Reseller sells early MacBook Air prototype on eBay
MacBook Nano Looks Like It Came from Cupertino
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Screen Shootout: MacBook (New) vs. MacBook (Old) vs.
MacBook Air
6 easy steps to migrate your Mac using Time Machine
10/31/08 04:37 |
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Designing the New MacBook: Why It Couldn't Have
FireWire
Inside the new MacBooks: Audio and Video
So you thought the new MacBooks had fewer screws, Think
again!
Check out the first look from ifixit.com. It seems that to
remove the keyboard you have to remove a screw for
every key-some 56 screws. Granted Apple might not
sell the keyboard as a separate part, but there
will be a lot sold by them self on ebay.
iPhone headphone mic works with new laptops (and
previous MBPs?)
A quick hands-on tour of what's new and different in
Apple's new laptops
Cracking Open the Apple iPod Nano (4th generation)
High-quality unboxing photos of Apple's fourth-gen iPod
nano
eeeMac runs OS X on an even smaller portable than the
Air
09/12/08 08:03 |
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please make a note of my new email address, the old one
will stop to work soon.
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Email: jasonj@appleresource.com
Battery calibration recommended by Apple, why no
utility?
Apple warns resellers of Mac and iPod drought, says
load up now
Urine colored iBook mod; Perfect for theft deterence
07/28/08 22:19 |
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Apple's next-gen Macs to have something special under
the hood
iPhone 3G unit-to-unit screen differences revealed
MacBook mockup by someone who has no clue about Apple
design
This is about the most retarded design I have seen in a
while. Bottom line, Apple designs products based on
what should be done, not what could be done. When you
start adding in a bunch of options to a laptop you come
up with a design that resembles a vacuum sweeper more
than a computer. What is the point of making the
keyboard removable? Couldn't you just use a bluetooth
keyboard. I do like that the screen will rotate farther
back so you can rotate it around and sit it on the
keys, but this is nothing new, I used a sony vaio like
this back in '99.
Granted this is an old article from January, but Popular Mechanics dredged it back up like they were ahead of all the other rumors. I normally would not think much of a mockup design, but this is my Popular Mechanics. Some writer spent a considerable amount of time thinking this thing up, and then probably spent a thousand dollars for someone to create graphics for it. Well, Ok, maybe 10 min. and a cup of coffee to an intern.
Link from Digg-because the comments are more interesting than the actual article.
Granted this is an old article from January, but Popular Mechanics dredged it back up like they were ahead of all the other rumors. I normally would not think much of a mockup design, but this is my Popular Mechanics. Some writer spent a considerable amount of time thinking this thing up, and then probably spent a thousand dollars for someone to create graphics for it. Well, Ok, maybe 10 min. and a cup of coffee to an intern.
Link from Digg-because the comments are more interesting than the actual article.
Why I hate Super Duper and Carbon Copy Cloner
07/14/08 19:26 |
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I frequently have conversations and stumble upon
articles on how to do backups with Super Duper or
Carbon Copy Cloner. Every time, my mind gets boggled by
the extreme measures people seem to go through to do
something so simple as make a copy of your computers
hard drive. Essentially what these programs do is make
a copy of your hard drive, but since they are trying to
sell a product they think they have to add a half a
dozen ways of doing it. Do you really need the option
to do an incremental or an every other odd day smart
sandbox clone? I can understand how some might find
these features useful, but to 99% of the people they
are just plain confusing and only serve to make you
unsure of if your hard drive is really backed up or
not. Please don't tell an average computer user that
they should use these programs!
I am a firm believer that a backup method should be simple and instill confidence; and this is where these two programs and time machine fall short. As for Duper and CCC, they fail in how simple they are to use- just too many options and variables. They both also fail in "instilling confidence"-the reason why is that apples updates often cause these programs to stop working. Do you really want to worry about whether or not your backup is going to work or not? I guess simplicity and instilling confidence are both tied together. If you do not completely understand what your backup up program is doing, or you don't completely understand how to restore your backup you are not going to sleep very well.
So, you must be thinking that I must love Time Machine, after all, Apple says you just "set it, then forget it". Are you kidding me, there are two parts to a backup strategy, backup and restore. The only way to be confident in your backup is to be able to check it. The only way to check Time Machine is to go through the six hour process of restoring it. The backup is either in a disk image or is in a series of folders that makes it impossible to actually see what you have actually backed up. Not only that, but you can't just look at the size of the file to see if it matches the size of your source hard drive, because it grows and shrinks .
So, how do I recommend you backup up, well, just copy your hard drive to another hard drive with disk utility-a program built into os10. Well, it's not quite as simple as it should be. Apple built in the os everything you need to create a bootable copy of your hard drive that you can then boot your computer up to over firewire or usb. Instead of Time Machine, Apple should have made this a one of two click option and called it BACKUP. Instead they thought they needing to create a wiz bang new feature that appeals to the Star Trek geek.
Here is what you do:
1. Launch Disk Utility located in apps-utilities-disk utility
2. Select your backup drives top level icon, go the the partition tab, select 1 partition from the drop down list, go the the options tab and select GUID(unless you are on a power pc), hit apply(after you have done this once, you can then just select the hard drive icon and hit erase for each nights backup.)
3. go the the restore tab, drag the source hard drive icon into the source box and the destination into the destination box, do not select "erase destination", and then hit the restore button.
*if you think this sounds too complicated, hey, just drag and drop all of your files to another hard drive. It will not be bootable, but you can always re-install your os and then use the migration assistant to restore your data.
Every night I just redo this restore process. Sure it takes 4-5 hrs, but I don't mind-Because I am asleep. It is simple to do, and I can know my backup works because I can simple boot up to the backup by holding down the option key and selecting the back up hard drive. It is an awesome feeling when your hard drive, or computer dies, and you just grab a friend computer, or go buy another(then re-sell the original whey you get it fixed) and boot up to your backup drive and keep on working. On a side note, unlike Windows, any mac can boot from any other macs hard drive(only between power pc to power pc and intel to intel). Troubleshooting is much easier when you have this option.
I am a firm believer that a backup method should be simple and instill confidence; and this is where these two programs and time machine fall short. As for Duper and CCC, they fail in how simple they are to use- just too many options and variables. They both also fail in "instilling confidence"-the reason why is that apples updates often cause these programs to stop working. Do you really want to worry about whether or not your backup is going to work or not? I guess simplicity and instilling confidence are both tied together. If you do not completely understand what your backup up program is doing, or you don't completely understand how to restore your backup you are not going to sleep very well.
So, you must be thinking that I must love Time Machine, after all, Apple says you just "set it, then forget it". Are you kidding me, there are two parts to a backup strategy, backup and restore. The only way to be confident in your backup is to be able to check it. The only way to check Time Machine is to go through the six hour process of restoring it. The backup is either in a disk image or is in a series of folders that makes it impossible to actually see what you have actually backed up. Not only that, but you can't just look at the size of the file to see if it matches the size of your source hard drive, because it grows and shrinks .
So, how do I recommend you backup up, well, just copy your hard drive to another hard drive with disk utility-a program built into os10. Well, it's not quite as simple as it should be. Apple built in the os everything you need to create a bootable copy of your hard drive that you can then boot your computer up to over firewire or usb. Instead of Time Machine, Apple should have made this a one of two click option and called it BACKUP. Instead they thought they needing to create a wiz bang new feature that appeals to the Star Trek geek.
Here is what you do:
1. Launch Disk Utility located in apps-utilities-disk utility
2. Select your backup drives top level icon, go the the partition tab, select 1 partition from the drop down list, go the the options tab and select GUID(unless you are on a power pc), hit apply(after you have done this once, you can then just select the hard drive icon and hit erase for each nights backup.)
3. go the the restore tab, drag the source hard drive icon into the source box and the destination into the destination box, do not select "erase destination", and then hit the restore button.
*if you think this sounds too complicated, hey, just drag and drop all of your files to another hard drive. It will not be bootable, but you can always re-install your os and then use the migration assistant to restore your data.
Every night I just redo this restore process. Sure it takes 4-5 hrs, but I don't mind-Because I am asleep. It is simple to do, and I can know my backup works because I can simple boot up to the backup by holding down the option key and selecting the back up hard drive. It is an awesome feeling when your hard drive, or computer dies, and you just grab a friend computer, or go buy another(then re-sell the original whey you get it fixed) and boot up to your backup drive and keep on working. On a side note, unlike Windows, any mac can boot from any other macs hard drive(only between power pc to power pc and intel to intel). Troubleshooting is much easier when you have this option.
Apple notebook lines to see major design changes,
sources say
Teardown: a look inside Apple's Time Capsule backup
appliance
MacBook Air software update targets ongoing freezing
issues
Apple Time Capsule unboxing and preview
More MacBook details: battery life claims, enviro push,
more
ipodhackers post on adding bluetooth to 5G iPod
MacBook Air Tear Down: Sexy On the Inside Too
High-quality photos and notes on Apple's new MacBook
Air
Introducing the new Xserve—the most powerful Apple
server ever
Using iPod & iPhone Video Out: Background and
In-Depth Review
Apple releases update for freezing MacBook keyboards
And now we know why the iPhone didn’t ship with GPS…
Apple's 14th Street Manhattan flagship store revealed
(photos)
Ever Thought About Building Your Own iPod Docks?
Today I was thinking about how to connect the iPhone up
to my tv that is about 10 ft. away from where I like to
sit. I currently have a long svideo cable that I use
with a MacBook and used to use with the older style
universal dock, to watch videos from a nano.
Unfortunately the iPhone does not work with the svideo
output of that dock. What I would really like would be
a dock connector extension cable that I could then use
with the new video cables, HiFi, and other docks and
things. I'm sure there is just an easier way to do what
I want, but I am really less interested in the final
outcome than I am just figuring out a cool way of doing
something. I did a Google search for an extension cable
and did not really find much. But what I did find was
this Ridax site. They sell all kind
of connectors and extensions for all types of
projects. Now I'm really less interested in the tv
project and now have a couple of dozen ideas. Just
thought I would share this site, I also added a
link to it in my "Sites I Find Useful" tab.
Bleeding Edge TV 190: How to Replace Your iPhone
Battery
MacBook wireless suffering after recent Mac OS X
updates
MAKE AN IPOD NANO CASE FROM A BIKE INNER-TUBE
So, here's another stupid idea. I guess there are
several things that bother me about ipod cases -
specifically home aid ones. First, if you spent $200 on
a new ipod, is it really going to bankrupt you to spend
the $20 on a new case. Second, who cares if your ipod
gets scratches! It will work just fine, and people will
know you actually use the thing, and not just bought a
shiny new iPod to look cool. The last thing I want is
some tech ignoramus coming up to me and asking "hey, is
that one of those new iPod thingys". Third, IPODS DON'T
EASILY SCRATCH. Are you such an Neanderthal that you
tear up everything you hold in your hand or stick in
your pocket. Fourth, iPods are consumable. If you can't
afford to buy a new one every 6 months than you can't
afford to own one. Fifth, the cases, or a broken iPod
with a nice case can be had for about $10 on ebay, so
just replace the case when you get a couple of
scratches. I could go on, but really just need to get
some caffeine. So, if you prefer the smell of rubber to
the smell of coffee in the morning, knock yourself out.
From digg.com
From digg.com
DIY MacBook Stand
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Ok, normally I just add a link to a story that I find
interesting. But lately I have been seeing some really
retarded stories pop up on Digg, so I thought I would
add a little commentary. There are some things that
just irritate me. One such thing is how people people
think their laptop is going to burst into flames if it
gets 10 deg. above room temperature. Do these people
also constantly check the temperature gauge on their
cars, do they add scoops to their hoods to try to cool
the engine? Computers are designed by engineers, just
like cars, and are equipped with fans and vents in all
the right spots for adequate cooling. Not sure how the
writer of this story thinks this contraption is
attractive or somehow comfortable to use. Not sure why
someone would waist time to compose a story like this -
ok, maybe the same reason I waisted my time to to blast
it.
From digg.com
From digg.com
iChat Screen Names For Over 30 Apple Stores
Apple Touchscreen Tablet Contest Winner and Gallery
11/27/07 09:35 |
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Siemen's Acuson P50 comp is a doctor's mate
MacBook, MacBook Pro owners suffer keyboard freezing
with Leopard
The reason there's a "Cult of Mac"
Apple pulls plug on Authorized Business Agent program
miShare enables iPod file swapping, Apple is so pleased
Apple releases firmware fix for freezing aluminum iMacs
Ultra-portable Apple notebook to splash down at
Macworld Expo
Freezing iMacs may be victims of hardware, not software
Apple chastised for ignoring two Mac data loss issues
Review: Apple Wireless Keyboard (aluminum)
10/15/07 16:06 |
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Briefly: redesigned MacBook Pro power adapters on the
way
Fastmac Announces 2X Blu-Ray Optical Drive Upgrade for
Laptops;
Man's Spare Room Filled With Almost Every Apple Model
Ever Made
New iMacs plagued by interface freezing issues