So now, a brief look back. And yes, I mean you die-hard AppleWorks users. If you want to use a Mac running Lion, your time has run out. AppleWorks won’t work.
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Although this should go without saying, if you’re still using AppleWorks today to generate files and wish to stay current with Apple technology, it’s time to set AppleWorks aside and start using up-to-date tools. Continue using it and you’re only generating more work for your future self.
Category: Apple
The PowerMac G4 Cube Turns Ten
The Cube remains a quite bonkers, and quite brilliant expression of a particular design - a really outrageous statement. There was no reason it should ever have been cubic, let alone suspended in mid air. It should never have been made - we should be glad it was.
Of all of the Macs I own, the Cube is my favorite, by far.
Four Years
Why Apple Doesn’t Care About the Pro Market Anymore
Former Shake product designer Ron Brinkmann:
And back then the same questions were being asked as now – “Doesn’t Apple care about the professional market?”
In a word, no. Not really. Not enough to focus on it as a primary business.
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So if you’re really a professional you shouldn’t want to be reliant on software from a company like Apple. Because your heart will be broken. Because they’re not reliant on you. Use Apple’s tools to take you as far as they can – they’re an incredible bargain in terms of price-performance. But once you’re ready to move up to the next level, find yourself a software provider whose life-blood flows only as long as they keep their professional customers happy. It only makes sense.
Andy Hertzfeld Given Free Reign in Designing Google+
Josh Ong, on the designer of the original Mac and his work at Google:
Hertzfeld admitted to having taken a risk with the design.“It wasn’t a given that anyone would like what I was doing, but they did,” he said.
“I’ve heard in the past that Larry Page he didn’t like animations but that didn’t stop me from putting in a lot of animations in, and Larry told me he loves it,” he continued. “Maybe Apple’s resurgence had a little bit to do with it."
The Case for a Redesigned iPhone 5
For months, I believed that Apple’s next iPhone was going to be a 3GS-type update. That is, an update to the internals of the phone, but with the same external case.
This sort of update just made sense to me for a long time. The iPhone 4 was a huge step forward from the previous models, and I couldn’t see Apple moving away from it after a single generation. The iPhone 4 is simply beautiful.
‘Apple in Big Trouble’
I’m gonna ahead and call this one as bull.
On Apple ‘Copying’ Android
But like I said, there can be only one right way to do it and more often than not, Apple is the one to get there first. They did it with the MacBook Pro, the iMac and even the iPhone. The iPhone 4 is perhaps the best looking phone ever manufactured. It’s not quite perfect, but there’s nothing better out there right now.
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In the case of notifications in iOS 5, the reverse happened. Android had pretty much perfected the notification system. So if Apple had to create a perfect notifications system it was going to be difficult for them to not make it look like the one on Android. For their part, they actually went a step ahead and improved upon what was already an excellent notification system on Android. It’s not quite perfect yet, but if anyone does manage to do that, I believe it won’t look far too different from what Apple has done here.
The iOS/Newton Catch-up List
Here is a quick checklist of features that were available in NOS Version 1.0 followed by the date that they were subsequently released on iOS for iPhone as well as the approximate length of time between the initial release of iOS and the release date of the feature.
Genius.
Ken Case, on Choosing Platforms
So, just as I chose twenty years ago to focus my attention on the tiny NeXT platform (which sold fewer systems in its entire history than Apple’s iPad sold in its first weekend), we’ve now chosen to focus our collective attention on what that platform has become — Apple’s Mac OS X, iPhone, and iPad platforms — platforms where we feel we can make our software the best it can be.
MobileMe Transition FAQ
Apple has posted an in-depth page outlining the transition to iCloud.
This part resolves a concern raised by many, including me:
You cannot merge two accounts into one. However, you will be able to move your MobileMe account ([email protected]) to iCloud and, if you choose, you can continue to use a different iTunes account for store purchases and iTunes in the Cloud.
Additionally, family account members can migrate their accounts separately — good news for those of us with multiple AppleIDs in the household.
FCP X and ‘The Typical Apple Sequence’
David Pogue, at the end of a long piece addressing numerous complaints about Final Cut Pro X:
Apple has followed the typical Apple sequence: (1) throw out something that’s popular and comfortable but increasingly ancient, (2) replace it with something that’s slick and modern and forward-looking and incomplete, (3) spend another year finishing it up, restoring missing pieces.
Professional editors should (1) learn to tell what’s really missing from what’s just been moved around, (2) recognize that there’s no obligation to switch from the old program yet, (3) monitor the progress of FCP X and its ecosystem, and especially (4) be willing to consider that a radical new design may be unfamiliar, but may, in the long term, actually be better.