Within a few minutes I received three messages of attempts to access my Apple ID and Facebook accounts.
[box type=”shadow”] The first notification was from Apple. Someone had tried to log into my Apple ID enough times that the account had been locked out.…
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I’ve been using my iPhone 6 Plus for a month now. I thought it was time to gather my thoughts about my experience with the new, larger phone. Prior to getting the new phone I was carrying an iPhone 5s and an iPad Mini (2nd Generation with Wifi).…
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WWDC 2014 starts in about a week. I’m sure that by this time next week there will be a line around Moscone West waiting to get in to hear what new offerings Apple has for their community. I was lucky enough to have been in that line over a dozen times going back to the late 90’s when the event was held in San Jose.…
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I’m very irked by the recent update to AppleTV. There are three new “apps” on my TV for History Channel, A&E, and LifeTime. The trick is that they are hobbled unless my cable company is DirecTV, Optimum, or Verizon FiOS. Since I do not subscribe to any of those, I’m locked out of the main content.…
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I’m parting with my Apple World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) backpacks from 2000 and 2001
2000: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181296008348
2001: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181296033436
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I’m actually really happy with my
AppleTV. I have one in each room. They work with a shared
iTunes library to deliver movies, TV shows and occasionally music around my house. I like the addition of new channels even though some are still tied to old school cable service if you want to actually use them.…
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When I first bought the original iPad I also got the black polyurethane case that Apple offered with it. At the time, it made sense since there were no other cases on the market. I affectionately called that case the “wet suit” because of its slick design and the fact that it was impossible to get on or remove.…
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Thanks to the latest update to the Apple TV 2 software I can not watch any TV show that I have ever purchased from iTunes via streaming. Previously I had to keep a copy of anything I’d ever bought in case I ever wanted to watch it again.…
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I downloaded a great program call Blotter 1.2 (Mac App Store $9.99) that puts your calendar on your desktop. I really like this app. I have it set to start up automatically when I log in. I don’t really care to see it on my dock.…
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The current rumor is that we will have an announcement about the iPad 2 on February 9th. This is roughly one year from the original announcement so this make sense. I would assume they would announce at that time a release date in March.…
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The Apple Computer centric web site
MacNews has a new posting about software for birding and bird watching.
http://www.macnews.com/2010/11/12/category-review-birdingbirdwatching-software-mac-os-x
In addition to these titles there are a number of apps in the iTunes App Store for your iPhone. Some are silly and others are addictive games (Angry Birds).…
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If you haven’t heard already the latest Macs being sold by Apple no longer are shipping with Java pre installed. This is a good thing and a bad thing. There’s also a lot of irony in this move when you think about the history of Java on the Mac.…
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The recently announced app store for Mac is the biggest news for the Mac OS X platform in the last couple of years. It is going to revolutionize the software buying experience and be come the standard way that people get and update software for their computer.…
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