I’m really glad to see the news about the iPhone 3g. I’m interested in how the new mobile me service takes a small step toward cloud-based storage services that I’ve wanted for a while. And the news that Max OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” will focus on speed and stability, rather than features is good, [...]
Posted June 17, 2008 by Casey
Categories: Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: apple, Apple Computer, complaint, complaints, iLife, mac, macintosh, steve jobs. One Comment.
Last weekend, while I was putting an iPod interface into my Scion I did the same thing for my 2002 Honda Civic. Using Ben Johnson’s story as a guide, I bought a PIE HON98-AUX interface and dove in.
Aside from tools (screwdrivers and 8 and 10mm sockets), you’ll need:
The interface adapter
Audio wiring — I used a [...]
Posted April 27, 2008 by Casey
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, Technology. Tags: adapter, apple, car, car audio, civic, honda, honda civic, in car, installation, integration, integration kit, iphone, ipod, ipod integration, PIE HON98/AUX, step by step, stereo. 3 Comments.
Based on this story about an iPod interface install I purchased a PIE TOY03-AUX aux input adapter so I could finally listen to my iPhone without using the lousy FM transmitter. Sure, I coulda bought a new car, as the manufacturers seem to have finally come to their senses and started including such inputs, but [...]
Posted April 21, 2008 by Casey
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, Technology. Tags: adapter, apple, car, car audio, in car, installation, integration, integration kit, iphone, ipod, ipod integration, PIE TOY03/AUX, scion, scion xb, step by step, stereo. 3 Comments.
Apple’s Time Capsule is great. Seriously. When has backup been easier? But I need more.
The MacBook Air’s small storage highlights a problem I’ve been suffering for some time: there’s never enough storage. The slower processor and limited RAM expansion are sufferable, but storage isn’t. The 120GB drive in my MacBook Pro now is stuffed with [...]
Posted January 29, 2008 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: apple, elastic storage, ideas, mac, MacBook Air, Space Ship, storage. 11 Comments.
I can’t go to the parties Laughing Squid names, and World of Apple’s live video coverage seems about as likely as a Kucinich becoming president, but The Unofficial Apple Weblog’s keynote predictions are out, Ars’ keynote bingo is set, and half the blogaverse will likely offer some updates about the action, some of them live. [...]
Posted January 13, 2008 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: anxiously waiting, apple, keynote, MWSF, steve jobs. Be the first one.
I’m as annoyed as the next guy about how hard it is to find a decent screencast app for Mac. The forthcoming Mac OS 10.5’s new iChat Theater (and the built-in screen sharing/control features) should create some new opportunities for developers, but right now it’s hard to know what works or is worth trying.
Further, I [...]
Posted October 17, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: apple, demo, mac, mac os X, screen copy, screen sharing, screencast. 3 Comments.
It’s likely Phil Carrizzi could make a broken tire iron look good, but his series of the iPhone with the Newton Message Pad and eMate is geek-sweet eye candy.
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Posted August 15, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Photoblog, Technology. Tags: apple, emate, eye candy, gallery, iphone, newton, photo, photos, porn, pr0n. Be the first one.
Cliff and Vasken wrote up some link bait complaining about how the iPhone doesn’t meet their expectations or is a lesser competitor to a crackberry. But I challenge them to find a device that offers what they say is missing or even matches what the iPhone has.
Still, I’ve been using mine for a month now, [...]
Posted July 30, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: apple, complaints, early adopter, iphone, progressive refinement, smartphone, user feedback, version 1.0. 15 Comments.
New 160GB AppleTV. How far away are we from a standalone unit that can download from iTunes store directly, sync iPods, and write to USB-attached burners?
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Posted June 11, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Dispatches. Tags: apple, AppleTV, ipod, itunes, iTunes Store, media, tv. 2 Comments.
It couldn’t be much easier. I’d previously posted command line instructions, but it turns out that there’s a huge number of people who don’t know the easy way: just CTRL-click on the file and select “Create Archive…” You’ll also find the option in the File menu. Either way, you’ll end up with both the original [...]
Posted April 26, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: apple, archive, how to, instructions, mac, mac os X, os x, zip, zip file. 5 Comments.
Following Steve Jobs’ ant-DRM post, people began to wonder if Apple was just pointing fingers or really willing to distribute DRM-free music via their online store. Yesterday we learned the answer.
Apple and EMI announced yesterday they would offer DRM-free 256bit AAC premium downloads, priced at $1.29 each.
Apple, DRM, DRM-free, EMI, ITMS, digital restrictions management, digital [...]
Posted April 3, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Books, Movies, Music, Copyrights & Intellectual Property, Technology. Tags: apple, digital restrictions management, digital rights management, drm, DRM-free, EMI, itms, itunes, iTunes Store. One Comment.
Steve Jobs’ Thoughts On Music is surprisingly open and frank, almost blog-like, for the man and the company especially know for keeping secrets.
Jobs is addressing complaints about Apple’s “proprietary” DRM used in the iTunes Music Store.
There is no theory of protecting content other than keeping secrets. In other words, even if one uses the most [...]
Posted February 7, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Copyrights & Intellectual Property. Tags: apple, drm, ipod, itms, itunes, music, music digital rights management, music stores, steve jobs. 2 Comments.
The original Apple press release is gone (and gone from the Wayback Machine too), but back in 1995 Apple announced a different set-top box, also called the iTV, for a six-state trial of interactive television services.
Apple’s ITV system incorporates key technologies including a subset of the MacOS, QuickDraw and QuickTime. In addition, it includes an [...]
Posted September 12, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: apple, Apple Computer, Apple iTV, apple media player, front row, history, interactive television, iTV. Be the first one.
My Dutch skills are weak to non-existant, and without a Google translator for MacArena.be, I’m pretty much stuck with staring at the above video and contemplating the short description provided:
A movie about the technology which Apple has recently patented. It is not a movie made by Apple but by some researchers.
Fortunately, this is an [...]
Posted March 23, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: alan baker, apple, future, hci, human computer interaction, information access, information manipulation, multi-touch, multitouch, near future, patent, touch, touch screen, touch sensitive, touchscreen. 2 Comments.
Jacqui Cheng likes her new MacBook Pro and loves the performance, but gives the MagSafe power adapter mixed reviews. Why? She says it disconnects when it shouldn’t, and seems to stay connected when it should disconnect.
Well, I think I still want one.
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Posted March 6, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: apple, Jacqui Cheng, laptop, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Pro reviewed, portable, powerbook, review. 2 Comments.