Bagatelle: apple links

le 8, février 2008

Macworld reviews CSSEdit 2.6
CSSEdit is easily my favourite CSS editor on any platform.

le 1, février 2008

Apple seeks iPhone visual designer
Um, hello, dream job?

le 24, janvier 2008

Edward Tufte on Interface design and the iPhone
Interesting that he does his demo using a jailbroken iPhone.

le 9, janvier 2008

NetNewsWire 3.1 is now freeware
Considering this is (in my opinion) the best newsreader application for any platform, this is pretty big news.

le 13, décembre 2007

iPhone Video proof of concept posted
I just gave this a try and it definitely works — pretty exciting!

le 20, octobre 2007

WebKit Does HTML5 Client-side Database Storage
Wow, this is amazing news.

le 13, août 2007

First iMac calibration impressions
DPReview forum post on attempts to calibrate the new aluminum iMac screens

le 3, août 2007

Code Collector Pro
Interesting-looking “snippets+” application that stores code snippets and supports TextMate bundles

le 16, juillet 2007

Leaflets: iPhone apps that grow on you.
Nice collection of iPhone widgets from the Blue Flavor folks.

le 12, juillet 2007

Non-Top-Posting Reply Scripts for Apple Mail
I love John Gruber.

le 6, juillet 2007

Paparazzi 0.5 is now in beta testing
The full web page screenshot application gets a nice update with lots of improvements.

le 4, juillet 2007

Web Development for iPhone
The skinny from the ADC.

le 3, juillet 2007

The iPhone User Experience: A First Touch
Renown designer Bruce “Tog” Tognazzini’s posits on the current nerdlore of choice.
Ta-da List for iPhone
This is awesome and it fills (for now) the lack of a dedicated to-do application on the iPhone
The Official stevenf iPhone Review
Great overview by the Panic software co-founder

le 2, juillet 2007

MacInTouch reviews the iPhone
I really, really hope someone figures out how to unlock the iPhone.

le 1, juillet 2007

hahlo.com
“Twitter for the iPhone”.
My friend Dan and Beta in line for an iPhone
Bastard got one, too. Yes, I am overwhelmed with the most basic of emotions, jealousy.

le 22, juin 2007

iPhone - A Guided Tour
Sadly because Rogers in Canada (the main GSM provider) sucks ass this is probably the closest I’ll get to an iPhone

le 21, juin 2007

Yet another one more thing… a new Web Inspector!
Oh, man, this may bring me back to the Safari fold after all…

le 7, juin 2007

Camino 1.5 released
With a really nice web site redesign to boot

le 31, mai 2007

PandoraJam
New shareware OS X client for Pandora that can pull down tracks as MP3s and stream music to the Airport Express.

le 18, mai 2007

Panic releases Coda 1.0.2
This is a great update with more improvements than the 1.0.x version number increment belies.

le 16, mai 2007

Freehand is dead
RIP.
VirtualBox
New Intel mac version of this open source virtualization application now available. Might be a good free alternative to Parallels / VMWare.

le 6, mai 2007

magnetosphere
Absolutely stunning iTunes visualizer (via)

le 26, avril 2007

Coda: Master The Editor
Lots of tasty tips regarding Coda’s text editor, plus some tantalizing notes of features to come (plugins!)

le 23, avril 2007

Announcing Coda 1.0
Panic’s Steven Frank on Coda.
Panic releases Coda, a new slick web development app
Just downloading the demo now, but the screenshots look pretty impressive. How will it measure up to standalone editors?
CSSEdit 2.5 released
Very nice update to my favourite CSS editor.

le 21, avril 2007

Macworld: Reviews Photoshop CS3
Written by Jim Heid. He also reviews Bridge CS3.

le 17, avril 2007

Google Reader Theme
Jon Hicks’ macalicious Google Reader theme gets the “official” release.

le 14, avril 2007

FMenu
Open source OS X menu extra that notifies you of FaceBook activity. Hooks into Growl, too.
John Hodgman on This American Life
On stopping by the Apple Soho store: “General store-wide freakout”.

le 12, avril 2007

Jon Hicks’ Google Reader skin
Really incredible work — this makes Google Reader look pretty swanky.
Kernel Panic Screensaver
Pure evil.
Correo 0.2 released
New mail client that mashes up Camino and Thunderbird. Very preliminary, but I have a lot of hope for this project.

le 4, avril 2007

Google Desktop for Mac released
Searches web history, gmail, and supports Spotlight plugins, too. Available Wednesday here

le 22, mars 2007

Yahoo! Widgets 4.0 released
Major update to Arlo Rose’s trailblazing widget application

le 28, février 2007

Replacing AppleScript with Ruby
Awesome! Another reason for me to learn Ruby.

le 22, février 2007

Macworld reviews Photoshop Lightroom 1.0

le 20, février 2007

How Steve Jobs played hardball in iPhone birth
Interesting background on the development and business deals behind the iPhone

le 8, février 2007

Quicksilver Tip: Timed Reminders
Incredibly handy tip — I swear, there must be a gazillion different ways to use Quicksilver…
Multi-touch: one step further
Very cool demo of a large-scale interface similar to the iPhone from Perspective Pixel
Pipes: Rewire the web
Very cool web services system with a Quartz Composer-esque interface.

le 3, février 2007

Adium 1.0 released
The best IM client on OS X celebrates the 1.0. Woo!

le 1, février 2007

Parallels Desktop for Mac build 3150 RC2 is available for download.

le 24, janvier 2007

FUSEWiki - FileSystems
Whole whack of plugins (all run from the command line [for now]) for the stupidly cool MacFUSE “file system mechanism”

le 22, janvier 2007

EyeTV EPG Proxy
A bunch of PHP scripts that redirect EyeTV guide requests to Zap2It so that Canadians get updated guide info.

le 21, janvier 2007

Writing application Scrivener 1.0 released
I’ve been demoing the beta and it’s quite nice. The organizational features alone are pretty worthy.

le 19, janvier 2007

GEAR4 BluEye
VERY cool - allows you to integrate your cell with your iPod ala the iPhone. You can order it from Gear4

le 15, janvier 2007

Chitter
“An iChat plugin that integrates iChat with twitter
Twitterrific
Sweet Mac OS X application for displaying and posting twitters

le 12, janvier 2007

The Ultimate iPhone Frequently Asked Questions
More of the skinny on the topic du jour.

le 10, janvier 2007

David Pogue gets some hands-on time with the iPhone
More grist for the mill.
iPhone Hands-On
Man, I’m still picking my jaw up off of the floor.

le 9, janvier 2007

PagePacker makes pocket-sized books
Boy oh boy I’m gonna get a lot of mileage out of this.

le 8, janvier 2007

Roxio Toast 8 Macworld specials
Buy the brand new Toast 8 with Elgato EyeTV hardware. Great deals that basically get you Toast 8 for free.

le 5, janvier 2007

GyazMail 1.5 released
Now supports IMAP!

le 2, janvier 2007

A guide for switching to a Mac
I know so many people who switched over the holidays, so this article is going to get sent around a lot

le 15, décembre 2006

Macworld First Look: Adobe Photoshop CS3
This looks like a really nice upgrade, and of course the speed boost for Intel machines is long overdue
Adobe to release beta of Photoshop CS3
Well I’ll be. What’s been up with Adobe these days with all of their public betas?

le 9, décembre 2006

NewsGator Sale
$10 off any NewsGator application (including NetNewsWire and FeedDemon) until the end of the year

le 28, novembre 2006

The Design of the Mac OS X Shutdown Feature
An interesting counterpoint to the Windows “shutdown crapfest”

le 19, novembre 2006

Macworld reviews the 2nd generation MacBook Pros
Hint: they like them. I’m wondering, though - has Macworld ever given a Mac system lower than 4 mice?

le 17, novembre 2006

Read different: Apple ads in Japan
This is really interesting - interpreting the cultural differences between the US and Japanese Apple ads

le 13, novembre 2006

PTHPasteboard 4 released
By far the best multiple pasteboard application for Mac OS X.

le 6, novembre 2006

CSSEdit 2.0 released
Incredible update to this already excellent CSS editor.
The Delicious Generation
Even-handed, well thought out write up on the rise of almost pure eye candy applications like Disco

le 5, novembre 2006

Inside Aperture
O’Reilly Media site for all things related to Apple’s Aperture
Exposé’s built-in window switcher
I had no clue you could do this, but it’s pretty handy.

le 28, octobre 2006

New dialogue support for plugins in TextMate (.mov)
Currently in the nightlies, this allows you to use Interface Builder to create dialogs for use in TextMate plugins. Sweet.

le 23, octobre 2006

Introducing Tangerine
Very cool (and beautiful) app that analyzes your iTunes library to create playlists based on track speed and intensity

le 19, octobre 2006

PicLens
Neat Safari plugin that enables full-screen slideshows of web images from right inside of Safari

le 15, octobre 2006

On the secrets of the iPod shuffle
Steven Levy on whether the randomize feature in iPods is truly random

le 13, octobre 2006

EagleFiler
New personal information manager from Michael Tsai, creator of SpamSieve

le 11, octobre 2006

BBColors 1.0
John Gruber introduces a colour theming system for BBEdit and TextWrangler

le 10, octobre 2006

OS X skin for Bloglines
Jon makes with the purdy and skins Bloglines

le 1, octobre 2006

Transmit Icons Replacement
I love the original truck icon, but the toolbar icons kind of bugged me. These are lovely replacements.

le 29, septembre 2006

Apple is hiring a web engineer for .Mac
Interesting: “Our applications incorporate the latest AJAX code…”

le 27, septembre 2006

Apple launching revamped Webmail
Comes with drag-and-drop, Address Book integration, and more. Good to see Apple investing in .Mac.

le 17, septembre 2006

XTorrent beta 1 released
David Watanabe (Acquisition, Newsfire) unveils his new bittorrent client

le 14, septembre 2006

Looking for the best DMG design
What a great idea for a design thread. Lots of good examples.
Michael Tsai on iTunes 7
I think my biggest issue is the lack of consistency - two different types of buttons now, and at least 3 different types of scroll bar

le 12, septembre 2006

TextMate book announced
Published by The Pragmatic Bookshelf - beta book and sample chapters available

le 6, septembre 2006

OpenMenu X
Intriguing system enhancement that lets you roll your own contextual menus - looks pretty sweet

le 2, septembre 2006

The FOUC Problem
David Hyatt gets all technical on the “Flash Of Unstyled Content” issue that Safari occasionally suffers from

le 26, août 2006

Kinkless GTD 0.83 [Relative Motion]
Fresh from Ethan’s mind and into your OmniOutliner Pro
MailFollowup Home Page
Apple Mail plugin that gives you the ability to “follow-up” on a previously sent reply

le 24, août 2006

Apple recalls 1.8 million iBook and PowerBook batteries
Yet more of the faulty Sony batteries, but interestingly the recall isn’t for the newer MacBook or MacBook Pro batteries

le 21, août 2006

GetBundle bundle for TextMate
Much needed - a bundle that gives you the ability to download and update TextMate bundles from SVN

le 13, août 2006

Article on Justin Long, the “Mac” in Apple’s TV ads
I’d love to hear what John Hodgman’s (the “PC”) experience has been like

le 9, août 2006

Mac Pro: What you need to know
I love the redesigned insides, but I still hate the case design. Ah well, can’t win them all.

le 21, juillet 2006

Telescope - Dashboard Widget for 37signals’ Basecamp
Looks quite nice and seems to work well

le 19, juillet 2006

Behind the Scenes: Developing OS X and Longhorn (mp3)
Finally, the podcast from this interesting SXSW panel is available!

le 10, juillet 2006

Multi-stroke Key Bindings
This looks *super* useful.

le 29, juin 2006

Flash Player 9 for Intel Macs Public Beta
Good to see a beta finally for us Intel users

le 28, juin 2006

Introducing Drosera
Safari nightly builds now have a built-in JavaScript debugger. YAH!

le 20, juin 2006

Looks like the new Yahoo! design supports Safari now
I’m no longer getting the “not supported” page, which is a good sign.

le 17, juin 2006

Google Calendar officially supports Safari
It’s good to see Google make an effort to support Safari

le 9, juin 2006

Run multiple versions of Safari
Still an OS barrier for running the older versions, but pretty cool nonetheless (via)

le 3, juin 2006

Three-pane Mail.app plugin
I’ve been waiting for this for ages

le 2, juin 2006

Really expensive cat toy
Cat + Front Row = CUTE

le 1, juin 2006

Shell Scripting Primer
New Apple Developer Connection article that looks quite good

le 30, mai 2006

Dedicated Mac OS X application for Gmail
Handy for those who keep accidentally exiting out of Gmail in their browser

le 26, mai 2006

CoverFlow icon
Gorgeous replacement icon for the already gorgeous Coverflow

le 19, mai 2006

Ars Technica reviews the new Apple MacBook
And wahey, they like it!

le 18, mai 2006

UNIX Tips for Mac OS X
This be handy
Photos from the new 5th Avenue New York Apple store
Wow. That glass cube and staircase are crazy sexy.

le 16, mai 2006

Comparison grid for Apple laptops
The new MacBooks are really feature-competitive with the MacBookPros - and it says here that the battery life is “up to 6 hours”
Apple - MacBook
Apple releases new MacBooks in white and black. Sweet!

le 14, mai 2006

Cabbie mistaken for financial expert gets dragged into BBC news interview by accident
Oh, man - his panicked expression at the beginning is just priceless
TextMate Basics Tutorial
This is an excellent starting point
Notes on switching to the mac
Good, balanced notes on what you can expect when making the jump

le 12, mai 2006

Inserting Tags with TextMate (screencast)
Very, very cool. The biggest issue with TextMate is how badly documented it is (and the fact it doesn’t support variable-width fonts)

le 11, mai 2006

Input Remapper
Remaps MacBook Pro keys to work on Windows - might need this at some point

le 10, mai 2006

Access and down/upload files from .Mac iDisks
This is great, and there’s some ajax-y loving here, too

le 9, mai 2006

Extras2Extras2
Converts a PPC-version Extras.rsrc file into something that can be used on Intel machines.

le 8, mai 2006

Pouring water on McAfee’s Macintosh virus fear-mongering
Beat me to it
Apple Computer wins in Apple v. Apple case
Yet another useless suit by a company mired in the past is finally over.

le 3, mai 2006

Tiger Theme for Omniweb 5.5
Jon Hicks strikes again with a lovely update to his already gorgeous Omniweb theme

le 1, mai 2006

New Apple ads appearing
Starring a guy from Ed and (maybe?) John Hodgman? Apple has ‘em all

le 29, avril 2006

Rijkswidget
View a different piece of art from the Rijksmuseum every day in your Dashboard.

le 16, avril 2006

Nightly builds of Intel VLC
Seems okay, but I haven’t pushed it too hard yet

le 14, avril 2006

Rumors at the Bar
Interesting piece on just how much a Mac Genius knows about unreleased Apple products (hint: nothing)

le 13, avril 2006

What’s new in the Aperture 1.1 Update
Not out yet, but I’ll bet it’s today.

le 11, avril 2006

Huge list of Quicksilver tutorials
Quicksilver is like nerd manna from heaven that makes me giddy inside
Small utility to activate control-click on Windows
For all of those Boot Camp nerds in the house

le 9, avril 2006

Nondestructively resizing volumes in OS X
First seen in the Boot Camp application, but was apparently introduced in the 10.4.6 release
Being Jonathan Ive (.swf)
Presentation from frog Design on Apple industrial design

le 6, avril 2006

Windows: The New Classic
Gruber on Boot Camp. Besides his thoughts on virtualization in Leopard (I don’t think it’ll ever happen) he’s spot on, as usual.
Boot Camp & Half Life 2
Cabel Sasser (of Panic software fame) shows off Half Life 2 running under Boot Camp
Parallels Workstation 2.1 Beta for Mac OS X
Yesterday dual-boot, today virtualization. It’s madness, I tell you!

le 5, avril 2006

Apple’s stock is up over $3 after the post-Bootcamp announcement
This should be interesting.
Apple - Boot Camp
Legitimately run Windows on the Intel Macs. I seriously thought this was a delayed April Fool’s joke.

le 4, avril 2006

Mac’s Moment
A look at Japanese bank Aozora’s switch to Mac (nearly 2,300 machines)

le 3, avril 2006

PimpMyCamino
The Hicks empire grows even larger.
Steve Jobs demos NeXTSTEP release 3 (1992)
Via Andy Baio, who points out that Windows 3.1 was released that same year

le 2, avril 2006

Big grid of Universal Binary games
Not that I have time to actually play games, but…

le 29, mars 2006

Video interview with Guy Kawasaki
Talking about his role at Apple, evangelizin’, and believing in the faith (weird)

le 27, mars 2006

The Apple Store Glass Staircase
Interesting piece on the sheer brilliance (pun intended) of the Apple glass staircases

le 25, mars 2006

The iPod Juggernaut
John Gruber looks at the seemingly unstoppable success that is the iPod

le 24, mars 2006

Five years of Mac OS X
On Mac OS X’s 5th birthday John Siracusa looks back at what has transpired.
How to print from Windows XP to an Airport Express printer
Now that I have XP running on my mac (which is very discombobulating, by the way) this came in handy

le 23, mars 2006

xScope 1.5 released
Now a universal binary with a handful of improvements
Behind the Scenes: Developing OS X and Longhorn
Notes from one of the more interesting panels at SXSW. It’s incredible that OS X had zero user testing before it was released.

le 21, mars 2006

Flicksilvr
Tag and upload photos to Flickr using Quicksilver (via)
MailTemplate 1.5.0 beta available
Hooray! Now a universal binary and other improvements.

le 20, mars 2006

WebDesktop 2.5
Now a Universal Binary, and still free
Setting up almost 3,000 iBooks in 3 days
Lookit all dem white boxes!
Force new BBEdit windows to a certain size / position
A fix for one of my big peeves with BBEdit

le 17, mars 2006

NetNewsWire 2.1 beta released w/ Intel, Newsgator support
I’ve been beta testing this for a while and it totally rocks

le 14, mars 2006

Linotype FontExplorer X released
Now 1.0 and Universal for Intel and PPC macs

le 6, mars 2006

Mac OS X Security Challenge
Rebutting another terribly lacking ZDNet article that claims “Mac OS X hacked in 30 minutes”
Kula introduces endo
Adriaan’s latest masterwork, a super content aggregator with built-in torrent support

le 1, mars 2006

PackRat
New (and still a bit rough) Cocoa application that syncs with Backpack for offline use

le 27, février 2006

Using Ruby on Rails for Web Development on Mac OS X
Nice overview, with a hat tip to Textmate, also.

le 25, février 2006

Office Tip: Move “Microsoft User Data” Folder
Man, why isn’t this documented?!

le 21, février 2006

New Intel iMac uses under 100 watts of power
Compare this to PCs that ship with 400 watt power supplies and it’s even more impressive
Apple Order Status widget
For those of us (ahem) who impatiently keep checking their order status

le 19, février 2006

Intel build of GeekTool
Adriaan kicks out a Universal Intel Binary of GeekTool, and nerds everywhere yell out, “Yo, Adriaan!”

le 16, février 2006

Will Apple Adopt Windows?
Dvorak often says incredibly stupid stuff, but this takes the cake

le 14, février 2006

Camino 1.0 released
What a milestone. Congratulations to Mike Pinkerton and the rest of the Camino group!
Working with Quartz Composer
Bookmarked for when I actually have time to fuss with this

le 13, février 2006

Top 30 mistakes made by new Mac users
Good reading for people new to OS X

le 11, février 2006

Tutorial:High quality at low bit rates
Bookmarked for later consumption

le 3, février 2006

deviantART: SaFire Milk theme for Firefox
This with the aqua form widgets makes Firefox look very worthy

le 21, janvier 2006

Macworld Expo 2006 in Review
John Gruber waxes on the most recent Apple dog and pony show

le 17, janvier 2006

Introducing the Web Inspector
Oh. My. Lord. This looks gorgeous AND incredibly useful.

le 12, janvier 2006

TuneCenter - turn your iPod Video into a media centre
Another killer idea from Griffin Technologies (via)

le 11, janvier 2006

.Mac homepage redesigned
Just a touch-up, but leagues better than when it had terrible typography
More details on the new Intel macs
Classic is dead, and the potential to run Windows applications right inside of OS X
Intel-based Macs target disk mode, startup keyboard commands retained
You can still use the trusty startup keys on the new Intel machines
XP Won’t Run on Intel MacBook, iMac
If this is true, all I can say is shit. I really wanted to avoid buying a dedicated windows machine…

le 10, janvier 2006

DTK Exchange Program
Nice. Developers who “rented” the Intel developer boxes last year get to exchange them for a new Intel iMac.
Flip4Mac now free
Play Windows media in the Quicktime player - now distributed by Microsoft

le 8, janvier 2006

Latest G5-optimized Firefox has aqua form widgets!
Check out the 20050107 build or later. Still a teensy bit flaky, but totally usable. Hooray!

le 5, janvier 2006

Behind the magic curtain
A tiny slice of the behind-the-scenes preparations for an Apple keynote

le 21, décembre 2005

Service Scrubber
Peter “Butler” Maurer strikes again with a Service menu editor. Woo!

le 8, décembre 2005

947 diggs at digg.com and counting
Spent just over a day on the front page, too. Woo-hoo!
My Firefox builds made it into MacUser UK
I wish they didn’t call me a software developer, but such is life. (Thanks for the tip, Jon!)

le 30, novembre 2005

Using /usr/local
Great intro on how the Unix (and Mac OS X) file system is laid out
Hands-on with Aperture
Now that I have a digital SLR this looks mighty interesting

le 23, novembre 2005

Mac OS X 10.4 Orientation
Haven’t looked at any yet, but these might be a good starting point for an OS X newbie

le 18, novembre 2005

Bring Back a Proper Textual Drag and Drop
Hallelujah! This fixes one of the most annoying issues I’ve had with Mac OS X.

le 12, novembre 2005

John Gruber reviews the new 15” Powerbook
I love my powerbook, and I’m waiting for the Intel machines before I upgrade again.

le 5, novembre 2005

Apple working on WYSIWYG Widget creation software?
Called “Dashcode” - with purported screenshots

le 1, novembre 2005

WebKit Fixes in Safari 2.0.2 / Mac OS X 10.4.3
It’s awesome that David Hyatt puts this information out there

le 31, octobre 2005

Mac OS X 10.4.3 released
build 8F46. Bug fixes out the wazoo, plus Safari now passes the Acid2 test!

le 15, octobre 2005

Rogue Amoeba’s Detour now free
But comes with no support. (via)

le 12, octobre 2005

WebKit Nightly Builds
Official nightlies builds (one with built-in SVG support) now available

le 5, octobre 2005

FinderPop is back!
For all of us old fart Mac users, this is awesome news

le 4, octobre 2005

NewsGator acquires NetNewsWire
Holy shit. Congratulations, Brent!

le 2, octobre 2005

Optimized Camino browser builds
Optmized builds for G3, G4, and G5 processors. Badabing!

le 30, septembre 2005

Introducing the Kinkless GTD System
So awesome. I feel more organized just looking at it.

le 29, septembre 2005

Linotype FontExplorer X Final Candidate 2 now out
The auto-updater in the application works really well. This is now the font management app to beat.

le 22, septembre 2005

Macworld Web browser roundup
Firefox gets the hat tip at 4 & 1/2 mice, though Safari is right behind.
Canadian iPod Levy Refund Program
bought an iPod between 13/12/2003 and 21/12/2004? Get yourself a refund, yo.
Ars Technica reviews 8 Mac newsreaders
a well-rounded and detailed overview of the major players

le 21, septembre 2005

15” PowerBook Battery Life Tests
excruciatingly detailed with tons of good information.

le 16, septembre 2005

Time Magazine on the iPod nano
Apple: The Next Generation roundtable
lots of interesting stuff in here, if you persevere (it’s very long)

le 12, septembre 2005

Iridium - Mac OS X 10.4 theme
extends the unified toolbar look throughout - very sweet

le 8, septembre 2005

The iTunes 5 Announcement From the Perspective of an Anthropomorphized Brushed Metal User Interface Theme
instant classic.
Walter Mossberg loves the iPod nano
I’m not surprised - it’s obviously a huge home run for Apple

le 7, septembre 2005

Apple - iPod nano
Dear Apple: Please stop making shiny objects that I really don’t need but must have. Thanks.

le 30, août 2005

Creative claims music player patent covers iPod, too
yet another bullshit example of “if you can’t out-innovate them, sue ‘em”. God bless America.

le 24, août 2005

MailTags 1.0 released
very handy Mail.app plugin allows you to add searchable metadata to emails

le 23, août 2005

Textpander - insert text snippets via abbreviations
how does Peter Maurer keep pumping out these incredible apps? And donationware, to boot?

le 18, août 2005

GUIdebook Interview with John Gruber
DEVONthink Professional 1.0 released
software this good is another reason Macs rule

le 16, août 2005

Teleport
awesome utility that allows you to share a mouse and keyboard between two or more Macs.

le 14, août 2005

Did Microsoft Invent The iPod?
yet another bullshit, histrionic headline by the technology press. quite sad, really

le 5, août 2005

Inside Mac OS X 10.4.2
the MacJournals gang deliver an exhaustive look at the 10.4.2 update

le 4, août 2005

David Pogue podcast on Dashboard

le 3, août 2005

20 Ways To Say No
no, non, nein, nyet, nej, nie, ochi
“Make Tag” applescript for BBEdit
really handy!

le 2, août 2005

Safari 1.3 and 2.0 support Multiple Backgrounds
woot!
MegaManEffect
this should be installed by default on all Macs
Hell hath frozen over - Apple introduces two-buttom mouse
it’s about bloody time.

le 1, août 2005

On Xerox, Apple and Progress
Macintosh interface designer talks about the history of the Mac UI

le 28, juillet 2005

FlySketch 1.5 is coming
I find myself using this more and more than Snapz Pro, so hooray!

le 25, juillet 2005

David Pajo’s latest album was recorded using Apple’s Garageband
anyone know other full albums done like this?
Microsoft nukes Apple headquarters
if you can’t beat ‘em, Photoshop ‘em
Yahoo buys Konfabulator, gives it away free
Update: Yahoo now has a Widgets page

le 24, juillet 2005

A File System Change Logger for “Tiger”
bookmarked for later nerding out
File List, by Peter Maurer
kick-ass batch file renamer from the creator of Butler and witch (and it’s free!)

le 22, juillet 2005

Answers.com Dashboard widget
good to see more site-specific widgets

le 21, juillet 2005

Interview with Wil Shipley from Delicious Monster

le 16, juillet 2005

Macworld: Review: Current 1.5
noteworthy because Macworld so rarely pans applications

le 15, juillet 2005

Backpack Widget
very handy - I might actually start using Backpack now

le 13, juillet 2005

Prevent .DS_Store file creation on network volumes
about bloody time (or you could use Path Finder =) )

le 4, juillet 2005

BBC Listen Live Widget
cool OS X 10.4 widgets that embed the BBC realmedia streams

le 16, juin 2005

Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford University
surprisingly personal and moving

le 11, juin 2005

Developer build of OS X for Intel (should) run on any PC
If this is true, I agree - this is a brilliant stealth marketing idea

le 7, juin 2005

Apple open sources WebKit
these are the frameworks that make Safari what it is. Very, very cool.

le 2, juin 2005

Quartz Composer samples
I just started playing with QC and it’s a work of beauty

le 28, mai 2005

Synergy: The Missing GUI
puts a UI on synergy, which allows you to use one keyboard and mouse with multiple macs.

le 27, mai 2005

Evaluating Desktop FireWire hard drives

le 22, mai 2005

Getting the most out of Spotlight
Lots of good detail here

le 20, mai 2005

Screen Spanning Doctor updated for 10.4
span that iBook, iMac, or eMac screen!

le 16, mai 2005

Some details on SuperDuper 2.0
this has become the mirroring / backup solution. Highly recommended.

le 15, mai 2005

New launchd verison of Anacron for Mac OS X 10.4

le 13, mai 2005

The Robservatory
Rob “MacOSXHints.com” Griffiths kicks it, blog-style
How to fix corrupted files under OS X
bookmarked for a rainy day

le 12, mai 2005

NetNewsWire 2.0 released
I’ve been beta testing this for months - it’s killer. The Monochromania style is mine, too

le 7, mai 2005

kottke has problems upgrading to Tiger
Rule #1 of smart computing: backup everything before upgrading
How to use Mac OS X 10.4’s new launchd
bookmarked for later

le 6, mai 2005

CNBC segment on Mac OS X 10.4
surprisingly hosted by Apple

le 5, mai 2005

Mail Fixer 1.0 allows you to theme Mail 2.0
it’s free, and comes with a “Sunken Aqua” theme
A Short History of DragThing
a worthy application for the 10-year designation

le 3, mai 2005

OSNews.com Mac OS X 10.4 review
Amnesty
run Dashboard widgets on your desktop

le 30, avril 2005

Pith Helmet coming for NetNewsWire
One thing Mike should note is that the feed creator chooses if their feeds have ads or not… but good to hear

le 29, avril 2005

Detach widgets from the Dashboard
I was wondering how long it would take before someone figured this out
HD Gallery
If you’re running Quicktime 7, you gotta see these. Incredible quality.
Apple offers free install of Tiger, training
this is a brilliant idea
Macintouch Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Review

le 28, avril 2005

Cage Fighter: remove the ugly aqua button effect from Tiger’s Mail
Unfortunately, the non-uglified buttons do not have an active state.
Ars Technica reviews Mac OS X 10.4
another release, another incredibly comprehensive John Siracusa review
Tiger Field Guide
probably posted a day early by accident, but oh well.
Walter Mossberg reviews OS X 10.4
and likes what he sees
Safari passes Acid2 test
unbelievable - the test just came out a month ago. Go, Hyatt!

le 24, avril 2005

ecto 2.3 to have swank new interface, support Technorati and Flickr tags
Adriaan pulls out the ass-kicking boots once again

le 23, avril 2005

CSSEdit 1.7 released
it’s great to see an update of my favourite CSS editor

le 18, avril 2005

Safari nearly passes the Acid2 test
only out for two weeks and David Hyatt has almost fixed Safari to pass it. So cool.

le 17, avril 2005

Notes on Safari 1.3 (ships with OS 10.3.9)
The layout engines for this and Tiger’s Safari are identical. This is awesome news.

le 15, avril 2005

Mac OS 10.3.9 is now available
Safari 1.3 and lots more.

le 14, avril 2005

Mac OS 10.4’s 200 new features
April 29th! April 29th!

le 27, mars 2005

Things MacOS X
awe-inspiring list of OS X-related information

le 23, mars 2005

DockArt - album art in the dock instead of the iTunes icon
great idea, and free

le 21, mars 2005

Pimp My Safari
A new Jon Hicks joint. Pimp that browser!

le 6, mars 2005

Big list of OS X menubar items

le 4, mars 2005

They Stopped Calling It Rendezvous
flirting via iTunes
Cedric Menard, creator of the iTunes application Sofa has died
dammit, this year is not starting off well

le 3, mars 2005

Jon Hicks asks: What’s in your menubar?
hooray for nerd toys!

le 27, février 2005

Jef Raskin, the father of the Macintosh, dies

le 23, février 2005

Great intermediate Quicksilver tutorial
lots of really great tips here

le 18, février 2005

NSTextField Shortcuts
Works in pretty much all Cocoa applications

le 15, février 2005

FlySketch
I can see this being very useful for creating documentation

le 7, février 2005

Secure wireless email on Mac OS X
great advice, and an excellent overview

le 4, février 2005

Danny Goodman updates his Applescript Handbook
the seminal book, now available in electronic form

le 2, février 2005

PanicGoods
Everyone’s favourite Mac software company sets up a t-shirt shop

le 26, janvier 2005

How to turn your Mac mini into a media center
be still, my anxious wallet!

le 25, janvier 2005

Photon is now free
creates Movable Type galleries from iPhoto albums. Very swank

le 24, janvier 2005

Macintouch reviews the Mac Mini
Review: Apple Pages (iWork ‘05)
it basically does for print what iMovie does for video. And it is cool.
The Mac Media Center Project - Turning Mac Mini into a Media Center
please please please? I want my Mac-based PVR!

le 20, janvier 2005

Mac Geekery - Create RSS feeds from system log files
hardcore nerdism, to be sure

le 18, janvier 2005

Apple now hiring for Apple Store in Toronto
hmmm…

le 16, janvier 2005

Engadget gets up close and personal with the iPod Shuffle
Highly entertaining report from Macworld 2005
by the inimitable Charles Jade

le 15, janvier 2005

Mouseposé
“Spotlights” the current mouse pointer position - great for demos

le 13, janvier 2005

Mac mini: What You Need to Know
an excellent overview of the tiny new machine
Inside a Mac mini
it’s incredible how small this really is
Apple’s Tipping Point: Macs for the Masses
very sweet Apple product matrix
Totally whacked iPod movie
very, very strange

le 11, janvier 2005

Bare Bones releases Textwrangler 2.0
and it’s now freeware! Wowsers.
Apple introduces the Mac mini
Apple does it again - beautiful!

le 9, janvier 2005

Red Stapler
A cool Safari bookmark editor by Mike “PithHelmet” Solomon

le 6, janvier 2005

Omniweb 5.1 released
Updated webcore and much more. Me likes muchly.
Spell Catcher 10.2 released
Absolutely essential stuff, folks!

le 5, janvier 2005

I Want a Pony: Snapshots of a Dream Productivity App
Merlin breaks it down real good

le 28, décembre 2004

(OS X) Software Update Tips and Voodoo
Gruber with some good advice on updating OS X.

le 27, décembre 2004

Install Linux on your iPod
nerdish as all hell, but still kind of interesting…

le 23, décembre 2004

The Graphing Calculator Story
behind every application is a story

le 13, décembre 2004

Brent Simmons talks about building MarsEdit
Marsedit being a rather nice OS X weblog posting software

le 11, novembre 2004

Panic “retires” Audion
The mighty juggernaut that is iTunes rolls on

le 8, novembre 2004

Books v. Delicious Library
a surprisingly well-balanced review of D.L. by one of its competitors

le 4, novembre 2004

Dan Clowes Switch ad
never aired, but funny nonetheless

le 28, octobre 2004

Apple Store coming to Toronto in 2005

le 1, octobre 2004

Macworld reviews the new iMac G5
methinks it’s time for an upgrade…
… and Macintouch reviews the iMac G5, too
methinks it’s time for an upgrade…

le 30, septembre 2004

Ars Technica reviews the Power Mac G5 Dual 2.5GHz

le 24, septembre 2004

Macworld: iMac G5 Benchmarks
I’m probably going to wait for version 2

le 22, septembre 2004

Mondo collection of Apple print ads

le 21, septembre 2004

NetNewsWire 2.0 betas are now available!
I’ve been testing this for months, and it’s amazing

le 14, septembre 2004

Gruber waxes poetic on BBEdit 8

le 4, septembre 2004

Installing the W3C HTML Validator on Mac OS X

le 30, août 2004

Apple.com throughout the ages
darn, he beat me to it (I was working on this very idea)
BBEdit 8 released
It still doesn’t suck (though the icon does)

le 5, août 2004

List of Safari add-ons and plugins: and Saft rules them all

le 2, août 2004

Indepth overview of the OS X colour picker
SolarSeek: new Cocoa-based Soulseek client
CalendarClock 1.0b2: new version of this awesome menu app

le 30, juillet 2004

Apple Keynote Design Contest
take that, Powerpoint transitions!

le 28, juillet 2004

The Apple Product Cycle: so very, very true…

le 27, juillet 2004

Safari Developer FAQ

le 23, juillet 2004

Apple Notebook Batteries: squeeze the most life out of ‘em

le 16, juillet 2004

12 Steps to Improving Your Mac’s Performance

le 1, juillet 2004

Tiger Gadgets: Try out Dashboard gadgets online

le 7, mai 2004

Font Fatigue: Pruning Excess Fonts in Mac OS X

le 29, avril 2004

Three vertical pane view for Mail.app
Type Ahead Find for Mail.app (10.3 only)

le 27, avril 2004

The Father of the iPod

le 27, mars 2004

Macworld: Panther Secrets Declassified

le 26, mars 2004

The official skinny on Mac OS X disk fragmentation: it’s a waste of time

le 23, mars 2004

Interview with Panic Software (makers of Transmit, Unison, etc.)

le 21, février 2004

Mac OS X security primer

le 27, janvier 2004

great write-up on why the iPod mini is still cool

le 15, janvier 2004

Tog Flogs Panther

le 6, janvier 2004

les timbres chinois - vraiment cool

le 9, septembre 2003

Macintouch review of the PowerMac G5 1.8

le 27, août 2003

Ars Technica: Macintosh Browser Smackdown

le 26, août 2003

Gumming up the Plumbing: John Gruber with another excellent OS rant

le 22, août 2003

Mac Myths and IT

le 14, août 2003

Why Apple is so tempting

le 20, juin 2003

Apple gets a taste for speed: a fairly even-handed overview of what’s to come

le 15, juin 2003

Maine’s laptop program a success

le 12, juin 2003

Aquaminds release NoteTaker 2003 1.5: Redefining the word “essential”

le 9, juin 2003

Beautiful Pinstripe theme is now in beta for Mozilla Firebird (Mac OS X only)

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