May 12, 2008
We previously took a look at Dockulicious, a great Dock customizer for Leopard. Now, we’re taking a look at another similar solution for Leopard: Dock Library. Dock Library takes the customizing options a step further by having an intuitive graphical interface and design browser, which allows you to easily and carefully select a matching Dock design from your collection to decorate your desktop. The Dock designs can, as always, be downloaded from sites such as either LeopardDocks.com, LeopardDocks.net, or even Dockulicious.com.
Additional reading:
-Dock Library
-LeopardDocks.com
-LeopardDocks.net
-Dockulicious
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May 9, 2008
If you’ve been meaning to get into Mac development, or at least see what it’s all about, there’s an excellent resource available for free: an eBook that’s appropriately called “Become an Xcoder” by Bert Altenburg, Alex Clarke and Philippe Mougin. Even if you’ve never programmed before, the book gives you the basics which will allow you to get started with Xcode, and Objective-C. Even better, it was recently updated to include whatever changes Leopard may have introduced.
Even though the download is free, if you’re satisfied with the eBook, you might want to consider donating to the authors via their website.
Additional reading:
-Become an Xcoder
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May 5, 2008
With rumors once more flying around regarding the second generation of iPhones, one has to wonder what improvements will Apple soon unleash on the hardware. While some improvements may be obvious to imagine — such as integrated GPS and access to 3G networks — others are unknown whether Apple will consider them. Here is a list of the five most common features on the iPhone wish-list (besides GPS and 3G).
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April 28, 2008
While there may have been no major changes to the iMac, there has been an added speed bonus to all models, and the prices remain the same. The most notable is the high-end version of the 24-inch, which now has an Intel Core 2 Duo processor of 3.06GHz (the first consumer-level Mac that breaks the 3GHz barrier), and a 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS video chip — all for $2199.
The new iMacs are now available in the online Apple Store, and if they’re not already in the retail stores, they’ll be soon.
Additional reading:
-The new iMac
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April 23, 2008
NameNetwork shut down — if you know what it is. Yes, it turns out that many who have given money to Mark Howson’s so-called company are out of luck. For those not following the event, which has picked up momentum in the past few months, Mark Howson has failed to deliver goods (once again) which his customers had paid for in advance. The latest thing he had pushed was 20MacApps, which had promised a new app every fortnight since February 1st.
I wish I could have seen this coming, but Mark Howson’s shady dealings were new to me when disappointed customers really started propagating the news. I did not even start to suspect of what was really going on after TheMacPak’s Christmas bundle fiasco last year. I thought that all previous complaints to that one were just isolated problems — but they weren’t. I only bought a couple of MacPak items and the 20MacApps bundle, but had somewhat of a luck to only be cheated out of the last one. Others weren’t as lucky.
I was even offered some jobs as a blogger by Mark Howson. Not knowing better at the moment, I accepted them. But now I realize how lucky I was back then to have those blogging projects canned before they were completed.
Now that everything has finally come out into the open, it’s safe to assume that Mark Howson is anything but business person, to say the least. In the end, he took money from loyal customers and still has to give anything in return. Whether the fact that money he got away with was planned intentionally or not, the actions committed always tell us more about the person than anything else.
Mark Howson has publicly mentioned that he will not do business again in the Mac community for at least five years. That’s what bothers me — he plans to continue even though he’s made himself an enemy of the Mac community?
Still, 20MacApps didn’t burn everything to the ground. Take a look at the developer of Paperclip, Grayson Hansard, who is still giving the people who bought the bundle a license to his app. And Paperclip is a great app! In the end, Grayson is keeping his promise, but is getting nothing in return. That’s perfect customer support, if you ask me.
People lost money on 20MacApps, if not before. I lost money, too. I wish to extend my sincere apologies for those who got involved with Mark Howson because of something that was written in this website. I made the mistake of being part of the blogs that gave him the much-needed publicity he needed to get his locomotive going — he just never bothered to set the tracks for it.
Additional reading:
-Mark’s final words
-MacHeist forum thread against Mark Howson
-Second MacHeist forum thread against Mark Howson
-Grayson’s first blog entry on 20MacApps
-Grayson’s second entry on 20MacApps
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