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Title: Why does Apple have this compulsion to abuse .Mac? Category: Apple .mac could be such a great service. A shining beacon of Apple design. Now don’t get me wrong, .Mac does some nice things. I use .Mac solely for syncing my address book and bookmarks, which is nice because they are backed up hourly.… Continue reading Why does Apple have this compulsion to abuse .Mac

Picked up iLife 08 today. While it is installing, it asked me to register. Ok, so it takes me to an apple web page, but oops, no product listing yet! It’s not like they knew this was coming….

Apple introduced a sweeping change to iLife today, with an all new iMovie and a much upgraded iPhoto! The plugin API has changed and thus BetterHTMLExport is broken. I will be trying to fix this ASAP and will keep you posted here.

I was trying to get the latest firmware to install on my 2.4ghz Santa Rosa MacBook Pro but it just would not install. Finally thanks to Archon Fung over at Apple Discussions, I: deleted the other firmware and system updaters from /Applications/Utilities/ deleted the receipts in /Library/Receipts for any firmware updaters Ran System Update to… Continue reading Getting MacBook Pro EFI Firmware 1.3 to install

Score one for Mac users – Apple finally divorced full screen video playback in QuickTime Player from QuickTime Pro. Go get it now at software update!

Very neat! Check out the trailers for this yet to be released documentary. Welcome to Macintosh

To: communications@umusic.com To whom it may concern, Hello! I thought i would drop a note off to your company. I honestly don’t know which artists are under the UMG umbrella, but I do know that you need my business. I don’t need any artists content. Should you decide to not renew your iTunes contract, I… Continue reading Open Letter to Universal Music Group

I want ZFS, I really do. Sun exec Jonathan Schwartz said “Apple will announce that zfs has become the file system for OS X” Now every website, blog and news agency has put words in his mouth by saying he announced it would be in Leopard. Hold on, lets hear what Apple has to say.… Continue reading On ZFS for OS X

I pulled the trigger and ordered a new MacBook Pro, vs a Mac Pro today. The differences will be: Slightly slower hard disk (5400rpm vs 7200rpm) Larger hard disk (160 over 100). I can now store my music and photos internally, and update to a larger/faster drive later. LCD backlit screen – uses less power,… Continue reading MacBook Pro is on its way!

You’d think we had started a war. Cory Doctorow, who I respect for his EFF work, has gone off the deep end calling iTunes 7.2 a “downgrade”. CNET quotes: Songs available on iTunes Plus reveal users’ personal information. Privacy group suspects Apple goofed. First off, did anyone think Apple was going to just sell plain… Continue reading Apple embeds user data in iTunes Plus songs – So What?

Update 2 Ok I’ve fixed my library. Here is the series of errors that happened: Some of my songs were 127kbps AAC files, not the files I paid for. My iTMS library is on a server, while the library is on my laptop. The library was offline at the time I upgraded my music. Music… Continue reading iTunes ate 3 songs

Apple released the update to iTunes that lets you purchase DRM free music and upgrade your library. The process is a little cryptic however. When you go to the iTunes Music Store, click on “iTunes Plus” in the top right column. Accept the licensing agreement, then on the iTunes Plus page there will be an… Continue reading Apple freed my music!

So I sold my G5 on ebay and during shipping, one of the drives slid out and broke the pins/cable. I called the Apple store and it was around $140 for the cable and labor. The purchaser lives in NJ so he took it to the store there. I called them today to find out… Continue reading Excellent Apple service

According to this story over at Apple Insider, Apple will be splitting their Pro Care services into two $99 services, one for hardware support, one for training support. Seems like a good time for other dealers to jump in and take some of that business!