Category Archives: Apple

Apple releases Aperture 3.0.1 Update

By thecodepounder | Published February 25, 2010

Check Software Update or download the standalone installer. Click through for the release notes.

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Apple releases Aperture 3.0

By thecodepounder | Published February 9, 2010

There are some long awaited new features, including Faces, Places, Brushes and Custom Presets, among some 200+ others.

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iPad as a photographers tool

By thecodepounder | Published February 5, 2010

Scott Bourne provides a professional photographer’s take on the iPad:
I get a real chuckle out of people who say you can’t use the iPad to show off your portfolio because it doesn’t run Flash. P L E A S E! Apple will ship the iPad with a wonderful photo viewer and you can bet your [...]

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On the iPad, Daring Fireball, and other crap that undoubtedly is of interest to no one but me

By thecodepounder | Published January 29, 2010

Earlier today, I had reason to reference an old John Gruber article, Windows: The New Classic, as I have several times since that article first appeared at Daring Fireball back in April 2006. In addition to providing a terrific explanation of why Boot Camp was important, what segment of the market it would appeal to, [...]

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Gotta have one, I just can’t yet explain precisely why…

By thecodepounder | Published January 27, 2010

…which I’m going to have to be able to do before “running it by my wife”. At least I’ve got some time.
Call me an Apple fanboy if you must (and that’s fine, I make my living as a “Senior Windows Developer” so it’s not going to phase me one bit), but I just have to [...]

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My wish for the upcoming Apple event

By thecodepounder | Published January 22, 2010

What, only one? Well, this will probably surprise any Machead reading this, but it has nothing to do with the “tablet-thingy”. My wish? Take the AppleTV to the next level.
Personally, as someone who’s been waiting a long time to see the AppleTV become something more than just my iTunes library on my TV, I’d like [...]

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Andy Ihnatko on what an Apple tablet should be – or not

By thecodepounder | Published January 11, 2010

I probably can’t justify $600 for a netbook. Which is why the RAT [Rumored Apple Tablet] will be as unlike a netbook as you can possibly imagine. A netbook is a device that you haul out to do a little writing, or check some email, or goof around on some blogs.
The perception of the RAT [...]

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John Gruber on ‘The Tablet’

By thecodepounder | Published December 31, 2009

Like all Apple products, The Tablet will do less than we expect but the things it does do, it will do insanely well. It will offer a fraction of the functionality of a MacBook — but that fraction will be way more fun. The same Asperger-y critics who dismissed the iPhone will focus on all [...]

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Firefox on Snow Leopard now running smoothly

By thecodepounder | Published December 5, 2009

I’m a Mac guy, but there are certain things I prefer to do on Firefox; among them is anything having to do with this blog where Intense Debate is concerned. I honestly don’t know why, but Intense Debate still doesn’t seem to play nice, or at least as nice as it should, with Safari.
Like many [...]

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Macs are better, Windows PCs are cheaper

By thecodepounder | Published July 31, 2009

Insightful piece from John Gruber (what else would you expect?), writing at his Daring Fireball blog, Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline:
Microsoft is no longer ignoring Apple’s market share gains and successful “Get a Mac” ad campaign. But the crux of these ads from Apple is that Macs are better; Microsoft’s response is a message that everyone [...]

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Even today, Congress just has too much time on its hands

By thecodepounder | Published July 24, 2009

David Pogue, technology columnist for the New York Times, The Irksome Cellphone  Industry:
In recent weeks, the Senate Commerce Committee has been holding hearings about handset exclusivity. That’s when a phone maker (like Apple) offers a particular model (like the iPhone) to a carrier (like AT&T) exclusively for a period of time (like five years).
Come to [...]

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iDay +2 years: Happy Birthday, iPhone!

By thecodepounder | Published June 29, 2009

Yep, two years old today.  I almost forgot.
My original iPhone has now become an “enhanced” iPod Touch for my son, but it’s not only still kicking it’s still going strong.  Love my iPhones!

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