February 28, 2008 at 4:12 am · Filed under Predictions, Software, Hardware
Although 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, UncategorizedShare This
February 21, 2008 at 11:33 pm · Filed under Tips, Support
If 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.
Changing the default application for all files of a certain type:
- Control-Click any file of the type that you wish to set the default application for
- Select the “Get Info” option
- If it is closed, expand the “Open with:” section
- Select the application you wish to open all files of this type
- Click the “Change All…” button
That’s it. Now all files of the type you modified will open with the application you selected.
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February 1, 2008 at 3:43 pm · Filed under Hardware
I mentioned iFixIt.com in a previous post when I needed to disassemble my MacBook Pro to install a new hard drive. Their guides are top rate if you have to take an Apple product apart. While I’m sure they’ll be posting individual guides for repairing and replacing components on the MacBook Air in the future, they have gone ahead and taken a MacBook Air apart.
Wondering how Apple got all that technology into such a small package? Checkout the teardown photos on the iFixIt.com site.
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