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Microsoft considering bringing Office suite to iPad.
January 28, 2011
The iPad is a great device but for it be a viable production/office tool it needs one very important capability, Office documents. Apple has done a great job at allowing people to view Word and Excel Documents on iOS devices and even allowing for editing with Pages and Numbers. Unfortunately Pages and Numbers has to do conversions going back and forth and most of the times those conversions go without much hassle but if you have complex documents it can be troublesome. Here is to hoping Microsoft realizes just how large the iOS user base has become, and how much larger it trends to be.
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iPhone OS 4.0 to be demoed today
April 08, 2010
Apple is set to show off its latest and greatest in iPhone OS. A lot of speculation is going around concerning exactly what is to be included in this release but today those questions should finally be answered. Here's to hoping we get unified mailboxes in Mail and some sort of multi-tasking for applications. Read More »
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Chat with Facebook friends in iChat.
February 16, 2010
You can do this after you have gone into Facebook and signed up for a user name. You will need that info for the “yourname” sections of the setup.
- Go to the iChat menu and select “Preferences.”
- Click “Accounts,” then click the “+” at the bottom.
- Select “Jabber” from the pull-down menu, then enter the following info:
Screen Name: “yourname”@chat.facebook.com
Password: <your Facebook password> - Select “Jabber” from the pull-down menu, then enter the following info:Screen Name: “yourname”@chat.facebook.comPassword: <your Facebook password>
Click the arrow next to “Server Options” and enter the following info:
Server: chat.facebook.com
Port: 5222
(Uncheck the box labeled “Use SSL”)
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Aperture 3 Released
February 09, 2010
Apple announced the availablity of Aperture 3 the update to their professional photograph management software. Included in this update is more than 200 new features. They have brought some of the features from iPhoto ‘09 including Face detection, and GPS location. They also added a new brushes feature that allows users to “paint on” effects so the effect happens where they want it to.For more information, read the full release from Apple.
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Apple Announces the iPad!
January 27, 2010
Apple has final shown off the iPad today, for a good price and with some nice features. Coming in at $499 for a 16GB version it brings it right in line after the iPod Touch.Apple also has an agressive price point for 3G data plans. $14.99 for 250MB for basic use and $29.99 for unlimited. Better than the $60 most others charge for data only devices.
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Apple releases Bootcamp 3.1, Updated drivers for Windows 7
January 20, 2010
On tuesday Apple released updated Bootcamp drivers to officially support Windows 7 on supported machines. The updated drivers specifically address issues with the Apple trackpad, turns off the red digital audio port LED on laptop computers when it is not being used, and supports the Apple wireless keyboard and Apple Magic mouse.
If you are currently a Bootcamp user you can update to the latest drivers by running “Windows Apple Software Update” while you are logged into your Windows OS.
For more info refer to Apple’s FAQ.
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5 Reasons I Love My Mac & Will Never Go Back to Windows: 1 Year Later
January 19, 2010
One past customer of MacMatters sent us his thoughts on a change he made over a year ago. Here are his insights on his new found love for Macs.
All right, so I’ll admit that never may a poor choice of words. I have nothing at all against Windows. In fact, I was a Windows user for over 10 years but 1 year after switching I’m loving’ my Mac more than the day I bought it.
I compiled the list in a Letterman’s Top Ten fashion with the number 1 reason being the best reason for loving my Mac and number 5 is the last (but not least) reason. Read More »
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Inklet turns your glass trackpad mac into a tablet
January 12, 2010
The guys over at Ten One Design have created a very interesting new application that will take your make with a new glass trackpad and let it be used as a Wacom tablet. This is a very interesting idea as the new trackpads are very large and do lend themselves quite well for this functionality. The software is priced at $24.95 and should be available very soon.
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App Store tops 3 billion downloads!
January 05, 2010
Apple® announced today that they have surpassed 3 billion downloads from their app store. This was accomplished in less than 18 months, which averages out to about 167,000,000 apps per month world wide. Rather a staggering number with only one type of phone with three versions and an iPod out there to run them on. With the revenue from this and the iTunes store it would be nice to see more expansion in the app store model. Hopefully this bodes well for the rumors of the tablet that may be announced later this month.
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How to stop those Annoying downloaded file warning.
January 01, 2010
Macworld has a great how to on stopping the “This file was downloaded from the internet are you sure you want to open it” warning.
This will completely disable the pop-up paste this in terminal, hit return and reboot and it will be gone.
- defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool NO
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