Set up an Apple TV render farm
Posted by Lab Rat OK, if you do this latest Apple TV hack it means three things… 1) You have too much free time 2) You have done all other Apple TV hacks 3) You are a true Mac Geek, and we applaud you professafresh over at AwkwardTV has posted instructions on how to set up your Apple TV as an Xgrid node on your network. The list of reasons you may want to DO such a thing... Read More
Freeverse invites Freehand MX exiles to test out Lineform at a special price
Posted by Lab Rat Fresh on the news that Adobe has decided to officially kill off Macromedia’s Freehand MX drawing tool and focus its development efforts on their Illustrator product line, comes news that Freeverse is inviting all FreeHand MX Mac users to evaluate Lineform, their excellent Apple Design Award-winning vector drawing program. From now until June 1st, Freeverse... Read More
Engadget says iPhone delayed until October, Leopard due January 2008 [UPDATED]
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Looks like Apple may have to pull their latest “I’m A Mac” Party is Over ad which poked fun at Window’s traditional huge delays between OS releases. Engadget claims to have it “on authoirty” that the iPhone’s much hyped release will be pushed back to OCTOBER of this year, and Leopard, which was itself recently... Read More
OK, well that was anti-climactic…
Posted by Helper Monkey Apple took down the entire on-line Apple Store this morning for about 3 hours in order to basically put a larger hard drive in the MacBooks. Well, to be fair, in addition to larger hard drives, the “new” consumer laptops (while keeping the same price point and styling as their predecessors) now also feature a whopping 0.16GHz speed increase.... Read More
Apple store down…updates soon
Posted by Dr. Macenstein At around 7:00 AM this morning the Apple store went down. Most folks are betting on new laptops, we’ll see (we’re still hoping for new minis and iMacs…) [8:45 AM] Geez, how long does it take to update the store?! Read More
Change the color of your iPod’s font… just because you can
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Everyone loves the iPod, but the one thing everyone agrees is stopping it from achieving TOTAL market domination is the font color Apple uses on the menus. Yes, a blue title bar and black text have likely turned off millions of potential buyers. If only there were some way to solve this problem and save Apple from itself… Oh wait! Now there is! omfgkm... Read More
Free on iTunes: Zooey Deschannel in Julia Stiles’ short film “Raving”
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Actress Julia Stiles and Elle magazine have made the short film Raving available on iTunes as a free download. The film (which marks both Stile’s writing and directorial debuts) stars Zooey Deschannel (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Bridge to Terabithia) and Tony winner Bill Irwin in a story about the transformative and inspirational... Read More
Would JaJah on a Wi-Fi iPod spell disaster for the iPhone?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein CNET recently published a report on a deal between Intel and internet phone company JaJah that paves the way for JaJah’s free voice-calling-over-the-internet technology to be embedded in upcoming chips from Intel. JaJah’s eventual plan is to have its technology available for ALL CPU-types, allowing for free or low cost calls from any device... Read More
Apple releases Pro Application Support Update
Posted by Helper Monkey Apple has released Pro Application Support Update version 4. The 8.3 MB download is recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, and can be downloaded via software update, or by clicking here. Description: This update improves general user interface reliability for Apple’s professional applications and is recommended for all users of Final Cut... Read More
Vista can now play nice with the iPod
Posted by iGor ars technica reports that Microsoft has finally published a fix for the whole “iPod doesn’t work on Windows Vista” debacle. Yes, just HALF A YEAR LATER those hard working boys and girls up in Redmond have managed to fix this bug that apparently corrupted iPods when ejected via Windows’ “Safely remove (and corrupt) hardware” feature.... Read More
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