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Tuesday, February 2, 2010 in
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Filed under: Odds and ends, Apple
It must be nice to be the host of your own popular Comedy Central show and a host on the Grammy Awards. Why? You get to play with an iPad.
No, it’s not one of Tim Meehan’s faux iPads – this was a working unit that flipped from portrait to landscape mode when Stephen Colbert pulled it out of his jacket… or pants. Enjoy this short piece of video from tonight’s Grammy Award ceremonies.
TUAWStephen Colbert and his iPad at the Grammys originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Published on
Thursday, December 25, 2008 in
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Apple Corporate, Apple Financial, Steve Jobs
Technology analyst Ezra Gottheil recently talked with PC World about Apple’s future without Steve Jobs:
“Apple doesn’t need Jobs anymore. He’s established three sound businesses — Mac, iPod and the iPhone — and the company knows how to execute his fanatical devotion to design and usability. There’s a stable management team in place, and they know what they’re doing.”
Which is worse? The media’s morbid fascination with Steve’s (hopefully long-in-the-future) retirement or death, or the notion that he’s too dumb or self-important to have created a plan of succession?
I’m not privy to Apple’s management process or strategy, and I assume Ezra isn’t either, but it’s safe to say he’s right about that. The Mac, iPod and iPhone are well established and I’m sure the business plans for each platform look far into the future.
The larger question is, will Apple be successful without Steve Jobs? That’s the question that scares investors and causes the stock to dive when some jerk posts a fake story about Steve’s health. The fear isn’t completely unfounded. The last time Steve left Apple, the company nearly disappeared. In fact, it was only after he returned that Apple was saved.
But that was different. Steve was asked to leave, and not afforded the opportunity to identify a successor. I’m certain that a plan is in place today which will ensure the company’s future. Will Apple be the same without Steve Jobs? No, of course not. But will it be bad?
No, of course not.
[Via MacDailyNews]
Published on
Thursday, December 25, 2008 in
IT.
Tons of great hidden keyboard commands at howgoodisthat.
Command+Shift+L = Searches Google with the currently highlighted text. Works for any object containing text currently selected—even icons and non-editable text in dialogue boxes.
found on:
http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2008/12/23/commandshiftl-saved-my-life-tonight-and-other-osx-hidden-features/
We don’t just need a bailout in this country, we need a national makeover. That is why the next few months are among the most important in U.S. history.
Someone is already developing an alternative to Detroit’s business model. I don’t know if it will work, but I do know that it can be done and Detroit isn’t doing it.
Published on
Monday, December 8, 2008 in
IT.
Here’s a familiar story — an Apple Store opening draws a huge crowd. This time, the store in question was Germany’s very first. Construction on this location began all the way back in July of 2007, and we started to see job postings in May of this year. Some reports state that 4,000 people visited the store in the first few hours.
iPhone Savior reports that the day was busy but the crowd was handled efficiently. To get a glimpse of the throng, check out this cool Quicktime VR.
Congratulations, Munich! Enjoy your new Apple Store.
[Via MacDailyNews]
TUAWMunich Apple Store opening draws huge crowd originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Monday, December 8, 2008 in
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Sometimes you want your Mac to be backed up more frequently than usual. If you want to instantly back up using Time Machine, you could click on the menu bar item and select “Back Up Now,” but what if you want to change the backup interval indefinitely? With this Terminal Tip, you can do just that.
Time Machine is set to automatically back up every hour, but if you would like to change it to every half hour, you can use the following Terminal (/Applications/Utilities) command:
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto StartInterval -int 1800
You will need to authenticate as an administrator, since this command is run under a “sudo.” The time interval is measured in seconds, so you can enter any time you wish there; just make sure it is in seconds. By default, Time Machine backs up every 3600 seconds (every hour). If you wish to revert to the original, just replace “1800″ with “3600.”
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TUAWTerminal Tip: Change Time Machine backup interval originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Friday, December 5, 2008 in
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Filed under: Terminal Tips
When you open a Finder window and start browsing to a folder, do you lose track of the path to that folder? If you do, the Terminal command below will enable path view in the Finder — this means that you will see the directory path to the current folder you are browsing in the title bar, instead of only seeing the name of the current directory.
To make directory paths visible atop Finder windows, open Terminal.app (/Applications/Utilities/) and type the following command:
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES
Once you run the above command, you will also need to restart the Finder, so you can either type “killall Finder” and hit return, or use the Force Quit option under the Apple menu to relaunch it. The Finder will restart, and you will start seeing the paths to directories in the title bar.
Update: As some have pointed out in the comments below, this Terminal command will only work with Mac OS X Leopard (version 10.5).
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TUAWTerminal Tips: Enable “path view” in Finder originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Published on
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 in
IT.
Sure, you could update your Apple software by opening Software Update from the Apple menu. But what if you’re inclined to use a command line interface, or maybe you need to update a remote machine via SSH? There’s a way to complete a software update in Terminal.app. Here’s how.
If you want to do an automatic install of all the updates for your particular Mac, first log in as an administrative user. Then open Terminal.app (located in /Applications/Utilities), and type (or copy/paste) the following command:
sudo softwareupdate -i -a
and hit Return. Next, you’ll be prompted to enter your password; do so, and then hit Return. The application will then look for available updates, download them, and then install them. You will see the progress in Terminal. If no updates are available, Terminal will let you know.
This command replicates the functionality of the normal Software Update utility. However, you can use it on other machines in the background via SSH remote login, or you could apply a specific update rather than the full list of available patches. To see all the command options, type man softwareupdate at the Terminal prompt.
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TUAWTerminal Tips: Install software updates from the command line originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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