Fernando Bunn has some very helpful advice if it happens to be 2005 where you are:
The future is here! You have just spent $129 for the newest release of Mac OS X: Tiger. You’re amazed by the brand new Spotlight and Safari RSS, you like your new OS so much you want to develop apps for it. You read on Apple’s website about this app “Xcode” that just received the version 2.0 update. That’s it! Time to code!
Some of the iPod nano models were great. The 6th-gen model — with its tiny touchscreen, lack of video playback and weird design — was the most unusual:
Today marks the 20th anniversary of everyone’s favorite Mac desktop: the iMac G4. A few years ago, I made a video looking at the machine and its unique design:
Here’s a roundup of some other iMac G4 stuff you should check out today:
Thinking about getting the iPod adapter for your BMW? Find out the answers to some frequently asked questions.
This old Apple press release has more information on this $149 product:
The new system developed by Apple and BMW enables drivers to seamlessly use their iPod in BMW’s 3 Series, Z4 Roadster, X3 and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles and MINI Cooper by simply plugging their iPod into a cable located in the car’s glove compartment. With the iPod safely located in the glove compartment and powered by the car’s battery, drivers can now enjoy high fidelity sound through their car’s stereo system and control their iPod using the standard buttons on their BMW or MINI steering wheel.
Well, this thing is on my Apple collection wishlist now:
The Mac has been able to speak since its introduction, and today the feature is core to the Accessibility story for macOS. However, some of the voices available today are straight from the classic Mac OS. In this video I compare some examples from Mac OS 9 with some from macOS Monterey:
Cabel Sasser has blown my mind:
The iPod was really good.
To celebrate, I want to show you something you’ve never seen before. Now, there are a lot of mysteries in the Panic Archives (it’s a closet) but by far one of the most mysterious is what you’re seeing for the first time today: an original early iPod prototype.
We don’t know much about where it came from. But we’ve been waiting 20 years to share it with you.
In my series 2001 Revisited, I’m covering Apple’s major announcements from 20 years ago. Today, we’re talking about the announcement of the original iPod, which took place during a small press event hosted in Apple’s Town Hall venue.
I haven’t been able to find a great copy of the video, but there is a full-length version on YouTube that’s passable:
The event is pretty subdued. 9/11 had taken place just six weeks before and cast a bit of a shadow over everything. Then there’s Jobs presentation, which is casual and friendly.
The intro video for today’s event really spoke to me:
Apple has a nice tribute to Steve Jobs on its homepage, complete with a video highlighting his career and a letter from his family. Hard to believe it’s already been ten years since he died.
Steve’s last words to me were that he would miss talking together. I was sitting on the floor next to his bed, my back against the wall.
After he died, I walked out into the garden. I remember the sound of the latch on the wooden door as I gently pulled it closed.
In the garden, I sat and thought how talking often gets in the way of listening and thinking. Perhaps that is why so much of our time together was spent quietly.
This time around, additions include the first Apple Watch, the last Cheese Grater Mac Pro, the 27-inch LED Cinema Display and the Thunderbolt Display.