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Five Favorites from Macworld SF 08 "With more than 450 exhibitors at this year's Macworld Expo, it's impossible to see it all," writes Jochen Wolters. "Which is a shame especially because of all those countless small and medium sized companies whose product announcements are often drowned… read more Derrick Story This Week on New O'Reilly Mac: PhoneValet & iPhone Gordon Meyer writes in PhoneValet & iPhone: Instant Landline Voice Mail: "Parliant's PhoneValet has been a valuable part of my automated home for a few years now, but the recent addition of built-in iPhone/iPod touch support has pushed it close… read more Derrick Story Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software) Statz: Modify Your Presence Status on Multiple Systems from Your Mac Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:28:13 From Google Code comes... Statz 0.8.5 ...for Mac OS X which lets you simultaneously change your status information on services such as: Adium, iChat, Skype, Tumblr, and Twitter.… read more Todd Ogasawara Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software) Annals of Improbable Research Articles Now Free Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:53:46 The Annals of Improbable Research magazine's articles are now freely available on the web as well as a low-resolution PDF download. The high resolution PDF version as well as the… read more Todd Ogasawara Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software) Jooce: Another Web Desktop Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:14:39 read more Microsoft and Samba Working Together at Last Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:21:44 Samba is an Open Source suite/protocol that provides file sharing, printer sharing, and authentication that is built on reverse engineering… read more Todd Ogasawara Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software) Microsoft Office Workspace Live Cannot Display PowerPoint 2007 Slide Deck Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:47:42 read more Microsoft Office Live Workspace: A Definite Sleeper Hit Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:25:41 read more Jaxtr: Post and Route an Alternate Phone Number Mon, 10 Dec 2007… read more Todd Ogasawara VersionTracker Updates
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Daniel H. Steinberg Jan 17, 2008
Steve Jobs opened the Macworld surprise envelope at the 2008 keynote address and out slid a sleek notebook computer: the Macbook Air. Daniel Steinberg was on hand for the unveiling and files this report about all the new hardware, iPhone updates, and more. Derrick Story Dec 10, 2007
O'Reilly Media has a full slate of in-booth tech talks and plenty of Mac and digital media titles to browse during Macworld SF 2008 (Jan 1518, Moscone Center). We have goodies, too! If you buy any book at the O’Reilly booth (S-2218), you’ll get a free Mac OS X Quick Reference Card (while supplies last). When you stop by the O'Reilly booth, swipe your badge for a chance to win O'Reilly books (a $500 value) and gear. And if that isn’t cool enough, all O’Reilly books are discounted 30 percent. Derrick Story Nov 27, 2007
Apple's product manager of automation technologies is the same guy who many of us consider the ultimate AppleScript guru: Sal Soghoian. Even though Sal and I live only a few hours apart, I had to go all the way to the Caribbean to chase him down for this podcast interview. It was worth it. Sal talks about Leopard, automation improvements, and of course, how this all affects Aperture. Dominique James Aug 09, 2007
Aperture provides plenty of tools for creating professional looking slideshows from your images. But you have even more possibilities outside its cozy confines thanks to its interoperability with other Mac OS X applications. In this first part of a two-part series, Dominique James explores the options within Aperture, then takes you on a tour of other Mac OS X slideshow tools. Jose Cruz Jul 31, 2007
Learn how to use Cocoa to build an exception handling system. This article shows the classes and keywords needed, how to prepare and raise a Cocoa exception, as well as how to intercept and process the exception. Giles Turnbull Jul 25, 2007
Giles Turnbull examines Mark Hurst's "Good Easy" productivity tools and methods for Macs. Giles spoke with the author of "Bit Literacy" about his philosophy and choices for simplifying computing. Noah Gift Jul 18, 2007
In this final segment of our Open Directory series, Noah Gift introduces Manage Client for OS X (MCX) and shows how to use the OS X specific schema attributes for Mobility to synchronize laptops to a network profile and change Dock settings. Noah also demonstrates how Windows can use Open Directory for authentication and Home Directories. Giles Turnbull Jul 11, 2007
Giles Turnbull examines several methods and applications for managing your PDF collection. Erica Sadun Jul 03, 2007
Erica Sadun examines Elgato's new Turbo.264 graphics co-processor in a USB dongle. In this article, you'll discover whether the Turbo.264 is right for you and, if so, how to use it for your video compression needs using four handy compression methods. Noah Gift Jun 27, 2007
Noah Gift shows how to set up a Mac with an NFS home directory using Open Directory, integrate an existing Linux NFS file server for a cross-platform home directory, and authenticate a Linux client into Open Directory. Jeremiah Foster Jun 22, 2007
In the latest installment in his series on windowing system options for Mac developers, Jeremiah Foster takes a look at using GTK+ on OS X. If you like living on the bleeding edge, this article will show you how to install and get up and running with GTK+ on OS X. Daniel H. Steinberg Jun 12, 2007
Learn about the new features announced in Leopard, Safari for Windows, and the way iPhone development is going to work. Daniel Steinberg reports from this year's WWDC keynote. Jochen Wolters Jun 08, 2007
AppleScript automation is one of OS X's most useful features, and it can be made even better with the use of keyboard shortcuts. Jochen Wolters examines three ways to assign a keyboard shortcut to an AppleScript, and digs in to FastScripts and Quicksilver in this detailed tutorial. Noah Gift Jun 04, 2007
Open Directory is one of Apple's best-kept secrets. Get the real scoop on Open Directory, and learn how to configure a very basic Open Directory system and set up an OS X Open Directory client. Giles Turnbull May 25, 2007
Giles Turnbull interviews a group of UK-based indie developers to ask them a little about their lives, how they stay in touch with Apple, and why international exchange rates make such a difference to them. Josh Anon May 17, 2007
Aperture's comprehensive set of photo management tools keep users within the Aperture environment for the bulk of their work. But for more complicated image editing tasks, round tripping to Photoshop is often the workflow of choice. CS3 offers improved performance and new tools, many of which will be of interest to Aperture users. In this article, Josh Anon take you on a tour of the best of these improvements. Click here for all Mac content listed in chronological order. ![]() |
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