In the four years since the Mac Mini was introduced, and Apple has added some solid firepower under the hood, while leaving the Mini's basic nature intact.
New Windows Ad Cheerfully Embraces Cheap Over Cool
Even if you were to limit yourself to the iMac product line -- as opposed to the heavy artillery computer graphics workstation, the Mac Pro -- you could easily spend $1,600 to $3,200 for a souped-up machine. Mac addicts will tell you the price is worth it. What about everyone else, though? The price is steep, but the Apple brand -- strongly tied to the sex appeal and simply beautiful design of the Mac -- has enticed more than one casual buyer to spurn utilitarian Windows-based PCs.
Pirates get bricked iPhones after downloading 3.0 beta
When the iPhone 3.0 beta software that was supposed to be available exclusively to developer subscribers leaked onto Torrent sites, pirates smiled. But Apple had the last laugh because the software holds your iPhone hostage until you register for a dev account.
Mac 101: Spaces for your screen and brain
Filed under: Tips and tricks, Mac 101
To activate Spaces, go to System Preferences > Exposé and Spaces > Spaces. From there you can enable from 2-16 "spaces" (virtual screens) and you can fine-tune application behaviors. For example, I have Skitch set to appear in Every Space, which simply means it'll appear in whatever space I happen to be working in when I open Skitch. Normally switching to an application will take you back to the space you left it in (you can turn this off in the preferences).
The really awesome thing about Spaces: it's like Exposé on steroids. If you're used to hitting a key and seeing all open windows, now you'll be able to hit a key and see all windows in all the Spaces you have open -- thus expanding your screen real estate considerably. Plus, you can use the two together. Hit a key to see all Spaces, then hit your Exposé key to see all the windows in every Space. You can also easily drag windows to another space either in the zoomed out view or just by pulling a window to the edge of the screen (depending on which space you wish to travel to). It's hard to explain, so watch the video to see what I mean.
Note that there are some apps (Microsoft Word 2008 in particular) that don't play well with Spaces, so your mileage may vary.
Want more tips and tricks like this? Visit TUAW's Mac 101 section.
TUAWMac 101: Spaces for your screen and brain originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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iTunes Store: This Is the End... of the Single Price Tag
According to the Los Angeles Times, Music majors finally obtained the agreement from Apple to stop the single price tag of 0.99 USD/track policy on the iTunes Store. From April 7th, the same majors will offer currently popular music hit at 1.29 USD/track, opening the door of variable price range depending on the major and if the artist or the song are outdated according to their marketing parameters... This is the first step back from Steve Jobs' statements concerning the iTS price policy.
This decision will for sure lead to heavy reactions from the customers association, especially if on considers that it not entirely supported by all music majors. Indeed, why increasing he price of a legal online offer for people willing to purchase via this channel, whereas those willing to get their music from the usually illegal P2P network will continue to do so. Such price increase could only push more people towards the illegal music sharing networks. By trying to hide their incapacity of refreshing their business model or their inability to offer a new music-bundle products or services, their current policy to increase the cost on online music to cover the drop of sales of music CDs might in the mid-term make Majors losing much more than what they think. Recently in France and in Europe, some artists have been produced by new virtual companies funded by customers willing to promote the type of music they like and avoid being brain-washed and forced to listen to the standards defined by Majors...
'I am a PC Ad' was staged
Guy caught on film reveals that she never even went in the Apple store.
A different kind of Alarm Clock
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
We've reviewed some iPhone alarms before. There are free alarms and alarms you pay for. Some were pretty good, and there is always the built-in alarm. In an attempt to improve upon the standard alarms, some Russian developers have created Easy Wakeup [App Store link] which has been available for jailbroken phones, but now is available at U.S. $9.99 for both the iPhone and iPod touch.Why would anyone buy an alarm app for 10 bucks? Well, this is a very different kind of alarm app. Using the motion sensors on your iPhone, you strap your iPhone to your wrist with one of the readily available products that do that, and go to sleep. You tell the software at what time you absolutely must be awakened, and by analyzing your movements through the night, the software will pick what it believes is the most opportune time to get you up. The alarm can wake you to music, vibration, and even a message you record with the iPhone microphone.
There are some drawbacks. Your iPhone can't be locked. You have to put it in airplane mode, which means you won't be getting any calls through the evening. That might be a good thing, depending on how you like to live your life. The developers say you'll drain about 20% of your battery overnight, which might be bad if you have a big day planned and no time to recharge. When you select your alarm, you can't select music from your own playlist. You can select Apple built-in ring-tones, but not any you imported or created yourself.
The alarm supports snooze, and when you get up you can look at some graphs to see how restless you were during your sleep.
There are similar products that work on the same principles. The Axbo Sleep Phase Clock costs between U.S. $150-250. It is a bedside alarm clock with a wrist band and data cables.
I can't vouch for the science behind these products, and I decided I didn't love my iPhone enough to sleep with it to test this out, but for those familiar with the technique of computer aided alarms it might be worth a try. Just be careful when you roll over.
TUAWA different kind of Alarm Clock originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Revew: Apple's New Mac Mini Much More Versatile
In the four years since the Mac Mini was introduced, and Apple has added some solid firepower under the hood, while leaving the Mini's basic nature intact.
New Windows Ad Cheerfully Embraces Cheap Over Cool
Even if you were to limit yourself to the iMac product line -- as opposed to the heavy artillery computer graphics workstation, the Mac Pro -- you could easily spend $1,600 to $3,200 for a souped-up machine. Mac addicts will tell you the price is worth it. What about everyone else, though? The price is steep, but the Apple brand -- strongly tied to the sex appeal and simply beautiful design of the Mac -- has enticed more than one casual buyer to spurn utilitarian Windows-based PCs.Pirates get bricked iPhones after downloading 3.0 beta
When the iPhone 3.0 beta software that was supposed to be available exclusively to developer subscribers leaked onto Torrent sites, pirates smiled. But Apple had the last laugh because the software holds your iPhone hostage until you register for a dev account.
Mac 101: Spaces for your screen and brain
Filed under: Tips and tricks, Mac 101
To activate Spaces, go to System Preferences > Exposé and Spaces > Spaces. From there you can enable from 2-16 "spaces" (virtual screens) and you can fine-tune application behaviors. For example, I have Skitch set to appear in Every Space, which simply means it'll appear in whatever space I happen to be working in when I open Skitch. Normally switching to an application will take you back to the space you left it in (you can turn this off in the preferences).
The really awesome thing about Spaces: it's like Exposé on steroids. If you're used to hitting a key and seeing all open windows, now you'll be able to hit a key and see all windows in all the Spaces you have open -- thus expanding your screen real estate considerably. Plus, you can use the two together. Hit a key to see all Spaces, then hit your Exposé key to see all the windows in every Space. You can also easily drag windows to another space either in the zoomed out view or just by pulling a window to the edge of the screen (depending on which space you wish to travel to). It's hard to explain, so watch the video to see what I mean.
Note that there are some apps (Microsoft Word 2008 in particular) that don't play well with Spaces, so your mileage may vary.
Want more tips and tricks like this? Visit TUAW's Mac 101 section.
TUAWMac 101: Spaces for your screen and brain originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Presented By:
iTunes Store: This Is the End... of the Single Price Tag
According to the Los Angeles Times, Music majors finally obtained the agreement from Apple to stop the single price tag of 0.99 USD/track policy on the iTunes Store. From April 7th, the same majors will offer currently popular music hit at 1.29 USD/track, opening the door of variable price range depending on the major and if the artist or the song are outdated according to their marketing parameters... This is the first step back from Steve Jobs' statements concerning the iTS price policy.
This decision will for sure lead to heavy reactions from the customers association, especially if on considers that it not entirely supported by all music majors. Indeed, why increasing he price of a legal online offer for people willing to purchase via this channel, whereas those willing to get their music from the usually illegal P2P network will continue to do so. Such price increase could only push more people towards the illegal music sharing networks. By trying to hide their incapacity of refreshing their business model or their inability to offer a new music-bundle products or services, their current policy to increase the cost on online music to cover the drop of sales of music CDs might in the mid-term make Majors losing much more than what they think. Recently in France and in Europe, some artists have been produced by new virtual companies funded by customers willing to promote the type of music they like and avoid being brain-washed and forced to listen to the standards defined by Majors...
'I am a PC Ad' was staged
Guy caught on film reveals that she never even went in the Apple store.
A different kind of Alarm Clock
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
We've reviewed some iPhone alarms before. There are free alarms and alarms you pay for. Some were pretty good, and there is always the built-in alarm. In an attempt to improve upon the standard alarms, some Russian developers have created Easy Wakeup [App Store link] which has been available for jailbroken phones, but now is available at U.S. $9.99 for both the iPhone and iPod touch.Why would anyone buy an alarm app for 10 bucks? Well, this is a very different kind of alarm app. Using the motion sensors on your iPhone, you strap your iPhone to your wrist with one of the readily available products that do that, and go to sleep. You tell the software at what time you absolutely must be awakened, and by analyzing your movements through the night, the software will pick what it believes is the most opportune time to get you up. The alarm can wake you to music, vibration, and even a message you record with the iPhone microphone.
There are some drawbacks. Your iPhone can't be locked. You have to put it in airplane mode, which means you won't be getting any calls through the evening. That might be a good thing, depending on how you like to live your life. The developers say you'll drain about 20% of your battery overnight, which might be bad if you have a big day planned and no time to recharge. When you select your alarm, you can't select music from your own playlist. You can select Apple built-in ring-tones, but not any you imported or created yourself.
The alarm supports snooze, and when you get up you can look at some graphs to see how restless you were during your sleep.
There are similar products that work on the same principles. The Axbo Sleep Phase Clock costs between U.S. $150-250. It is a bedside alarm clock with a wrist band and data cables.
I can't vouch for the science behind these products, and I decided I didn't love my iPhone enough to sleep with it to test this out, but for those familiar with the technique of computer aided alarms it might be worth a try. Just be careful when you roll over.
TUAWA different kind of Alarm Clock originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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