Today, I got my MacBook Pro back from AppleCare (Main Logic Board failure, which I pinpointed to the faulty/recalled GeForce 8600M). And, I had a present for my anti-glare workhorse (oh snap, Chris just picked sides in the Apple screen wars). And, that present was an Intel X25-M. I had had it with my Samsung […]
I’m going to offer up my solution to the SpringBoard overload problem. If you’re not familiar, with 60,000+ apps on the the App Store, many iPhone customers have downloaded over 100 apps. And, that means that SpringBoard (the Home Screen) has become full. Additional apps over the ~120 limit, fall off the screen. Now, in […]
As the title says, MechaWorks is building an Apple site. Because of my proximity to Apple however, I will have no editorial relations with the site. The news will not be driven, or touched by me… beyond any general advice and council (which, I would give to anyone, anyways). More details on it will be […]
What was supposed to be a simple, five minute procedure… turned into an hour-long debacle. I wanted to print out a door sign for the MechaWorks meeting room at E3. Simple, right? I opened up iWork Pages, dropped the MechaWorks logo (in TIFF format) in, and the MechaWorks icon (in EPS format), sized them to […]
I’ve been hounded by emails pretty much non-stop ever since TheStreet.com reported on a potential Apple/Electronic Arts deal. Apple doesn’t buy companies like EA. Apple buys small to mid-range companies with large amounts of intellectual property. That IP can be tapped and used to make new chips, add multi-touch to iPhone, and all sorts of […]
There has been a lot of buzz about HD and iPhone lately. I’m sure you’ve heard something about that by now. But, let’s take a look at history for a second first, just in case the crowds at Moscone West decide revolt if Apple doesn’t announce iPhone HD at WWDC. When the original iPhone came […]
Scarred and tired, Jack Bauer has been infected by a supervirus and must take on a derelict PMC, hellbent on world domination. Sound familiar? If you’ve played Metal Gear Solid 4, you’ve officially been there and done that. I’ve long talked off-the-blog about 24’s continual ripping off of Metal Gear Solid. People have finally started […]
Over the past 48 to 72 hours, Apple has issued a lot of updates, for everything from AirPort to RAW support. I just ran Repair Disk Permissions on a couple of Macs that have gotten all those updates beamed down… and there were quite a few permissions glitches. So, be sure to run Repair Disk […]
For the first time, I’ve found a web browser that makes Web 2.0 apps feel like desktop ones. And, that browser is Safari 4. Safari 4 may lack all those community plugins, a point for which Safari is constantly critisized. But, that’s because people take Safari for granted. That’s right. People take for granted that […]
I’m going to raise something interesting here, but at first you might think I’m nuts. I think Apple should profile their customers, and give some of them ProCare for free. Take a deep breath, I haven’t lost it. ProCare provides some Apple-centric users powerful tools at the Apple Store. It used to also include One […]