Archives for Tag: "apple"
June 14, 2007 at 09:30 AM
A while back Matt Brett posted a message on twitter that he was looking for a simple backup/sync solution for OSX. I dropped him an email with my backup solution and thought to myself that it would be a good idea to post it here as well. Of course, time passed and I still hadn’t gotten around to getting anything written up, until Matt posted an article on his site about the power of twitter, and mentioned my backup script. Since then I’ve had a constant stream of emails flowing into my inbox about my backup script, so finally, here it is.
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Tags: apple, automator, backup, ical, osx, rsync
March 28, 2007 at 04:27 PM
Seeing Garrett’s post made me realize that I haven’t posted a recent shot of my office since I started working from home either.
I’m fascinated with seeing other people’s workspace as a means to add to or improve my own. So, if you’ve got a recent shot of your own home office link to it in the comments.
See the photos after the jump.
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Tags: apple, home, intel, office, personal, setup, shorts, workspace
April 05, 2006 at 08:04 AM
If you happen to have an Intel based Mac and a copy of Windows XP Professional SP2, make sure to check out Boot Camp Public Beta from Apple.
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Tags: apple, bootcamp, intel, shorts
February 15, 2006 at 06:02 PM
Now, I really hate to stir the pot and fan the flames on the Mac vs. PC issue, but a couple of things have come across the news wire in the past couple of days that are definitely worth mentioning.
Bill, if you’re listening, it’s moves like this that are causing people to scramble to the Apple or Open Source side of the fence. What the hell were you thinking?
So hypothetically, say I buy a copy of Windows XP, and install it on my machine. Then a few months later decide to upgrade my motherboard because AMD has released some crazy new CPU that I can’t wait to cram into my machine. Next, I’ll reinstall Windows…but wait…I need a new license? This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. I realize that they’re trying to square away what constitutes ‘only installing the Operating System on one machine’, but this is just a little too far.
Oh and Bill, if you want to learn how to foster customer loyalty, take a look at the nice gift Steve gave his customers this week. He upgraded everyone’s new laptop, at no additional cost! That’s how you get people to continue buying your product, as well as tempt new customers to buy your product.
Tags: apple
May 28, 2005 at 04:05 PM
Since I received a request from someone for the Automator Backup Workflow that I mentioned a few posts ago I decided that I would post the Workflow here because I’m sure that there are many others that can benefit from it.
A Few Notes
A few points before I begin explaining the workflow:
- This is in no way a complete backup solution. I’m not even sure that the workflow copies fork files, etc.
- However it is a good solution for backing up music purchased through the iTunes Music Store, as well as backing up documents and whatnot.
- Do not rely on this workflow for backing up applications or even application settings.
- Also, if anything bad happens to any files that you are copying using this workflow, please do not send an email blaming me for screwing up your files. I’m providing this workflow as-is in hopes that it will help a few of you out.
The Directions
And now on to the directions (each step below corresponds to the respective step in the workflow):
- Select the network volume that you want to backup your files to in this step. If you’re backing up to a Samba volume (Windows, Linux, etc.) enter the the path as follows in the dialog: smb://computername/volumename. If you are backing up to an Apple Share enter the path as afp://computername/volumename. You may also specify multiple volumes in this step if needed.
- This step will connect the volumes specified in step 1.
- Select the files/folders that you wish to back up. Add as many as you like.
- Select the destination folder to copy the items to for backup. You will need to mount your backup volumes in order to accomplish this.Note:You will need to repeat steps 3 and 4 for each backup volume that you selected in step 1.
- Select the backup volumes that you have mounted in step 1 to be passed to step 6.
- This step will eject all of your mounted backup volumes that you specified in step 5
I hope this will be of some help to at least a few of you. I use this workflow on a weekly basis to backup my purchased music from iTMS, however for my daily incremental backup needs, I still rely on Deja Vu. Also, if there are any improvements that anyone can suggest, please feel free to leave them in the comments and I’ll try to keep up with them and post the revised workflows.
The Goods
Download the Network Backup Workflow for Tiger Automator
Tags: apple, automator, backup, sitenews
October 26, 2004 at 02:10 PM
This morning Apple revealed the
iPod Photo; a new iteration of the iPod that is capable of storing pictures and displaying them in slideshows on the iPod screen as well as on a television screen when connected. The new iPod has a color screen, 15 hours of battery life when playing MP3’s and 5 hours when viewing photo slideshows. The
iPod Photo has also been given a size jump; it is available in 40 and 60 GB models ($679 CDN and $799 CDN respectively).
When the time comes that I do have the money to spend on an iPod, I don’t think I’m going to go with the iPod photo, unless the price comes down. It just doesn’t seem sensible to me to spend that much extra money to carry my digital photos around, when I already have SmartMedia cards with enough capacity to carry as many pictures as I could ever want or need. One thing I do like about the iPod Photo is the fact that it can display album covers on screen. And like Michael, I’m also quite anal about adding album covers to tracks as soon as they’re imported into my 40GB+ music library.
Apple also opened up the iTunes’ Music Store to many customers in the European Union. I was kind of shocked to see that Canada was not on the list of new iTMS’s this morning, but Apple has stated that the Canadian iTMS will open in November. I’ve been anxiously awaiting this opening since Apple made iTMS available in the UK as well as France and Germany. I’m guessing one of the reasons for Apple holding off on Canada is because of the liberal stance that the Canadian judicial system has on music piracy.
Tags: apple
October 26, 2004 at 01:10 PM
I don’t tend to write much about new software that is released, but since I’m such a geek, I decided to make an exception this time.
Unsanity has released the latest version of their OS X theming software Shapeshifter. Some of the new features in this version 2 release include:
- Cursor themes
- The ability to preview themes before applying them
- Icon themes
- Integrated wallpaper changing
Shapeshifter is a great application, and I’d highly recommend it for any OS X users that are getting tired of Apple’s default Aqua interface.
Tags: apple
September 07, 2004 at 12:09 PM
I’m a little behind on posting this article, but I definitely wanted to contribute my two cents regarding Apple’s latest hardware offering: the new G5 iMac. I must say that in some ways I was taken aback with the new design, but then again, in some ways I wasn’t. The white plastic look of the “iLine” of products was definitely a predictable characteristic that some people seem to be quite upset about. But, if you compare the look of the G5 iMac to the iBook, iPod, and even the G4 iMac, you could see that this is the trademark of the iLine of products. Some people seemed to be expecting the brushed aluminum look of the Professional series of Apple products. Those critics need to realize that this is the “economy” line from apple and is not in the same class as say, the PowerMac. Personally, I like the look of the white plastic of this line of products, but not nearly as much as the smooth, brushed aluminum look.
The one aspect of the design that I don’t much care for is the huge white area below the LCD. It makes me think of the eMac, which I don’t like particularly well. On one design forum that I visit frequently, a member posted a pic of the new iMac and captioned it “Introducing the new iMac Post-It (as seen above). A great use for this excess space as far as I’m concerned.
The layout of the ports on the back of the iMac is so simple, yet so functional. All of the ports are laid out in a perfectly straight line and labelled accordingly. Apple has also included basically the same stand on the new iMac that appeared on the new cinema displays which allows for cable management behind the machine. This is another excellent feature in my opinion. Even with all the wireless gadgets that are available these days (the apple bluetooth keyboard, and mouse namely), you still have power cables plus if you add an iSight, a couple of Firewire drives, and a USB device or two, it adds up to a lot of cables. I think more hardware manufacturers should follow Apple’s lead on this one.
Mind you, all of my above comments are made without seeing or putting my hands on one of these machines. My opinion might change once I get to play around with one a bit, but as of right now, this looks like a great addition to my desktop as I’m looking to replace my PC with an Apple.
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