So the brand spanking new Leopard has arrived to my door steps before the retail store opened today (at least in my area). I’m quite excited. I will perform the upgrade later today as my main machine needs to be backed up and gotta finished some work too.
Ok, long time no write.
Well, I’ve been using this utility I found on the Internet and discovered to be quite a handy tool. Often enough people with Mac system have not part their ways with existing computer, ones that runs with Windows XP; or Vista for that that matter.
This little utility allows you have share any folders on your Mac with all the networked PC, as well as other Macs.
Click here to navigate to their website!
Cheers!
1. introduce new colours for the ipod shuffles
2. new ipod nano (aka ipod fatty)
– 4 or 8 GB version
– video
– cover flow
– games
3. ipod classic
– 80GB and 160 GB version
4. ipod touch
– same size as iphone, but thinner
– same control as iphone
– wifi, with safari
– basically, iphone - phone = ipod touch
– youtube
– 8GB is $299 / 16GB is $399
5. iTunes WiFi music store
6. iPhone will be updated to work with iTunes wifi
7. Starbucks feature with Wifi
8. iPhone(8GB version) has a price drop to $399 (discontinuing the 4GB model, maybe)
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Date: September 5, 2007
Time: 1pm Eastern Standard Time
Product Announcement: Most likely the new iPod!
I will write about it as the event happen through out the afternoon. Cheers!
So I missed this post earlier in August. Apple introduced the new aluminum iMac starting at the size of 20″ wide screen up to 24″.
The new aluminum iMac
I really like the way they updated the existing imac. From a all plastic to something more solid and more environmental friendly. I was considering upgrading my Mac Mini to that new iMac but then I thought about what I should do with the screen when the hardware is obsolete. Many computer user uses the same monitor as they upgrade or replace their main system. I believe it’ll be a waste if I upgrade.
In this event Apple also unveiled the new iLife ‘08, iWork ‘08 and the subscription based .Mac. Aside from the software, new Apple keyboards were also introduced along with the iMac. Several hardware were found refreshed as the event had gone by.
Click here to watch the broadcast.
So being a new mac user I often wonder how I could backup all of my important data in case of accidental damage to my beloved computer. Well, back when I was a Windows user there are many backup software out there to do the biddings but now I’m on a Mac and wanting to be cheap opt to find free solutions.
The following link gives you the background information on what is to be backed up and how to restore your Mac data:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106941
The above link is the knowledge base straight from Apple.com.
As for me I use a simple Automator script to do my backup. I have the script run against a source folder and just dump all the files onto my external hard drive. 
done and done!
Recently I have discovered this little tool that seems to be useful for users like me (not too hardcore but want to know what’s happening with system). I have stumble upon this little utility called GeekTool. This allows you to use some (or all) of your desktop real estate to display log files, shell commands, or simply a snapshot of an image somewhere stored on the Internet. It’s very useful if you want to see your logs without opening any other programs or viewers.Well done Tynsoe!Tynsoe Project
Leopard stuff
- October release time
- new finder
- new desktop
- quick look
- total of 300 new features
- available in both 64-bit and 32-bit
- new photobooth effects
- basic version costs $129
- premium version costs $129
- business version costs $129
- ultimate version costs $129 (you have the idea now)
Web stuff
- Safari 3 will be on both Mac and PC (I like safari, so clean)
iPhone stuff
- 3rd party friendly (means tons of software)
- release june 29th, 18 days remaining as of this post (anyone?)
Gaming stuff
- EA and iD software have join the Mac fever (more games for you all)
iTune stuff
- some updates on cover flow
**Courtesy picture from Engadget.com
For those computer 1337 users out there that couldn’t afford to get a tv and cable service you might want to jump in on this before it really get hot in the industry. News are always talking about IPTV or Internet TV or Broadband TV, here it is, the actually working one. It’s called Joost. It has beta program available for both Windows and Mac users. I tried this out on my Mac last night and it works! The programs they offer at the moment are limited but the quality are good. Go check it out!
This software is one of those must have software on a Mac machine. For the PC world many users I know prefer to have Google Desktop installed or anything that will keep the operation of the system easier.
Quicksilver categorizes everything on the system and made it easier to access. Example would be to view a picture you stored deeply in one of the pictures folder but you only remember part of its name. Launch Quicksilver, type part of the name, Enter, bang it’s there. This application does not apply just to the pictures, any documents, any application names, any website bookmarks could be access if you feel lazy to click around and search for. Imagination with this application is probably endless!
Homepage for QuickSilver which is created by Blacktree. BLACKTREE
Download it here!
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