do some activisim - ruin the show for everybody and harass people. These people give all of us that care about the environment a bad name.
Rob Griffiths writes: "Here’s a little tip to help you keep track of all those backup CDs and DVDs you’re burning. (You are making regular backups, right?). If you’ve got a full-bore backup strategy going, you’re probably copying most of your data to another hard drive (or perhaps to tape), and not to CD/DVD media—at only 700MB or 4.3GB, CDs and DVDs are not the most efficient storage solutions for today’s gargantuan hard drives."
One of the great things about Steve Jobs is what comes out of his mouth. The CEO of Apple is a master of hype, hyperbole and the catchy phrase. Even when he's trying to talk normally, brilliant verbiage comes tumbling out. Here's a selection of some of the most insanely great things the man has said, organized by topic: innovation and design, fixing Apple, his greatest sales pitches, life's lessons, taking the fight to the enemy and Pixar.
After two long months of hype and voting, the My Dream App competition finally came to an end. The winning apps included Cookbook (3rd place with 6,109 votes), Portal (2nd place with 6,122 votes), and Atmosphere (1st place with 6,566 votes). According to the blog entry announcing the winners, there were some problems this round in the voting process.
You may remember Apple gave us a sneak peak at the new .Mac webmail a couple of weeks ago… well, it just went live. If you have a .Mac account you should be able to login online to see the changes.
Adobe Flex Builder 2 provides robust coding and debugging tools that enable developers to quickly build rich client-side logic as well as intelligent code navigation that allows users to easily understand source code and root out underlying issues. This prerelease of Flex Builder 2 for Macintosh enables developers on the Macintosh platform to productively build and test Flex applications.
Naturally, this is a rumor and excitement should be kept at low levels although I must say I am salivating :) According to Macsimum news, a monitor refresh may coming from Apple in early 2007 and may include a 50-inch monitor, presumably tied into the launch of Apple’s iTV.
The hacker known as "DVD Jon," a.k.a. Jon Lech Johansen, has thcracked the digital rights management technologyat Apple uses to protect songs purchased through its iTunes digital music store. The Norway native is reportedly considering licensing the code through his firm, DoubleTwist Ventures.
Jacqui Cheng writes: "When Potion Factory announced on their company blog that they were releasing into Beta a new software called Tangerine, the eyes of OCD exercisers lit up. We asked the guys at Potion Factory, Andy Kim and Jin Kim, to do an interview with us about this piece of software that I've already fallen in love with. Their answers to my questions give a lot more insight into Tangerine and what they see for its future."
With the advent of Intel-based Macintosh computers, Apple was faced with a new requirement: to make it non-trivial to run Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware. The "solution" to this "problem" is multifaceted. One important aspect of the solution involves the use of encrypted executables for a few key applications like the Finder and the Dock. Apple calls such executables apple-protected binaries. In this document, we will see how apple-protected binaries work in Mac OS X.
Apple announced that its entire MacBook Pro line of notebooks now includes the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor and delivers performance that is up to 39 percent faster than the previous generation. All MacBook Pro models now offer double the memory and greater storage capacity than the previous generation, as well as a FireWire 800 port for connecting to high-speed peripherals.
The new MacBook Pro’s stunning, lightweight, aluminum enclosure is just one-inch thin, available in 15- and 17-inch models, and features a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing on-the-go.
Every MacBook Pro features the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB of shared L2 cache, which is up to 39 percent faster than the previous 2.16 GHz MacBook Pro and more than seven times faster than the 1.67 GHz PowerBook G4 running industry standard benchmarks.* Apple has enhanced Mac OS X to take advantage of the technology advances from Intel’s Core 2 Duo processors, resulting in increased performance in professional applications like Aperture 1.5, Final Cut Pro 5 and Logic Pro 7.
The new 15-inch MacBook Pro is shipping today, the new 17-inch MacBook Pro will ship next week, and every model will be available through the Apple Store, Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. The Apple MagSafe Airline Adaptor is shipping today for a suggested retail price of $59 (US).
There are many options available for anyone on Mac OS X doing light database work. This article describes nine tools of the trade.
There are several ways you can force quit an application. The easiest method begins by clicking the application’s icon in the Dock. If the top-most item is "Application Not Responding," chances are you must force quit to set things right again (see the following figure). Quit is usually the bottom-most item in this menu, but if an application isn’t responding or you press Option, it changes to Force Quit.
Disco burns CDs, and creates disk images. When you’re burning a disk image, as a visual indication of what’s happening, the Disco window actually smokes which is very cool indeed. But the amazement doesn’t even end there, you can interact with the smoke with your mouse, and blowing into the microphone blows the smoke too. Read the entire article here.
Quicksilver is a unified, extensible interface for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data. It can greatly improve your Mac OS X experience and automate your workflow. The screencast below provides some good tips.
If you want to really amaze your PC friends, use the motion-sensing feature of your MacBook and the terrific (free) virtual desktop software VirtueDesktops to turn your laptop into a SmackBook.
Michael writes: "The Video iPod could be a very fun gaming platform with the right titles on the device. Not every kind of game will work with the click wheel interface, so only certain existing titles will be able to excel on the iPod. After taking a look at the current (and very small) list of titles available for the iPod…including Pac-Man, Zuma, Mahjong, Texas Hold’em Poker, Tetris, Bejeweled, and others…I’ve compiled a list of 10 titles that I think should be in future rounds of iPod games."
Nick Santilli writes: "There are two modes you can use the Laptop Desk in: First is the opened/flat system which is intended for using on your lap. The 2nd is folded, with 5 possible height settings which is best suited for a desktop application."
The Intel Mac mini's case is just like that on the PPC model and can be opened by prying upward with a sharp putty knife while working your way around the bottom of the case.
Strong sales of iPod music players and Macintosh computers helped Apple Computer earn net income of $546 million in its fiscal 2006 fourth quarter, but the company warned it could restate its financial results at a later time as it continues an investigation of stock-option practices.
Security and quality assurance experts reacted negatively to Apple's efforts to blame manufacturing problems that resulted in iPod MP3 players shipping with a virus that affects Microsoft's Windows operating system. Security professionals, including Microsoft's own product release virus scanning chief, called Apple's efforts to deflect blame onto Microsoft misleading and said the batch of factory-infected iPods reveals a troubling lack of thoroughness in the company's manufacturing process.
Apple joined the Blu-ray Disc Association in March 2005 but has kept largely mum on its support and adoption of the next-generation disc technology. At the time, Apple's decision to put its weight behind Blu-ray was seen as a coup for Blu-ray and blow to the competing HD-DVD format, but documents recently obtained by Think Secret indicate that Apple may in fact be planning to support both formats equally.
Just in time for holiday gift giving, The Cult of Mac by Wired News managing editor Leander Kahney is now being published as a paperback.
The book, a celebration of Mac users' loyalty and obsession, has sold 20,000 copies since its hardcover release in November 2005 and has received glowing reviews for its beautiful design and layout as well as its entertaining content.
The paperback edition has also been updated with new material about the iPod's genesis and incredible market domination.
The Cult of Mac explores the lengths to which people will go to personalize their hardware and adopt a Mac-centric lifestyle, as documented in 280 full-color pages and more than 500 original photos.
It's full of people doing innovative, bizarre and artistic things with their computers, such as one user who makes furniture out of cardboard Mac boxes and many who express their love with tattoos, as well as interesting tidbits and trivia about the company, its history and its personalities.
When Steve Jobs lured little-known Timothy D. Cook to the company in early 1998, Mr. Cook was charged with straightening out the messy operations of a fallen Silicon Valley icon. Now, more than eight years later, Apple is resurgent and Mr. Cook is the company's chief operating officer and its second in command. But he is still little known to the public -- a stark contrast to Mr. Jobs, an executive so familiar that he's lampooned on "Saturday Night Live." While Mr. Jobs is widely credited with restoring pizzazz to Apple's product line, Mr. Cook is the low-key operator making sure the company runs smoothly behind the scenes. Our custom term papers of high quality is guaranteed.
Dude, you're getting a Dell! Well ... maybe not any more. According to the Office of Information Technology (OIT), 45 percent of computers purchased at Princeton this year were Macs, more than in any previous year. In 2003, when this year's seniors arrived on campus, just 15 percent of them chose Macs. The next year, a quarter of incoming freshmen did, and the year after that, 38 percent. These statistics aren't comprehensive, because some students choose not to buy their computers through OIT. Nonetheless, the upward trend is real. Macs are where it's at.
Capitalising on the growing market share of the new Intel-powered Macs, if not the expected inevitability of a Mac OS X virus turning up ‘in the wild’ (not just as a proof-of-concept exercise), Symantec is ramping up its presence in the Apple world. New versions of its current Personal Firewall 3.0 and Internet Security 3.0 suite - both of which are currently PowerPC utilities forced to run under Rosetta on current-gen Intel Macs - are being rewritten as Universal binaries and will hit the streets alongside MacOS X 10.5 Leopard early next year.
Providing employees with 30-in. computer monitors can boost worker productivity at companies where 17-in. or 19-in. monitors are typically used, according to a French consultant hired for a study sponsored by Apple. The study, which evaluated Apple’s 30-inch Apple Cinema Display, concluded that large screens can offer gains of up to 50 percent to 65 percent in productivity on a variety of specific office tasks and can earn back their extra costs in time savings over several years.
Apple has seeded a new version of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) to developers. Apple first previewed and seeded Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) at the Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) in August. This same build was later seeded to Apple Developer Connection developers, with one minor online update in September bringing it to build 9A241e.
Admit it. You are completely bored with your iSight. Your impulsive, giddy love affair has all but dried up, now that the reality of video chatting has settled in. Why not have a few chuckles while you learn how to extend iSight's capabilities with some nifty programs, add-ons, and apps?
John Hicks made a great look for Bloglines, finally an interface that doesn't suck :) He writes: "It has been tested in Safari, Camino, Firefox, Omniweb and Opera. It is intended for Mac users, to blend in with the system look, but it should work OK on other platforms too."
Among the many patents that Apple files every month, one granted just this week hints at a potential new feature in next spring's release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. US Patent 7,120,785 describes a 'method and apparatus rendering user accounts portable', whereby a user account can be stored to an external storage device and moved to another computer.
Giles Turnbull writes: "Tips on using your editor of choice are easy to find, but we thought it would be fun to gather a whole bunch of them together for the first time; not only to spread the word, but to invite our readers to add their own tips and time-savers. We've also asked a handful of Mac users to contribute their own favorite text tricks.You have probably encountered some of these already, but we hope there's a few gems that are new to you."
Overflow is an application designed to quickly launch applications, open documents, or access folders while keeping the size of your dock in check. Anything you want can be added to the Overflow interface, making it accessible though a few simple mouse clicks or keystrokes. The interface is resizable, and fully customizable. Create separate categories for your applications, work files, games, or anything else you want to be able to access quickly. After using Overflow, we think you'll find it just as indispensable as we do.
Productivity, both at home and at work, is something everyone would like to increase, and Mac users have a plethora of applications that can help you do just that. Here is a list of 10 apps that can help you increase your productivity. From burning disk images, to managing your time, giving your mouse and Apple Remote additional, time saving, functionality, and much, much more.
I guess Google is noticing the growing number of Mac users. The have a few tools available for Mac OS X and they are listed in the first post in their brand new Mac blog. I hope the continue writing it, I'm sure there's a large audience waiting for it.
Apple has been shipping two types of burners in the MacPro. The first is far from being unknown, as it is a Pioneer DVR-111D. The second, which one finds more often, is a Sony DW-D150A. However, this burner does not exist in any of the manufacturer's catalogues. Read on to discover how to hack your way to more burning speed and DVD-RAM support.
The options back-dating problems at Apple are getting worse. First, it was disclosed that Steve Jobs knew about the practice but did not benefit. He also claims he did not understand the accounting implications. He does have an IQ of over 200. Now, US prosecutors have started an investigation and the company's former CFO has resigned from the board. If it is discovered that Jobs was more involved in the scandal than the company let on, who would replace him?
Apple this month has begun to slow production of its existing Core Duo MacBook Pro professional notebooks ahead of refreshed models that will sport Intel Corp's higher-performance Core 2 Duo microprocessors, AppleInsider has learned.
Tom Yager writes: "Like it or not, buyers of x86 servers, clients, and workstations face a major platform shift as the 32-bit CPUs, operating systems, and applications slowly fade into history. That historic migration will have dramatic impact. After all, 64-bit computing revolutionized RISC-based UNIX systems, allowing them to step into roles dominated by mainframes and minicomputers. Something similar is sure to occur with PC servers as they muscle up with the huge horsepower and memory elbow room inherent in 64-bit computing."
Adam Knight writes: "I've been playing with teleport a bit as I again have multiple machines at my desk and no KM switch to go between them. Being an iMac, an external display, and a MacBook Pro, I have three screens to use for a lot of things and teleport is phenomenally useful and suited for this task. I just really wasn't prepared for the unexpected benefits it can have in this case."
Steve writes: "The laptop is used when the user is on the road, and the tower for all of the internal office heavy lifting. The challenge for a user like this is finding a way to keep data in sync. This has been my situation for many years. In order to keep a smooth workflow, I had to find a way to keep my files mirrored between the two machines."
Todd Baur writes: "Apple will make an uberdevice. They will succeed where others have failed in this category, and once again cause a paradigm shift in the consumer electronics market. Yes those are big bold statements, and I say these things because of Leopard technologies combined with the growing Mac market, and the utter state of things in this business."
Liz Gannes writes: "DRM-buster DVD Jon has reverse-engineered Apple’s Fairplay and is starting to license it to companies who want their media to play on Apple’s devices. Instead of breaking the DRM (something he’s already done), Jon has replicated it, and wants to license the technology to companies that want their content (music, movies, whatever) to play on Apple devices. This may not be good news for iTunes the store, but it could make the iPod even more popular."
Over its thirty year history, Apple has survived and even thrived despite boneheaded business decisions. From pricing the Macintosh out of most consumers' reach to creating some really ugly computers, Apple has made a lot of bad decisions.
In this article you learn how to bring vertical movies into a workflow designed for horizontal ones, and how to embed movies in a web page without messy wads of code. Before reading, chech that QuickTime is indeed installed on your machine and fasten your seatbelt, it's a cool ride.
Yesterday, two "reputable" Mac-centric news/rumor sites reported that Apple will be bringing back their "ultra-portable" laptops sometime next year, specifically reserved for the MacBook line. The catch? These computers may turn out to be even smaller than their original "ultra-portable" 12-inch line of the now defunct iBooks and PowerBooks.
The Nike + iPod Sport Kit comes in a display box about the size of a double-CD jewel case. It prominently displays the miniatures inside: a postage-stamp sized receiver that plugs into your iPod nano’s dock-connector port, and a track-shaped sensor/transmitter about the size of a large piece of Bazooka gum. The transmitter fits snugly inside a matching compartment hidden under insole of the left shoe of a pair of Nike+ shoes, which range in price from $100 to $130. (Apple says the transmitter’s battery, which isn’t replaceable, is designed to last 1,000 hours.)
Apple issued a bundle of updates to fix at least 15 different security holes in its Mac OS X software applications. Mac OS X v10.4.8 and Security Update 2006-006 corrects flaws in OS X Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X Server v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4 through Mac OS X v10.4.7, and Mac OS X Server v10.4 through Mac OS X Server v10.4.7.
