Posts Tagged ‘Apple’

Backup 3.2 – When Upgrades Are Really Downgrades

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

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Apple’s Backup software is a really handy way to incrementally back up selected data, whether to your iDisk or to an external hard drive.

Unfortunately, Apple just upgraded Backup to 3.2, and as it says in the dialogue box above, “Backup no longer supports backing up files and folders outside your home folder.” (more…)

Logic Setup for PowerKeys App

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

powekeys_front_page0.png I’ve always been a fan of PowerKeys for the iPhone/Touch. It started off a bit buggy and crashy, but since the last update, it seems very stable. A really nice feature of the new version is that you can (more…)

The Slow Demise of Apple, Starting This Week?

Friday, October 30th, 2009

So, this week’s been a pretty bad one for Apple then. The three most important things to Apple over the past number of years have been the Mac user experience (ie OS X and the Mac computer), the iPhone, and of course, the iPod & iTunes. Every single one of these came under serious attack this week from either Microsoft or Google.

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Spotify iPhone App Approved/Snow Leopard Available

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Spotify has managed to jump the many, varied and often bemusing hoops of the iPhone App approval process, and get accepted. Despite being a very clear and possibly quite threatening competitor to the (more…)

New Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio Released

Friday, July 24th, 2009

lsApple put an instant hole in the pocket of people like me everywhere today, by releasing updates to their two premium software products for media professionals, Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio.

Logic Studio adds features like “flex time”; a much needed upgrade to its time manipulation abilities on the timeline, and better workflow tools to allow easier exporting and importing of settings and tracks between projects. Also (more…)

Steve Jobs Tragically Dies, Oh No Wait, He Doesn’t

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

The financial news service Bloomberg today accidentally posted Steve Jobs obituary, which I imagine led to some unusual activity in the markets as well as an incredulous Jobs.  Basically, it looks like someone hit “Publish” instead of (more…)

iPhone: Will it Blend?

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

iPhone lovers, look away now.