In a universe of numerous Safari plug - ins , Saft (; $ 12 ) is perhaps the most feature - dilute and indispensable of the crew . However , despite being name in severalMacworldarticles ( for illustration , Browse Better and The Secrets of Safari ) , Saft has n’t ever received the Mac Gems treatment … until now . Before I protrude talk about what Saft does , however , I want to talk in brief about how it works ....
Smartphone or consumer contrivance ? Serious business tool or high - tech toy ? Ever since Steve Jobs first pull an iPhone out of his pocket in January , the public debate has raged over just who makes up the target audience for this nomadic phone . Back in January , some nomadic machine analysts tell Computerworld that the iPhone was n’t so much a smartphone as it was “ a super - smart iPod with earphone functionality ....
When Apple launch theiPhoneon Friday , it is set to get a parachuting on its contender and spark a flurry of raw earphone designs , regardless of how well the twist actually sells . By introducing a combined smartphone , mobile e - mail platform and MP3 music player with a touch - screen interface , Apple has post other hardware vendors running back to their drawing plank . And the company has enjoy positive press coverage since CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPhone in January , analysts read ....
I know most of you are just aching for moreiPhone commentary , but let me offer a slender deflexion into the earthly concern of other Mac hardware . Now that the Worldwide Developers Conference has passed with no Modern hardware proclamation , and many people are pin for new Macs , it ’s time to start speculating . Or at least wishing . You see , I ’ve been wish for several years now that Apple would sate the gaping hole in its desktop product card between the low - oddment , non - expandable Mac miniskirt and the high - end , tops - expandible Mac Pro ( antecedently encounter by the Power Mac G5 ) ....
Today ’s Gem is a simple one , but a Cartesian product that satisfies a complaint - slice - request I ’ve heard from a surprising number of readers . That opinion can be resume as , “ I wish Safari a lot , but its source view does n’t furnish syntax tinge like [ Firefox / Camino / etc . ] . ” In other words , when you watch the generator of a Web page in Safari ( using vista : View Source ) , you get a page of plain text that ’s difficult to read ....
In the run - up to the iPhone , a lot has been made about some of the gimmick ’s sparklier attributes that distinguish it from other nomadic earpiece — big ol’ tactile sensation - screen , practical keyboard , swoopy interface , Cover Flow pilotage of mass medium , and on and on . I ’d like to address a more mundane but potentially more important vantage : I may not feel compelled to buy another one until long after my service agreement runs out ....
Parallels 3 is here — the first interpretation of this pop virtualization software for Intel - based Macs that ’s suited to gambling . That ’s because Parallels 3 incorporates computer hardware - base 3 - D graphics speedup . It offer Mac gamers with a degree of service program they did n’t have before . Even with these improvements , though , gamers face for maximum performance and compatibility are still well served byBoot Camp , Apple’sWindows - on - mackintosh offering ....
The iPhone may be three machine in one , as Steve Jobs famously hold when unveil the mobile phone at this January ’s Macworld Expo . But even with the ability to make phone call , play music , and surf the Internet , the iPhone still wo n’t be able to doeverythingwhen it arrive on June 29 . But take heart — whatever missing capabilities and feature there are figure to be addressed by accouterment makers , who are doubtlessly chomping at the snatch to start churn out iPhone paraphernalia ....
One utile bone X characteristic is the power to make disc effigy . A disk range of a function is a exclusive file that , when twofold - cluck , appears like a typical backbreaking driving to the operating system . ( Most software you download comes on a disk image . ) Disk prototype a great way to store related files that you do n’t call for to habituate often , as they can be “ out of sight ” until you need them ....
Gartner , IDC and 451 Group inquiry analyst this week warned IT administrator tokeep iPhones away from their business . “ We ’re telling IT executives to not support it because Apple has no intention of support [ iPhone use in ] the endeavour , ” Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney said . “ This is essentially a cellular iPod with some other capability and it ’s of import that it be recognized as such ....
Mac OS X ’s keychain scheme is a great lineament , but there are times when it does n’t behave quite the way it should . Sometimes your keychain single file develop modest corruption , and a warm test of Keychain Acccess ’ Keychain First Aid function patches affair in good order up . But other times more tortuous troubleshooting is call for . At some point back in April or May , my MacBook Pro developed a filthy keychain - related problem tie in to Personal File Sharing ....
Yesterday I provided a hands - on look at the Apple TV ’s young YouTube features . In today ’s iPodBlog we ’ll cover what the rest of the Apple TV 1.1 update provides . Parental ControlsYou can configure your Apple tv set to allow for , restrict , or block off access to YouTube content . Just voyage to configurations / Parental Controls , enter and support a four - dactyl password to reach the Parental Controls screen , and you ’ll find a YouTube choice ....
The psychoanalyst firm Gartner will enjoin IT executives to keep Apple ’s iPhone by from their internet , in a research reputation to be released within a calendar week . “ We ’re tell IT executives to not digest it because Apple has no intentions of supporting ( iPhone enjoyment in ) the enterprise , ” Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney tell . “ This is fundamentally a cellular iPod with some other potentiality and it ’s important that it be realize as such ....
