Innuendo Sunday: Mighty Mouse ball massage…
Thanks for the link, Matt C.!
Picture this: One day I was happily surfing away in Safari when suddenly and without warning, my wireless Mighty Mouse was nolonger scrolling back up the page. What? I tried several times.. Hmm. I can scroll down, but not up! What’s up with that? I [...]
Do you buy AppleCare for your Macs?
With my iPod just passing the 1 year warranty mark, and me forgetting to buy AppleCare, I am kicking myself every time it skips or doesn’t power up immediately (it’s fine, but I’m paranoid).I buy it for all of the machines at work, but always forget the little stuff.What about you? Do you buy AppleCare, and if so, for which of your Apple products?
iPod saves soldiers life
According to this Flicker set, an iPod used by a soldier in Iraq is credited with saving his life.
Google Desktop for Mac released
http://desktop.google.com/mac/
Finally, Mac users get a little love from the Google Desktop team!
What is the Google Desktop, you may find yourself asking? Well Skippy, here’s the deal: Google Desktop creates an index of your system and its contents, then returns the results in a familiar Google interface, as if you were searching the web. In fact, [...]
Make Firefox a little more Safari-like
Our friends over at Keynote2Keynote have posted a great article about using a couple of nice extensions to make Firefox look and act like Safari without sacrificing the extensibility of Firefox.
Take a look!
App of the Day: Hazel (Mac housekeeper)
Tired of manually moving files from your Desktop to a specific folder? Looking for an automatic method of adding downloaded images to iPhoto or to your Pictures folder, without worrisome and frequently broken browser plugins?
Then Hazel may be just the app for you. A fairly sophisticated but surprisingly easy to use program, Hazel is a [...]
New in iTunes: ‘My Alerts’ and ‘Complete My Album’
Courtesy of MacRumors:
Apple introduced two new features in iTunes today.
My Alerts
A custom page on iTunes which lists “recent releases from artists whose work you’ve purchased on iTunes.” Apple also allows you to sign up to receive Email notifications of these alerts.
Complete My Album
Perhaps more exciting is the “Complete My Album” feature which was previously [...]
Updated layout - fewer ads, more content!
Due to the fact that I felt a tad nauseated each time I visited my own site, I’ve decided to remove all but the single ad you see in the header. Hopefully there will be enough interesting stuff there to prompt you to take a look.
That single ad will be seen on every pageview, and [...]
BootCamp now supports Vista, Remote and TimeSynch
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
BootCamp has been updated to version 1.2, and now supports Vista, use of the Apple Remote for iTunes and WMP (yuck!) and the synching of the time, FINALLY!
Other highlights include:
# Support for Windows Vista (32-bit)
# Updated drivers, including but not limited to trackpad, AppleTime (synch), audio, graphics, modem, iSight camera
# Support the Apple Remote (works [...]
Adobe Creative Suite 3 - Intel Mac users rejoice!
At long last, Adobe has announced (and is taking orders for) CS3.
Oh yeah:
Bad news is it isn’t shipping until the end of April. At least it’s this year though…
The lineup for the ‘high end’ version:
Adobe Bridge CS3, Adobe Version Cue® CS3, Adobe Device Central CS3, Adobe Stock Photos, Adobe Acrobat® Connect™, and Adobe Dynamic Link [...]
