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Where’s “music menu selection memory” in the new mobile OS X?

Faithful Macenstein reader Justin writes: Figured I would go to you because… a> Macenstein rocks… (Always a good way to start a letter to us) b> You’ve submitted articles about a Leopard question I had before. Anyway, iPhone/iPod Touch question… where the hell is music menu selection memory in the new mobile OS X interface? Remember on your old iPod, if you selected something, a song or album (even items in the settings menu) and went to another part of... Read More

Macenstein’s “Mac Chick of the Month” (October 2007): Sarah

Welcome to Macenstein‘s “Mac Chick of the Month”. Each month we feature a different die-hard, Mac-loving girl who is (almost) as well designed as the Apple products they love. This month we present you with the lovely, Sarah, a southern Florida art school student and die hard Mac Chick! “I’m currently in college studying fine arts,” says Sarah. “I have been using Macs my entire life. My father is a graphic designer so we have always had... Read More

First Look: Mailplane – A desktop Gmail client for OS X

These days, web apps are giving their desktop equivalents a run for their money. Still, desktop apps provide a level of integration that is difficult to recreate through a browser. Mailplane aims to provide the best of both worlds for users of the popular web-based email service Gmail, plus some clever new features that aren’t found anywhere else. Mailplane will be released in the coming weeks – here’s our first look. Desktop Integration Mailplane tries to... Read More

Review: Contour Design’s Showcase for iPhone

Countour Design’s Showcase for the iPhone is that rare animal of case that merges the best parts of other cases to form an entirely new animal. Sort of the platypus of iPhone cases. The Showcase is great for crazy folks like me who painted their iPhone. Now I can protect my expensive “Shrek-green” paint job and see it at the same time! Not quite an acrylic case yet not quite a rubber case either, the Showcase allows you the ability to show off (most of) your... Read More

iLife updates hint at new product offering?

Apple today released a slew of incremental updates for their iLife ’08 products. Aside from the usual bug fixes, we couldn’t help but notice the tantalizingly-named iLife Support. Is this the first hint that Apple Inc., recently freed from the bounds of its “Computer” nomenclature, is taking a step in the direction of continuing and end-of-life care? Would Apple really be so careless as to let slip an update for such a groundbreaking yet-to-be announced... Read More

Apple Store gets the blues

Apple’s somewhat drab, monochromatic online store got a small splash of color today. The former “bachelor pad”-inspired gray, white, and black (left) have been replaced with a “I’m now seeing someone” BLUE, white, and black (right). We fully expect analysts to raise Apple’s target stock price accordingly, up to around $190 or so, because, as any first-year business school student will tell you, a store in love tends to sell more product.  Read More

Alyssa Milano and her iPhone

No story here, just an excuse to put up a picture of Alyssa Milano. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Tony Micelli for the tip! (via Hollywoodtuna).  Read More

EyeTV 2.5 kicks ass – Now let’s give it a pair of steel-toed boots

This Monday Elgato released their EyeTV 2.5 update, and I must say it has changed the way I watch TV. Well, not so much the way I do, but where I do. The main feature of the update was the seemingly gimmicky ability to stream recorded shows wirelessly to your iPhone/iPod touch from your EyeTV computer. I wasn’t all that sure how useful this feature would be (and quite frankly, I’m still not) but there’s a very cool side benefit to this technology that for some... Read More

Where the Frotz is Zork for the iPhone?

While the iPhone is enjoying brisk sales and an avalanche of media hype, there is still one thing that is holding it back from being the kind of runaway “Tickle Me Elmo” hit that every red-blooded man, woman and child craves. That one thing is, of course, a decent port of the 1979 text-based adventure game Zork. “It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.” Zork support is time and again the feature smartphone owners overwhelmingly cite as... Read More

Apple says don’t be surprised if the next iPhone update bricks your hacked iPhone

Apple today issued its official stance on iPhone unlocking, and all indications are that if you were one of the few who unlocked your iPhone, either to use it with another carrier, or just for the sheer geeky thrill of it, you may soon have a $599 (minus rebate) or $399 brick on your hands. CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple has discovered that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage... Read More