Troubleshoot your misbehaving Mac with Apple’s Hardware Test
Posted by Lab Rat On those rare occasions when a Mac starts acting a bit uppity, most of us turn to Apple’s Disk Utility as our first attempt at setting things straight. If Disk Utility cannot repair the problem, our next step is usually a 3rd party disk repair utility such as Alsoft’s Disk Warrior. However, there are times when the problem doesn’t stem from... Read More
Is Apple using the Dictionary Widget to push liberal politics?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Probably not. But faithful Macenstein reader Skeezo sent in an interesting link to forum posting over at rave.ca. It seems if one types in the word “Democracy” into Mac OS X’s built-in Dictionary widget, and then switches over to the thesaurus, you are given the following example usage of the word: Democracy (noun) “a democracy... Read More
Now THAT’S a memory leak!
Posted by Helper Monkey Running After Effects 7 (in Rosetta) on a Mac Pro with 4 GB of RAM. Read More
Free on iTunes: Jack Black’s “Acceptable.tv Tutorial”
Posted by Helper Monkey VH1 is launching Jack Black’s new half-hour comedy show Acceptable.tv by making the premiere episode, entitled “Acceptable.tv Tutorial“, available for free on iTunes. From the description: Each week you’ll see five mini TV shows made by the Acceptable.tv team. Watch our funny shows, then vote on which shows you want to return for... Read More
NeoOffice® 2.1 released
Posted by Helper Monkey NeoOffice.org has released NeoOffice 2.1, a “significantly-enhanced” version of the Mac OS X-native version of the OpenOffice.org office suite that includes Microsoft Office-compatible word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database applications. “This release is the culmination of many thousands of volunteer hours,”... Read More
Apple TV – No HDTV required!
Posted by Lab Rat For those of us who are drooling over the new Apple TV but have read reports that you’d be throwing away money unless you own an HDTV to hook it up to, it turns out a good percentage of regular “SQUARE” TVs will work just fine with the device. Apparently, despite Apple’s literature on the Apple TV saying the words “HDTV” over... Read More
Folks already hacking their Apple TVs
Posted by Dr. Macenstein The Apple TV only began shipping a few days ago, yet already there are reports of people cracking open the cases to see what trouble they can get into. Faithful Macenstein reader rico has returned from the abyss with a pair of links detailing a couple of warranty-voiding Apple TV hacks. First up is a posting on Gizmodo. A reader there claims to have upgraded... Read More
The Future is NOW: Apple begins selling entire seasons of shows on iTunes before they air on Network TV
Posted by Helper Monkey Perhaps the greatest allure of the iTunes store (or ANY digital media store, for that matter) is the idea of instant gratification. If you want to watch a movie, you no longer have to put on your “outside pants” and actually drive to your local video store, you can park your keister in front of your computer (where it probably was anyway) and... Read More
Apple releases iTunes 7.1.1 update to fix library-destroying 7.1 update
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Apple today has responded to reports from users of lost or corrupted music libraries after installing last week’s iTunes 7.1 update by releasing iTunes 7.1.1. Apple claims the update “addresses a stability issue and minor compatibility problems in iTunes 7.1.” While those of us who recently lost our iTunes libraries and were forced to... Read More
More info on the Elgato/Miglia split
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Elgato, makers of the stellar EyeTV PVR software for Mac, announced yesterday they had dissolved their partnership with hardware manufacturer Miglia, effective February 7th. Miglia produces a wide range of TV tuners for the Mac as well as the PC, including its TVMini HD, ad the TVBook Pro for mobile Mac users. Elgato says it will continue to support current... Read More
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