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by MacNN
The digital cooking assistant software supports an online cloud concept for finding recipes, ranks recipes based on available ingredients, and can suggest substitute ingredients when needed.
by Saul Hansell, New York Times
If I were an Apple investor, I would be more concerned about how Apple reacts to the consumer slowdown that simply the fact that demand may be off somewhat.
by Danny Gorog, APC
Apple is stalling on Blu-ray for as long as it can, and consumers don't care.
by Wallace E Boston, Jr
Apple's focus on design and functionality has been a huge plus.
by Dennis Howlett, ZDNet.com
Given the SMB sector is Microsoft's bread and butter by volume and recent news that Apple's laptop products are doing rather well, perhaps Ballmer should have something to wory about. But only from those who are prepared to view a move to Mac as an opportunity to completely re-evaluate how they are using IT to run their business. For some that will be a breath of fresh air, for others their Wintel addiction will be too powerful.
by MacNN
by Corporation Unknown
Gratuitous use of black UI only serves to distance an application from the smooth interface flow.
by Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com
Apple shares fell 17.5 percent in early trading Monday, as two noted brokerage firms scaled back their recommendations to a "hold" from a "buy."
by Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica
The update brings with it the same WebKit as used in Safari 3.1, aong with some security patches, bug fixes, and a few other tweaks that make the most Mac-like of browsers even better.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
I'd like to suggest that Apple take the only reasonable approach left to it: Take a mulligan. A do-over. Zap all comments from the App Store and start over at square one.
by Dan Moren, Macworld
by Antony Bolante, Macworld
by Tom Junod, Esquire
In his controling hands, technology became both the engine and the emblem of transcendence. But as the iPhone slips from his grasp, Jobs is making his final bid for immortality.
by Associated Press
Norway's top consumer advocate said Monday he is taking Apple Inc. to the government's Market Council in a test case seeking to force the American company to open its iTunes music store to digital players other than its own iPod.
by Larry Dignan, ZDNet.com
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica
by TechRadar.com
Make OS X behave the way you want it to.
by Levi Buchanan, IGN
There are some great games in there. If you can find them.
by Brian Caulfield, Forbes
Of course, if you believed everything you read on the internet, you'd never think Apple could dream of taking on mighty Nintendo. Unless, say, you were to start checking the math.
by Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times
After nearly a year of using Back to My Mac, writing and revising a long electronic book on the topic, and answering several hundred e-mails about the service from readers of this newspaper and my book, I have to conclude Back to My Mac isn't a solution for most users.
by Fraser Speirs
Don't hijack the purpose of a review to push your ideas about software pricing.
by MacNN
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
These hidden keys offer even more control over the behavior of the visualizer.
by Jeff Foster, Macworld
Motion graphics app undergoes major upgrade as part of CS4 release.
by Dan Moren, Macworld
by Dave Rosenberg, CNET News.com
by Steven Sande, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Thom Weidlich, Bloomberg News
Apple Inc. won dismissal of a lawsuit claiming it didn't immediately disclose the limited life of batteries for its iPhone or their $86 replacement cost, including delivery.
by Techgoondu
Hong Kong's online Apple Store has started selling unlocked iPhone 3Gs.
Approximately US$700 and US$800 for the 8GB and 16GB model.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Will Apple go into the "netbook" business? Bascially, a cheap laptop that can be sold cheaply because of smaller screen and less "power". I think a big clue is out there for all to see: the MacBook Air. Apple didn't compromise on the screen, not because it didn't want to, but because it can't. The operating system — along with many of the desktop applications — simply cannot work with a small screen. And given that the screen is one of the more expensive component of a laptop, I don't see Apple getting into this market with a small laptop anytime soon.
And that's why I was a little surprised to find Apple not expanding on the iPhone/iPod Touch product line to take on the netbook market. And that's why I see Apple's refusal to open up the CocoaTouch platform so damaging.
See Also:
Wrong Reasons For Why No Netbook From Apple, by Magnus Nystedt, Shuffle Gazine. A better argument for why Apple would not do a netbook is that Apple is doing well enough with the MacBook and MacBook Air.
by Ed Oswald, Technologizer
by Jeff Smykil, Ars Technica
by Farhad Manjoo, Slate
If users threaten to quit the iPhone because it lacks certain apps, you can bet that Jobs will find a way to respond. Over the years, he's shown a willingness to embrace openness when it has suited Apple's bottom line—the iPod, after all, works on Windows computers. Until that day comes, the iPhone will reamin semi-open for buisness.
Apple now has the resources to create products if that's what the customer wants: from Safari to iTunes to Final Cut Pro. This is what Apple didn't have during the Mac vs Windows era.
by MacNN
This utility provides basic maintenance tools for repairing corrupted directories, clong drives and volumes, and defragmenting files.
by Ben Long, Macworld
Revamped interface and new tools lead the changes in latest version.
by Vincent Jackson, Press Of Atlantic City
"Once I got a computer and a camera, I thought the sky's the limit."
by MacNN
by Craig Grannell, Cult Of Mac
Although Apple's current keyboard line is an imporvement on the keyboards of old, there's massive inconsistency across the range.
by Lonnie Lazar, Cult Of Mac
by David Pogue, New York Times
Two alternative earbuds are now available in the United States; both neatly solve all of the hearing, safety and fit problems of the traditional disc-style earbuds. Instead of going in your ear, they pass the audio signal through your bones or catilage. They'd be perfect, if they weren't so flawed in their own ways.
by Charles Arthur, The Guardian
Openness to all comers constitutes the difference between a platform, like Android, and a walled garden, like the iPhone (and, to be fair, pretty much every other mobile phone).
by Matt Asay, CNET News.com
It is these "influencers" that Microsoft should be most concerned about losing. Microsoft has completely lose its "cool" factor. Those that can afford to buck the IT department's preference are all running Mac OS X now, and not because they must.
by AppleInsider
by Jason Snell, Macworld
If developers are afraid to write programs for the iPhone that aren't games, to-do lists, and tip calculators, for fear that all their hard work will be wasted by a malicious or capricious Apple rejection notice, they will stop writing programs for the platform. And the well of innovative, interesting iPhone software will dry up.
Unfortunately, the scary thing is this: Apple can probably survive with just games alone on the iPhone. If DS Lite can be a bestseller, so can iPhone with tons of games. Remember "funnest"? Apple sure seems to be hinting that games are all they care about.
by Galen Gruman, Macworld
Much of what's new in this sixth version of the page-layout program is under the hood, with new underlying file formats based on the XML standard and programming hooks that over time should make it easier to use InDesign files and functionality in automated publishing environments.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
ShoveBox enables you to capture, process and organize incoming information — "snippets" you don't want to forget, but data you can't act on at that moment.
by Jason Burns, Philoking.com
The computer I use is suited to the task I choose, so to speak.
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
Some analysts fear slowing demand in a weaker economy, but others think Mac, iPod, and iPhone sales are likely to continue their ascent.
by Rene Millman, Absolute Gadget
by YouTube
I'm a PC and so is a Mac.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by MacNN
You Software has released You Control: Desktops 1.3, an update featuring Mac OS X 10.5 compatibility for the workspace-management application.
by Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com
Apparently, Apple has now started labeling their rejection letters with Non-Disclosure (NDA) warnings.
I wonder if Apple will eventually add a warning: "If you break the NDA, you'll never work in this town again!"
by Sam Oliver, AppleInsider
Appel this week announced its new "Begin at Home" iPhone buying procedure which is designed to help accelerate sales of the device during the upcoming holiday shopping season.
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica
by Lesa Snider King, Macworld
Are these big changes? You betcha. Will they take some getting used to? Heck yes. Will you like them? For the most part, the answer is a resounding yes.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica
The latest in a string of class action suits over the iPhone 3G targets Apple and AT&T over "deceptive, improper or unlawful conduct in its design, marketing, manufacturing, distribution, and sale of Apple's iPhone 3G series of mobile phones."
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Almerica Blog
It seems that Apple has shut me down. I can no longer provision any more devices.
by MacNN
by Nathan Alderman, Macworld
Writers who thrive on structure and need a solid framework to wrangle their copious notes will enjoy Storyist's approach to writing.
by Chin Wong, Manila Standard Today
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
If there is a consistent theme in Creative Suite 4, it's integration.
by Nathan Halverson, The Press Democrat
As Apple pushes deeper into the mainstream market, bitterness is brewing between PC and Mac users.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Apple's patching process proves that the compnay isn't serious about moving Macs into the enterprise, security researchers said today.
"You get an update from Apple and it's always a surprise," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at vendor nCircle Network Security Inc. "The first thing you do is sit down with you team, look at the update, set priorities and assign resoruces. And then the next day, another update arrives, and you have to do it all over again."
by MacNN
Lighthead Software today released Papaya 1.2, the latest version of its file transfer program.
by Wil Shipley, Call Me Fishmeal
It's a huge mistake for Apple to appoint themselves arbitrator of what's cool, or to even appear to do so. It's an equally huge mistake for Apple to decide that all innovation must come from Apple.
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
People who predicted a disaster of Gateway proportions seriously underestimated how well Apple thought out its retail plans. And that kind of planning and vision suggests a company that will be able to coolly respond to whatever conditions the retail market happens to throw at it.
by Jeff Smykil, Ars Technica
The American Federation for the Blind is "applauding Apple's moves," which include adding talking menus and large font options to the UI.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
Pages falls somewhere between a word processor and a page layout application. As such, it relies on templates to do its work.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Cliff Edwards, BusinessWeek
There are not many products out there that keep me occupied for hours with a wealth of entertainment, information, and productivity features. For that, you've got to give Apple credit.
by Angelo DiNardi
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
Microsoft's new ads emphasize the same message as Apple's: That the Mac is the one and only brand-name computer in the world.
by eB Photography
by Raymond Leon Roker, Huffington Post
If a commercial can say something 85% of U.S. computer users have probably felt at one point, it's that Microsoft can bring as many counterparts to John odgman's character as the Apple side can. As a die-hard Aple fan, I got the message.
by Tom Rose, Boston Herald
The design improvements are minimal, the hardware remains largely the same and many of the software advances are the work of other companies, yet Apple's new iPod touch represents a giant stride forward for portable entertainment devices.
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica
Apple has started a new, official program for university professors and instructors wishing to teach courses in iPhone development. The program is offered via Apple's Developer Connection to accredited, higher education institutions in the US for free.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Apple on Friday announced the Ultracompact USB Power Adapter Exchange Program. The program allows users of iPhone 3G units with the ultracompact USB power adapter to exchange it, free of charge. Apple has initiated the exchange because of a safety issue.
by Michael Arrington, TechCrunch
Suddenly, Apple looks a little elitist. I mean, they were elitist before, but in way that made you want to be a part of the club. Now, they just seem a little snobby.
by TechRadar.com
Peripherals, software and a notable absence from Apple itself.
by Giles Turnbull, Cult Of Mac
Admit it: you've always wanted an office like this, haven't you? Your dual-monitor setup looks a bit pathetic now, doesn't it?
by Kiley Dorton
by Christina Katz, Writers On The Rise
My first Mac spared many a professor my atrocious handwriting. More importantly, it prepared me for the current internet age. And thank goodness for that.
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
It's easy to say that Steve Jobs knows it all, if you're an Apple zealot, and even easier to say he knows nothing when you hate Apple. But in reality, Apple's success is due to significant skill and a healthy portion of good luck.
And to add on, without skill, one cannot take advantage of any portion of good luck.
by AppleInsider
Apple is notifying some of its customers this week that it will be unable to meet quoted delivery times for its new 16GB iPod nanos, fueling rumors that the company was forced to make a last minute change to the product line, possibly at the hands of rival Microsoft.
by John Shore, Crosswalk.com
Apple's operating system doesn't try to protect me, guide me, help me, inspire me, direct me, correct me, or question my choice of breakfast cereals. It pretty much lets me be.
by Jonathan Seff, Macworld
by Jim Darymple, Macworld
The lawsuit names Apple as one of the defendants because Apple distributed the song on its iTunes Store.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
Parental controls are built-in, but those controls are about as sturdy as a damp piece of bathroom tissue.
by Winda Benedetti, MSNBC
Most observers could see the thought bubble hovering over Jobs' head clear as day: Take that Sony and Nintendo! Your portable gaming machines don't stand a chance!
by Jonathan Seff, Macworld
Make your DVDs and other videos play on an iPod, iPhone or Apple TV.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
A hacker has released attack code that exploits an unpatched vulnerability in QuickTime, just a week after the company updated the media player to plug nine other serious vulnerabilities, a security researcher said Wednesday.
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
Personally, I don't buy it.
by Sascha Segan, PC Magazine
by Stuart Elliott, New York Times
Apple executives have been "using a lot of their money to de-position our brand and tell people what we stand for," said David Webster, general manager for brand marketing at Microsoft. "They've made a caricature out of the PC," he added, which was unacceptable because "you always want to own your own story."
by Katherine Boehret, Wall Street Journal
Apple's Genius is a helpful tool when it comes to quickly making playl,ist, and its iTunes sidebar might reveal fresh related content. But the Zune software truly allows people to discover more about their own music and that of others.
by Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer
by Matt Asay, CNET News.com
A funny thing has happened in the past year. I've stopped using my hard drive.
by Priya Ganapati, Wired
For Apple, it may be time to take a closer look at its buisness in Asia. Unless the company can move swiftly to change its strategy, it may find itself locked out of the largest telecom markets of the world.
by Niall Kennedy
As of yesterday afternoon Podcaster had provisioned 1130 devices for distribution across 12 different copies of the application hosted on Google Code.
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
Fantasktik addas a thin, well, task bar to your screen that includes a button for every window, with windows grouped by program.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
New features in StuffIt Deluxe 2009 include QuickLook and Time Machine support for Leopard users.
by Tom Yager, InfoWorld
by Giles Turnbull, Cult Of Mac
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
The new version allows you to create Genius playlists and create and edit playlists in iTunes.
by Rich Ericson, Computerworld
Dropbox combines file and folder mirroring/syncornization with an easy-to-use online interface that's efficient and well designed.
by Aayush Arya, MacUser
by iPodNN
No details of individual fixes.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
With flexible ways to visualize snippets, an appreciated dose of flashy animation, and an overall look and UI that fits extremely well with Mac OS X, Clips has scored a place in our Login Items.
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica
Gears is a plug-in as well a set of APIs that web app developers can use to add offline functionality to their web apps.
by MacNN
SmartSound says it has released Sonicfire Pro 5, the latest version of its audio production software, geared toward pairing soundtracks with video.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
MakeMusic on Tuesday released Finale PrintMusic 2009, an application that allows you to print publisher-quality sheet music.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
Apple has done very little to improve the iPod classic with this iteration—that's not necessarily a bad thing. It remains the iPod to own if you want to carry a lot of media with you.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Did you also know that, depending on which arrangement you've selected, you can further group and/or sort your music?
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Synchronizing your calendars and contacts with Google just got a bit easier with the release f Spanning Sync 2.0.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Gizmodo
If the purpose of Genius is to invite you to expand your musical horizons, this is definitely not the right way to entice listeners to do so.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
The new version adds over 100 new features and enhancements. Among the changes is AutoProtect, a new feature VMware described as being like Time Machine for your virtual machine.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple upgrades its web application development stalwart.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
If you're in the market for your first nano, you can't go wrong. And if you've been waiting to upgrade a 1G or 2G model, now's the time to buy; compared to the similarly shaped 2G model, the new nano is better in every way except for the sharp corners.
by Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge
Despite its advances in battery life and capacity for the $249 asking price, the iPod classic i sno longer trailblazing in any way.
by Dan Goodin, The Register
While Mozilla's security chief Window Snyder praised much of the behind-the-scenes work of Apple's security professionals, she said it's not enough that the work is carred out in secret.
by Matt Phinney, Go San Angelo
Minutes after getting a new laptop, Tucker Travis sat in his morning classroom with the computer open, on the verge of finding out just what it could do.
by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Apple has released a security update for its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a critical internet security flaw that the company had failed to properly patch in late July.
by Eric Lai, Computerworld
Apple has only grudgingly allowed Mac OS X to be run on virtual machines.
by Charles Moore, Low End Mac
How can it not?
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
Podcaster, so far as I can tell, compiles with every written guideline in the SDK Agreement. If other guidelines exist, Apple should dd them to the agreement.
The point is not that Apple can't reject apps arbitrarily. The point isn't about what Apple can do but what they should do.
by TidBITS
Apple today released Mac OS X 10.5.5, rolling in a large number of bug fixes. As far as we can tell, there are no new feaures, but thanks to Apple's moderately detailed release notes (thanks, Apple!), users can get a sense of whether or not 10.5.5 is likely to resolve particular problems.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
Once iPrint for OS X is installed, just select some text, press Control-Option-P, and the selected text in the active window prints.
by Chirstopher Breen, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
GrandTotal helps freelancers, small and medium-sized businesses and others to generate personalized invoices, estimates and account statements for their clients.
by Yukari Iwatani Kane, Wall Street Journal
Two months after its launch, the latest version of APple Inc.'s iPhone is showing strong sales around the world — except in Japan. One big challenge is that Japanese users already have access to some of the most advanced mobile-phone technologie in the world.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by MacMembrane
by Sarah Perez, ReadWriteWeb
Given that Apple has confirmed the existence of a "kill switch," we wonder if they will start using it to wipe banned, but distributed, apps such as this from our iPhones.
by Michael Arrington, TechCrunch
Developers will complain, but ultimately they'll play by whatever rules Apple demands. Even if those rules are ambiguous and subject to change regularly without notice.
by Amit Chowdhry, Pulse 2.0
How will developers know whether their app is good enough for Apple? I'm thinking one approach that might be beneficial is to have an idea submission page. Before the devleoper takes the time to code around Apple's API, he or she submits the idea to Apple. And if they get the approval, then they are good to develop the application.
This will not work for Apple, as this will simply invite more lawsuits against Apple.
by Garry Barker, The Age
The elegant galleries of Chadstone Shopping Centre had never seen the like of it. More than 1000 people queued from 4.30am for a store opening - three-deep in a line that snaked through half a kilometre of the centre.
by Paul Kafasis, O'Reilly Digital Media Blog
The stifling is nothing compared to the chilling effect we'll see from arbitrary rejections like this.
by Dave Winer, Scripting News
If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform. It's an integrity thing. The idea that it's a platform should mean no individual or company has the power to turn you off.
by Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge
You'd be hard-pressed to find another player that's as cool and versatile as this for the price.
by Fraser Speirs
I will never write another iPhone application for the App Sotre as currently constituted.
Writing software is a serious investment of time and energy. Apple's current practice of rejecting certain applications at the final hurdle - submission to the App Store - is disastrous for investor confidence.
by Scott McNulty, Macworld
iTunes is worth upgrading to for Genius alone. The reined podcast settings and new visualizers are also welcome additions. Grid view looks pretty, with a properly prepared library, but isn't the most practical way of browsing your library especially in an age when the single is outselling the album.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
A new podcasting application has been refused entry into the App Store because it "duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes," according to a note the developer received from Apple.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
by Ed Bott, ZDNet.com
Apple has responded quickly to reports that its initial release of iTunes 8 caused STOP errors (AKA the Blue Screen of Death) on some Windows machines. From the evidence, it's pretty clear that Apple ditched its new driver code and simply rolled back to the older version.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Among the many improvements to the iPhone with the 2.1 software update posted on Friday are changes meant to enhance security on the device.
by Davey Winder, iTWire
Apple will be able to say that Windows Vista is unstable and still crashes with that Blue Screen of Death in its next advertising campaign. Genius!
by Deborah Shadovitz, Macworld
Freeway 5 Pro (version 5.2) is a good choice for professional designers who do not want to learn HTML and CSS.
by Ryan Faas, Computerworld
Sure the Remote application for the iPhone/iPod touch is a little easier to use for changing music selection than the standard Appel remote, but I still think a gathering of friends hanging out in your house is a perfect setting for Genius.
by Mark Hachman and Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine
As of Thursday morning, Apple removed the controversial MobileMe control panel from the iTunes 8 for Windows installation.
by Brian X. Chen, Wired
If you've got an iPhone, pretty much everything you have done on your handset has been temporarily stored as a screenshot that hackers or forensics experts could eventually recover, according to a renowned iPhone hacker who exposed the seucrity flaw in a webcast Thursday.
by Robert Palmer, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
If you switch frequently between a Mac and a PC, chances are you have to deal with a Windows keyboard from time to time. Thankfully, this can be easy with third-party utilities, or even features already built in to Mac OS X.
by Michelle Quinn, Los Angeles Times
by Shawn Blanc
I was clearly in an awkward situation, and this lady was oblivious to it. She was enthralled and apparently had no pre-conceived notions about social boundaries.
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
Three years after adding podcast support to iTunes, Apple has finally given us the ability to control podcast download and retention settings on a per-podcast basis.
A lot of my smart playlists and workflow that I've set up is, precisely, to work arond iTunes' lack of individual podcast control. I guess I'll have to thnk of ways of simplifying my stuff to take advantage of this new 'feature'.
by Craig Grannell, Cult Of Mac
by Greg Sandoval, CNET News.com
"We're glad to have NBC back and they are participating under the same terms with all the other content providers," Eddy Cue, vice president in charge of Apple's iTunes Store, said.
See Also:
NBC And Apple Still Bickering Over iTunes Pricing Minutia, by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
FunctionFlip sits in your menu bar and lets you choose the behavior of each "special" F-key.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Each of these preferences can be toggled with a simple one-line Terminal command.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
Once Apple can offer an iPod touch with iPod-classic capacity at a price that's not outrageous, consider it the final nail int he classic's coffin.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Milind Alvares, Smoking Apples
Here are a bunch of random tips that should help you navigate better through this ever-growing application.
by Aayush Arya, MacUser
It turns out that there's a Bluetooth chip inside the iPod touch. Tunrs out that the Bluetooth chip in question is there for a reason, and a well advertised one at that—Nike+iPod.
by Kim Tong-hyung, Korea Times
With state regulators slow to lift the software requirements that prevented foreign handset makers from gaining ground here, Koreans aren't likely to get a taste of the iPhone craze at least until next year.
by iPodNN
Apple has taken steps in iTunes 8 to prevent people from jailbreaking iPhones and iPod touches, claims the unofficial iPhone Dev Team.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Bill Snyder, InfoWorld
Developers are cranking out cool app after cool app for Apple's iPhone 3G and other smartphones. But if bandwidth stays skimpy, no one will care.
by Graham Webster, CNET News.com
It's a monumental pain to handle a library larger than can fit on one's laptop drive.
by Dan Costa, PC Magazine
Since the invention of its App store, Apple is offering more games, making them easier to download, and, frankly, providing a better gaming experience, thanks largley to that touch screen and accelerometer.
Frankly, after Wii came out from nowhere and beat PS3 and Xbox, I don't think Nintendo and Sony (and even Microsoft) will be sleeping and miss out on this potential threat from the fruit company.
by Jackson Chung, MakeUseOf.com
One of the first things I do every time I get my hands on a brand new Mac is to add Activity Monitor to the Dock.
by Dan Moren, MacUser
That's why Apple has standard UI widgets, so idiots like me don't spend several minutes searching around iTunes 8's interface trying to figure out how to make the Genius sidebar disappear.
by Tim Gideon, PC Magazine
The iPod touch remains the best portable media player on the market, period.
by Dean Putney, Cult Of Mac
Tangerine! figures out what songs go well together by actually listening to the song itself.
by Tim Gideon, PC Magazine
The iPod nano 4G represents a clear improvement in both form and function.
by Lonnie Lazar, Cult Of Mac
The new line of iPods announced yesterday are all free of terribly toxic chemicals such as PVC, BFRs, mercury and use arsenic-free glass.
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
The overall takeaway from yesterday's news is that Apple's music and iPod business is right on track. There was nothing exceptional or particularly surprising, but the incremental improvements and changes were significant. A solid year's worth of progress.
by Ed Bott, ZDNet.com
Once again, Apple is using its automatic update process to deliver massive amounts of new software to users, including a device driver that has a long and checkered history of causing the Blue Screen of Death to appear.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
While iTunes 8 didn't bring everything we would have liked to see, the major new Genius and Grid features, along with a healthy variety of not just polish but actual retinking, makes this a solid update for Apple's media management software and store.
by Sam Oliver, AppleInsider
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, along with members of his current and former management team, have agreed to a settlement that will bring closure to nearly 20 investor derivative lawsuits over backdated stock options.
by Derik DeLong, MacUser
I may be the only one that feels this way, but iTunes should get an icon makeover with every major version, even if just a color shift.
by Craig Grannell, Cult Of Mac
Put simply, are we, as writers and commentators on Apple and its output, being too hard on Steve and co.?
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
Overall, the new iPod nano looks like a solid upgrade in most areas, despite slightly-shorter video-watching battery life (and, to some of us, a step backwards in shape).
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
The speaker is regrettably nothing like the iPhone's speaker. I attempeted to watch Chinatown while listening to the audio only through the iPod touch's built-in speaker and I had a difficult time discerning the dialog even with the volume turned all the way up.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
The new Genius feature worked well at both helping me find things in my library I hadn't listened to lately, as well as new music from groups I otherwise may never have found. The new visualizer is stunning, and the performance improvements with large libraries will be welcomed by many.
by MacNN
Accounts mention the software displaying error codes when trying to use the AirTunes option, used to stream music wirelessly to remote speakers.
by Crooked Moon
Frameworks and integrations that are system wide and actually works (Yes Microsoft, I'm looking at you.)
by Mat Hartley, Globe And Mail
While the attention was focused on the latest gizmos and TV content, Apple's chief executive may have shown his hand for the company's next big thing: video games.
by Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville
by The Mac-cessibility Site
iTunes taps into your Mac or PC's processing power to generate tiny audio files for the various menus, artists, album, song titles, in your library. When you sync, that information is sent to your iPod nano 4G.
by Ryan Faas, Computerworld
Mac OS X and Windows machines don't get along, right? Wrong. Try out tips for cross-platform happiness on your network.
by Matt Hately, Outsourcing Innovation
I finally did it. After years of making fun of Macs, I am now a Mac owner and a member of the fully converted.
by Robert Vamosi, CNET News.com
by Daniel Terdiman, CNET Download Blog
by Davey Winder, iTWire
That reason is simple usability. A single word that encompasses everything about the Apple approach to an Operating System.
by Joe Nocera, New York Times
To the ranks of chief executives who blame those terrible meanies who run hedge funds for their troubles, we can now add a new name: the one and only Steve Jobs. According to Jim Goldman, who interviewed Mr Jobs today on CNBC after his latest razzle-dazzle product announcement, the Apple chief executive said the rumors that he had suffered a recurrence of cancer came from "hedge funds with a big short position in Apple."
by Sven-S. Prost, Quarter Life Crisis
The things I noticed were those which - just like in previous iTunes updates - look like ad-hoc UI changes that could have done with more care.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
While Apple didn't unveil anything radical Tuesday, analysts said it would be a mistake to dismiss the releases as no big deal.
by Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired
While Genius is no big deal, its smooth, easily accessible nature will likely cause at least a minor uptick in music sales through the service.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
The new iPod nanos now have a feature that speaks every menu and song info, which is especially nice for those who are hard of sight.
by Craig Grannell, Cult Of Mac
This time Apple was the one telling us we were going to see something big, when all we got were skinny things we already knew about anyway.
by Craig Grannell, Cult Of Mac
I'd rather like someone ot smush these two apps together.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
The end of the road is in sight for the venerable iPod classic. Meriting barely a passing mention during Apple's "Let's Rock" press event on Tuesday, the device is now available in only a single 120GB model for $249.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
iPhone 2.1 software is expected to be released on Friday, Sept 12, 2008.
by Mark Hattersley, Macworld UK
The new iPod touch incorporates the side controls from the iPhone so you cna adjust the volume without using the touch-screen. Like the iPhone, it now also sports a built-in speaker. Steve Jobs - a known music fan - joked that "it's for casual listening; it's not for audiophiles."
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Jobs said that there are now more than 700 games available from the App Store. The abundance of games make the iPod touch "the funnest iPod ever," said Jobs.
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
The new iPod nano, introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs during a press briefing in San Francisco Tuesday, is touted as the thinnest iPod ever built and features a taller form factor with a larger screen than the previous nano.
by Peter Cohen and Philip Michaels, Macworld
The new version of iTunes available for download Tuesday contains new browsing options and accessibility enhancements. But the major new addition is Genius, a feature that creates playlists from songs in your music library "that go great together, with just one click," Jobs said.
by Dan Moren, Macworld
It's hard to use mere words to convey just how much fun the C4 conference is. For one thing, it kind of presuppose that your idea of fun is being crammed into the windowless basement of a hotel along with over 150 other Mac nerds. Let's be honest: you've probably got places you'd rather be. But just in case you missed out, let me tell you what, exactly, you could have been doing with your past weekend.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
For most people, it's a good middle ground betwen TextEdit and something like Pages or Word.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
NetNewsWire 3.1.7 is a stellar example of a newsreader done right, offering a huge number of features and options while remaining simple to set up and use.
by Andy Ihnatko, Celestial Waste Of Bandwidth
If you do know squat... well, you're that much ahead of the game. And then there's MAMP.
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
Spring Cleaning goes through hard drives looking for duplicate files, inactive aliases, old cache files, and other such clutter.
by Stephen Withers, iTWire
by Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle
While many programs require an entire column to describe, many more useful and interesting programs can be explained in just a sentence or two. Here are a few of my favorites.
by John Brandon, Computerworld
What they really need to do is just get moving on web development. Turn Apple into a company that is as innovative on the web as they are on the desktop and with hardware.
Even discounting MobileMe, Apple has one of the most usable web browser on a mobile device. I don't think Apple need to prove its "get-it"-ness with iTunes XX.
by John P. Falcone, CNET News.com
Apple makes nothing if you rip a DVD, but it (and its studio partners) split anywhere from $3 to $15 per flick, depending if you rent or buy. The company isn't likely to kill off that revenue stream anytime soon.
by Dan Frommer, Silicon Alley Insider
by Christopher Breen and Philip Michaels, Macworld
Would such a move be a good idea for Apple?
Music subscription can well be the new radio. Do it for your customers, Apple.
by Simon Royal, Low End Mac
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
It's ironic - Apple is in many ways finding itself in Microsoft's shoes. The more products you have, and the tighter the integration between them, the harder it is to push something out the door quickly and cleanly.
by Ryan Block
Trust me, there are many, many things to groan about Apple over — its obsessive control in all aspects of business, its reluctance to try genuinely new markets and products, the way it handles media — but these complaints are not those things.
by Andy Affleck, TidBITS
WireTap Anywhere gives you full control over exactly what audio can be recorded in your preferred audio recording software.
by Jim Dalrymple and Philip Michaels, Macworld
by MacNN
Australian Apple resellers are fearing that online sales leads are going to begin to vanish as Apple-related advertisements from Google's AdWords service have disappeared.
by Stewart Meagher, The Inquirer
The Inquirer can confirm that the latest God game from Electronic Arts, which was much praised for its simultaneous Mac and PC launch, has seemingly been deliberately crippled for owners of older, or lower-end Macs.
by Daniel Boffey, Daily Mail
by Harry McCracken, Technologizer
Ultimately, I think it's that control that drives Apple rather than a desire to cursh anybody. It wants its experience to be exactly what it wants them to be; it's willing to frustrate other companies, and sometimes its own customers, to do so.
by Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac
There's a lot of busy bees preparing for Apple's special "Let's Rock" event on Tuesday. The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is humming with Apple staffers, TV crews and scores of security guards.
by Steven Frank
If you report bugs as you find them, following these guidelines, you'll have the best possible chance of getting your problem resolved.
by AFP
Chinese consumers are no waiting for Jobs. The country is widely considered the world's biggest market for smuggled, "unlocked" and counterfeited iPhones.
by Daniel Lyons, Newsweek
Apple tactics might seem like smart business: why not squeeze every penny out of every deal? The problem is that if Apple squeezes too ahrd, some partners may go out of business, harming the ecosystem. Bully behavior also invites backlash, as it did for Microsoft when that company rose to power in the 1990s.
by Los Angeles Times
Music labels are rebelling against Apple's online dominance. Trouble is, their options are limited.
by Brian X. Chen, Wired
Though this analysis is inconclusive, the e-mail containing the misuse of "which" appears to be the most suspicious.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
by Joe Kissell, Macworld
After you get past the initial setup, BusySync 2.1.6 is usually invisible in day-to-day use, and makes calendar sharing for a family or small group as painless as it can be without the use of a dedicated calendar server.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
One month on since the tenth anniversary of the 1998 launch of the iMac, todaymarks a decade since the UK arrival of the product.
by Milind Alvares, Smoking Apples
by Michael Scarpelli, Inside Mac Games
The game looks great ad has great sound and music is enjoyable. However, as a game, the title doesn't really deliver.
by Erik Vlietinck, IT.Enquirer
by Brett Terpstra, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
To round out our roundup, we'll take a look at some (possibly) unexpected solutions, as well as some utilities which can aid any writer.
by The Jaded Consumer
So far, Apple seems to be doing pretty well with this.
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
Apple is coming off a summer marked by several high-profile product launches—and nearly as many exasperating missteps.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
"There seems to be a disconnect between Apple's message of allowing vulgarity in the iTunes store but not in the App Store. Also, the message of 'limited appeal' to the iPhone community doesn't seem true."
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
Audio-enhancement utilty brings big sound to little speakers.
by Brett Terpstra, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
This second post covers some great tools for compiling all of your thoughts, ideas and research into cohesive, structured documents.
by Charles Starrett, iLounge
by Lonnie Lazar, Cult Of Mac
Salling Software's MediaSYnc is a brand new application that synchronizes playlists, music, and podcasts in iTunes onto mobile devices from Sony, Nokia and Sony Ericsson.
by Chris Pepper, Macworld
NetBarrier X5 provides a good set of features for preventing malicious access to your Mac from the internet. But its tendency to block perfectly legitimate traffic could cause havoc for many users.
by MacNN
Both Apple and AT&T have been sued by William Gills, a customer who complains that the companies have recklessly oversold the iPhone 3G, knowing that neither the device nor AT&T's 3G network can support fast access for the current influx of users.
by Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News
by Tom Yager, InfoWorld
For web applications, the framework's the thing, and the browser framework that will win the day is WebKit.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Cumulus helps businesses manage digital assets.
by Dan Moren, MacUser
AppleJacks lets you perform maintenance procedures such as disk repair, preference validation, and cache cleaning in a handy text-based system.
by Dan Nystedt, Macworld UK
The new iPhone 3G will be sold by at least two mobile phone companies in Russia, and a third may be added soon.
by Jim Darlymple, Macworld
Judging from the invitation sent by Apple, the event will focus on the iPod. With an iPod looking screen and the words "Let's Rock" it seems clear Apple will use the time to spark interest in its products for the holiday shopping season.
by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune
by Jeanette Rundquist, Star-Ledger
Students will take a leap in classroom technology this year, using Apple's iTunes store to post and share educational material.
by Lukas Mathis, Ignore The Code
A better approach to web applications is to bring web applications out of the browser ghetto and make them first-class applications, rather than burying them inside browser chrome you're never going to use anyway.
by Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle
by Robert Palmer, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Google is developing a new web browser built from the groun dup and based on WebKit, the same rendering engine that Safari uses.
We have two embedded-in-OS web rendering engines in the two competing operating system. Microsoft's IE has a longer history, but it is Safari/WebKit that is creating more innovating products by third parties.
by Thomas Fitzgerald
If you put the seeming hysteria aside you begin to see that this backlash is just that, hysteria.
by Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
Like all online word processors, Google Docs has one significant architectural limitation: if you don't have internet access, you documents are completely unavailable to you. Google has been working on eliminating this limitation with a technology called Google Gears.
by MacNN
Blue Banana Software has released Project Calculator 3, a major update to its project time-tracking software.
by Dan Frommer, Silicon Alley Insider
WHat's the easiest way to get ahold of Steve Jobs? Don't bother calling Apple PR or looking for a quote in buiness press. Just email me, apparently.
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