Tag Archives: apple
“On This You Have My Word”
We will continue to dig deeper, and we will undoubtedly find more issues. What we will not do — and never have done — is stand still or turn a blind eye to problems in our supply chain. On this … Continue reading
iTunes Match Can’t Handle The Truth
User kudzurebel on Apple’s discussion forum sums up the iTunes Match problems pretty well: The big things that everyone is realizing aren’t being updated in the cloud libraries are “play counts”, “last played dates”, and artwork (I’m sure there are … Continue reading
Hitting the iTunes Match Limit After Signup
As long as they’re going to have limits that don’t really make sense they should give you a little counter or bar graph to let you know how close you are to that 25,000 limit.
Digital Performer Released For Windows
I don’t write about DAWs much anymore, but a Digital Performer release on Windows is pretty significant. I think it leaves only Sonar and Logic Pro as the only DAW software that isn’t cross-platform between Mac and Windows. With Logic … Continue reading
Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
Mike Daisey was a self-described “worshipper in the cult of Mac.” Then he saw some photos from a new iPhone, taken by workers at the factory where it was made. Mike wondered: Who makes all my crap? He traveled to … Continue reading
Notification Center should do more
Whenever I see this screen I wonder why my currently playing audio and artwork isn’t here in the same way the weather and stocks are displayed.
Cheaters
“My fingers are too big!” My mom just got her first iPhone. AT&T was offering the iPhone 3GS for 99¢. She’s excited about being able to take photos, see people’s names in big type when they call, and the rest … Continue reading
Don’t Organize Email / It Isn’t Their Fault
Over the Christmas season my father told me he wanted to take some time to organize his email. I replied, “Don’t. I think you’re wasting your time.” I know we all went through the INBOX ZEROOOOEEEEE phase and we’re past … Continue reading
iTunes Match Distrust
Check out this weird behavior. Sometimes iTunes just plows through music, updating the play counts with it. I’m accessing these on a non-primary Mac’s iTunes library with iTunes Match enabled. If I open some of these songs in Quicktime I … Continue reading
“The Miracle of WD-40″ by Khoi Vin
This idea to put WD-40 on your unresponsive iPhone button is so crazy simple it might just work. But I think it’s probably a temporary fix. Huge threads on Apple’s discussion forums don’t cause me any more comfort. After months … Continue reading