Category Archives: Mac

Symbian Dev on OS X

Simon Woodside | HOWTO develop Symbian apps using Mac OS X

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Apple Rumored to be building Mini into a set-top-box

Think Secret – Road to Expo: Reborn Mac mini set to take over the living room The living room is HOT! From the site: Apple’s Mac mini will be reborn as the digital hub centerpiece it was originally conceived to … Continue reading

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Understand the iPod iTunesDB

ITunesDB – wikiPodLinux From the site: This page details the format of the binary files used on the iPod to keep track of the music it contains as well as its play history. Collectively we refer to these files as … Continue reading

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MPEG 2 to DV Conversion

DropDV: import mpeg into iMovie From the site: DropDV is a Mac OS X droplet which converts MPEG video into DV video streams. After conversion, your video can be edited with iMovie, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, or any other … Continue reading

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An old rumor that is gaining momentum.

business2blog: Scoop: Disney Considering Teaming Up with Apple on Video iPod Which was first, the product or the rumor? I think perhaps Apple reads the rags for product ideas :-)

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Finally, iSync with my Nokia 7610

Litux Wiki : HowToAddDevicesToTigerIsync The above URL, while somewhat opaque was the key. Essentially, iSync wasn’t working with my Nokia 7610 which it is supposed to. I recently upgraded to Mac OS Tiger which is purported to add support for … Continue reading

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Better than AppleScript

I recently had to hack together an AppleScript to batch process a bunch of QuickTime movies. I had quite a bit of difficulty because of my total unfamiliarity with AppleScript syntax. Doing some searching I came across the following OSA … Continue reading

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Java Embedding Plugin for Mac OS X

Java Embedding Plugin Need to run those Java 1.4 apps in Firefox (or Camino and Mozilla) on the Mac.. Download this plugin..

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BluePhoneElite – Phone/Desktop integration with via Bluetooth

BluePhoneElite: About BluePhoneElite was just launched: Call Center, Incoming Call Alerts, SMS Center, SMS Chat, Proximity Behaviors, Address Book Integration and more…

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Yikes..!! Glad this isn’t a problem on my system.

Java glitch hits OS X update | Tech News on ZDNet Apple really needs to get it’s act together. Between this and the QuickTime update engine not working period they are really frustrating me.

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