Pro Tip of the Week: Managing login items
August 4, 2008
If you have a song you like to hear whenever you startup your Mac or an application — Safari, perhaps — you can’t do without, let Mac OS X Leopard launch them for you when you log in to your account or begin up your Mac. Learn how by reading the latest Pro Tip of the Week. Via [apple]
App Store “puts iPhone above all others”
August 3, 2008
What makes the App Store “a win for the user”? Andy Ihnatko (suntimes.com) ticks off the reasons: “The entire universe of iPhone software is in one central location.” “Prices begin at free.” “Buying and installing an app is dead simple and reliable.” And thanks to the App Store, iPhone and iPod touch now “represent a formidable and legitimate new computing platform.” Via [apple]
Aperture 2 captures five-star rating
August 2, 2008
Thanks to a “dramatic overhaul,” Aperture 2, “Apple’s all-in-one photography tool, overtakes Adobe’s Lightroom,” reports Alex Singleton (macworld.co.uk). “Much faster than its predecessor,” Aperture 2 has “a new user interface [that] makes it more appealing to first-time users, and over 100 new features means it significantly leapfrogs Lightroom in functionality.” Via [apple]
“The new iPhone is wonderful”
August 2, 2008
“It’s hard to be a tech reviewer if products arrive pretty close to perfect,” laments Mark Kellner (washingtontimes.com). But he admits to being “very impressed” with iPhone 3G: “The phone performs very well, e-mail is a breeze, and as a music player, the iPhone-in-iPod mode has no equal.” Via [apple]
For audio engineering, “you have to use a Mac”
August 1, 2008
An audio engineer for 33 years, Greg Price offers simple advice to those who’d like to become great engineers themselves. “‘First, you have to play an instrument,’” reports Jim Dalrymple (macworld.com), “‘and second, you’ve to use a Mac.’” “When it comes to making music, using a Mac isn’t something you should do, Price emphasized, it’s a must.” Via [apple]
“The new iPhone is wonderful”
July 31, 2008
“It’s hard to be a tech reviewer if products arrive pretty close to perfect,” laments Mark Kellner (washingtontimes.com). But he admits to being “very impressed” with iPhone 3G: “The phone performs very well, e-mail is a breeze, and as a music player, the iPhone-in-iPod mode has no equal.” Via [apple]
Swift Tip of the Week: Restricting Spotlight
July 31, 2008
Did you know that you can tell Spotlight not to index folders you’d prefer to omit from your searches? Or that you can control the order in which search results appear? Find out how by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week. Via [apple]
Game developers enjoying iPhone
July 30, 2008
“The huge winners in Apple’s new online App Store are gamemakers,” states Ryan Kim (sfgate.com). After all, “seven of the top 10 paid applications, including the top five, were video games,” and he reports that Simon Jeffery, president of Sega of America “expects to sell 1 million downloads of Super Monkey Ball on iPhone.” “This is a very viable platform,” Jeffery said. “We’re just scratching the surface on the iPhone.’” Via [apple]
“The new iPhone is wonderful”
July 29, 2008
“It’s hard to be a tech reviewer if products arrive pretty close to perfect,” laments Mark Kellner (washingtontimes.com). But he admits to being “very impressed” with iPhone 3G: “The phone performs very well, e-mail is a breeze, and as a music player, the iPhone-in-iPod mode has no equal.” Via [apple]
“The App Store—oh, man, the App Store.”
July 29, 2008
“It’s a candy store, dude,” David Pogue (nytimes.com) exclaims — a “single, centralized, utterly complete source of software” that makes “the iPhone (or the iPod Touch) do totally astounding things…stunts a cellphone has no right to perform.” And because the new App Store “is beautifully integrated with the iPhone itself,” it makes “it fast, easy and idiot-proof to download and install new software morsels.” Via [apple]
