Posted in Apple on October 25th, 2013 2 Comments »
There are far, far too many reasons to list here, but suffice to say I'm very glad Apple doesn't delete iMovie 9.0.9. Whoever built iMovie 10.0 and thought it was good deserves to be kicked in the SD card slot.
Posted in Apple on October 24th, 2013 No Comments »
These two articles came in handy today: OS X: Reset Accessibility Access List OS X: GUI Scripting - Accessibility Access Controls After upgrading, I was having an issue wherein FastScripts was not functioning with my Mail scripts. I have some scripts to change the account from which I'm sending an email, and they rely on […]
Posted in Apple on October 23rd, 2013 22 Comments »
So I've got this unusual problem. Safari on my Mac Pro will not load twitter.com (or twitter.com/iacas, or any other twitter.com URL). It's not the computer (and a messed up Hosts file or something), because other browsers work. It's not the installation of Safari or the OS, because a guest user account can access twitter.com. […]
Posted in Apple on October 21st, 2013 No Comments »
We argued with Steve a bunch [about putting iTunes on Windows], and he said no. Finally, Phil Schiller and I said 'we're going to do it.' And Steve said, 'Fuck you guys, do whatever you want. You're responsible.' And he stormed out of the room." - Jon Rubinstein Steve wasn't always right.
Posted in Apple on October 19th, 2013 No Comments »
Posted in Apple on October 18th, 2013 No Comments »
I'll agree with him on his Touch ID opinion - mine has a success rate of about 66% or so, with the 33% including a high number of two or more failed attempts.
Posted in Apple on October 14th, 2013 No Comments »
In case you didn't know: When you’re in a web browser, and want to type .com, just tap and hold the . button to the right of the space bar, and you’ll see a popup menu which lets you choose from a number of top-level domains: as you can see below, I can choose from […]
Posted in Apple on October 13th, 2013 No Comments »
It's true. Eric Chemi, head of research for Bloomberg Businessweek, pulls an amazing stat. iPhone sales in the last year exceed all revenue to Microsoft, Amazon, Comcast, or Google. The iPhone alone outsells Coca-Cola and McDonald's, perhaps the world's two most famous brands, combined.
Posted in Apple on October 12th, 2013 No Comments »
Just pull to the left to reveal the timestamps. Khoi has more.
Posted in Apple on October 11th, 2013 No Comments »
Does anyone have any experience with Screens? I'd love to try it out, but at $19.99, it exposes one of the flaws with the App Store - there's no real way to demo the application.
Posted in Apple on October 9th, 2013 No Comments »
The comments here are about 50/50. I've not had too many problems with Apple's maps, but just today in San Antonio it failed to properly identify the location of a Texas Land & Cattle. It was off by several miles. Outdated info? No - the place has been here for years.
Posted in Apple on October 8th, 2013 No Comments »
Posted in Apple on October 4th, 2013 No Comments »
The Minuum keyboard is a good example why some people - often including me - wish there was an "iOS Pro" or mode that let you play with different kinds of keyboards. I totally get why Apple will not go this route, though.
Posted in Apple on October 3rd, 2013 No Comments »
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Posted in Apple on September 29th, 2013 No Comments »
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