Category: Apple

One Year

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I hadn’t planned on writing anything marking the one-year anniversary of Steve Jobs’ passing. Then I saw the video on Apple’s homepage.

In it, Jobs quotes Wayne Gretzky:

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it is been.

To drive that point home, the video highlights three products that Jobs brought to the market: the iMac G3, the iPod and the iPhone.

The video includes black and white photography of Jobs with the products, with audio of him introducing them between rounds of applause. The lines from the keynotes should be familiar to Apple nerds. The video clearly paints the picture of Jobs being the man — the force — behind these revolutionary devices.

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Apple Releases OS X v10.8.2 Supplemental Update 1.0

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Here are the fixes:

  • Resolves an issue that may cause certain Japanese characters to appear incorrectly in Mail
  • Allows Safari to access secure sites when parental controls are enabled
  • Addresses an issue that may prevent systems with more than 64 GB of RAM from starting up

The update can be found in the Mac App Store.

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A Love Letter to the eMate⇢

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Andy Welfle:

The Apple device that holds perhaps the dearest place in my memories was my Apple Newton eMate 300. With the power of a PDA in the body of what we would now call a “netbook”, the eMate was introduced less than a year before Apple pulled the plug on the Newton line. It was intended to be used primarily in the classroom, and had an IrDA port that students could use to “beam” information to the teacher. I have to say that after years of asking around, I’ve never known anyone who used eMates in their classroom.

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On the Design of a Theoretical Retina iMac

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Since the introduction of the MacBook Pro with Retina display, Apple fans have been longing for another Mac with such a caliber of screen. Desktop fans, unsurprisingly, have wanted Apple’s latest technology to come to the iMac.

When thinking of an iMac with Retina display, lots of factors come to mind — price and availability of panels big enough, mainly. But the way Apple would build such a beast is also worth considering.

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Tim Cook, on Maps⇢

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Apple’s CEO:

At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment. We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps better.

We launched Maps initially with the first version of iOS. As time progressed, we wanted to provide our customers with even better Maps including features such as turn-by-turn directions, voice integration, Flyover and vector-based maps. In order to do this, we had to create a new version of Maps from the ground up.

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