The “iPhone SDK bitching” developers – A bunch of babies?
Above: Delphi managed to control a car using the iPhone’s mobile Safari. Now, I’m sure an iPhone SDK will lead to some amazing apps (and a ton of lame ones) but honestly, I think many developers started bitching a bit too early and too loudly last year when Apple announced the iPhone was going to allow for “Safari-only” apps. I understand the major arguments for wanting an iPhone SDK – chiefly, “how the hell do you make money on a web app?”... Read More
Apple’s Mac Pro announcement makes Blu-ray an unlikely candidate for Macworld debut
Apple’s newly announced Mac Pros seem like real power houses, but one thing is preventing them from being truly state-of-the-art: A Blu-ray drive. The current tech specs list the new Mac Pro as shipping with a regular old “Super Drive”, and there is no custom Blu-ray add-on option. Yes, there is still the standard extra optical bay found in previous models which would allow you to add your own Blu-ray drive down the road, but seeing as these new Mac Pros ship... Read More
Adobe misses its first Leopard compatibility deadline
“We expect to publish free Leopard compatibility updates for the video applications in December 2007” – Adobe Remember back right around the time when Leopard was due to be released, Adobe put out this PDF meant to scare educate potential Leopard buyers as to possible incompatibilities between Apple’s new OS and Adobe’s CS3 Suite of apps? In it, Adobe assured us that “Thanks to close collaboration between Adobe and Apple, most of the CS3 applications... Read More
Apple, set .Mac free!
When Apple first launched OS X, they were in the unique position of being able to build an entire operating system from scratch. The ability to free themselves from legacy code and obsolete technologies allowed them to start fresh with one of the most solid and feature complete “Version 1.0’s” of any OS. As OS X has matured, it has become more and more apparent that Apple is running out of real “must-have” features that need to be added. This is... Read More
Leopard: Still no FTP support? WTF?!
The early reviews of Mac OS X Leopard are coming in from those lucky enough to have been shipped a review copy, had their pre-order shipped early, or stolen downloaded a copy through the Torrents. And while these reports are all well and good, what matters most to us is what the faithful Macenstein readers have to say. One such faithful reader (and early Leopard adopter) The Hendry, was overall pleased with the release, but lamented to us that Leopard still sports one glaring... Read More
Stop the madness: Do we REALLY care if there are 3 new iPhone commercials?
I’ve mentioned before how even as an admitted Apple Fanboy I have become somewhat disgusted by the amount of press coverage the iPhone receives, but this is really just getting silly. It is now over 4 months since the iPhone’s launch, and the fact that Apple has released 3 new iPhone commercials has somehow made it to the front of almost every Mac news site of note. In fact, ironically they have now made it to the front of Macenstein, thus getting even more press... Read More
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
OK Apple, WTF is up with the combo drive?
One of the many items I am considering using to funnel my $100 iPhone rebate back into Apple’s pocket is a new MacBook. I’m basically looking for something simple to use as a blogging device, as I’m tired of spending countless hours in my basement office, ignoring the family while writing my lame articles. My hope is that a laptop would allow me to ignore my family from every room in my house, not just the basement. To that end, the MacBook seemed fine. As a... Read More
Apple announces new gear; Screws early adopters
Posted by Dr. Macenstein [UPDATE: It looks like it never hurts to bitch. Thank you Apple!] There is no way to write this post without sounding like I’m whining, so prepare to be whined… Ok, I’ll make this short and sweet. First things first. Hooray for Apple. They updated their whole iPod line with cool new stuff at great prices. Read another Mac site for full details. Now, on to the REAL issue. As one of the idiots loyal Apple fans who supported Apple and... Read More
I hate Cover Flow
Posted by Dr. Macenstein How’s that for a headline? I know, it’s kind of like saying “I hate bunnies”, but hear me out. We all have our favorite way to interact with our data, and I am sure there are some people who use Cover Flow every day in their iTunes browsing, but my god, I sure hope it isn’t one of the big selling points of the new iPods at this Wednesday’s special event. For those of you who love Cover Flow, more power to you, and congrats... Read More
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