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iPhone- “Flash will hold me back no more!”

By Luke On Feb 1, 2009 Apple | iPhone/iPod | OS 0 No Comments Tags: Apple, iPhone/iPod

flash Face it, the lack of copy and paste is not the drawback of the iPhone. The only real drawback has been the lack of flash support in browsers. Apple remained mum for quite some time, but now, the news is out.

Apple and Adobe have teamed up to bring Flash to the iPhone. They will work together to implement a fully functioning version of flash that will installable on all current and new iPhone and iPod Touchs’. This is great news when it comes media junkies looking to watch them streaming vids online.

Another thing Apple is doing is advocating HTML 5 as a replacement and is collaborating with fellow browser developers Mozilla and Opera to perform many of the same functions of Flash but in a more universal and less resource-hungry standard.

Click the “via” link to learn more.
Via: Appleinsider

Snapplr 1.0 now Live!

By Luke On Jan 26, 2009 Apple | OS | Software/Freeware | Tips 0 No Comments Tags: 10.5, app, OS X, Software/Freeware

Back in July of ’08 I wrote about a neat little app called Snapplr. Snapplr is a replacement for OS X’s built in screen shot tool. Snapplr brings many additional features as well as ease of use to screen shots. The highlight of Snapplr is the ability to instantly share whatever you may be capturing. With Snapplr you can:

Publish you screen shot instantly on the web thanks to Snapplr’s instant image hosting. After the selecting the live option for your shot, Snapplr instantly adds the corresponding URL to your clipboard so you can instantly share it friends.
Import your clips instantly into your email! Snapplr supports the ability to share screen shots through integration with OS X’s Mail app.
Save directly to your clipboard. Snapplr also makes it easy to import screen shots into design and graphic apps via copy and paste.
Last but not least is the ability to share your clips live. Snapplr offers a unique service that streams your selected area live on the web!

Snapplr resides in the menu bar when not in use, configurable hot keys bring up the snapplr window that allows you to set options before snapping your picture. The lightweight, unobtrusive style of snapplr makes it fun and simple to use.

Head on over to Snapplr.com to learn more and download the free trial!

Installing Linux Mint on MacBook Pro.

By Luke On Jan 18, 2009 Apple | Hacks/Mods | Linux/UNIX | OS 1 1 Comment Tags: BootCamp, Linux Mint, Linux/UNIX, MacBook Pro, OS X

Not to long ago I attempted to install Linux Mint 5.0 on my MacBook Pro. It went okay but things like the display driver and wireless just didn’t work right. Fast Forward to the release of Mint 6.0. Slick, the one word that sums up this new release. Automated driver retrieval and installation makes everything much much easier. The WiFi and ATI Control Center installed without a hitch. Combine all of this with Apple’s built in boot camp feature and you have the easiest and fastest dual boot system.

Here are the pics:

PPC support to be an optional install for Snow Leopard

By Luke On Dec 8, 2008 Apple | OS | Rumor 2 2 Comments Tags: Leopard, OS X, PPC

The recent seed of OS X 10.6 (Build:10A222) to developers has brought about rumors. Rumors of PowerPC support being an optional install instead of being systematically bundled with the OS. This news along with rumors that Snow Leopard may only run on Intel machines is making me and my G4 nervous.

However, most common apps have already become Universal Binaries, which means that they are able to run natively on both PPC and Intel machines. So, even though the last PowerPC machine shipped from Apple less then three years ago, PowerPC users may be quite upset when they find out that their PowerMac G5′s and PowerBook G4′s will not be able to take advantage of the new OS from Apple.

3 Linux Distros for your PPC Mac

By Luke On Nov 28, 2008 Apple | OS | Software/Freeware 3 3 Comments Tags: BootCamp, Linux/UNIX, PPC

Last week I wrote an article about bringing life into your old macs. This weekend we are gonna go a step further. Many of you may know that linux distros are perhaps some of the least demanding when it comes to hardware, so, here are the top 3 Linux distros that can put the power back into your PPC mac.

openSUSE – openSUSE 11.0, which is sponsored by Novell, is a linux distro that is aimed at the average computer user. It comes with both KDE 4.0 and GNOME 2.22 (Graphical User Interfaces) as included options. However, if you are using openSUSE on a computer more then a few years old you may want to look into installing less demanding, more lightweight UI’s such as Xfce .
Fedora – Fedora offers a more demanding and cutting edge experience as compared to other distros. It is full of unique an intuitive applications and lots of new features that may not show up in other operating systems for many months. Fedora offers a very powerful and elegant interface that is a breeze to both use and learn. Fedora is a very powerful and flexible system with close to two million users worldwide.
Ubuntu – Ubuntu is a very popular distro that gained its fame through its ease of use. Its popularity makes finding support as well as applications very easy. The bad news however is that Ubuntu recently stopped releasing PPC versions of its distro. April of 2008 was when Ubuntu released Hardy Heron (8.04), the last version that supported PPC processors.

Keep in mind that if you intend to install another OS on a computer that you are currently using, you will either need to format (erase) you existing drive or you will need to use a non-destructive partitioner. OS X 10.5 or any mac with Apple’s BootCamp installed can take advantage of non-destructive partitioning. Good luck and have fun.

If you have any comments, or would like to add your input on this matter, please leave it below in the comment section.

Quick Tip: Customize your toolbar.

By Luke On Nov 19, 2008 Apple | OS | Tips 0 No Comments

We all live and work in an extremely busy world, and I am always looking for smart, convenient ways to speed up my Mac.

Today I bring you one of my smaller, yet still efficient tips, customizing your tool bar. Customizing your tool bar gives you one click access to many commands, locations, and actions. To customize the items in your tool bar, just Command-Option-click the little white pill-shaped button at the top right of your window’s title bar, and the Customize Toolbar dialog will appear right there in your window. Now you can just drag-and-drop icons that you want to use onto the tool bar.

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OS X vs Ubuntu

By Luke On Nov 10, 2008 Apple | Linux/UNIX | OS 0 No Comments

Lennart Regebro of Regebro.wordpress.com gives us some insight into the OS X vs Linux battle. He provides an interesting perspective of each OS.

The gap is also closing. Ubuntu gets easier to use and have more and more “end user” features. I already think Ubuntu is just as good as Windows for a typical user, and of course superior for a developer like me. OS X seems to get a bit more developer friendly as time goes on too.

Follow the link for more. Ubuntu vs OS X: The Deathmatch

Why Apple?

By Luke On Oct 28, 2008 Apple | Featured | OS 0 No Comments Tags: 10.6, Grand Central, Mac, OS X

What makes you choose Apple? Is it the operating system? Is it their style of product? is it their devotion to excellence in every product? What makes you pick Apple when there are several other choices to choose from?

Why do I buy Apple?

I buy Apple because of the operating system. OS X is the perfect mix of flexibility, reliability, style, and power. Technologies like Grand Central will help optimize the operating system to new hardware by making every part of OS X Multi-Processor aware. From the UNIX core to the UI. Every part of 10.6 will be able to take advantage of multi-core processors and all that they have to offer. It’s scheduled to receive the 64 bit streamline in the near future. This streamlining will also accompany a complete re-write of Finder in the Cocoa language as well as general code optimization and other enhancements.

The second reason I have for buying Apple is because of product design. Laptops made out of aluminum and elegantly simply iMacs are why I buy Apple. The level of thought that goes into every aspect of every Mac makes for an exceptionally pleasing experience regardless of what Mac you are using. They look nice and they feel solid.

Those are my reasons, what are yours?

Thinking about re-installing OS X?

By Luke On Oct 24, 2008 Apple | Featured | OS | Tips 0 No Comments

Here are some tips to follow when Installing OS X for the first time, or the 50th time.

Tip #1: Manage your printer drivers. Plug and Play is beautiful but it comes at a price. That price is 2GBs of unnecessary system files. Deselect all the printer drives and simply make a note to install the printer manually when the installation is done. Canon, HP, Lexmark, Brother, and Epson all have printer drivers available online.

Tip#2: How many languages do you speak? 2,3 maybe 4? Well I doubt you know 18. 18 happens to be the number of languages installled by defualt in OS X. Why not just install the ones you need?. This can save up to 500MBs

Tip#3: Once you have installed OS X go play with the text to speech prefrences and then DELETE IT! Yeah its fun and all but unless you’re using it get rid of it. Delete this folder. /System/Library/Speech/Voices “Alex.SpeechVoice. Doing so gets you another 700MB!

If your looking for more tips try this post on optimizing OS X: A few tips to keep OS X on its feet.

OS X 10.5 VS 10.6: Round 1

By Luke On Oct 3, 2008 Apple | OS 0 No Comments

As you can see, the program can run in 32 or 64 bit mode

So, I was able to convince a friend of mine to let me try out his developer copy of 10.6 (Snow Leopard). After fooling around on it for awhile I decided I should write about my findings. However, being a developer copy, there really wasn’t much that stood out. There is one difference however, this version comes with 64bit optimized versions of the core OS X apps. So I took it upon myself to do some benchmarking. (Note: take all of the following with a grain of salt. Many features that are expected to be in the final version are absent in this version)

Benchmarks were executed on a 20″ iMac with a C2D @2.4GHz W/2GB RAM.

The Hard Numbers: OS X 10.6

Safari Launch to News.com – 2.96 Seconds* (1.75 Cached**)
Safari Launch to Amazon.com – 5.46 Seconds* (4.26 Cached**)
Safari Launch to Digg.com – 4.06 Seconds* (3.82Cached**)

12.1MB jpg display – 6.54 Seconds (3.42 Cached**) Read More

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