Posts Tagged Apple
Apple Launches the Mac App Store
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| Some cool updates today… |
Yesterday was a big day.
Yesterday was the first OFFICIAL day of activity over at CES in FAH-abulous Las Vegas. Its also the day that Apple launched the Mac App Store. Now you can find, buy and install apps right from iTunes, like you do with all of your iOS devices. Apple also released a minor (115MB) software update to OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard (version 10.6.6) that specifically enables this ability and includes all the necessary support files and stuff. What I think is col, is that now your desktop apps can be managed, redownloaded, etc. just like your device apps. If you ever have to rebuild your Mac, reinstalling everything just got a whole lot easier.
Holiday Buyer’s Guide: Part 3–Cool Gadgets and Electronics
Posted by chspera in Holidays 2010 on December 14, 2010
I love the Holidays. I love spending time with family, eating, watching professional football a couple times a week, and most of all, the sense of fun and anticipation in the air when my kids see Santa in the stores. Watching them, I can’t help but turn into a kid again myself. I do get into the Holiday spirit as much as I can. I also get a little on the giddy side when it comes to looking at the Holiday sales fliers and usually drool over all of the cool tech offers.
We’ve spent a little time looking at tech gifts for your loved ones this Holiday Season. We’ve looked at both Computer Hardware and Computer Software. Now its time to take a quick look at Cool Gadgets and Electronics! There are a lot of cool things available this year – smartphones, tablets, and computing accessories that can add to and round out your Holiday computing experience. Let’s take a look at some of the stuff out there right now.
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| Ho-ho-ho! |
Holiday Buyer’s Guide: Part 1–Computer Hardware
Posted by chspera in Holidays 2010 on December 7, 2010
Every year, I get asked by a number of different people, what computer they should buy their loved one(s) for Christmas (or your end of year holiday of choice). My answer is never what they expect and never what they think they need, as it starts with a question for them – “What do you/they want to do with the computer?” I almost always get the same response – “Hmmm. I’m not sure.”
Unfortunately, that’s one question you MUST know the answer to. If you don’t know what you (or your loved ones) want to do, buying the right PC for your/their needs is going to be harder than it might be if you knew what they wanted to do. Good thing, though – unless you have a specific need that you need special hardware for (like a gaming PC), most people want to do the same things:
- Surf the Internet (Facebook and its online games (farming…!)
- Take, process and share family photos
- Manage their music and off-line video collection
- Send and receive e-mail/ Update social networking status
Other than the above, unless, as I said, you’re wanting to do something specific with your computer that requires specialized hardware, such as play processor and graphics adapter intensive games, buying the RIGHT PC is pretty easy; and for most (at least in this economy) price is usually the biggest driver. As such, I’ve pulled together the following holiday suggestions for desktops, note books and netbooks as well as tablets to help everyone out. Let’s take a quick look and see what is available for everyone.
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Apple Releases OSX 10.6.5
Posted by chspera in Apple iPhone, Hardware, iPod/iPod Touch on November 17, 2010
Wednesday 10-Nov-10, Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.5, their latest security and maintenance update for Snow Leopard. However, documentation accompanying the release made no mention of AirPrint, an expected and highly anticipated ingredient.
Apple’s official documentation on the OS update documents a number of enhancements, but the latest version of Snow Leopard was also supposed to enable AirPrint, a wireless printer sharing service for devices running iOS 4.2; but rumors of a delay started hitting the blogosphere last week as well. Windows users were supposed to get AirPrint as part of iTunes 10.1.
Apple OSX 10.6.5 Snow Leopard is 680.1MB in size; and is available via Software Update. It is recommended for all Snow Leopard users, and includes a number of security fixes. The full list of goodies includes:
- Improves reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers.
- Addresses performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and Aperture.
- Addresses stability and performance of graphics applications and games.
- Resolves a delay between print jobs.
- Addresses a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an AirPort Extreme.
- Resolves an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal.
- Addresses an issue in which dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock to not automatically hide.
- Resolves an issue in which Wikipedia information may not display correctly in Dictionary.
- Improves performance of MainStage on certain Macs.
- Resolves spacing issues with OpenType fonts.
- Improves reliability with some Bluetooth braille displays.
- Resolves a VoiceOver issue when browsing some websites with Safari 5.
- Improves Bluetooth pairing with Magic Trackpad.
- Resolves performance issues with third-party displays that use InstaPort technology.
- Add SSL support for transferring files with iDisk.
- Resolves an issue when opening 4-up Photo Booth pictures in Preview.
- Addresses keyboard responsiveness issues in the Dock when Spaces is turned on.
- Resolves an issue syncing Address Book with Google.
- Fixes an issue when replying to a Mail message sent by a person whose name contains certain characters such as é or ü.
- Improves performance for users bound to an Active Directory domain.
- Improves reliability of Ethernet connections.
- Systems with a Mac Pro RAID Card (Early 2009) installed can now be put to sleep.
- Improves reliability of fiber channel connections, resolving a potential Xsan volume availability issue.
- Adds RAW image compatibility for additional digital cameras.
An Unforgettable Tuesday – iTunes Announcement
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| I’m getting a McWonderful, Disneyesque feeling! |
Tuesday, according to Apple is the day! I have no idea WHAT that exactly means, but Stevie J. obviously has another iMagical day planned for us. There are a couple of rumors floating around, but nothing really set in stone. Earlier today (Monday 15-Nov-10), Apple published a teaser on its website, indicating that an exciting iTunes announcement is coming at 7 a.m. Pacific, 10 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, 16-Nov-10.
