Archive for March, 2008

Reading RSS on your iPhone

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

RSS

If you’ve tried to google for “iPhone RSS reader”, you’ll find results irrelevant to your search dating back to June 2007. All I want is a simple application to read RSS feeds on my iPhone when I’m on the go. A new service allows me to do just that.
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Security Update 2008-002 v1.1

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Apple released this security update for Leopard on March 26. It is described as:

“Security Update 2008-002 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update.”

This update is only intended for Macs running Mac OS X 10.5.2 with Aperture 2.0 and Security Update 2008-002 installed, or Macs running OS X 10.5.2 but Security Update 2008-002 has not been installed.

This release updates a security software package that was distributed in the middle March and addresses reliability issues with the “Printer Settings” button in Aperture 2.0. No other applications besides Aperture 2.0 is affected.

The update will only appear for users who have Aperture installed.

Apple’s Green Efforts

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

About year ago, in May 2007, Steve Jobs published a letter regarding the environmental aspects of the company. At that time, Apple was the focus of an environmentalist group called Greenpeace, criticizing it about toxic chemicals in Apple’s products and not having pro-active recycling program for used Macs. Almost a year has passed and let’s see what Apple has done to be true to its word.
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Compressor issues

Monday, March 24th, 2008


I have been exporting a pretty big project that I have spent the better part of a month editing in Final Cut…only to run into issues with Compressor. I did a bit of research and found two options. The first was to use the compression tools of DVD Studio Pro. The second was to do this:

http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2008/01/11/compressor-hatred-resolved/

It fixed all of my problems. If you need any help along the way, feel free to comment below and I’ll help you out as much as I can.
Please note that this is for issues regarding Final Cut Studio 2 and Compressor 3.

This is Hungary for Apple. Come in.

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Apple Hungary

Apple fans in Hungary are taking their stand and are calling in the Mothership, Apple Inc. to invade their country. Unsatisfied with what’s going on in Hungary right now, Apple supporters are collectively contributing to their petition website in order to get the attention of a certain someone important in Cupertino. (more…)

Mac Mini: A New Hope

Friday, March 21st, 2008

There were a lot of rumors over the past few years that the Mini would be removed from Apple’s product line. The Mini is Apple’s affordable Mac aimed at new users, as the company strives to sway a new generation of Switchers. So, as the bridge for Microsoft users to essentially cross when they want to experience the Mac side of things, my guess is that there will always be a budget product to fit that purpose. Most of the time, it’s the Mini. (more…)

Apple Pushes Safari 3.1 To Windows Users

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Apple recently implemented the addition of Safari browser into Apple Software Update for Windows users. Apple Software Update was previously used to distribute the latest versions of iTunes and Quicktime, because they require each other in order to work. However, after the launch of Safari 3.1, Apple took the aggressive approach to spread its browser to the Windows community. (more…)

Apple updates Time Machine/Airport Extreme

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008


Airport Extreme and external devices for use with Time Machine are finally a happy family. Today, Apple released an update that fixed the issues that users were having using Time Machine with an external drive through the Airport Extreme. That issue was: It wasn’t possible without a bit of tinkering and back-end voodoo.

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Safari 3.1

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008


This post is best viewed with Safari 3.1.

There’s something you probably thought you’d never read. Well, the 3.1 thing is pretty unlikely, but having something standardized specifically for Safari is quite nice after all the IE headers I’ve seen.
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Genesis for the iPhone/Touch?

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008


If only I didn’t dislike AT&T so much.

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