Learning From Apple, Part 2: Resources & Free Online Seminars

In a previous article I described the abundant tutorials and tips Apple supplies online for their various software products. In this article I?ll examine two other ways Apple provides learning tools for their software. Resources Apple?s resources pages contain numerous links to information on a particular product. This can be information both inside and outside of Apple. A [...]

published on Monday, the 17. November 2008, apple-blog

Facebook music service real?

A previously hinted-at Facebook music service could be true after all, a claim made by VentureBeat suggests. Previously discredited, a now supported rumor asserts that the social network is allegedly planning to team up with a partner such as iLike, imeem, Lala or RealNetworks' Rhapsody to offer a way of at least streaming full songs over artist pages or those friends who bring up songs in the re...

published on Thursday, the 23. October 2008, macintosh-news-network

MapQuest aims towards iPhone

MapQuest, the creator of its namesake mapping website, has debuted a version of the site designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch. Whereas Apple handheld users were previously directed towards the desktop pages, the site now presents pages formatted for the size of the iPhone, with special controls and larger buttons and fonts. All features of the regular site are recreated, including...

published on Tuesday, the 21. October 2008, macintosh-news-network

10.5: How to save YouTube videos from cache

This previous hint explained how to download Flash videos in Safari via the Activity Viewer. This still works in Leopard -- most of the time. However, I had trouble with a large video one day, and found it was stored in the Google video cache. The download would stall and timeout (pausing the Safari download and restarting it caused Safari to restart the download from the beginning -- I suspect it was meant to be streamed only.) The download would work fine in the YouTube Flash player, and it would even cache fully within the web page. YouTube uses Adobe Flash file format *.flv files. Adobe FLV files used by the YouTube flash player are not stored in the Leopard 10.5 Safari cache. Even if they were, they would be stored inside a SQLite database file, which is not very useful. (If you are looking for oth...

published on Tuesday, the 7. October 2008, macosxhints

Apple TV 2.1 updates include Wish List, more

Features of the new Apple TV 2.1 firmware are wider than previously expected, testing has revealed. Aside from MobileMe galleries and security updates, the major new feature is the Wish List, which lets users identify titles for later buying or renting. Once a movie is added to the list from its splash page, an option also appears on the main men...

published on Monday, the 14. July 2008, macintosh-news-network

First Look: Pogo 3D web browser beta

No matter what type of browser you use, the features among all browsers tend to be the same. Every browser can save a homepage, bookmark frequently-visited sites, and display a list of previously viewed pages. Most browsers also display the same flat, 2D interface. What makes the Pogo browser unique, of course, is that it offers a more visually app...

published on Tuesday, the 24. June 2008, macintosh-news-network

Next-Gen JavaScript Interpreter Speeds Up WebKit

JavaScript is everywhere these days. Now WebKit, the framework behind (among others) Safari and Safari Mobile, as well as the yet-unreleased Android, is getting a new JavaScript engine called Squirrelfish, which the developers claim provides massive speedups over the previous one. The current iteration of the engine is "just the beginning," they claim; in the near future, six planned optimizations should bring even greater speed. With JavaScript surviving as a Web-page mainstay despite many early gripes, and now integral to some low-powered mobile devices, this may mean many fewer wasted seconds in the world.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

published on Tuesday, the 3. June 2008, apple-slashdot

10.5: Automatically set iChat status when in A/V chats

Here is a way to automatically change your status when sending or receiving audio/video invitations. You'll need to create four simple AppleScripts, and save them into your user's Library » Scripts » iChat folder (create the folder if necessary). Open Script Editor (in Applications » AppleScript), then copy and paste these scripts, one at a time, into the Script Editor window. Click the Compile button, then select File » Save As and point to the previously-noted iChat folder. Name them as shown with each scripts code, on the second page of the hint... Script name: iChat invited video.scpt using terms from application "iChat" on received video invitation theText from theBuddy for theChat set status to away set status message to "In conference" end received video invitation end using terms from Script name: iChat invited audio.s...

published on Wednesday, the 14. May 2008, macosxhints

Google streamlines Apps interface for iPhones

Google has produced a new, generalized iPhone interface for its Google Apps suite of web applications. Whereas iPhone/iPod touch owners have previously had to bookmark pages such as Gmail, Calendar and Docs separately, or visit from the central Google homepage, a single link now unites all three in a form fitted to the iPhone's screen and interfac...

published on Friday, the 2. May 2008, macintosh-news-network

Samsung claims "world's smallest" color laser printer

Samsung Korea on Tuesday introduced what it claims are the smallest color laser printers ever built. According to the Akihabara News, the CLP-315K is 20 percent smaller than the previous generation the CLP-300; it operates at 45dB and features a resolution of 2,400 x 600 dpi, 32MB of internal memory, speed of 16 pages per minutes (ppm) in black and...

published on Tuesday, the 29. April 2008, macintosh-news-network