Leopard and WWDC 07

Everyone will be posting their thoughts on the WWDC keynote, so I thought I’d join in. Been as all the basics are covered by news sites, random blogs and the keynote itself, I thought I’d take a minute to just draw attention to a few things some people may have …

Published:
June 11th, 2007
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Apple.com Makeover

Check out Apple.com for their new look. The look also extends to the store and other areas.

Old

New

Published:
June 11th, 2007
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Get an iPhone

While not actually at apple.com/getaniphone (because you will anyway, right?) the iPhone ads are up and available to watch over at Apple.com. The ads are entitled, ‘Never Been an iPod’, ‘How To’ and ‘Calamari’. The ads also confirm the release date of June 29….

Published:
June 4th, 2007
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Apple TV Updates

In the past, I considered buying one of these. I thought it would make a nice addition to the lounge in my house at Uni. The problem is—without hacks—that 40Gb isn’t enough to house decent content and if you can’t stream anything other than iTunes purchases and a few other …

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May 30th, 2007
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When Is The Right Time To Buy?

It’s difficult to know when to buy anything and unfortunately this is even more true in the computer world. Will an update come out soon? Should I have waited just a couple of months more? Unfortunately, the answer is always yes.

As soon as you buy a computer it’s out of …

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May 15th, 2007
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The End Of My PowerBook

Well, this looks like the end. We had a good run, Vicki, however, it looks like your days are up!

I just turned on my PowerBook to be greeted by this:

Published:
April 21st, 2007
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No, Really, Don’t Touch It

Despite having upgraded my iMac to Mac OS X 10.4.9 the day it was released, I hadn’t noticed any problems until today. That said, I hadn’t tried to do anything with my iMac bar browse the web, watch podcasts and play with PHP. So it came as a slight shock …

Published:
March 23rd, 2007
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Butterfingers

Last night I wandered to the kitchen, carrying my PowerBook, in search of a drink. After locating a bottle of Volvic in the fridge, I decided to head back upstairs – laptop in one hand, water in the other.

Just as I reached the kitchen door, I stopped for a second …

Published:
March 22nd, 2007
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Screenshots on a Mac (and a bug!)

Taking a screenshot on a Mac isn’t as easy as pressing one key as with other operating systems but the functionality is damn powerful in comparison.

To take a normal screenshot, which will capture your entire screen bar your mouse, press Command + Shift + 3.

Alternatively, you can do a selective …

Published:
March 9th, 2007
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Finder Renaming Issues

My roommate Daniel has found another bug with the Mac - that’s two in as many weeks. Previously he found the Dash Row / Front Board bug, where you launch both Dashboard and Front Row at the same time and you get an odd merging of the two. This …

Published:
February 5th, 2007
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