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Rumors have been floating around the internets regarding the release date of Snow Leopard. I have good news, @gruber was right: Snow Leopard will be available Friday! If you aren’t completely convinced that you need to spend the $29, read my Favorite Snow Leopard Features post.
Single User $25 (Save $5)
5-User Family Pack $45 (Save $5)
Snow Leopard has a boat load of refinements and new features making it the best version of OS X that Apple will ever ship. (Pre-order now!)
Here is a list of my favorite features that you will find in Snow Leopard:
Traditionally Apple charges $129 for new versions of OS X, however this version is so important that they want everyone to upgrade and it’ll only cost them $29.
When the Apple Store goes down Apple fanboys get excited. Preeminently a tall-tail sign of new products.
Today’s new (or updated) products include the iMac, the Mac Mini and the king of all kings, the Mac Pro.
Apple® today introduced the new Mac® Pro using Intel “Nehalem” Xeon processors and a next-generation system architecture to deliver up to twice the performance of the previous generation system.* The new Mac Pro starts at $2,499 and features the latest graphics technology and an updated interior that makes expansion even easier than before. [Apple]
From an outside look the front of the Mac Pro now replaces the previous Firewire 400 port with Firewire 800 for two Firewire 800 ports, two USB ports, audio out and the power button.
The inside will look noticeably different to Mac Pro enthusiasts. There is one large memory riser as opposed to two, which can be found in all previous models.
The Mac Pro also comes with both DVI and Mini DisplayPort.
The Mac Mini now packs a dedicated video card, Mini DisplayPort, mini-DVI, five USB ports and Firewire 800.
The iMac also sports the new Mini DisplayPort — officially standard across the Mac lineup. Firewire 800 is also included.
For more check out Apple’s website.
UPDATE: It appears that the new iMac wired keyboard does not include the “num-pad” that can be found on stand-alone versions.
From Businessweek:
Apple designers come up with 10 entirely different mock ups of any new feature. Not, Lopp said, “seven in order to make three look good”, which seems to be a fairly standard practice elsewhere. They’ll take ten, and give themselves room to design without restriction. Later they whittle that number to three, spend more months on those three and then finally end up with one strong decision. [Helen Walters]
Lot’s of work goes into some of the most amazing products.
News Flash: Apple is testing out a new iPhone device!
The 2007 launch iPhone identifies itself as iPhone 1,1, while the current iPhone 3G lists as iPhone 1,2, indicating that it’s a minor revision of a similar design. As with similar practices for Macs, Apple’s choice of 2,1 implies a major update for the handset; the second-generation iPod touch is listed as iPod 2,1 and includes slightly faster internal hardware as well as a significant external redesign. [Aidian Malley of AppleInsider]
Why would Apple do such a thing!?
Something tells me that this won’t be the last word.
And I’m not talking about MobileMe. Dan moren says:
We put in a call to Apple to find out the reason why, but unless you’re new to this whole scene you won’t exactly be flabbergasted to hear that the company was about as communicative as your average sullen teenager. The company’s approach appears to be pretending that the system was never announced in the first place—you won’t find any notice of it on Apple’s site, save for the plaintive cries of users wondering what happened to it. [Dan Moren of Macworld]
It’s a very interesting point. What happened to the iPhone push notifications? My only guess is as good as the next guys.
Read more at Macworld.com.
There has been much speculation about the health of Steve Jobs. Apple’s been riding a mini roller-coaster because of this, with the value of their stock. Even more speculation “occurred” once Apple had stated that Phil Schiller, Senior VP of worldwide product marketing, will be giving the keynote instead of the usual “Steve-note.” However, this statement by Steve, himself, makes it official:
Dear Apple Community,
For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.
Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.
I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.
As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.
Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.
The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery.
I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first.
So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.
Steve
Read the original document here.
Keychain is OS X’s database of passwords and keys used when retrieving email, connecting to Mobile Me (Formally .Mac), or anything that contains auto sign-on. We take the Keychain for granted and usually don’t even know of it’s existence. However, there’s one error that people keep asking me about: Error -2147415734. Keychain Error’s can be a huge pain, however this entry will explain how to fix the problem in a few simple steps.
You will have to re-enter these passwords next time they need to be used (checking email, syncing to Mobile Me, etc.) and they will be “re-stored” in the Keychain.
Note: You may need to click the lock icon (in the upper left on OS X 10.5 “Leopard”) in order to make changes to your Keychain by authenticating yourself.
Huzzah! Problem solved!
The iTunes App Store, for the iPhone and iPod Touch, has been out long enough for developers to release updates to their apps — some have even release several updates. Acquiring the update is easy through both iTunes and the App Store on the mobile device.
However, there is a catch. Maybe you’ve gone to update your apps through iTunes and noticed something similar (opposite).
The reason this is happening may be magical and mysterious, but like totally curable!
Introducing Pourhadi’s Dupe Remover 3000 the app that will relieve disk strain and space by removing those pesky duplicates. (Ok so it’s more of an applescript, cry about it).
Pourhadi’s Dupe Remover 3000 is designed to
Frickin’ Obliterate Those Frickin’ App Dupes
Or in laymens terms
It will remove all but the latest version of the app from the Mobile Applications folder. Then you drag the apps back into iTunes and click the replace button for each one dragged in. (Hold shift or command and select multiple apps to save you frustration).
On a more serious note, Ten Reasons it Would Rule to Date a Unicorn! Paris Hilton runs for President!
Download Dupe Remover 3000 here.
Steve Jobs sent a letter to the MobileMe team about their lack of success.
Team,
The launch of MobileMe was not our finest hour. There are several things we could have done better:
MobileMe was simply not up to Apple’s standards it clearly needed more time and testing.
Rather than launch MobileMe as a monolithic service, we could have launched over-the-air syncing with iPhone to begin with, followed by the web applications one by one Mail first, followed 30 days later (if things went well with Mail) by Calendar, then 30 days later by Contacts.
It was a mistake to launch MobileMe at the same time as iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store. We all had more than enough to do, and MobileMe could have been delayed without consequence.
We are taking many steps to learn from this experience so that we can grow MobileMe into a service that our customers will love. One step that I can share with you today isthat the MobileMe team will now report to Eddy Cue, who will lead all of our internet services iTunes, the App Store and, starting today, MobileMe. Eddy’s new title will be Vice President, Internet Services and he will now report directly to me.
The MobileMe launch clearly demonstrates that we have more to learn about Internet services. And learn we will. The vision of MobileMe is both exciting and ambitious, and we will press on to make it a service we are all proud of by the end of this year.
Steve
Rumor has it, the email was send around 4PM Pacific on Monday.
