LindauerMacs Blog

May 2008

Macs outsell PC’s over $1000!

May 31, 2008

AppleWatch ran an article last week that is a mind-blower to us long-tome Mac users. Apple’s retail market share is 14% overall and 66% for computers costing $1000 or more! This is for 1st quarter sales from brick-and-mortar stores, so it is not a perfect picture of sales, but Wow! it shows great growth, no [...]

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iPhone and Google Calendar sync tool released

May 31, 2008

NemusSync has released a utility for iPhone/iPod Touch to synchronize with Google (calendar only, for now) wirelessly. The company is Korean, and their English translation of the description of the utility is good, but not totally clear. The utility requires a “Jailbreaked iPhone or iPod Touch 1.1.1 ~ 1.1.4″ and features: Bi-directional sync between iPhone/iPod [...]

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Solar powered iPhones?

May 31, 2008

Apple filed a patent application for integrating solar cells into portable devices, putting them underneath the layers of the touch-sensitive display. Could our iPhones and iPods become truly portable? Not much area is available for a solar cell, but if this becomes a reality, if nothing else, battery capacity could certainly be enhanced by solar [...]

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New iPhone announcements coming soon

May 31, 2008

When Steve Jobs opens the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco June 9 we should be hearing him announce the new iPhone package, according to most analysts. AT&T is coy about the iPhone pricing, but speculation is rife regarding the subsidizing of new iPhones or rebates designed to reduce the real price of the phone [...]

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Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard update info

May 31, 2008

Computerworld’s article describing 68 Leopard issues fixed with the 10.5.3 update is a brief description of the improvements described on Apple’s page. The current version of iCal still has some security flaws, apparently, but with no evidence of real-world attacks it does not yet seem serious.

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Review of the newest iMac

May 31, 2008

Computerworld has a new review out, of the latest Penryn iMacs, used at home in the author’s (Scot Finnie) home, complete with 3, 6 and 16 year old kids to give it a workout. Scot relates the experiences of his kids getting used to the new machine… I barely had it set up before the [...]

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New MacBooks delayed?

May 31, 2008

Appletell.com has a report indicating that the new MacBooks, using the upcoming Intel Montevina Centrino 2 processor will be delayed until late summer. Intel has trouble getting the chip passed by the FCC, it seems. The new platform was to be rolled out by now. According to an Intel spokesman, There were two minor issues [...]

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TinkerTool updated

May 29, 2008

TinkerTool Updated TinkerTool 3.9 was released this morning. I love TinkerTool, but recommend a little caution using it, as you are modifying built-in preferences in the Mac OS X operating system. A brief description of TinkerTool, from the ReadMe file, follows: TinkerTool is an application which gives you access to additional preference settings Apple has [...]

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More Updates – Utilities

May 28, 2008

Mac Utilities updated Leopard Cache Cleaner 4.0.10 was released today. Leopard Cache Cleaner is one of my favorite utilities for maintenance, optimization and even antivirus. $8.99, free trial version. Smart Scroll 2.8.3 was also released. I’ve used Smart Scroll for years, to add extra arrows top and bottom of scroll bars at first, but the [...]

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Updates, updates, who’s got the updates? Apple, that’s who!

May 28, 2008

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Update! Apple released a boatload of updates today, starting with the Leopard update, OS X 10.5.3. The 536 MB Combo Updater (I find fewer overall problems downloading the Combo Update instead of using Software Update) can be found on the link above. For detailed information click here: Mac OS X [...]

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