Yes, the iOS 4 update is out and my Apple Core colleague Jason O'Grady hit the basics in his recent post iOS 4 release imminent; here's how to prepare. However, here are a few more suggestions on how to make this major upgrade as pain-free as possible.
A recent support note for Mac OS X Server advises that for compatibility admins avoid spaces and long names in the network home directory name and path.
Andy Miller, formerly Quattro Wireless CEO and cofounder is now Apple's latest executive, the new vice president of mobile advertising. It was a seat that didn't exist last week.
A recent Apple Support Note says that "certain features" on the new Magic Mouse and the Apple Wireless keyboard are having trouble in Windows on Boot Camp. A fix was posted for downloading late last week.
Apple on Tuesday released its Magic Mouse, a new mouse that features gesture control. The $69 accessory uses BlueTooth wireless to connect to the host computer.
On the day we celebrate tricks, it's perhaps a good time to remember a major computer industry hoax: Rosebud Technology. At the April Macworld Expo in San Francisco (this is no joke), a group of Mac tricksters hoped to lure the press into covering an exciting and new networking technology for the Mac. Of course, some took the bait.
A market report on iPhone purchase demographics points to rapid growth by lower-income consumers and that customers are convergence minded and buying a single device for both communication and digital entertainment. It also shows something new about the place of Apple in the market, especially during tough economic times.
Many Mac users were upset with Apple's decision to remove several useful features from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, including Bluetooth cell phone dialing within Address Book and support for SMS text messages. However, Nova Media on Tuesday announced its inexpensive Phone Plugins utility that restores the functions.
One of the big concerns about the iPhone G3 before the announcement was how it might handle the power drain from the global positioning chip and the software that might use it. But Apple is taking a less is more battery life approach.
A report about a panel session on mobile user experience at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress shows that only Apple "gets it." And if the industry's experience with the iPod is anything to go by, this situation will only get worse for the competition.
