iPhone Tip: The home button triple-click
Jason D. O'Grady: A quick primer on the new home button functionality courtesy of iPhone OS 3.0: A single click returns you to the last apps screen you launched an app from, but if you are in an apps screen already, it brings you back to the home screen. If you are already on the home screen, it takes [...]
Thu Jun 25 10:27:59 PDT 2009
iPhone Tip: The home button triple-click
Jason D. O'Grady: A quick primer on the new home button functionality courtesy of iPhone OS 3.0: A single click returns you to the last apps screen you launched an app from, but if you are in an apps screen already, it brings you back to the home screen. If you are already on the home screen, it takes [...]
Thu Jun 25 10:27:59 PDT 2009
How-to: Install boxee and XBMC on the Apple TV
Jason D. O'Grady: If you have an Apple TV and you’re tired of transcoding your media to H.264 you owe it to yourself to check out boxee and XBMC. They take the Apple TV to the next level allowing it to play video in AVI, DivX, XVID formats and even stream content from the Internet. Apple TV content [...]
Thu Jun 25 09:24:59 PDT 2009
How-to: Install boxee and XBMC on the Apple TV
Jason D. O'Grady: If you have an Apple TV and you’re tired of transcoding your media to H.264 you owe it to yourself to check out boxee and XBMC. They take the Apple TV to the next level allowing it to play video in AVI, DivX, XVID formats and even stream content from the Internet. Apple TV content [...]
Thu Jun 25 09:24:59 PDT 2009
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Thu Jun 25 09:24:59 PDT 2009
Apple's Remote app adds gesture controls for Apple TV
Jason D. O'Grady: Lurking under the hood of Apple’s freshly-updated Remote app for iPhone are the beginnings of a powerful media center remote control application. Say goodbye to Apple’s skinny, white Front Row remote because you can now using your iPhone (or iPod touch) to control your Apple TV instead. Apple quietly-revved its previously iTunes-only Remote application to version [...]
Wed Jun 24 22:44:55 PDT 2009
Apple's Remote app now controls Apple TV and AirTunes
Jason D. O'Grady: Lurking under the hood of Apple’s freshly-updated Remote app for iPhone are the beginnings of a powerful media center remote control application. Say goodbye to Apple’s skinny, white Front Row remote because you can now using your iPhone (or iPod touch) to control your Apple TV instead. Apple quietly-revved its previously iTunes-only Remote application to version [...]
Wed Jun 24 22:44:55 PDT 2009
Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account compromised; used to deliver malware
Jason D. O'Grady: ZDNet’s own Ryan Naraine reports in his Zero Day security blog that Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki’s Twitter account was hijacked yesterday and was used in an attempt to distribute malware to his almost 140,000 followers. The attack (screenshot above) included a link to what purported to be a ?sex tape video free download? linked to Gossip [...]
Wed Jun 24 22:07:21 PDT 2009
Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account compromised; used to deliver malware
Jason D. O'Grady: ZDNet’s own Ryan Naraine reports in his Zero Day security blog that Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki’s Twitter account was hijacked yesterday and was used in an attempt to distribute malware to his almost 140,000 followers. The attack (screenshot above) included a link to what purported to be a ?sex tape video free download? linked to Gossip [...]
Wed Jun 24 22:07:21 PDT 2009
How-to: Enable Emoji on your iPhone
Jason D. O'Grady: I have to admit to having second thoughts about blogging about this. No, it’s not some super-secret new piece of hardware that will get the attention of Apple legal, it’s a simple software hack that should have been in the iPhone OS from the beginning. It gave me pause because it’s such a fun little hack that [...]
Wed Jun 24 09:24:25 PDT 2009
How-to: Enable Emoji on your iPhone
Jason D. O'Grady: I have to admit to having second thoughts about blogging about this. No, it’s not some super-secret new piece of hardware that will get the attention of Apple legal, it’s a simple software hack that should have been in the iPhone OS from the beginning. It gave me pause because it’s such a fun little hack that [...]
Wed Jun 24 09:24:25 PDT 2009
Apple's secret society
Jason D. O'Grady: It’s well known that Apple is one of the most secretive companies in silicon valley, if not the world but at what point does that secrecy adversly affect products, or worse, become illegal? Like most technology companies Apple requires all employees (and contractors) to sign strict non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements that are part of a larger [...]
Tue Jun 23 23:24:07 PDT 2009
Apple's secret society
Jason D. O'Grady: It’s well known that Apple is one of the most secretive companies in silicon valley, if not the world but at what point does that secrecy adversly affect products, or worse, become illegal? Like most technology companies Apple requires all employees (and contractors) to sign strict non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements that are part of a larger [...]
Tue Jun 23 23:24:07 PDT 2009
Video: iPhone 3GS Internet tethering benchmark
Jason D. O'Grady: If you’re willing to throw caution to the wind you can install a simple hack to enable Internet Tethering on an iPhone running Apple’s new 3.0 software. A reader from the Los Angeles area submits this video of iPhone tethering to a MacBook Pro being benchmarked using online speed test Speakeasy.net. (Spoiler 2444 kbps down, [...]
Tue Jun 23 21:39:49 PDT 2009
Video: iPhone 3GS Internet tethering benchmark
Jason D. O'Grady: If you’re willing to throw caution to the wind you can install a simple hack to enable Internet Tethering on an iPhone running Apple’s new 3.0 software. A reader from the Los Angeles area submits this video of iPhone tethering to a MacBook Pro being benchmarked using online speed test Speakeasy.net. (Spoiler 2444 kbps down, [...]
Tue Jun 23 21:39:49 PDT 2009
Mac HFS+ read-write support for Windows
David Morgenstern: Storage utility software vendor Paragon Software Group on Tuesday said it had tweeked its Universal File System Driver technology to support Mac volumes on Windows systems. The driver is in beta release.
Tue Jun 23 11:12:54 PDT 2009
Mac HFS+ read-write support for Windows
David Morgenstern: Storage utility software vendor Paragon Software Group on Tuesday said it had tweeked its Universal File System Driver technology to support Mac volumes on Windows systems. The driver is in beta release.
Tue Jun 23 11:12:54 PDT 2009
How-to: Restore Visual Voicemail after iPhone tethering hack
Jason D. O'Grady: If you took it upon yourself to install the iPhone 3.0 tethering hack you may have noticed that you have a lot less voicemail than normal — as in zero. If so, it isn’t because people are just leaving you alone — they aren’t. What happened is that installing that .ipcc (carrier settings) file that enabled [...]
Mon Jun 22 22:54:02 PDT 2009
How-to: Restore Visual Voicemail after iPhone tethering hack
Jason D. O'Grady: If you took it upon yourself to install the iPhone 3.0 tethering hack you may have noticed that you have a lot less voicemail than normal — as in zero. If so, it isn’t because people are just leaving you alone — they aren’t. What happened is that installing that .ipcc (carrier settings) file that enabled [...]
Mon Jun 22 22:54:02 PDT 2009
First voice-guided GPS apps arrive for iPhone
Jason D. O'Grady: The first voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation apps are starting to appear in the App Store. Networks in Motion, Inc.’s Gokivo + Yahoo! Local Search (pictured) is one of the first to have been approved for sale in the App Store. Gokivo sells for $.99 but requires an in-app purchase of $9.99 per month to get voice-guided navigation. [...]
Mon Jun 22 00:25:10 PDT 2009
First voice-guided GPS apps arrive for iPhone
Jason D. O'Grady: The first voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation apps are starting to appear in the App Store. Networks in Motion, Inc.’s Gokivo + Yahoo! Local Search (pictured) is one of the first to have been approved for sale in the App Store. Gokivo sells for $.99 but requires an in-app purchase of $9.99 per month to get voice-guided navigation. [...]
Mon Jun 22 00:25:10 PDT 2009
Upgrading early and other benefits of AT&T's Family Talk plan
Jason D. O'Grady: In the world of carrier-subsidized mobile phones you need to be a high-rollin’ AT&T customer (or a new iPhone buyer) to be eligible to upgrade from the iPhone 3G to 3GS for $199 (16GB) or $299 (32GB) that Apple and AT&T advertise. Although AT&T relaxed its eligibility standards slightly to include a few more iPhone 3G [...]
Sun Jun 21 22:54:53 PDT 2009
iPhone 3GS dissected
Jason D. O'Grady: iFixIt’s Kyle Wiens flew to London to get the iPhone 3GS several hours before the US release. He was one of the first people at the Regent Street Apple Store to get the device. After which he proceeded to take it apart. Wiens enlisted the help of MacWorld UK and some locals for one of his [...]
Sun Jun 21 21:29:18 PDT 2009
iPhone 3GS dissected
Jason D. O'Grady: iFixIt’s Kyle Wiens flew to London to get the iPhone 3GS several hours before the US release. He was one of the first people at the Regent Street Apple Store to get the device. After which he proceeded to take it apart. Wiens enlisted the help of MacWorld UK and some locals for one of his [...]
Sun Jun 21 21:29:18 PDT 2009
Upgrading early and other benefits of AT&T's Family Talk plan
Jason D. O'Grady: In the world of carrier-subsidized mobile phones you need to be a high-rollin’ AT&T customer (or a new iPhone buyer) to be eligible to upgrade from the iPhone 3G to 3GS for $199 (16GB) or $299 (32GB) that Apple and AT&T advertise. Although AT&T relaxed its eligibility standards slightly to include a few more iPhone 3G [...]
Sat Jun 20 16:54:53 PDT 2009
Jailbreak out for iPhone OS 3.0; but not for 3GS
Jason D. O'Grady: That didn’t take long. Pwnage Tool 3.0 (torrent) has been released and allows you to jailbreak iPhones running OS 3.0. There are some caveats, however. The first is that it won’t work on the new iPhone 3GS — which is a bummer for everyone that just purchased Apple’s new handset. No word on when/if it will be [...]
Sat Jun 20 14:06:22 PDT 2009
Jailbreak out for iPhone OS 3.0; but not for 3GS
Jason D. O'Grady: That didn’t take long. Pwnage Tool 3.0 (torrent) has been released and allows you to jailbreak iPhones running OS 3.0. There are some caveats, however. The first is that it won’t work on the new iPhone 3GS — which is a bummer for everyone that just purchased Apple’s new handset. No word on when/if it will be [...]
Sat Jun 20 14:06:22 PDT 2009
How-to: Sync subscribed calendars OTA in iPhone 3.0
Jason D. O'Grady: One of the largest omissions in the iPhone software to date has been its inability to sync subscribed calendars Over-The-Air (OTA). This has been especially annoying for iPhone owners that subscribe to other people’s calendars, especially families and coworkers that share calendars in iCal. There are two ways to sync calendars to the iPhone. The first [...]
Sat Jun 20 11:25:49 PDT 2009
How-to: Sync subscribed calendars OTA in iPhone 3.0
Jason D. O'Grady: One of the largest omissions in the iPhone software to date has been its inability to sync subscribed calendars Over-The-Air (OTA). This has been especially annoying for iPhone owners that subscribe to other people’s calendars, especially families and coworkers that share calendars in iCal. There are two ways to sync calendars to the iPhone. The first [...]
Sat Jun 20 11:25:49 PDT 2009
Steve Jobs' liver transplant
Jason D. O'Grady: The Wall Street Journal is reporting in its Saturday editions that Apple CEO Steve Jobs received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. Jobs has been on medical leave from Apple since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition believed to be related to his pancreatic cancer. The 54-year-old Jobs disclosed in August 2004 [...]
Sat Jun 20 09:31:08 PDT 2009
Steve Jobs' liver transplant
Jason D. O'Grady: The Wall Street Journal is reporting in its Saturday editions that Apple CEO Steve Jobs received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. Jobs has been on medical leave from Apple since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition believed to be related to his pancreatic cancer. The 54-year-old Jobs disclosed in August 2004 [...]
Sat Jun 20 09:31:08 PDT 2009
iPhone 3GS launch in Atlantic City
Jason D. O'Grady: ATLANTIC CITY — There were about 20 people waiting in line when I arrived for the iPhone 3GS launch at the Apple Store at The Pier in Atlantic City at 8:00 a.m. Although the outgoing message on the The Pier’s voicemail said that the store would open at 8:00 a.m., they opened an hour early [...]
Fri Jun 19 07:34:50 PDT 2009
iPhone 3GS launch in Atlantic City
Jason D. O'Grady: ATLANTIC CITY — There were about 20 people waiting in line when I arrived for the iPhone 3GS launch at the Apple Store at The Pier in Atlantic City at 8:00 a.m. Although the outgoing message on the The Pier’s voicemail said that the store would open at 8:00 a.m., they opened an hour early and [...]
Fri Jun 19 07:34:50 PDT 2009
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Thu Jun 18 09:10:42 PDT 2009
96+ new features in iPhone 3.0
Jason D. O'Grady: MacRumors forum user bndoarn has organized a massive list of hidden 3.0 features. The list is over 96 individual features so far. Highlights include: There is no limit to the number of apps that can be installed (beside storage space). Once you reach the home screen limit, Apps installed after that are installed without an icon [...]
Thu Jun 18 09:10:42 PDT 2009
Joshua Topolosky on Fallon with iPhone 3GS
Jason D. O'Grady: Engadget Editor-in-chief Joshua Topolsky made an appearance on last night’s episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to demo the iPhone 3GS. It includes a good, albeit short, demo of its video editing capabilities, but it’s more about the humor than anything else. If you want any real training in the run-up to tomorrow’s iDay [...]
Thu Jun 18 09:04:42 PDT 2009
Signs of iPhone growing pains at Apple's WWDC?
David Morgenstern: Programmers are finally unpacking their gear after last week's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco and blogging about the experience. Some noticed rough edges in the community. Or even sharp edges.
Wed Jun 17 22:27:54 PDT 2009
How-to: Enable tethering under iPhone 3.0 right now
Jason D. O'Grady: 9to5Mac has posted a killer tip on how to enable tethering right now on your iPhone running the brand-spanking-new 3.0 software. It only takes about 60 seconds. Simply download and mount a carrier settings file for AT&T* (from Gizmodo), then option-click on Restore in iTunes and restore your iPhone from the mounted disk image. You’ll see [...]
Wed Jun 17 22:03:03 PDT 2009
AT&T revises iPhone upgrade eligibility policy
Jason D. O'Grady: In an open letter (and accompanying YouTube video, natch) posted today, AT&T revised its policy on upgrade eligibility for the new iPhone 3GS for a small number of iPhone 3G customers. I previously blogged about the lack or rhyme or reason to AT&T’s seemingly random iPhone 3GS upgrade eligibility policy. Before today most iPhone 3G owners [...]
Wed Jun 17 19:25:55 PDT 2009
Some pre-ordered iPhone 3GS' delayed
Jason D. O'Grady: I received an email from an irate reader who placed a pre-order for a new iPhone 3GS on launch day who’s delivery date has been pushed back from Friday to Tuesday, 23 June 2009. delivers by the 23rd?? I was told I?d have it by Friday, and it shipped today from Shenzhen China!? Customers who purchased the [...]
Wed Jun 17 08:03:49 PDT 2009
iPhone OS 3.0 update due at 1pm ET
Jason D. O'Grady: If you’ve been tethered to your Mac since midnight, obsessively pressing the “Check for Update” button in iTunes, you can give it a rest. At least for a few hours. Engadget has deduced that today’s iPhone 3.0 update won’t get pushed out until around 1pm ET. Its rationale? Reports that carrier 3 in Hong Kong sent a [...]
Wed Jun 17 06:57:38 PDT 2009
A fix for Mail unexpectedly quitting in 10.5.7
Jason D. O'Grady: Just before my recent travels Mail began crashing on me in 10.5.7. When I launched the application it would quit immediately. While webmail is tolerable, it becomes annoying when you have more than one account to check. There’s simply no substitute for a good, reliable Mail client. It’s amazing how dependent I’ve become on Mail.app. I [...]
Tue Jun 16 18:18:38 PDT 2009
Camping with your Mac
Jason D. O'Grady: After having just returned from the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee I wanted to share a few tips about what to bring if you plan to bring your Mac (and iPhone for that matter) on a camping trip. Moisture is the enemy of all electronics. When in the great outdoors it’s essential to keep your [...]
Tue Jun 16 12:35:46 PDT 2009
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