Jun 16, 2008 Jun 18, 2008 Tuesday June 17, 2008
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Glims 1.0b2 adds autocomplete, thumbnails and more to Safari
Glims is a Safari (version 3.1.1 and up) add-on for Leopard that adds useful features to the web browser. Among those features: Adds thumbnails to Google.com search results Adds thumbnails to Yahoo.com search results Adds Amazon's information banner on Google.com search results Adds Amazon's information banner on Yahoo.com search results Adds a "Max Window Size" menu item to resize the Safari... [read more at MacMerc.com]
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EA Spore Creature Creator spreads across the internet
It was kind of fun to monitor Twitter today with all the buzz about the Spore Creature Creator Trial but not as much fun as it is playing! The Spore Creature Creator is a preview of the full Spore game that is expected to release on September 7. With the Creature Creator, you to create Spore creatures that you will later be able to use in the game. You can create multiple creatures or sample... [read more at MacMerc.com]
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My most anticipated (announced) iPhone applications
I don’t know about you but I’m counting the days until 11 July so that I can get my mitts on iPhone firmware 2.0 and the App store. Jailbroken iPhones are fun but I can’t wait to go legit. I’ve already got a few favorite iPhone applications based on early descriptions and screen shots that have [...]
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Stacking the Odds
Jack Shedd on Mozilla’s Firefox-vs.-Safari comparison: The sad fact is, in most ways, WebKit/Safari is the superior browser. And it damn well better be. Apple caused a huge ruckus when it chose to use the kHTML engine as Safari’s starting point instead of Gecko. The long run has proven their decision was correct. They’ve managed to build a faster, more compliant-browser with fewer programmers and less glitz than the Firefox team. ★
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The New UI Wars
Kontra: Many reasons have been floated for why Flash isn’t a good match for the iPhone: it’s slow, it hogs CPU cycles, it drains the battery, it crashes too often, it’s not optimized for Mac OS X and so on. As obvious as these reasons may be, even if all those technical issues could be solved tomorrow, there would still remain a huge divide between Adobe and Apple on the iPhone: who controls the UI? ★
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Inexpensive Mac minis
Since you can't currently find any Mac minis on the Apple Store refurbished site, you might want to check this out. MacMinicolo.net is selling some of the machines that they have been using. They have two models up right now, both 1.83 GHz, Core 2 Duo. Some were purchased in Jan '08, and others in November '06. They have mostly been used in their climate controlled data center which means that they should be in pretty good shape. The 2 GB RAM version is $100 less than it would be from Apple, but $175 less if you host it in their data center (and buy a plan with that). The discount is not huge, but every little bit helps, right? They also mention that they will post them as they are available, so first come, first served. If you are interested, you can purchase the Minis by contacting macminicolo.net here.
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iPhone Banking
Last year, Bank of America launched its mobile banking service, which as their website name claims, allows you to bank from anywhere. (You can even watch the uber-cheesy videos that explain it if you want.) Last week Bank of America announced that it has hit over 1 million unique, active users, with 4 million account sessions in last month. They have about 100,000 users on peak usage days. Obviously, iPhone, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile devices are used most frequently. BofA's website looks good on my iPod Touch, and looks fine on a regular ol' cell phone. I don't use Bank of America, so I don't know how it looks when you are actually inside your account, although I did find out that there is not a branch within 25 miles of my zip code. I checked out a couple other banks on my Touch, and found that Wells Fargo looked like it could handle mobile banking. Although, it did look like a very mobile version and not very snazzy. Washington Mutual, however, did not fare as well, as it delivered a regular web page that was annoying on my Touch. It didn't look like a mobile web page either, which translates into annoyingly long load times. BofA wins the battle by looking like a native iPhone app and being easy to use. I switched to my current bank from Wells Fargo a few years ago because of its superior online banking service. I don't think I will switch to Bank of America, even though it does have a great system. Do you have a favorite bank to use on your iPhone/iPod Touch? Official Press Release [Via Washington Post]
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Firefox vs. Safari
Screenshot of Mozilla’s Firefox 3 site, with their comparison against Safari. Note (a) that Safari is the only other browser they compare Firefox against; and (b) that the anchor “#feature-vsie” suggests that Safari has replaced Internet Explorer as the primary browser Mozilla feels it’s competing against. ★
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And the winner is...
Filed under: Accessories, Hardware, Software, SwitchersWe have a winner in our NEAT Receipts Advance Release giveaway!Grant B. (full name withheld on request) from Colorado was the lucky TUAW reader chosen by NEAT Receipts to get his very own NEAT Receipts Advance Release package. Here is Grant's winning comment: "This is a fantastic idea for me. I'm a self-employed sole-proprietor, so I often have to take extra measures to ensure I keep my business and personal life separate. Neat Receipts would make that so much easier."Grant also told us that "I recently switched back to Mac after an 8 year PC phase, and I'm so happy I'm back in the Apple fold -- and able to enjoy TUAW everyday. It's my first iPhone visit every morning."Congratulations to Grant on all counts -- coming back to Mac, being a faithful TUAW reader, and winning the NEAT Receipts Advance Release giveaway.Many thanks to NEAT Receipts for contributing to this special TUAW giveaway.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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★ Up Flash Creek Without a Paddle
So there’s been a surge in speculation today regarding Adobe’s efforts to get Flash support on the iPhone, after Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said the following during Adobe’s quarterly finance conference call yesterday: “We have a version that’s working on the emulation. This is still on the computer and you know, we have to continue to move it from a test environment onto the device and continue to make it work. So we are pleased with the internal progress that we’ve made to date.” In addition to my comments this morning regarding how, at a technical level, getting Flash running in the simulator in and of itself isn’t worth much, the more I think about it, the more baffled I am that Narayen said anything specific at all. Talking about technical progress only serves to focus attention on the fact that it is Apple’s decision, and by all appearances, Apple does not want Flash on the iPhone. Even if Adobe eventually gets Flash running well — by any standard for “running well” — on actual iPhone hardware, rather than just in the iPhone simulator, they can’t ship it without Apple’s explicit permission. What most people imagine when they think of “Flash for the iPhone” is a browser plugin that executes and displays Flash content inside web pages, just like how it works in desktop browsers like Safari, Firefox, and IE. That requires a content plugin for the browser, and MobileSafari does not support plugins of any kind. There is no way for third-party developers to modify MobileSafari or the content it is capable of displaying via the iPhone SDK. It is possible, of course, that Adobe is developing a Flash plugin for MobileSafari outside the confines of the APIs in the official iPhone SDK, with the permission and tacit approval of Apple. But at least as recently as March, Adobe indicated that no such deal was in place: In an emailed statement, Adobe said it had evaluated the iPhone software development kit Apple had released March 6 in beta, and could now “start to develop a way to bring Flash player to the iPhone.” “However, to bring the full capabilities of Flash to the iPhone Web-browsing experience, we do need to work with Apple beyond and above what is available through the SDK and the current license around it,” the company said. But it’s worth taking a step back to consider that Apple doesn’t even support playing inline QuickTime content in MobileSafari web pages — clicking a QuickTime movie in MobileSafari takes you to a standalone QuickTime player. The iPhone is simply too performance sensitive to allow for inline media playback. So, if not a MobileSafari browser plugin, then perhaps Adobe is working on a standalone Flash player app for the iPhone. But if that’s the case, (a) it would still require help from Apple in order to allow users to tap on Flash links in MobileSafari to launch the standalone Flash player; and (b) it would contravene this portion of the iPhone SDK Agreement: An Application may not itself install or launch other executable code by any means, including without limitation through the use of a plug-in architecture, calling other frameworks, other APIs or otherwise. No interpreted code may be downloaded and used in an Application except for code that is interpreted and run by Apple’s Published APIs and built-in interpreter(s). Again, Apple could grant Adobe an explicit exception to this, but, as I’ve written before, it is not in Apple’s interests to do so. Lastly, if not a standalone Flash content player, the only other option would be for Adobe to build an entire iPhone web browser with Flash support built in. But, in addition to being an extraordinary amount of work (MobileSafari is a lot more than a “simple” wrapper around WebKit), this would contravene the exact same “no interpreted code” iPhone SDK terms that a standalone Flash player app would. Plus it would require Apple to allow for MobileSafari to be replaced as the default handler for the “http:” and “https:” URL schemes.
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Run Spore Creature Creator on unsupported GMA 950 Macs
Filed under: Hacks, Mac mini, MacBook Quite a few users were frustrated to discover that the recently released Spore Creature Creator won't run on Macs with Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics (basically Mac minis and older MacBooks). An enterprising TUAW reader has come up with a solution. Clancy posted the following instructions: download trial click show package content open resources folder open tginstall.plist in Property List Editor (Having xcode installed helps) Click the root triangle scroll down to InsufficientRenderers Change Intel GMA 950 OpenGL Engine to Intel GMA 850 OpenGL Engine (or something lower) Save and run the installer Clancy reports that the Creature Creator is running fine on his Core2Duo Mac mini with this modification. I'm not sure how well this will hold up on the full game (though the GMA 950 is supported on Windows), but if you have an unsupported Intel Mac and would like to have a look it might be worth it.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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MacYenta.com allows you to discover the indie developer next door
Filed under: Internet, DeveloperSure there are way too many social networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook, but what if you want to find and connect to indie Mac developers and only indie Mac developers? Well, that's where MacYenta.com comes into play. MacYenta is a one-stop way to connect directly with your indie dev peers (maybe some that you met at WWDC '08).By registering for a free account on MacYenta, you can instantly see the many indie developers that have already created profiles. Not to mention that you can create your own profile that lists who you are and the current projects you're working on. It's similar to what you might expect from LinkedIn, but on a much smaller scale. So, if you're an indie Mac dev looking for a job, looking to hire, or just looking to connect and talk with other indie Mac developers, be sure to check out MacYenta.com.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Apple Juicz solar charger for MacBook Air
Filed under: Accessories, Peripherals, Portables, MacBook AirOkay here's one for the deep-pocketed Greens out there (or maybe somebody on assignment to the middle of nowhere). QuickTek is offering a line of solar chargers for the MacBook Air called the Apple Juicz. There are three models of increasing size: 18 watt, 27 watt, and 55 watt. They recharge a MacBook Air in 14, 8, and 5 hours respectively, but all this solar powered goodness doesn't come cheap at $500, $600, and $1000. On the bright side though, they'll throw in a "very cool Element carry bag" for free, which you'll need as the largest one unfolds to 60 x 42 inches.In addition to the solar panels you'll also need a modified MagSafe power adapter. QuickerTek will upgrade yours for $25 or sell you one pre-modified for $100 (which includes car and airline adapters). They suggest that this would be the ultimate gift for a college student, but even as a geek prof I'd be tempted to take the lunch money of anybody I saw on the quad with 17 square feet of solar panel laid out on the grass. But maybe that's just me.[via Macworld]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Nova Media restores Leopard’s “missing� Bluetooth phone functions
Many Mac users were upset with Apple's decision to remove several useful features from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, including Bluetooth cell phone dialing within Address Book and support for SMS text messages. However, Nova Media on Tuesday announced its inexpensive Phone Plugins utility that restores the functions.
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Apple settles Visual Voicemail lawsuit
Filed under: iPhoneKlausner Technology Inc., owner of a telephone answering machine patent "linking displayed data with [a] recorded audio message" settled with Apple over the use of Visual Voicemail on the iPhone, reports Macworld. Klausner was granted the patent in 1994, and renewed it in March. As part of the settlement, Klausner is licensing the patents to Apple and AT&T. Klausner has already licensed it to Vonage, Sprint Nextel, and eBay. The details of the settlement were not released, but Klausner had been asking for $360 million in damages. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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ArchiCAD 12: Multi-core architectural powerhouse
Filed under: Software, Mac Pro I have several consulting clients who are architects, all of whom use ArchiCAD to create stunning designs and manage the process of documentation. They're going to be very happy architects in July, since Graphisoft is providing multi-core support in the upcoming release of ArchiCAD 12.In addition to divvying up those rendering duties to all 8 cores on your Mac Pro, ArchiCAD 12 has a slew of new features including: A new tool for designing and documenting curtain wall systems Partial structure display for sharing design info with engineers Enhancements in the StairMaker tool New fill management capability and translucent fills 3D "Nudge" feature for moving elements Align and distribute elements along a path or in a pattern Graphisoft and ARCHVISTA Building Technologies are hosting a webinar on June 18, 2008 to demonstrate the features of ArchiCAD 12. While you'll need to contact an ArchiCAD reseller for pricing details, you can slice $500 off of your next ArchiCAD license by ordering the new software before June 30, 2008.Thanks to Michael for the tip!Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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CrossOver 7 supports Office 2007, Adobe CS2 and more
Filed under: OS, SwitchersCodeWeavers has released CrossOver 7.0 for Mac, adding support for Microsoft Office 2007, Adobe CS and CS2, and improving "online banking integration" in Quicken 2007 & 2008. Unlike Boot Camp or virtualization solutions like Parallels and VMware, CrossOver allows you to run Windows software on your Intel Mac without actually running Windows. Other changes include various bug fixes and improved support for IE and "modern Linux" distros like Ubuntu.CrossOver 7.0 is $39.95 for the Standard edition and $69.95 for the Pro edition that includes CrossOver Games and more support. A demo is available for download.Thanks to everyone who sent this in!Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Macworld’s iPhone 3G FAQ
Includes not just the known knowns, but also the known unknowns (like, say, what the “improved audio” Steve Jobs mentioned actually means). ★
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Flipside gets you to Windows and back without changing a thing
Filed under: OS, SoftwareWhile you can use utilities like BootPicker or rEFIt to quickly select a Boot Camp partition at startup, Flipside hopes to take the pain out of booting into Windows (no, it doesn't make Windows pretty, simple, or virus free -- that's for version 2.0). Flipside automatically finds your Windows partition on your Mac and boots you into it -- all without changing your startup disk settings. If you're in a hurry to reboot into Windows, then you can have Flipside force-quit your open Mac applications and instantly reboot (not recommended, but could be handy).This tool is definitely useful if you find yourself booting into Windows regularly. Best part of this application? It's free -- however, donations are accepted. You can download it today from Barraford Software.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Mozilla struggles with Firefox 3 release
Filed under: Internet ToolsPromised at 10 a.m. Pacific time (1 p.m. Eastern), Mozilla was eager to set a one-day world-record for the release of Firefox 3. With most of the day already gone for much of the world, and nary an update to be seen, it's looking bad for June 17. Getfirefox.com alternates between being entirely down and cheerfully offering up the latest and greatest version of Firefox 2. "Check for Updates" inside of Firefox (eventually) returns a "AUS: Update XML File Malformed (200)" error reading the XML file that would normally contain information about Firefox updates. When will we see an update? "Shortly," according to the Mozilla Blog. They are also careful to point out that the "official" 24 hours of record-breaking will commence the moment the software is released, and not from their original 10 a.m. estimate. Thanks everyone who sent this in! Update: 3:05 p.m.: We did it! TUAW single-handedly provided the schadenfreude necessary to get the server running, and getfirefox.com is serving up Firefox 3. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Iris: One window image editing for Leopard
Filed under: Macworld, Software After a public beta that started at Macworld Expo 2008, Nolobe today shipped Iris, a new image editing application for Mac OS X. Nolobe is the same company that brings the world Interarchy, a popular advanced FTP client. What separates Iris from the competition is the single-screen user interface that dispenses with a lot of the traditional floating palettes that clutter screens with other applications. While it's a 1.0 release, a quick tour of the trial download shows that Iris is a surprisingly full-featured image editor supporting most major file formats, advanced compositing tools, and color correction machinery that lets you fix or enhance your favorite photos.Iris requires Leopard, and can be purchased from Nolobe for $79. If you'd like to take Iris for a spin, download the free trial.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Western Digital releases 7200RPM 320GB notebook drive
Western Digital has raised the bar on the notebook hard drives with their new “Black” line of Scorpio drives. The new 2.5-inch SATA WD3200BEKT hard drives spin at 7200RPM which is faster than their 5400RPM (WD3200BEVT) Scorpio drives that I reviewed on 16 November 2007. The new 7200RPM WD Scorpio Black 2.5-inch mobile drives are 9.5mm [...]
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Apple is going to sell a boat load of 3G iPhones
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhoneWhat I admire most about Apple is the patience the company demonstrates. Nothing is rushed, either to the market or the press. Even when all parties are clamoring for what they want, the executives in Cupertino are patient enough to ignore the din and wait until the time is right to act.There's a report on MacNN today about the increasing interest in the 3G iPhone in the UK. Part of the reason is that subsidies provided by O2 will make the new phone free for some shoppers on July 11th. "Free" is a powerful motivator, but interest would have been just as high without that four-letter word.When the iPhone was first released with its now-infamously high price tag, It was purchased (in large part) by Apple's rabid fans, who evangelized the thing to everyone they met. Many of those people thought, "Nice, but the price is high." Which leads to my second point. Namely, pricing sends a message. When you notice the discount bin at your favorite record store, you think, "lousy music in there." The $3.99 CDs can't possibly be good. Conversely, the $19.99 new releases must be awesome. I mean, they're twenty bucks!Next month, all the people who were swooning over the iPhone but put off by the price tag will descend upon Apple Stores in droves. Expect quarterly sales figures to exceed expectations, as Apple is going to sell a boatload of iPhones.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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iPhone Atlas on Flash Performance on Mobile Processors
The funny part is that when I loaded this page on my Mac, I was presented with one of the most obnoxious Flash-based web ads I’ve ever seen: an ad for Verizon FiOS that, about 10 seconds after the page loaded, “set fire” to the paragraph of text I was reading. The iPhone’s lack of Flash is a feature. ★
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Good Thing Mossberg Didn’t Hold His Breath
Good time to recall Walt Mossberg’s “scoop” regarding Flash support for the iPhone, from 11 months ago: Apple says it plans to add that plug-in through an early software update, which I am guessing will occur within the next couple of months. ★
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Good Luck With That, Adobe
The web’s abuzz regarding this nugget from Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen during their quarterly finance call yesterday, after being asked about the state of Flash for the iPhone: “We have a version that’s working on the emulation. This is still on the computer and you know, we have to continue to move it from a test environment onto the device and continue to make it work. So we are pleased with the internal progress that we’ve made to date.” So, (a) according to Narayen, it’s only running in the simulator (which is x86, not ARM, and a lot of things that run OK in the simulator run slowly on actual iPhones); and (b) they still have no solution to the problem of getting Flash content to display in MobileSafari. MobileSafari has no third-party plug-in API. It isn’t going to happen. The best Adobe can do is provide a standalone Flash player app for the iPhone, along the lines of Apple’s standalone QuickTime player. ★
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Media Temple launches beta for VPS running on Leopard Server
Filed under: Enterprise, OS, XServe, LeopardTeaming with Parallels, Media Temple has just announced the start of private-beta period for its latest (mt) Labs offering, the (xv) Xserve-Virtual -- which they are dubbing "the world's first VPS Leopard Server." Although virtual servers running Linux or Windows are pretty standard hosting options, this is one of the first Mac hosting opportunities I have seen period (outside of a co-lo), virtualized or not.Now that Apple has sanctioned the virtualization of OS X Leopard Sever on Apple hardware, both Parallels and VMWare have announced plans to integrate Leopard Server virtualization into their product lines. While VMWare is integrating Leopard Server in its upcoming version of Fusion, Parallels is taking a decidedly more enterprise approach and working Leopard Server virtualization into its Parallels Server product. Parallels Server uses Parallels' bare-metal hypervisor architecture and as such, each virtual machine runs its own kernel and operating system. Media Temple, which already partners with Parallels in its (dv) and (dpv) Nitro products, is going to be the first official hosting launch partner for Parallels Server for Mac, offering Leopard VPS hosting on Xserve hardware. The Xserves used by (mt) are running 2 x 2.8 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400s with 32GB 800MHz DDR2 RAM and 3x300GB 15,000-rpm SAS with 16MB disk cache drives on a Xserve RAID Card. In the private beta (apply here), the Xserves will be split into 8 virtual machines, with each VM guaranteed 2 GB of RAM and two cores of CPU resources. The advantage of using a virtual machine as opposed to a physical Xserve, aside from cost, is that hardware maintainance is taken care of by the host. Plus, if something goes completely haywire, the virtual machine can just be reinstalled to its starting point.The (xv) can be used to host websites, run iChat and iCal server, use Podcast Producer and for anything else a regular Xserve running on a LAN can do. Anything you can install on a regular Mac, you can install on the (xv), and you can control the (xv) using both Screen Sharing and Remote Desktop. Media Temple is still working on the scalability plans for the (xv) but are planning on offering a scale-on-demand package similar to its (dv) product.Although pricing is currently undetermined, Media Temple will be using the beta testing to find out which configurations are most efficient to help set the ultimate price.If you have experience running a Mac server, you can apply for the (xv) beta here. It's really exciting to see OS X virtualization, both for enterprise and for home/small business use take off. I can't wait to see the final product!Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Spore Creature Creator now available
Filed under: Gaming, LeopardEA has made the Spore Creature Creator trial available for download on both Mac and PC. A while back EA promised simultaneous release for Mac and PC, and they seem to be on track with the Creature Creator which is available for purchase at $9.95.The Spore Creature Creator is a preview and demo for the full Spore game, which is scheduled for release on September 7. As you might expect from the name the Creature Creator allows you to build and customize creatures which you'll later be able to use in gameplay once the full game is released. I've been playing with the trial this morning and it does look very promising.The Spore Creature Creator is Leopard and Intel Mac only. It requires at least an ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100. It will apparently not run on computers with the GMA 950 integrated graphics chipset on OS X (though, it will on Windows). The trial version can be downloaded directly from the Spore trial site.Thanks, Shiraz!Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Mac Automation: Burn a backup disc of recent iPhotos
Filed under: Features, How-tos Time Machine is great way to backup your entire Mac, but what if you want to make a single backup of your recently imported photos in iPhoto? Well, Automator for Leopard is here to help with this task. In this how-to, I will show you how to find photos taken in the last 2 months and burn the resulting photos to a disc for safe keeping. Continue reading to learn how to create this Automator workflow.Continue reading Mac Automation: Burn a backup disc of recent iPhotosRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Readers report .Mac service outages
Filed under: .MacWe've gotten several reports this morning that sections of the .Mac service, including web galleries, webmail and the www.mac.com page, are offline today. Email to the .Mac domain appears to be flowing but there's no ETA on restoration of the services and no clear picture of exactly what is affected.This is not entirely a surprising development considering the wholesale migration of .Mac to MobileMe, but it's a little discouraging. Perhaps we should all send "get well soon" iCards... oh, wait, nevermind.Thanks to everyone who sent this in.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Get your Firefox on: Firefox Download Day
Filed under: Software, Freeware, Internet, Internet ToolsJust a reminder, as Robert hinted half an hour ago today is "Download Day" for Firefox 3. If you haven't yet downloaded the official 3.0 release, be sure to do it today! Firefox is trying to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. As of 8:30 ET this morning the download page is still pointing to 2.0 and the preview release, but we've got the direct download link here (thanks Timothy).It's not all about Mozilla's pride, really! Firefox 3 will bring many changes for all Mac users (mostly good), as this is the first release of Firefox that is built primarily using Cocoa for the underlying Gecko 1.9 engine (a project that's been in the works for years). Along with better redraw speed (CoreGraphics vs. the older QuickDraw API) and improved memory handling, the new engine provides the groundwork for a pure-Cocoa, 64-bit clean version of Firefox in the future. Firefox 3's UI is more Maclike now, with Aqua-style widgets improving the view. You can read more about the architectural changes to Firefox 3 and Gecko 1.9 at developer Josh Aas' blog.So head on over to Spread Firefox, we're sure you can't go wrong! If you're in the mood to party with the Firefox launch day crowd, check Mozilla's party site for activities near you.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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GrApple themes bring Safari's UI touches to Firefox
Filed under: Internet ToolsFor those of you who aren't looking forward to Firefox 3's default new look today, might I suggest an FF2 theme called GrApple Yummy, from Aronnax. It makes Firefox a dead ringer for Safari. In fact, Aronnax claims it looks three times more beautiful than Safari. Your mileage, of course, may vary. GrApple Yummy is available in two flavors, blue and graphite. Blue contains three-color window controls, while graphite, as you might imagine, has gray window controls. Both themes are donationware.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Mac OS Ken: 06.17.2008
RBC Capital: iPhone 3G May Replicate iPod Success / Apple Settles Visual Voicemail Suit with Klausner Technologies / Developers Still Not Developing for Vista / United Starts iPod and iPhone Integration for In-Flight Entertainment / Telstra: iPhone 3G Incompatible with Optus and Vodafone 3G Networks in Australia / Moscow Times: The iPhone and Mother Russia / Collapse of Verizon Deal Could Keep iPhone Out of Vermont / Why the UAE is Missing the iPhone 3G Train / Incite UK Survey: Apple 2nd to Sony in Innovation Survey