Apple News Updates

Airport Express still missing in action at Resellers

Greg — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:42:21 +0000

At first it was thought that an update to the Airport routers was in the works. However, Airport Express and 2TB Time Capsules have been unavailable for about 6 months now. The only availability is directly from Apple Online and Apple stores.

iBooks EULA limits publishing only through Apple

Greg — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:37:16 +0000

Apple is only allowing the sale of books created using the ibooks extension to Apples store. Exporting to text or PDF formats allows you to sell freely online, outside of Apples reach. Conversion software will be needed to sell as ebooks.

iCloud released with iOS 5

Greg — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:26:59 +0000

Apple's long awaited iCloud linking multiple Apple Touch's, iPhones and iPads is now available to connect them together and with your Lion computers and also Vista and Windows 7 computers. Overloaded servers and numerous verification problems have been noted. Skip the frustration and wait until around Oct 20th to do the setups. Give Apple time to work the bugs out. Most problems seems to be when users have multiple Apple IDs theat are associated with the same email addresses. This appears to be confusing the verification process.

A family can have one Apple ID to use for all there purchases and then each user can have their own personal Apple ID for the iCloud Apple ID for syncing.

Have fun CLOUDING !!

Macbook Pros due for a speed bump, New Express coming

Greg — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:58:47 +0000

It has been over 200 days since Apples last refresh of the Macbook Pro line up. Time to update those processors. Will Apple throw a curveball and remove optical disks from them? Only time will tell. The Airport express inventory levels have dropped. We are expecting new express models to be released anytime, bringing them closer to the Airport Extreme model speeds.

Apple Feedback

Greg — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:22:53 +0000

Have an idea? Did you just upgrade to Lion and find something missing you liked before? Want to add functionality, maybe add a new port like HDMI to the iMac? Well send in your ideas, concerns and brainstorming into Apple. Apple Feedback will allow you to do just that.

Apple ID's -- Do you have more than one?

Greg — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:21:36 +0000

The Apple ID is also known by other names. Such as, iTunes ID, .MAC or MobileMe accounts, or your App store account. Some people have more than one. That is a problem. When we aere only purchasing iTunes it did not matter. No Apple tracks purchases from your account to your computr or mobile IOS device. If you purchase an App with one account ID, say the MobileMe one then when logged in a computer using another Account like the iTunes one then they will not match and show ALL your Apple purchases. With the iCloud on the horizon how will you share your information with all these accounts. YOU WON'T ! There is a light on the horizon, Apple is working on a way to merge all your current accoutns into one. Until then pick just one account and start using it exclusivley. Beter safe than sorry.

Macbook Pros announced

Greg — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:51:20 +0000

Apple has announced the released of a refreshed Macbook Pro lineup. They all have i5 or i7 processors. The 13in pros have integrated Intel graphics while the 15 and 17 in use Radeon graphic chipsets. All models ship in 3 to 5 days. Thunderbolt (lightspeed) technology was also released. Using the minidisplay port Apple and Intel have added new data transfer technology that is the fastest available on any computer. This puts Apple 1 year ahead of any other PC. External hard drive manufacturers are coming forward with compatible drives

iPhone 4 coming to Verizon Network in February

Greg — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:05:49 +0000

Apple and Verizon have formally announced the release of a CDMA iPhone 4 for the Verizon network. You should be able to get your phone on or about Feb 10, 2011.

Holding to Apple releases, the local Verizon independent store will not be able to sell the new iPhone. It will only be available from Apple Inc., or corporately owned Verizon stores.

Small businesses in the northwoods continue to be devalued by corporate business decisions across America.

Mac App Store, good for rural areas?

Greg — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 13:45:37 +0000

Apple released version 10.6.6 yesterday that includes the new Mac Application download store. Now you will be able to download your favorite applications directly from Apple. They will keep a record of your purchases like iTunes or the iOS Apps for handhelds. The internet connection lets you know what is installed on your computer or can be down loaded. Some developers (i.e., Pixelmator) have gone so far as to make the App store the ONLY means of getting the software. You can not obtain any Leopard Software as the App Store only works in Snow Leopard. Apple now makes it harder for users to keep older systems running. Developers will have no way to update your Tiger or Leopard software if only distributing through Apple's Mac App Store.

Like many users in the northwoods without highspeed access, or daily download limits of satellites you are no longer a valued customer of those software developers that only distribute through the Mac App Store.

The App Store is a great new technology, but when it is a one way street, not so good.

Safari 5 released

Greg — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:07:38 +0000

Update now available for download. Safari 5 ads more than a dozen HTML 5 features as we would expect with the Flash ban on Apple mobile devices. A new reader has been added to aid in reading articles. Even those spanning multiple pages. The article pops up in quick view fashion, infront of the browser so you can read the entire article without all the advertising junking things up. Great feature. Also added was the pre-searching of DNS names to load your next selection faster. Safari determines the website addresses before you ask, based on page links available. Increase up to 30% faster have been reported. Additional Javascript add ons help loading web pages faster also. I downloaded it tonight and so far I have been impressed with the new functions, and speed. Even with latency issues on a satellite connection it seems faster.