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Sometimes, Apple Blows

By Mac Fan, March 28, 2007

Apple is like a really high maintenance woman you won't break up with because she's just too damn hot.

It’s 4:15 PM Central time and I’m fuming at Apple. Right now, Apple has a software policy that is the lamest policy I have ever witnessed in my twenty-four years of computing.

I own a G5 Mac, which has a PowerPC processor. I own Final Cut Studio. Last year, Apple updated Final Cut Studio to be Universal, which means it runs on both Intel-based Macs and PowerPC-based Macs. They didn’t add any new features to the software, they just made it compatible with Intel Macs. They offered this update for $49. I didn’t buy it because I run the software on a PowerPC Mac, so I have no need to spend $49 to get the same exact feature set for a different processor.

Today I received Motion project files from a client. When I tried to open the project, I got a message saying that I can’t open the project because it was created with a newer version of Motion. I have version 2.0.1 and the project was created in 2.1. What’s this? Motion 2.1 is the same exact application except it runs on Intel-based Macs. Why can’t I open Motion 2.1 files?

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Cool Mac Freebies, Part 1

By Arden, March 25, 2007

Software is the lifeblood of every computer. Without software, all you have is a bunch of silicon and metal that’s not good for much at all. Of course, most computers come with some software already installed, the operating system, and this can be good enough for some people who simply want to browse the Internet and read email. But for those who use their computers productively, software applications open up new worlds of functionality.

The Mac platform is rich with software. One can purchase, download, and install a wide range of software, from simple TextEdit replacements to the $1299 Final Cut Studio. The majority of the software produced is shareware or freeware, and here there are some real gems that can make anyone’s life a little easier. Today, I’d like to share some free applications that I find immensely useful. These applications in particular are useful for web and print designers, and should come in handy for anyone making a living pushing pixels or transforming type.

Font Sampler

Fonts are one of the staples of the design industry. They can convey not just information, but also emotions, and most importantly, they can make or break a design’s readability. Choosing the…
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The growth of the Apple tree

By Pilky, March 19, 2007

Editor’s note:  Pilky originally published this on his personal blog on March 4th.  He agreed to republish it here at our request.  We have edited it to a minimal degree for formatting and minor changes like capitalization and punctuation.

There seem to be two conflicting arguments about the marketshare of the Mac. The first is of rapidly increasing number of users, the 50% of Mac buyers being new to the Mac, the transition to Intel and the iPod halo effect. This must mean a huge increase in market share of the Mac and lots of figures show this. However, there are also many other figures showing only minute increases in market share, just a fraction of a percent. One thing is certain though, the market share of the Mac is increasing. The only question is, how much? Well I’ve been doing some research and I can tell you that it’s a lot, and it’s all gained from Microsoft.

Source

So what’s my source for this? Net Applications. It collects data from 1000s of sites on the Internet to work out various trends such as browser share, OS share etc. But this is just one source. How is it significant? Why…
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SpyMac spamming for members?

By Nick, March 18, 2007

Word of a possible spam plague is spreading! Yesterday, Reid over at Phtotodude.com posted about how registering on SpyMac.com can result in the spamming of your Gmail contacts list. According to Reid:

As part of the sign up, Step OneӔ asks you if youd like to check and see if any of your Gmail contacts are already members. In my case, it found none. So I click on ғStep Two (note, I did not click ԓInvite or ԓSpam Everyone, I clicked ԓStep Two).

It then, without obvious warning or explicit permission, spams your contact list with invites. IԒm guessing thats exactly how I got my original invite ҅ via unplanned sign-up spam.

The result? SpyMac spammed everyone in his contact list, all 600+ of them.

I have yet to register, so I don’t know what, exactly, the signup process is like. From the sounds of it, though, SpyMac just made one big PR mess for themselves.


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Hosting Dilema

By Pilky, March 16, 2007

Editors note:  Pilky originally published this on his personal blog on February 26th.  He agreed to republish it here at our request.  We have edited it to a minimal degree for formatting and minor changes like capitalization and punctuation.

If you pay any attention to the web hosting world you will have noticed there has been a bit of a stir over DreamHost this past week. One of the data centres they use had to completely power down, resulting in a few hours of downtime. Unfortunately, this meant M Cubed and this blog were both down for several hours Sunday morning. This has prompted me look at other hosts. I moved to DreamHost enticed by their amazing package for an amazingly low price. After years of preaching to PC users that you get what you pay for when it comes to quality on the Mac, I seem to have fallen into the trap of buying the “just good enough” of web hosting.

All credit to DreamHost though. They do offer a great package; it gives me everything I need: multiple websites, PHP, MySQL, Subversion, Ruby on Rails and near infinite bandwidth and storage space. And you can’t fault the price:…
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