So is AirPlay a better setup than Sonos, which also has self-powered, stand-alone speakers available? It depends. AirPlay is super-simple and you can send audio from practically any web site or app, using its full capabilities. Sonos is controlled through the elegant Sonos app on a device or ...
Hooray for AirPlay — and for AirPlay Receivers
Since 2004, you could connect an AirPort Express (not Extreme) to an amplifier or self-powered speakers, and play music wirelessly using iTunes (and from any application or web site if you install Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil software). Apple called this AirTunes. Then the Apple TV came along and Apple ...
iTunes Authorizations and Associations
Apple ostensibly likes to keep things simple, which often means a lack of comprehensive explanation. One subject they haven't taken the time to lay out clearly is what iTunes purchases are allowed on what devices. Here's how it works: A desktop computer (Mac or PC) running iTunes must be ...
Create or Update a Lion or Mountain Lion Recovery Partition
Hooray! brunerd has written an easy to use utility that will create a Lion or Mountain Lion Recovery partition if you don't have one (for example, if you performed a full-system Time Machine restore to a brand new drive). It will also update the Recovery partition to the current version of OS X, ...
Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter is must-have accessory for MacBook Air and Retina owners
At $29, Apple's new Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter is an essential accessory for the MacBook Pro with Retina Display, and MacBook Air models with a Thunderbolt port, even if you don't regularly use FireWire devices. Why? Because it allows you to easily get to the files on your drive, using target ...
Sandbox, or cage?
One of the requirements of all apps in the Mac App Store is that they "play in their own sandbox," meaning that, like iPhone/iPad apps, they can't interact with other applications or the larger operating system outside themselves. While this might be fine for many games and productivity ...