Apple announced its new iPhones this week and upgrade time has come. With my 2 year contract up and my 4s looking a bit, shall we say, short, I'm ready for an upgrade and that upgrade is going to be to a 5s. Why not a 5c? A few reasons, actually. While I do like …
iOS 7 Beta 5
The iOS 7 beta schedule was disrupted a few weeks ago when Apple suddenly shut down its developer portal due to a security breach. Without access to the developer portal Beta 4 was delayed for a week but Apple got right back on schedule (almost) with Beta 5's release last Tuesday. As mentioned in my …
iOS 7 Beta 3
As the internet promised, iOS 7 Beta 3 was released on Monday, two weeks after the previous beta. As I've been having such stability problems with beta 2 I installed it over-the-air almost immediately at work. There are a few new visual changes in this build but the biggest improvements are: Overall stability - my …
Time for a MacBook Air
Almost exactly a year ago I posted that my next laptop would be a MacBook Air because I no longer need a cutting-edge portable machine. I have a desktop with a big screen that I can use for photo editing, gaming, and development if I need to. I said that I was ready to trade …
Mavericks Power Usage is Amazing
Battery life has always been important for laptop users. In recent years it has become increasingly important as devices like the iPad have set even higher expectations for battery life. Laptops have been trying to catch up and have been steadily improving. Ultrabooks like the MacBook Air trade features and performance for size while also …
iOS 7 Beta 2
Apple dropped beta 2 of iOS 7 last Monday, just two weeks after the WWDC keynote, setting the precedent for a two week pace that was unheard of in previous beta releases. The Internet and its “sources” say that this two week schedule is indeed going to stick around for the foreseeable future as the …
iOS 7
The big announcement at Apple's 2013 World Wide Developer Conference was the brand new iOS 7, whose look and feel are the largest changes to the iOS since the original iPhone was released in 2007. Apple has a great page about it http://www.apple.com/ios/ios7/ with a lot of screenshots, videos, and explanations of the features. iOS 7 …
Mac Museum at Work
I spend a lot of time collecting and organizing things for the Mac Museum but rarely get to actually enjoy the things that are in it. This panorama is a rare instance where I had a chance to do that. From left to right there is a Power Mac 6100/66 (circa 1995) with a 14" …
Mac Museum Additions – March 2013
During the holidays the Mac Museum took a big of a break; I was too busy for eBay and Craigslist and there wasn't much of interest out there. Now that the new year has begun people have once again started cleaning out their basements and the finds have been flowing once again. After these additions …
PowerBook Through the Years: The 1400 Series
It was late 1996 and Apple was trying to recover from a string of failed products, internal mismanagement, and a financial crisis. The PowerBook 1400 was built to rectify the issues Apple had with the 5300 and satisfy the needs of its notebook customers. While it was indeed a large improvement over the 5300, it …
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