RIP Brother Steve

Quick fix to allow Dropbox to work with 10.7 Lion

Quick fix to allow Dropbox to work with 10.7 Lion from member "Filip S." in dropbox forums. It worked for me!! --

"I've figured out a quick fix for this issue. Open Info.plist inside the application bundle, and change "CFBundleVersion" to 2.0 . Apparently Lion doesn't allow applications with low bundle versions to run for some reason.

Original Link: http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=33706

Jan 27th Apple Hopes and Dreamz

Just putting my thoughts out there about tomorrows Apple event.

Hopes:
1. Apple tablet/slate/wtfe -- not because I've just gotta have but because I am sick of all the conjecture. Even Windows Weekly talked almost exclusively about the possible tablet.

2. New iLife -- just makes sense to come with a new media rich product as a way to semi-create content

3. iPhone 4.0 -- I mean it is time guys it is just a question of whether Bro. Jobs will announce it now or at WWDC

Dreamz
1. iPhone on Verizon Wireless.....in February lol -- ok seriously I do hope it will migrate by June or July of this year.

2. New xgrid features with full HPC support -- ok I just hate configuring xCAT and would love to see apple's approach to HPC. alright specifically I would like to see the interface

3. Deal with huge production houses to make a Apple on Demand cable service

4. A true 42" - 65" Apple TV with Hulu support -- hells yeah that will be the day lol

5. Oh yeah ... Tablet price $499.00 -- ah but it is only a dream... I know that bastard is gonna be around $800.00 minimum.

Oh please Apple gods smile down upon us lol

Apple iPhone 3.0 event tomorrow might reveal a tablet

Seth Weintraub Apple Ink

The Apple iPhone 3.0 event tomorrow might have more surprises than are immediately apparent. Especially in relation to a tablet. Here's my hypothesis why:

I've got a pretty good idea that Apple is going to be releasing more iPod touch/iPhone platform devices. Why? Well, for one, they've said so in a job posting at the end of last year.

The software developed by the networking team runs on a broad spectrum of platforms, including Macs and Windows, and from servers down to a growing number of embedded devices including iPhone.

So, that "growing number of embedded devices" I think will be a ten inch tablet. The ten inches figure I get from the three different reports out of China that Apple is developing a touch screen in the 9.5-10 inch area for release in Q3 (summer).

I don't think Apple is going to try to compete with the Netbook market directly. Apple has a big lead in touch technology and probably needs to innovate in other ways rather that release a similar type of product to a mature market.

The timing? Well, if this thing has to be put on a device in late Summer, Apple will probably want some software to run on it...probably even an App Store. If so, developers will need at least a few months to get their apps to run on this new little device. That means they should probably start right about now.

Then there has been the persistent "premium app store" rumors. Paying $20 for an iPhone app seems silly to me with so many great $5-$10 apps all around. But if an Apple tablet can handle hi res 3D gaming, it might make more sense. Current App Store apps should also run on it but in a resolution independence type of mode. This type of app would also be able to play on a new AppleTV OS with App store as well.

I think Apple's devices (even if not a tablet) will be based on the ARM Cortex A8 architecture like that of the Palm Pre. The video card will be from Imagination and will hopefully use some of that OpenCL Apple has been touting in its desktop Snow Leopard OS.

If not tomorrow, then soon hopefully.

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Apple shows no love to Math Geeks

Because I'm an Applied Math major I obviously have to type a bunch of crap using a slew of equations. Now as yall know I am a Mac head, well between you and me Apple continues to disappoint on the Math front with continued lack of support. Microsoft Office for PC has had Equation editor built in for years but no love on the Mac side even in Office 2008. So during the keynote this year one of the feature included in Pages in iWork 09 was finally an equation editor well, that was a bit of a stretch. What they really meant to say is it supports MathType, if you freggin buy MathType separately for $99 (or $57 for academic pricing). I am usually all about defending Apple like Equation Editor not being a part of Mac office being Microsoft's fault, but this Pages crap is completely on Apple. And dont give me that crap about using LaTeX which is opensource because Apple is supposed to be better than that. So on behalf of Math Geeks everywhere that have to deal with lack of support from Apple, Brother Steve, please do something to correct this!!! Now!!! (Ok as soon as you get better)

Obama is a Mac head like me!!! - I had to re-post this!

Mac-loving Obama staff confronts Windows White House reality

By Erica Sadun | Published: January 22, 2009 - 10:20AM CT

This week, the White House became a switcher. As the new presidential team took over 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, they were met with outdated equipment still apparently running the sturdy old Windows XP and Windows 2000, as well as a host of bureaucratic rules meant to ensure that all official work at the White House can be properly recorded according to the Presidential Records Act.

The Obama team has long been known for using Apple equipment. President Obama himself uses a Mac laptop, as does his media team, which according to the Washington Post is now facing the daunting prospect of updating the West Wing to modern equipment and doing so while complying with government regulations.

The Post article quipped that "if the Obama campaign represented a sleek, new iPhone kind of future, the first day of the Obama administration looked more like the rotary-dial past." It seems as if the White House is making great strides forward technologically in short order. This week alone, the Whitehouse website was updated with a new look and an official blog. Can a Mac-friendly West Wing be far behind?

3G for Jeaime lol -- Jebus rizes again lol

After much debate, I am getting a 3G iPhone....finally lol. I have been wanting an iPhone since last January but I just couldn't justify changing companies, paying $500 for the phone and paying 60 bucks for the plan. I just couldn't. Well after the wife telling me to shut up about it and to just get the phone and the price drop, it is so on lol. Unfortunately I will be out of the country release day but the second I get back I am so getting my phone. The catch is now I have this 16Gb iTouch that is just a month old that cost the same as my soon to be 16Gb 3G iPhone. [WTF They are so gonna have to do something about that price difference. I mean I know the iPhone is subsidized now but that is gonna cut into those iTouch sales just a bit. ] Maybe Apple will give me some kind of credit or at minimum I might be able to convince my wife to let go of her nano witch is not very likely lol. I guess my iTouch is eBay bound lol.

~J

"Snow Leopard" is No Leopard

So apparently Mac is going to do something a bit different with it's new OS. They are going to optimize it. At first though this seems like a cheap trick but when you think about it it, that is pretty freggin awesome. They want to take a pretty awesome OS and make it run better and they are saying that right out of the gate. They are telling we fan boys to back off with the new features and just make it run like a Ford Festiva with a V8 in it. Snow Leopard unfortunately will not ship for another year but I am cautiously optimistic!

Here is Apple's Official Word-

Since 2001, Mac OS X has delivered more than a thousand innovative new features. With Snow Leopard, the next major version of the world’s most advanced operating system, Mac OS X changes more than its spots, it changes focus. Taking a break from adding new features, Snow Leopard — scheduled to ship in about a year — builds on Leopard’s enormous innovations by delivering a new generation of core software technologies that will streamline Mac OS X, enhance its performance, and set new standards for quality. Snow Leopard dramatically reduces the footprint of Mac OS X, making it even more efficient for users, and giving them back valuable hard drive space for their music and photos.

Time Lapse from PC to iMac - What I did at work today

New iMacs Whoot!! I'm so getting one --or 10--for the lab lol

So I was watching the text feed from the Apple Summer Press conference on Engadget. (I'm an Apple fan boy, what can I say lol) Brother Steve decided to revamp the entire iMac line. Now why this is so important to me is because I just got my boss to sign off on purchasing a few new 17" iMacs. Well brother Steve must have heard my prayer because he axed the 17" model and replaced it with a 20" model at the same rice point with improved specs!!! The other cool thing is the look. Aluminum and glass, I should repeat it like a Chinese monk aluminum and glass--aluminum and glass lol. The new iMac is the hotness and I'm getting one. High-ho diddly!!! Thanks Brother Steve and all hail Apple lol.

How to install a LaserWriter 630 Pro in Vista

Ok so an old LaserWriter 630 Pro was surplussed out here at work and I decided to pick it up, because I know the things are like tanks. Well that and the fact that I know how to work on the Canon/HP/Apple printer engine without a problem. Anyway lol, I reloaded 32-bit Vista Premium, because Ubuntu/Wine was pissing me off with World of WarCraft, and Guild Wars. I said all that to say this, the Apple Drivers are not included in the Vista install. They are in XP but not in Vista so what the hell. I did some searching on the inter-webs (lol) with out luck so I figured screw it I will use the XP drivers, and damn if it didn't work. Here is how I did it.

1. Insert XP OS CD, and cancel out of any of the autoplay crap. (Note: In my case I used Disc 1 of my XP Media Center Edition)
2. Goto Windows logo button (Old Start) -->Control Panel --> Printers
3. Click "Add Printer"
4. Select "Local Port" and click "Next"(Note: Only select Network if you are printer sharing to another computer with a LaserWriter)
   
5. "LPT 1" and click "Next" (Note:If you are using some type of Print Server you may either need to create a Standard TCP/IP port or select the proprietary port for your printer server.)
6. In the driver window select "Have Disk"
7. Click "Browse"
8. Under "Look In" select your CD-Rom with the Windows CD in it and choose the "i386" folder and click "OK"
9. After a second of loading, the XP drivers should be listed in which you can select "Apple", and which ever LaserWriter you have.
10. Finish the "Add Printer Wizard", and boom-bam you have your LaserWriter again!!

I think the Windows 2000 Pro CD will also work the same way, because the driver didn't change between the 2K and XP but I did not test that.

My iPhone Diary--well David Pogues Diary (the bastard lol)

I love the way this Dave does his reviews. I can't wait for his Leopard review.

Brother Steve and Brother Bill at All Things D

Linux in Mac OSX

Mac now has another OpenSource project to help users get rid of Vista. With the installation of the Finkle Project, Mac OSX can now run Linux binarys and apps natively. This is actually a pretty big deal because of the One laptop per child project, and the Windup computer project. Linux is going to grow in market share fairly quickly in 3rd world countries. Unless Microsoft wants to start giving away Windows, the new generation will grown up on Linux-based systems. With Finkle, the Mac users of the world will be able to tag along for the ride.

So now lets take count of what OS's the Mac can run natively.
1. Mac OS
2. UNIX
3. Windows
4. LINUX (Just Added! lol)

Apple WWDC '06 Keynote Introduction Video

Get ready guys Steve Jobs Day coming Soon!!

iGrill--No Really it is!

When I first saw this I just knew it was a joke or a spoof but it isn't!! It is real. Yep you got it folks, you can grill and listen to your iPod over the built in dock and amp. Umm, throw me a steak off the iGrill and put on the latest episode of DiggNation while you are at it.

Patent app hints at iPhone controlling Mac, iTunes

Okay, so we've heard using an Apple Remote whilst trying to fool no one into believing it's an iPhone, but apparently, the patent pumpers in Cupertino are getting serious about executing that equation in reverse. According to a recent filing, Apple engineers explain how a mysterious "mobile phone" could be used to control your Mac (and specific applications like iTunes) via built-in Bluetooth, and the wording even mentions specific software that would be tailored to the Mac and handset in order to make it all happen. More specifically, consumers could "use the directional controls on the mobile phone to change listing volume, skip forward and backward, play / pause, etc.," and while no mention of the forthcoming iPhone is directly made, the allusion here is fairly clear.

Referenced from: Engadget
Posted Apr 15th 2007 7:17PM by Darren Murph
Filed under: Cellphones, Home Entertainment

Gates vs. Jobs w/C64 cameo

ok last one for today lol.

Mac Beautiful

Ok I have finally been tested on my resolve to to tell anyone who asks me to buy a Mac. My wife's aunt called and asked what I recommended in a Laptop and I immediately told her buy a Mac. But I hesitate to say that she told me about this to good to be true deal she gets through her husbands job and I folded. Dang it Apple and Brother Steve,, drop the prices man!!! It is hard enough to convince people to adjust to a new interface with out having to explain the price. Please Brother Steve, give us a $800 12" iBook!!