Tag Archives: Apple

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is ignoring two Mac data loss issues. One is an old bug (that really should be fixed). The other is an apparent abundance of failing hard drives: Meanwhile, U.K.-based data-recovery firm Retrodata is warning Apple … Continue reading →

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Image is everything

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Steven Fisher

Here’s a fairly extensive comparison of Acorn, DrawIt and Pixelmator. But the reason I’m posting is an odd thought occurred to me. I wonder if Steve Jobs called Adobe and said: See? This is what happens when you wait years … Continue reading →

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Leopard: First impressions

Posted on October 27, 2007 by Steven Fisher

I used the default packages and install options because I haven’t seen my Office 2004 disc around in a while. The install was slow (I let it check the DVD), but required no intervention. I thought Leopard’s menu bar was … Continue reading →

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Apple fixes “challenge-response” system

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Steven Fisher

Maybe fixes is too strong a word. However, the previously required system is no longer required. I’m sure the options are still settable in some deep, dark profile editing page. The point is that I can now log in without … Continue reading →

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Does it still include a spell checker?

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Steven Fisher

From Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard 300+ New Features: Dynamic Web Filter Protect your children from websites with unsuitable content. Apple technology automatically trys to detect inappropriate content and prevents those web pages from appearing. You can override the filter … Continue reading →

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I want my ↩!

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Steven Fisher

Curiously, the iPhone and iPod touch are missing the ↩ glyph ((If you see a box it’s still missing)). I’m sure it’s missing because Apple never thought anyone would use it, but it’s being used as a footnote return character … Continue reading →

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New Leopard features

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Steven Fisher

Looking over the new features in Mac OS X “Leopard” 10.5, I see a few things that I hadn’t previously heard of. ((See also Allen Pike’s list.)) AppleScript – Some neat additions, including support for Ruby, Python and Objective-C. There’s … Continue reading →

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Apple offers iPhone Human Interface Guidelines.

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Apple to Carbon developers: Switch to Cocoa

Posted on July 26, 2007 by Steven Fisher

Despite being promised last year, it looks like Mac OS X 10.5 will not have a 64-bit Carbon. This is actually pretty pathetic – it seems as though Carbon 64 was almost ready. Despite the Carbon team having fewer resources … Continue reading →

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