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How do I make the Apple logo appear using my keyboard?
Similar to the Character Map application for Windows, CharacterPal is a Dashboard widget that helps you input foreign symbols. For instance, do you remember how to make this Apple logo appear on your keyboard?
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‘Course you know! It’s Option + Shift + K! But if by some incidence you forgot how todo this, CharacterPal can always help you remember. Now you won’t have any problems knowing how to make the Apple logo appear using keyboard presses…. More »
Mophie Juice Pack and iPod BodyGuardz Up for Grabs // Cellphone9 Contest
Hey MacHeads, Jayvee here from Cellphone9. I contribute once in a while for The AfterMac and today I’m going to go shameless and promote a contest I’m running. I’m inviting you over to join in on the raffle: we’re giving away over $160.00 worth of prizes and they are all accessories for your iPod and iPhone.
We’re giving away a Mophie Juice Pack to extend your iPhone’s battery as well as three iPod BodyGuardz of your choice. For more details, you… More »
Making Woopra work on Mac OS X
I guess the best way to describe Woopra is that this is your site stats app in porno. The real time tracking system and the GUI is kick ass – but not a lot of Macintosh users can make it work because it requires the Java Virtual Machine 1.6 to run.
How to activate Java 6 on OS X
1. Do a system update and download the latest Java installation.
2. Go to Applications –> Utilities –> Java –> Java Preferences
3. Click to… More »
Own a Mac, Save the Environment?
Buy a Mac, Give hope to the flowers!
The opposite of this statement goes: Upgrade to Windows Vista, contribute to e-waste. With the launch of Windows Vista, consumers and enterprises will be forced to upgrade their systems. Multiply this by all the casual Windows users and enterprises that use Windows and you get a load of e-wastage.
“With Vista, Microsoft could effectively hasten the obsolescence of half the world’s PCs, especially in the absence of fully-functioning global take back systems for PCs,”… More »
Vista from the Mac User’s Perspective?
I woke up today with an SMS from an unknown number – probably someone I’ve dealt with in PR before. She (I assume its a girl because she gave a lady name) knew I was a Mac user and wanted to interview me about Windows Vista – my thoughts, sentiments and basically a comparison with Mac OS X. I wrote a piece previously about how Mac OS X showed some envy with the internal company emails at Microsoft but I… More »
Microsoft Office 2008: One up from the 2007 version
It’s so weird how they launch the 2007 version for Windows and have the 2008 version for Macs only. The new Office Suite for Macs will be launched in mid 2007. It’s about time, honestly! Here’s a listing of some Mac-only features for the new office suite:
Publishing Layout View lets users create incredibly layout-rich documents such as newsletters, fliers and brochures by uncovering desktop publishing layout tools and providing text box entry.
Ledger Sheets enable anyone to use Excel to handle… More »
Microsoft Internal Emails Show Mac Envy
The bane of Windows was when OS X was launched. And copying OS X into Longhor– err Vista was the sincerest form of flattery. What’s rather hard to understand,at least from a computer enthusiast perspective, is why, with the addition of OS X-like features on Vista, the problem of efficiency comes in when trying to run Spotlight search, “gadgets” and Aero on Vista.
I guess the fact is that Apple IS a hardware company and I would be damned to… More »
Tip on Manually Downloading Podcasts
Here’s a friendly reminder on downloading podcasts manually. In case the iTunes server gets screwed up and you may need to download files manually, do remember that opening them on Firefox will allow you to stream the file.
This doesn’t mean that you have successfully downloaded the file. Some people who may choose the “Save As” function after the gray bar reaches the end of the stream may notice that iTunes will only save a part of the podcast. This is… More »
Steve Jobs in the long run
A column over at The Register suggests that Steve Jobs, though immersed in star power with his reality distortion field, may face long term problems when it comes to understanding “financial implications.”
This is all about the fiasco on the buying of stock offered to him at a much lower price than the market:
Between those two dates the value of Apple stock had risen 15 per cent. In other words, “it seems that Jobs was given the right to buy Apple… More »
PC Magazine’s Take on the iPhone
To sum it all up, PC Magazine says that the iPhone is Apple’s shot at a new niche: the consumer level smartphone. If today’s lineup of smartphones cater mostly to businesses, the iPhone’s feature roster is built around something closer to iLife.
What this really does is up the bar of manufacturers when it comes to delivering new products. Now that everyone else has seen the iPhone, they could compare it to what they have on the pipeline.
You can read the… More »
Blogger Needed for Online Video Industry
Hi folks, the b5media Technology Channel is looking for a blogger to fill in a new blog we’re going to launch soon. The blogger profile we’re looking for would be someone that is comfortable writing about the online vid industry – movers, shakers, trends, products and “lighter side of” stuff.
We would prefer if this person was somewhat involved in the online video industry for obvious reasons – this is a hot new thing and grassroots experience is always the best… More »
The iPhone’s new name: “iPod” (?)
Because Cisco owns the product name for iPod, Steve Jobs has to either do some battling in court or settle things in a friendly manner and call his iPhone something else.
My brazened prediction? Sooner or later, Apple will just have one product line for portable media and integrate a phone component with it. Already, the (Apple) iPhone eats into the video capabilities of the 5th Gen iPod – with a widescreen advantage, as well as shoves the iPod nano with… More »
Thoughts about the Apple iPhone
Since I also write a blog on mobile phones, I was presented with a rare but much awaited opportunity to cross post a first impressions thing I made over at Cellphone9.com. You can read my thoughts here.
The filling in of the 4GB and 8GB niche PLUS widescreen video capabilities shows that Apple is sure taking a calculated risk in shaking the iPod video and nano lines.
Steve Jobs really knows how to treat us all like kids — showing us a… More »
Three Tone your Shuffle with Shufflesome
Let’s say all the football players on the field have the new iPod shuffle clipped on inside their helmets while playing football (this is of course not allowed but please, humor me). So when everyone runs into the pile and the iPods go lose, what’s gonna differentiate your iPod from the other guys?
For a mere $7.00 you can set this absurd example to history by two-toning or three-toning your iPod shuffle with Shufflesome. The designs are by far really… More »