This week's New York Times editorial agrees with the US Copyright Office that "jailbreaking" an iPhone, or hacking it to make it run non-Apple-approved apps, is legal, and Apple is not allowed to charge a fine. The Copyright Office's ruling essentially says that you should be able to do whatever ...
Backup of your Backup?
Rebecca Kraemer wrote a really great post at Small Dog's Apple blog called Backup of your Backup, on why it's important to back up your backup. (This was part 1 of a 3-part backup article.) It's not a situation that occurs too often, but it can happen: Your computer hard drive and your backup drive ...
The “My Mac Won’t Start” Pocket Guide
CreativeTechs, a Mac support company in Seattle, has created a downloadable PDF that they call a "PocketMod" because it can be folded up into a pocket-size guide. The contents of the PDF are "My Mac Won't Start: A Tiny Troubleshooting Guide." I highly recommend having a copy of this guide on hand, ...
Top 10 Keyboard Shortcuts for the Mac
The less you need to grab for your mouse while at the Mac, the faster you can get stuff done. I use lots of key commands, also known as keyboard shortcuts, which replace the need for going to the dropdown menus using the mouse. Increase your productivity by learning these keyboard shortcuts. Note: ...
Apps that don’t exist, but should
David Pogue wrote a piece in last week's New York Times on some good ideas for iPhone and iPad apps that his readers have sent in. Sometimes it feels like all the good app ideas have been done before, but obviously that's not actually the case! In general the apps that resonated the most for me are ...
App Development for Everybody
In the June 2010 issue of Juiced.GS, I argue that Apple's mobile products could not be any more different in spirit than their original consumer computer, the Apple II, with regard to application development. The manual of every Apple II product, including the last Apple IIe sold in 1993, encouraged ...