And he’s all, “I guess you saw that ‘Dear Gruber: You’ve Been Pwned’ thing I wrote last week over at Fake Steve. Haven’t seen a link to it from Daring Fireball, so just checking to make sure you’re cool with that.”
“It’s cool,” I tell him.
He goes, “You know I love Daring Fireball, but geez, I [...]
Archive > August 2009
★ So Dan Lyons Called
Wil Shipley: ‘On Heuristics and Human Factors’
It’s easier to write about programming from a logical perspective. It’s harder to write about programming how software feels — explaining how much work and thought goes into seemingly small details that don’t really affect what the software can do but rather how it feels to use it. It’s like the difference between writing about [...]
Snow Leopard “a software platform for the future”
Reviewer Stephen H. Wildstrom (businessweek.com) calls Snow Leopard an “inexpensive and painless upgrade” that “also completes the transition from 32-bit to 64-bit computing, which enhances performance and allows the use of vast amounts of memory. Apple has pulled it off seamlessly.”
Mac OS X Snow Leopard best of breed
In a comprehensive Snow Leopard review, Michael Gartenberg (slashgear.com) writes: “Apple has evolved the OS in ways that change core infrastructure while preserving and refining the experience that has differentiated the platform over the years. The result is an elegant, modern OS with some new features that help it retain the status of best of [...]
New Logic Studio an “easy choice”
Calling out significant new Logic Studio features such as flexible audio editing, streamlined audio production, expanded guitar amps and effects, and enhanced MainStage live-performance capabilities, reviewer Peter Kirn (macworld.com) awards it 4.5/5 mice. Writes Kirn: “The choice is easy: Logic Pro 9 should not be missed.”
RipIt
My thanks to The Little App Factory for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed to promote RipIt, their excellent simple DVD ripping app for Mac OS X. RipIt makes it easy and obvious to get your DVDs onto your computer, with a simple one-click interface. Check out the screencasts on their web site to see [...]
The iPhone Is Going to China
China Unicom:
China Unicom and Apple have reached a multiyear agreement for China Unicom to sell iPhone in China. The initial launch is expected to be in the fourth calendar quarter of 2009. We will share more details at that time.
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Leander Kahney Disputes $2.4B iPhone App Store Estimate
He quotes iPhone developers Layton Duncan and David Barnard, who present compelling numbers suggesting it’s about a $500 million business right now.
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I Believe in Murphy’s Law
How I upgrade to a new version of Mac OS X, from 2007:
So, in short:
Do a complete backup clone to an external FireWire drive.
Test that the backup is indeed bootable and up to date.
Unplug the backup drive.
Pop in the installer DVD and launch the “Install Mac OS X” app.
[Update: Starting with Snow Leopard, instead of [...]
Mac OS X Snow Leopard a “sleek upgrade”
David Pogue (nytimes.com), reviewing Mac OS X Snow Leopard, applauds “the radical concept of a software update that’s smaller, faster and better — instead of bigger, slower and more bloated. May the rest of the industry take the hint.”
