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Macintosh, Mac Apps, iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple

Archive for October 2007

October 30th, 2007

Leopard Weekend Sales Hit 2 Million

AppleInsider reports that weekend sales of Leopard has hit the 2 million mark. This includes the bundled licenses included in new Macs, sales for retail stores and online retailers. Tiger sold 2 million copies in 6 weeks. Leopard is out pacing Tiger by far.
Unlike Vista which a lot of Windows XP users are still hesitant [...]

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October 29th, 2007

Leopard Review by Ars Technica

In lieu of an actual hands-on review by yours truly, I’d like to direct you to Ars Technica’s Leopard review. I haven’t had a chance to get my hands on a copy of Leopard since it’s still not available locally. We have an almost one week holiday break here in the Philippines so it’s likely [...]

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October 28th, 2007

Coming Soon: Video and Audio for Adium

According to this post on the Adium Blog, the guys behind Adium are hard at work on making video and audio work on Adium. Now that’s something most people have been waiting for.
I’m a happy Adium user. Most of the time it works well for me. I like the fact that I only need one [...]

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October 26th, 2007

Leopard Anticipation: Back Up Your Files

In anticipation for Leopard’s release and the eventual upgrade, here’s a valuable link from Apple support. You can do an archive and install which will preserve your apps and preferences when you install Leopard but that will also mean carrying over much of your junk from Tiger.
Personally when I upgrade to Leopard I’ll be doing [...]

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October 25th, 2007

Evolutionary Not Revolutionary

This is how Walt Mossberg describes Leopard. Oh, the perks of being a big-time journalist, you get to preview stuff ahead of the general public.
I share Walt’s general observation that while Leopard looks to be a great product, it’s not a revolutionary product as the iPhone is. It’s not a bad thing actually. To me [...]

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October 23rd, 2007

Upgrading To Leopard: Will You Wait Or Pounce On It As Soon As It Comes Out?

With a little more than two days to go before Leopard is officially launched, I’m asking my self the question, should I pounce or not?
With 300+ plus features, Leopard is making a compelling argument. But is it enough? In my opinion, a resounding yes.
The feature I’m looking forward to the most is Time Machine. Why? [...]

By Juan -- 2 comments

October 21st, 2007

Quick Tip: Shortcut Key for Opening Files

I must admit that while I’m not a novice Mac user, I’m also not a power user. I consider myself an intermediate user. Savvy enough to get by fine but still have a lot to learn. Learn I did today. The surprising part was that the person I learned this from wasn’t exactly a Mac [...]

By Juan -- 2 comments

October 20th, 2007

Apple Wireless Keyboard: Keystroke of Genius

One of the recent Apple products that I got really excited about was the new Apple Wireless Keyboard. When I first saw it I was stunned. From the pictures that I saw posted on the Apple web site, it looked like it was a thing of beauty. The problem was that when Apple announced it, [...]

By Juan -- 2 comments

October 17th, 2007

SDK for iPhone Is A Go

It’s official! Apple will be releasing an SDK for the iPhone in February of 2008. This time’s it’s not just a Safari browser like what was initially released.
This news is awesome. Who knows what native goodness awaits iPhone users. Native apps will allow for better use of the iPhone’s features and functions.
The SDK can also [...]

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October 15th, 2007

Tip: Re-mounting Your Disk

I’ve been using the Mac for 3 years already, yet this tip escaped me till now. I’m sure that most Mac users have had to plug in an external hard drive at one time or another. I use an external hard drive once in awhile, mostly to back up data. There were times that I’d [...]

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