Monthly Archives: August 2009

Adobe and Snow Leopard

Adobe has posted a .pdf outlining the current state of compatibility between Snow Leopard and their products: Working closely with Apple, Adobe has tested and determined that our Adobe Creative Suite 4 products and components are compatible with Mac OS X Snow Leopard. [...] Older versions of Adobe creative software were not included in our [...]

Wow. Just Wow.

Watch Jason Calacanis’ rant all the way through: I’ve watched this three times today, and am still not sure where to start. His main point goes something like this: Apple and its founder Steve Jobs are sellouts because their closed systems have become popular. Oh yeah, and all of those people who buy into this [...]

Palm OS HotSync Conduit Dropped in 10.6

AppleInsider: Apple has discontinued support for legacy Palm OS devices in Mac OS X Snow Leopard’s iSync 3.1.0, according to sources familiar with the latest Gold Master build, requiring users of Palm OS devices to obtain third party support for syncing their Palm Desktop information with Mac OS X’s Sync Services. Of course, this conduit [...]

The X is Dead

Gizmodo has published a collection of photos showing the various retail boxes OS X has come packaged in over the last 8 year. With the release of 10.6 this Friday, Apple is going to be taking a big step away from the “X” themed boxes. Instead, the Snow Leopard retail box features, well, a snow [...]

Easy Way to See New KBase Changes

I had forgotten about this, but Apple publishes a RSS feed of all recently added and edited support documents here. Very handy. Thanks, @macosxserver.

8-bit Trip

Via Waxy.

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On White Boxes

Frank Fox, over at LowEndMac: There are many smaller brands and millions of generic no-name desktop computers call “white boxes” that get sold every year. All of these generic computers fly under the radar, and no one keeps track of what is going on. It is a perfect place to hide a million or so [...]

Apple Posts Their Response to the FCC

In a shockingly transparent move, Apple has posted their response to the FCC’s inquiry into the company’s removal of Google Voice apps from the App Store. Here’s a sample: Apple alone makes the final decisions to approve or not approve iPhone applications. There is a provision in Apple’s agreement with AT&T that obligates Apple not [...]

Hurricane Bill, as Seen From the Space Station

Stunning.