Apple

  I am an avid listener of books.  I listen to more than I read.  I spend 35min. a day listening to Audiobooks.  It frustrates me that Apple has deals in place for music & music videos, now iTunes Radio too, television shows, movies, textbooks, and even ebooks, but not audiobooks.  Wouldn’t they be the same people […] Read more

Well there are rumors out there that Apple is working on a new version of iTunes that is a major overhaul of the system.  They hope to make it more Could integrated.  What do you want to see from iTunes?  Here are two articles to read over.  The first is from Macstories and the other […] Read more

This morning I started listening to the last podcast episode of Help I Got A Mac.  Cliff Ravenscraft and Chris Beiting were discussing the iPad and the eventual merging of Apple’s iOS (mobile operating system) and OS X (computer operating system). This got me thinking.  For years I had a first generation Mac Mini as […] Read more

I just read the information over at Apple’s website.  I must say they are keeping ahead of the game.  Mountain Lion (set to be released during the summer)  will bring so many of the features I love about my iOS devices (my iPad 2 and iPhone 4) to the Mac. I love iMessages ability to […] Read more

Today Apple released several products aimed at education.  They released the updated version of iBooks that allows for using multi-gesture, highlighting, and note taking with-in an iBook.  The release also supports multi-media book formats so that photos, videos, animations, interactive questions and flashcards can be used.  Apple has partnered up with several of the major […] Read more

I learned a lot of good things over in this article Installation Guide & Q&A.  One of which is how to make a bootable USB drive with Lion on it.  So I did that after downloading Lion from the App Store and before installing.  I then installed, it re-booted and I got a Kernel Panic.  […] Read more

  We have lost the middle ground.  In this changing world of web services the middle ground has been lost.  I’m speaking of the loss of iWeb hosting with the conversion of MobileMe to iCloud.  Apple set out to make a suite of software products that would provide users with tools powerful enough and affordable […] Read more

I have enjoyed Apple’s products and software and have been a fan for several years.  When my 1st generation Mac Mini started to falter, I made a decision.  Instead of replacing it with another computer, I would buy an iPad instead.  I had seen and played with the iPad at the school I work at […] Read more