Well, Apple has finally decided enough is enough, and publicly sent another Salvo towards Adobe’s broadsides…. Â And Adobe might just be happy about this one. Apple makes hardware video decoding available to developers In 10.6.3, Apple has now made a new “Video Decode Acceleration Framework” available. Â What does that mean? Â Adobe’s number one reason why […]
If you use a Mac, chances are you regularly adjust the volume using your keyboard’s volume keys. They’re handy enough, but the volume increment is pretty large. There are at least two hidden options that people are not often aware of. 1) Fine tune volume in OS X by holding down Alt(Option)+Shift then pressing the […]
After an unusually long wait, Apple has finally released updated models of its MacBook Pro line of notebooks. The 15′ and 17′ models offer the latest Core i5 and i7 processors, though the 13′ model still uses a Core 2 Duo processor. But new processors aren’t the only improvement; Apple has also seen fit to […]
Folks, This really get’s my goat… I know that a number of good people work at Apple. If you’re seeking a more ethical company, Adobe is hiring: adobe.com/aboutadobe/careeropp -John Dowdell – http://twitter.com/jdowdell/status/11881181351 Well, I would really like to know what Mr. Dowdell considers to be unethical? I suspect that this has to do with section […]
Ars Technica takes a look inside the WebKit2 announcement, and discusses what is changing. Inside WebKit2: less waiting, less crashing.
This is a heads-up that we will shortly start landing patches for a new WebKit framework that we at Apple have been working on for a while. We currently call this new framework ‘WebKit2’. WebKit2 is designed from the ground up to support a split process model, where the web content (JavaScript, HTML, layout, etc) […]
Here’s a hint of what is coming shortly… Â An Indigo plugin to allow you to compare your Heating / Cooling vs. your Temperature set points. The graphing component requires the browser to be able to reach Google. Â I am currently using the Google Charts API to generate the chart… Â But all the data is stored […]
Full changelog for Mac OS X 10.6.3 update: General operating system fixes and improvements provided for: * performance of Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 when running in 64-bit mode. * printing reliability. * sleep and wake reliability when using Bonjour wake on demand. * a color issue in iMovie with HD content. * […]