Fresh Apple: The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (5 сообщений)

rss2email.ru

На что подписаться? | Управление подпиской

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
http://www.tuaw.com
рекомендовать друзьям >>

Talkcast reminder: live 10pm ET / 7pm PT Sunday night
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, TUAW Business, Podcasts

Last week, Steve took over the hosting reins for a rollicking hour of talkcast fun. You can download the show, along with all past shows, from Talkshoe or subscribe in iTunes.

We'll be back live tonight with our outlook for a desktop refresh on the iMac and Mac mini lines, the simmering issues with Guest accounts in Snow Leopard, and AT&T's decision to open up cellular connectivity to VoIP apps. Most of all, we'll be back with you -- and that's the most important thing.

To participate on TalkShoe, you can use the browser-only client, or you can try out the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client; however, for maximum fun, you should call in. For the web UI, just click the "TalkShoe Web" button on our profile page at 10 pm Sunday. To call in on regular phone or VOIP lines (take advantange of your free cellphone weekend minutes if you like): dial (724) 444-7444 and enter our talkcast ID, 45077 -- during the call, you can request to talk by keying in *-8. Talk with you then!

Recording support for the talkcast is provided by Call Recorder from ecamm networks.
TUAW Talkcast reminder: live 10pm ET / 7pm PT Sunday night originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Sponsored Topics: Talkshoe - Apple - TUAW - Voice over Internet Protocol - iMac
Переслать
Dead Time Capsules can hang out together
Filed under: Accessories, Peripherals, Bad Apple
We reported on the abundance of Time Capsule failure-to-boot after 18 months in September. A new site has emerged from the mist to help Time Capsule owners who are struggling to get Apple to acknowledge the issue. TimeCapsuleDead.org exists as a register for the owners of dead Time Capsules and has links to self-help discussions as well as the Apple Feedback page. Of the devices that have been registered thus far, the average time until ports-up is 17 months and 29 days -- eerily close to the estimated 18 month mark.

We'd like to give you a friendly reminder that our own Lauren explored the AppleCare agreements, and found that any computer-centric AppleCare agreement that's in force should cover this Time Capsule failure (as it's considered a peripheral used with the Mac). That does not mean that our readers who don't have a current agreement should be left begging on the streets by Apple. This is something that needs to be addressed. Hopefully this new site will be a good resource for all of our readers.

Thanks, Pim and KB!
TUAW Dead Time Capsules can hang out together originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Sponsored Topics: Time Capsule - Apple - Macintosh - TUAW - Unofficial Apple Weblog
Переслать
Second build of Mac OS X 10.6.2 seeded to Apple developers
Filed under: OS, Software Update, Surveys and Polls, Beta Beat, Snow Leopard
In the last few days, two builds of Mac OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard have been seeded to the Mac developer community. The latest build, 10C591F, is 456.8 MB in size and adds about a dozen changes to the fifty or so tweaks in the prior build.

Apple has asked developers to test nearly 150 specific areas in order to make the new version of Snow Leopard as clean as possible. Known issues that are outstanding and have yet to be addressed include Core Data output, video corruption, and occasional hangs within System Preferences.

With another release of Snow Leopard pending, I thought we could have a little fun with a poll. Given that it took 88 days for 10.5.2 to hit Software Update after the initial release of Leopard, it may be too soon for another Snow Leopard cub to show up (November 24th would be 88 days). Of course, the past isn't any indication of future Apple OS release dates, so your guess is going to be as good as mine. If we don't have a date range listed that's you think is plausible, let us know what your guess is in the comments.

View Poll
TUAW Second build of Mac OS X 10.6.2 seeded to Apple developers originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments

Sponsored Topics: Mac OS X - Operating system - Apple - Snow Leopard - Core Data
Переслать
Apple adds Questions & Answers to its online store
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Retail, Apple
Over the past week, something new on the Apple Store went somewhat unnoticed and unreported in the Mac media. Apple has added a new Questions & Answers feature to most of the product listings on its online store. This new feature allows customers to interact with each other; however, this is different from the current review system Apple has. In addition, this feature is somewhat similar to the Customer Discussions feature that Amazon.com offers. It adds a bit more of a social push, something Apple has been up to lately.

Do you think Apple's Questions & Answers will be a useful tool, or just another place for people to gripe? Let us know in the comments below.
TUAW Apple adds Questions & Answers to its online store originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Sponsored Topics: Apple - Macintosh - TUAW - Unofficial Apple Weblog - Amazon.com
Переслать
iTunes LP broken for indie record labels?
Filed under: iTunes, Music
There's word from an indie record-label that iTunes LPs are not for the indies. Introduced at Apple's "It's Only Rock and Roll" event in September, the iTunes LP format adds "bigger than a matchbook" album art, song lyrics, video clips, and other extra content to albums sold through the iTunes store.

Brian McKinney of Chicago-based label Chocolate Lab Records saw some promise in the new format and started looking into the idea of producing for iTunes LPs himself. But the truly small labels may have a hard time getting in. McKinney spoke to the digital distribution manager at his label's distributor, who reportedly told him that Apple charges a $10,000 production fee for iTunes LPs. $10,000 may be less than the heads of Warner Music Group, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and EMI spend on breakfast, but could be cost prohibitive for the little label that could (if it had $10,000 handy for each of its acts).

It's not just the cost that prohibits the little labels. According to McKinney, it's also Apple. McKinney says his dude in distribution was told "that LPs aren't being offered to indies and that there are only about 12 LPs being offered right now."

"Foul, foul, filth and foul," cries Cult of Mac's Pete Mortensen. Like a financial analyst moving a stock from "buy" to "sell," Mortensen says iTunes LP has gone from "the first digital album good enough to criticize," to "the first major content misstep in the history of the iTunes Store." Assuming that Chocolate Lab's distributor info is on the up-and-up, Mortensen thinks iTunes LP is "less a new format for music than it is a new form of paid advertising on the iTunes store."
Continue reading iTunes LP broken for indie record labels?
TUAW iTunes LP broken for indie record labels? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Sponsored Topics: Warner Music Group - Universal Music Group - EMI - iTunes Store - Record label
Переслать