by: Jason
Whitener
Get the
MP3 for Episode 44
Show notes for Episode
#44:
News:
Adobe made comments that they will be delivering a Flash client for the iPhone. According to Adobe's Chief Executive, Adobe has downloaded the iPhone SDK and is planning on building a Flash Player for the iPhone and distributing it via Apple's iTunes App store. It's not clear how exactly Adobe would bring Flash to the iPhone, as there are several restrictions in the iPhone SDK that could prevent its release.
Apple has released a new security update for Mac OS X. Security Update 2008-002 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update. The update is available via Software Update or from the Apple Downloads page.
Apple announced the release of Safari 3.1. The newest version of Safari incorporates the latest changes from Webkit to provide "the world's fastest web browser for Mac and Windows PCs". According to Apple Safari loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2. Meanwhile, Safari's Javascript is "up to six times faster than other browsers." Safari 3.1 is available for download at http://www.apple.com/safari/ or via your Software Update.
Apple today updated its AirPort Express mobile base station with 802.11n to deliver up to five times the performance and twice the range of the previous model*. Priced at just $99, AirPort Express is the world’s smallest 802.11n-based mobile base station. It can be plugged directly into the wall for wireless Internet connectivity and USB printing at home or easily brought on the road for wireless freedom wherever there is an Internet connection. AirPort Express features AirTunes, which works seamlessly with iTunes® to give users a simple and inexpensive way to wirelessly stream iTunes music from a PC or Mac to any room in the house. As expected, the new Airport Express adds 802.11n networking. The price remains $99 and is available immediately.
Don't forget to check out the Macbook Podcast widget Download here
Sponsors:
Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast
Check out Olive Toast's great mac software at www.olivetoast.com
Macbook classroom:
Zooming in on your macbooks screen:
To zoom in on your macbooks screen you can just hit ctrl and place 2 fingers on the trackpad and then scroll to zoom in and out. Fast and simple!
Free file of the week:
Rapidoserial
An easy to use database software
that allows you to quickly build a permanent record of your
applications and their related licenses. With RapidoSerial, you can
backup important information such as serial numbers, software
information, vendor information, license files and much more.
RapidoSerial was designed to be used by all kinds of people. The
user-friendly, easy-to-use interface makes it extremely easy for
anybody to learn how to use the
software.
Get it HERE
Macbook Podcast Episode #43
by: Jason
Whitener
Get the MP3 for Episode 43
Show notes for Episode
#43:
News:
Apple has
announced the dates for the Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC)
2008. The event will take place on June 9-13, 2008 in San
Francisco, CA at Moscone West.
Apple is offering 3 tracks for developers: iPhone, Mac, and IT. The
iPhone focus will certainly be a big part of the WWDC keynote with
the recent announcement of the iPhone SDK.
The first of the 3rd party iPhone applications will officially
launch at the end of
June.
Don't forget to check out the Macbook Podcast widget Download here
Sponsors:
Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast
Check out Olive Toast's great mac software at www.olivetoast.com
ForMacEyesOnly Segment:
Michael Potter of the ForMacEyesOnly podcast shows us how to navigate faster in Firefox.
Macbook classroom:
Configuring Leopard's Firewall:
Leopard's
firewall can be configured in 3 different ways.
1) Allow all incoming connections.
2) Allow only essential services.
3) Set access for specific services and applications.
To configure Leopard's firewall go to System preferences, Security,
Firewall.
Allowing all incoming connections is the least secure and default
setting in Leopard. I recommend changing to the "Set access for
specific services and applications" setting to customize your
firewall and only allow programs and services that you trust.
Setting the firewall to this setting will allow OSX to ask you
whether or not you want to allow a connection from a service or
program. You will get a prompt each time a new service or program
tries to connect to the internet or your network. You can then
manage your list of applications and services in the firewall
configuration screen and add or delete from
it.
Free file of the week:
Dockart
DockArt is a
simple iTunes plug-in that changes your iTunes Dock icon to the
album art of the currently playing song.
To install, download the plug-in and extract it to the
~/Library/iTunes/iTunes Plug-Ins directory. Start up iTunes, play a
song, and if album art is available, there it is in your
Dock.
Get it HERE
Macbook Podcast Episode #42
by: Jason
Whitener
Get the MP3 for Episode
42
Show notes for Episode
#42:
News:
Iphone SDK news:
During the iPhone SDK event last Thursday, Apple announced that they would be releasing to developers the same APIs and Tools that they use to create iPhone apps.
Based on existing Mac OS X technologies, the SDK provides a robust package of tools for developers to use to develop iPhone native applications.
A software iPhone emulator for Mac OS X is provided to help with development.
Native iPhone apps will be distributed through the iTunes App Store, with wireless downloads. Developers pick the price, and get 70% of revenue. The 70% will be paid out to developers monthly, and there are no other recurring fees. The iTunes App Store will handle over the air updates to your applications. Developers of free applications will not be charged for Apple to deliver their applications through iTunes.
All this will come with the iPhone 2.0 update, in beta today going to thousands of developers. Customers will get it in June as a free software update to iPhone users. Meanwhile, iPod Touch users will be charged a small fee due to accounting issues.
The SDK will be available for free public download, but there is a $99/year fee in order to publish applications to the iTunes App Store.
Don't forget to check out the Macbook Podcast widget Download here
Sponsors:
Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast
ForMacEyesOnly Segment:
Michael Potter of the ForMacEyesOnly podcast shows us a tip on managing screen savers in Leopard.
Macbook classroom:
Using Apple mail's photo browser:
The photo browser function in Mail.app makes it easy to find photos by providing thumbnails of all your Aperture, iPhoto, and Photo Booth pictures in a convenient little browser (sortable by application, album, event, etc.).
To activate the browser, you can either click the Photo Browser icon in the upper right corner of the message box or you can go to Window -> Photo Browser. To use the browser, just locate the picture you're looking for, then drag and drop it into your message in its desired location.
You'll notice that in the bottom left corner, it shows you how large the message is. If it's 1 MB, or more, then your message could take a while to send on a slow-ish connection. However, if you look to the bottom right corner, there's a drop down menu that's called "Image Size". If your image takes up to much space, then select a smaller size, such as Medium.
Free file of the week:
Kompozer
Finally, a top-notch WYSIWYG web page program for the rest of us! Now there's no need to pay a little fortune for a program to create and edit great-looking web pages, including powerful and easy to use CSS capabilities. KompoZer is a complete Web Authoring System that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing capabilities found in Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe DreamWeaver and other high end programs. KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding.
Get it HERE
Macbook
Podcast Episode #41
by: Jason
Whitener
Get the MP3 for Episode 41
Show notes for Episode
#41:
News:
Iphone SDK news:
Crave and
Reuters reports that Apple has sent out invitations for an event on
Thursday morning detailing the iPhone Software Developement Kit
(SDK).
Steve Jobs had originally announced that the iPhone and iPod Touch
Software Development Kit (SDK) would be released in February 2008.
Last week rumors pointed to a brief delay in the launch of the SDK.
The SDK will allow developers to release their own software
applications for both the iPod Touch and iPhone.
Few details have been made available, but the SDK has reportedly
been seeded to select developers in the months ahead of its
release. The event will take places at 10am Pacific time at Apple's
Cupertino
campus.
Apple released
new macbooks last week, Featuring a gorgeous 13-inch glossy
widescreen display, and with prices still starting at just $1,099,
the new MacBook lineup comes in three models and includes faster
processors and larger hard drives across the line; sleek white 2.1
GHz and 2.4 GHz models with 120GB or 160GB 5400 rpm hard drives and
a stunning black 2.4 GHz model with a massive 250GB 5400 rpm hard
drive, previously only available as an option. The 2.4 GHz MacBook
models ship with 2GB of memory standard, expandable up to 4GB
across the line.
$1099. Macbook 13" 2.1GHz / 1GB / 120GB / Combo / White
$1299. Macbook 13" 2.4GHz / 2GB / 160GB / Super / White
$1499. Macbook 13" 2.4GHz / 2GB / 250GB / Super /
Black
Also Apple
released new macbook pros, including the latest NVIDIA graphics
processors, now with up to 512MB of video memory, and Apple's
innovative Multi-Touch(TM) trackpad, first introduced in MacBook
Air(TM).
The new MacBook Pros features the latest Intel Core 2 Duo
technology with up to a 2.6 GHz processor with 6MB of shared L2
cache; up to 4GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory and up to a 300GB
hard drive, plus NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with up to 512MB
of video memory.
$1999. Macbook Pro 15" 2.4GHz / 2GB / 200GB 5400RPM / 256MB
Vram
$2499. Macbook Pro 15" 2.5GHz / 2GB / 250GB 5400RPM / 512MB
Vram
$2799. Macbook Pro 17" 2.5GHz / 2GB / 250GB 5400RPM / 512MB
Vram
The 17" model now offers an optional LED screen and a 2.6GHz model
remains available as a built-to-order option at the Apple Store.
The MacBook Pro also incorporates the advanced multitouch trackpad
that was first introduced on the MacBook
Air.
DailyTech
reports that Intel is planning to replace the Santa Rosa mobile
platform with Montevina this June. More specifically, they claim
that Apple will be revising their notebooks again this June to
incorporate newest chipsets.
Alongside the platform refresh will be new Penryn processors with
faster front-side buses (1066MHz) than the current revisions
(800MHz). Apple just updated their MacBook Pro with the latest
Penryn
processors.
Don't forget to check out the Macbook Podcast widget Download here
Sponsors:
Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast
ForMacEyesOnly Segment:
Michael Potter of the ForMacEyesOnly podcast shows us a tip on Sticky Mighty Mouse Scroll Ball.
Macbook classroom:
Installing OS X from an external hard drive:
First, insert
the Leopard install DVD. Then go to Disk utility. Click on "Mac OS
X Install DVD" on the left. Then click on "New Image" and wait
while your mac creates the new image which could take a little
time.
Next, take your external Hard Drive, and format it with Disk
Utility. To do this, click on the hard drive, then go to the Erase
tab and select "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" Then click Erase and
confirm.
Afterwards, make sure you have your external drive highlighted and
then click the Restore tab. Then for "Source" drag in "Mac OS X
Install DVD.dmg" and make sure that the destination is still the
external hard drive. Then click Restore.
Now you have a fresh copy of leopard ready to install from your
external hard drive. If you wish to install Leopard, open System
Preferences -> Startup Disk, and select the drive you just
restored Leopard onto. Then just restart your computer, and follow
the installer's
instructions.
Free file of the week:
TimeMachineEditor is a free piece of software for Leopard that lets you change the default one-hour backup interval of Time Machine. You can change the interval or decide to make a backup once a day, once a week or once a month. This is useful if you don’t need to backup every hour and don’t want the performance penalty. This is also especially useful if you manipulate lots of data within one hour as you would spend the whole day backing up.
Get it HERE