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Tags:Hardware, PollIs 3G enough to get you to make the move from your current handset to an iPhone? Would you upgrade to a 3G iPhone from the existing Edge handset you already shelled out a few hundred dollars for?
If you’re pondering one of those questions, here’s a test on YouTube which gives an approximation of the experience one could expect on a 3G iPhone. The 3G isn’t an iPhone that snuck out of Cupertino. It’s an Edge-based iPhone which is using a shared HDSPA modem Internet connection by way of WiFi.
Tags:3G, AT&T, Edge, Hardware, iPhoneA few tips you can try to get a handle on SPAM for your .Mac email account for users of Mail.app (Apple’s default email application).
Mail provides some basic SPAM protection. If it’s off it’s of no use to you, so be sure that it’s enabled.
With junk mail filtering enabled, there is one more thing you need to do: train Mail. Mail constantly learns from what you flag as SPAM to try to do a better job in the future. Be sure that you flag junk mail as such as opposed to just deleting it.
The junk mail filtering for Mail on OS X is a nice feature, but it does seem that it takes it awhile to learn a new strain of SPAM when it encounters it. I’ve considered getting more SPAM protection for Mail.app, but just haven’t bitten the bullet yet.
The program which holds the most appeal to me is called SpamSieve by C-Command Software. If there is an opportunity to evaluate SpamSieve prior to purchase I’ll give it a test drive and report back on how effective it is.
I’m not sure if it will assist in your short-term battle with SPAM, but being a part of the solution is always a good thing (right?). When you do get SPAM, submit it to a SPAM reporting service such as SpamCop–be sure you go to spamcop.NET not .COM.
Tags:Email, Junk Mail, Mac for PC Users, Mail.app, Software, SPAM, Support, TipsArtist and mad Mac modder Hideo Takano has given the diminutive Mac mini the Mac Pro treatment.
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In theory, Apple TV sounds like a good idea. Unfortunately, as a stand-alone product in my living room, it’s not going to cut it.
I have no problem with Apple’s model of purchasing and renting videos. In fact, I am a fan of it. Insofar as television goes, Apple needs a reality check. We currently live in a DVR world. We record what is streaming into our homes and consume it at our convenience. Once getting a hold of a DVR recording of what is coming into your home is free (assuming you have avoided having to pay a monthly access fee). Not so with Apple TV.
With Apple TV, to have access to a show which aired yesterday, or two weeks ago, you have to pay for it. Two bucks. For me, that is not a viable solution. On the TiVo in our home we have no less than seventeen season passes currently set up. We constantly delete programming we’ve watched and always have a fresh stable of scores of shows to watch. I can’t imagine what we’d have paid Apple if Apple TV was our solution for all this.
But, it seems as though Apple may wake up to the DVR revolution and their lack of living room presence.
A recent patent filing that Apple Insider posted about this morning calls attention to a version of Apple TV capable of browsing and recording live television programming in addition to serving iTunes content.
Personally, I couldn’t be happier to see this patent filing, and hope that Apple follows through. My gut tells me that they’ve been slow to move on it due to the complex nature of negotiating with the music, television and movie industries to-date. Hopefully there’s a plan to put the DVR in the little lackluster box and bring it to the living room in force.
TiVo is getting worse by the day. I’d love to see Apple to pick up the slack.
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I just installed the retail version of Office 2008 for Mac and ran in to a problem. After running the installer, I started experiencing font issues. Safari specifically was having issues. I’m not the only one who has experienced this; it’s an issue that reared its head during the Beta testing but apparently didn’t get taken care of completely before Office shipped.
It’s simple: When the Installer recommends that you close ALL applications, take the installer’s advice. If you do so, you should be in the clear.
If you didn’t heed the installer warning and you’re reading this post, you likely have some interesting font issues. The problem stems from the installation of fonts which took place as a part of the Office 2008 installation. Here’s how to bring things back to normal:
Here’s a screen that you weren’t supposed to see on your iPhone. It’s the iPhone’s Field Test Mode which provides the following menu items to be used in test mode:
That’s it-your phone will present you with the Field Test screen. This was originally posted on the Cellular PCS web site (Apple iPhone Field Test Mode). To be honest, I really have no use for this kind of information… Interesting though.
Tags:Hardware, How To, iPhone, Tips, Undocumented FeatureAt this morning’s iPhone SDK announcement, Apple put the end to the question of the iPhone’s viability in the enterprise by announcing Exchange support by way of Microsoft’s ActiveSync technology.
ActiveSync will synchronize contacts and meetings with the iPhone’s native address book and calendar, leading to the inevitable question: when is OS X’s Mail and iCal going to get Exchange support?
The improved iPhone Exchange support will be made available at the time of the next iPhone Software Update.
Tags:iCal, iPhone, iPhone ActiveSync, iPhone SDK, Mac for PC Users, Mail.app, Microsoft, Microsoft Exchange, SoftwareAlthough slated for a February release, the iPhone SDK will be released next Wednesday (March 6th). Of interest: specific mention of “exciting new enterprise features” in the invitation sent to reporters.
This has to be an iPhone/ActiveSync/Exchange announcement. If it’s not, there’s going to be some disappointed current and potential iPhone enterprise customers out there.
If Wednesday’s iPhone SDK enterprise features do include Exchange synchronization, I’d look for enterprise Exchange support in an OS X mail client to follow as I previously predicted.
Tags:Hardware, iPhone ActiveSync, iPhone Development, iPhone SDK, Mail.app, Microsoft Exchange, Predictions, Software, UncategorizedIf you’ve come to the Mac from Windows you’ve probably decided that setting the default program for specific types of files is something on the Mac that doesn’t “just work.”
Instinctively, the first thing most people try is to Control-Click the file, select the “Open With…” option and then click the “Other…” option. You’re presented with what looks like the solution:
One would think selecting the program and then clicking the “Always Open With” checkbox would do the job. But, it doesn’t. OS X is just referring to THIS file—not all files of this type. It’s not completely clear, and pretty frustrating.
That’s it. Now all files of the type you modified will open with the application you selected.
Tags:Default Application, File Associations, Support, Tips
