Archive for April, 2008

Wireless devices can’t see Time Capsule network, fix

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

(Via MacFixIt.) We've received reports from readers indicating inability of various WiFi devices, particularly printers, to see wireless networks generated by Apple's Time Capsule.

Digital Copy

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

(Via Apple.) Select movies on DVD now include iTunes Digital Copy, so you can import a free iTunes-compatible version of the movie to your Mac or PC. Watch it on your computer, iPhone, iPod, or Apple TV.

Even more rumors: The new iPhones’ specs

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

(Via Macenstein.) Notice the placement of the apostrophe in that title. Faithful Macenstein tipster Doug writes in yet again with insight into 3 upcoming iPhone models allegedly set to be released. Just as the iPod lineup developed and branched out, so does Apple have plans for the iPhone lineup. Here’s some of what ...

Starbucks offers free iTunes “Pick of the Week”

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).) Apple and Starbucks are at it again, this time with a new Pick of the Week iTunes offer. Basically each week Starbucks will distribute cards good for a free download of a hand-picked song from the iTunes Store. Starting this week the first such song ...

PBS programming now on iTunes U

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

(Via Apple Gazette.) PBS programming has been added to iTunes U. Films like The War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick and The Jewish Americans: A Series by David Gurin, along with series like “Meet the Author” (which features more than 40 interviews with top children’s book authors and illustrators are ...

Create iCal events from anywhere

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

(Via Macworld.) While I rely on iCal to help me track meetings and to dos, I’ve always found the actual process of adding new events and to dos much more complex than it need be. Typically I’ll be in some other application when I realize I need to create a new ...

Psystar sells a $399 Mac clone

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

(Via Macworld.) Miami-based Psystar has begun selling a new computer that it says will run Mac OS X Leopard — in other words, a Mac clone. The company is touting the computer as the “Open Computer: The Smart Alternative to an Apple.” “Why spend $1999 to get the least expensive Apple computer ...

Apple takes a trade show pass

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

(Via Macworld.) There’s something different about this April for me. You see, normally I’d be in Las Vegas attending the National Association of Broadcasters’ annual trade show—dodging 130,000 people as I moved from meeting to meeting across vast halls, spending my per diem on Sbarro pizza, and hitting the pai gow ...

Mac 101: schedule your scripts

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).) We talk about iCal once in a while. Did you know that an iCal alarm can launch an AppleScript? A recent comment from reader Zach (and subsequent replies) made us think that this tip might be of use to anyone who hasn't considered the possibilities. When ...

★ How Much Money Does Apple Get From Google?

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

(Via Daring Fireball.) Om Malik wonders just how much money Apple gets from Google for search engine referrals from Safari. When I reported last June that Apple’s revenue from Google was around $25 million per year, that number came from, as they say, a source with knowledge of the situation. But ...