Archive for January, 2010
OS X + MAMP = Really Easy Web Server
Setting up your own personal web server is always more work and less fun then you think. Enter MAMP. MAMP stands for Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP. MAMP is a packaged bundle that automagically installs the aforementioned services on your Mac OS X computer, whether it be a Macbook or a MacPro.
“MAMP is installed in the typical Mac fashion: very easily. MAMP will not compromise any existing Apache installation already running with your OS X.
Furthermore, if MAMP is no longer needed, it is sufficient to delete the MAMP folder and everything returns to its original status (i.e. MAMP does not modify any of the “normal” OS X)” -MAMP.info
MAMP provides 22 programs and libraries available for your use, free of charge. You can grab the .dmg at MAMP’s SourceForge page and if you wanna learn more before you install follow this link to MAMP’s homepage.
FoursquareX – it’s Foursquare for OS X!
As you may or may not know, Foursquare is a very popular iPhone app that gives you and your friends new ways of exploring your city. Earn points & unlock badges for discovering new things. ( Click here to learn more about Foursquare )
FoursquareX is an OS X version of the mobile foursquare app. Developed by Eric Butler and utilizing Snow Leopard’s Core Location service, FoursquareX is a perfect example of a great port. Slightly enhanced features and beautiful OS integration make using this app nothing less than fun and intuitive.
It’s functional and free so why not give it a try today! -
FoursquareX ( Requires OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard )
MacBook Pro finally going quad-core with Intel Core i5
Apple has been taking its sweet time when introducing a quad-core MacBook Pro to the market. It seems however, that Intel itself may have pulled the veil off of this long awaited product.
AppleInsider recently acquired an E-mail invite to Intel’s Retail Edge Program. Included on this invitation is a promotion for a new MacBook Pro featuring Intel’s new Core i5 mobile architecture. Specific details are still non-existent but at least we can confirm that Apple is finally getting ready to unleash a new wave of power into the Macbook Pro lineup.
Whether or not we see the whole line-up adopt the Core i5 or not is still up in the air, but more than likely we will see the i5 in the higher end 15″ and 17″ models.