This is the question posed by MacHappens June 29th 2008
How long until Apple introduces the official Mac [u] App Store [/u].
[update: Answer - Two Years and Four Months. The Mac App Store is expected to launch late January 2010]
Users can Try and Buy Apps using iTunes' App Store, the most successful App storefront ever (iPhone App Store).
The latest edition of Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) provides developers with a full development and publishing environment. Xcode 4.0 makes publishing Apps and App Updates as easy as one click.
I have linked to ...
Apple has a history of subtly introducing design elements in both software and hardware that eventually end up defining cutting edge industrial design.
AlSiO2 (not plastic) MacTouch please.
This concept drawing is from our 2007 Al SiO2 series.Also from the series, the Aluminum and Glass MacBook concept.
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Purchased a rare 4GB silver nano for 1st iPod-ers Birthday gift.
It's gorgeous, and quite futuristic next to my old Gen 3 iPod.
Very impressed with the build quality and new features.
The 4GB nano was $30 cheaper than the 8GB model.
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At least as an option.
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According to Apple, one can use a MacBook Pro 85W MagSafe Power Adapter with an ordinary MacBook. The MacBook Pro adapter is only slightly larger, with lower gauge wire (larger), the capacity of powering either MacBooks, and is exactly the same price as its 65W sibling.
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How long until Apple introduces the official Mac App Store.
Users can Try and Buy Apps using iTunes' App Store, the most successful App storefront ever (iPhone App Store).
The latest edition of Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) provides developers with a full development and publishing environment. Xcode 4.0 makes publishing Apps and App Updates as easy as one click.
I have linked to Wil Shipleys venture Golden-Braeburn.com recently, and while I see a very successful niche for him, I'm sure a large section of the development community will drink the Cupertino KoolAid.
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The Mac (a folding tablet, and an addition to the Apple Al SiO2ification series) uses Apples modern design and Multi-Touch technologies to bring a vision of the 1987 Knowlege Navigator concept to life.
Aluminum and glass construction
OLED display (video/photo capture capable)
Apple Knowlege Navigator Concept Video
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Woke up to a plugged in, battery drained MacBook.
I had read about defective MagSafe power adapters, though this was my first contact with one.
The end that connects to the computer had started to fray, and became very hot when an intermittent connection was made.
After the long wait until Apple tech support woke up, I was instructed to buy a new power brick.
Two months after my first year of MacBook ownership lapsed, and not feeling like whining or forking over $79.00, I decided to repair my scorched adapter.
Off to Google and found a ...
An email (including the image below) perks my interest.. as was intended.
WWDC 2008 "A landmark event. In more ways than one... Everything Mac. Everything iPhone. San Francisco, June 9-13, 2008."
This leads me to think that either a divergence or synergy is about to happen. Apple, a long proponent of single devices for single purposes, seems to be swaying the way of convergence lately.
I for one think a tablet would be cool, though I'm really in the mood for a Mac version of ...
This inclusion in the Al SiO2 series, isn't even an existing Apple Product. While it does look exactly like a Photoshoped iPod touch...., in distorted reality it is so much more.After a fruitless search for a mobile, streamlined way to extend the storage capacity of the iPhone and iPod touch (without nand soldering or time travel skills), the *Apple Stream concept is born.The Apple Stream is a mobile WiFi content server, the same size as the iPod touch....
Download Safari and WebKit Mac OS X Leopard ready alternate icons.
Download Safari Mac OS X Leopard ready alternate icon.
Download Firefox Mac OS X Leopard ready alternate icon.
The renovated QuickTime.
While QuickTime is not a physical product like a Mac or an iPod, I can not think of any Apple software more deserving of Al SiO2ificationDownload Aluminum and Glass QuickTime Mac OS X Leopard ready alternate icon.
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Some more gorgeous artwork from graphics artist and interface designer Adam Betts.A pair of Apple Mac OS X Leopard inspired desktop backgrounds: “CONQUER THE UNIVERSE”Two versions make up one large galaxy background image for use with a dual display system.MacHappens
AppleInsider.com has recently treated us to a great series of articles under the name Road to Mac OS X Leopardwhich has been followed up with the Introductory Mac OS X Leopard ReviewsMacHappens
Looks like this house could get a little crowded.Apples AirPort Extreme vs. Bang & Olufsens BeoLink website graphics.Imitation really is the sincerest form of imitation.MacHappens
Many have been eagerly awaiting the emergence of affordable, high capacity Flash drives on the market.Enter the Samsung SSD (Solid State Drive) series of Flash drives.Samsung has posted a video revealing some impressive specs and vs. HDD benchmarks.Low capacity Flash thumb drives have been affordable for some time. They are very useful for usbooting a Linux OS, or transferring files. That said, some of us simply want more room to move, and a speed increase to boot.While Samsung has been shipping similar flash and hybrid-flash drives for some time now, it finally looks like they're ready to enter the mainstream with the slick SSD series.My future solid state MacBook...Apple has a history of packing innovations like this into their Macs, though usually with a gradual phase-in, and/or a premium price tag.Update: Check out Ryan Blocks Samsung 64GB SSD transplanted MacBook Pro here.MacHappens
Before heading off for paternity leave (Congrats!!), 43 Folders founder Merlin Mann posed a Geek Throwdown: How to sync two or more Macs?"Sync" in the sense that every file, app, and system preference is the same on each mac.Until someone writes a Time Machine sync app, I (as well as a few commenters) figure the best way is to boot off an external firewire drive that you move between machines. Portable drives are getting faster, smaller, and cheeper. For a little hassle, you can sync without syncing.I love The Throwdown idea. Many people working to resolve a common problem.MacHappens
Apple has officially launched its own list of web apps.In fact they have also re-written the definition of web apps."Since web apps are websites designed specifically for the 3.5-inch screen..."MacHappens
The evolution of open source coverflow.MacHappensread more | digg story
The renovated Apple tv..Glass topBlack anodized aluminum11mm thinAll in one cablePortable hard drivevia MacHappens
How would every Apple product lookafter getting the Al SiO2 treatment.
First up Apples cinema display.Black anodized aluminumGlass displayIntegrated iSightIntegrated Apple Remote receiver(bringing front row to every mac)via MacHappens
" Aluminium Apple Keyboard: Special features " Posted by Marc Edwards on islayer.com reveals some of the little known, built in features of Apples new thinner aluminum/aluminium keyboard.
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Here is a link to the recently updated "Essential Mac OS X Apps" page on Mac Specialist.org.While I know and have used many of the apps mentioned, I have only kept the following. Carbon Copy Cloner - Easy-to-use backup/cloning utilityDelicious Library - Catalogue your books, cd's, games, dvd'sFirefox - Open source web browseriPodDisk - Utilize your iPod as an iDiskLittle Snitch - Alerts you of outgoing network connections!!! Quicksilver !!! - Application launcher and much moreTransmit - FTP clientVLC - Play DivX encoded movies (and more).via macspecialist
