Posts Tagged mac
Posted by Stuart on April 20, 2009 at 15:31 pm
If you haven’t heard of Tweetie, it is a Twitter app for the iPhone/iPod touch. Today, April 20th, Atebits released the Mac version.
Just like all good Mac apps, Tweetie is easy to use. There is a sidebar on the left. On the top of the sidebar there is your account picture. When you have that account selected, it will show four buttons under it. One for the timeline, one for mentions (replies), one for direct messages, and one for search. On the top there is a navigation bar that tells you where you are in the application (for instance, if your looking at a reply from someone, it would say “Mentions > Conversation”. A cool feature about Tweetie is the direct messages. When you go to the DM’s section, it will show all the people you have sent/received messages from. When you click on that person, it will come up in an iChat-like chat. There is also a “Reply…” button up at the top if you want to send a message to that person. Another cool feature is the user info. When you click on a person’s profile picture, it will show their name, username, & their tweets. There are also four buttons under their name: tweets, people replying to that person, starred, and their profile info. You can also add the bookmarklet to your bookmarks bar which will pull up a tweet message with that page’s URL.
Tweetie for Mac costs $19.95 or $14.95 if you buy it before May 4th. There is a free version with ads, also.
Posted by Stuart on April 7, 2009 at 17:36 pm
No, i’m not talking about what time it is. Times is a neat little RSS application for the Mac operating system made by Acrylic. Except this isn’t your ordinary RSS reader.
Times turns everything into a newspaper-like layout, making it easy to find and read anything you want to. You can add different pages/sections of your “newspaper”, each with its own title or category. You can then add feeds to the different spots on that page. Times comes with 25 different pre-entered feeds that you can use or delete. Adding different ones is a charm. Just click on the plus icon and you can type in the URL and Times will pick up the name of the feed (which you can edit if you like). If you have a URL pasted to your clipboard, then it will automatically show up in the URL spot. One cool feature in Times is the shelf. Simply drag the article you want to the shelf, and you can save it for later reading- without worrying about you loosing it between all the other ones. If you want to inform the world with what you’re reading, just enter your login information (for sites like Digg and Twitter).
Posted by Admin on March 3, 2009 at 15:37 pm
Yesterday all the Apple Stores were closed, that is because Apple updated the iMac, Mac Mini, and the Mac Pro’s. Here are the updates that were made to Apple’s desktop line.
First off the long overdue Mac Mini update, the Mini has finally received an update. Starting at $599 with a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB of ram, 120GB hard drive, and the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics. The Mini also has 5 USB ports on the back, the new Mini Display port, Firewire 800, and mini DVI. Here is a picture of the two configurations.
The iMac was also updated, the price has dropped to $1,199.00 for the 20″ model with 2GB ram, 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 320GB hard drive, and the new NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics. That configuration used to be $1,499.0, but now the low end 24″ costs $1,499.00. The new iMac also ships with a new wired NON-numeric keyboard, which I don’t like at all, I don’t see why they did that. Below are all the configurations of the iMac.
And finally the Mac Pro, the most powerful Apple desktop. The Mac Pro’s now have the Intel “Nehalem” processor. The low-end Mac Pro is $2,499.00 and features a Quad-Core processor. 3GB of ram, 640GB hard drive, and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB. Of course you can configure the Mac Pro for your needs so the price will vary. The box has changed from black to the classy Apple white, not that it really matters but just pointing it out. Here are the 2 configurations for the Mac Pro.
Overall it was a good quiet update and the rumors that the update will happen today were true. It was about time the Mac Mini gets an update so it will grab people’s attention. Good computers, good prices, what else could you ask for? Good job Apple!
Posted by Admin on December 16, 2008 at 17:40 pm
It has been rumored that the Mac Mini will receive an update this upcoming Macworld 2009, but you can’t be too sure with Apple. The mini hasn’t been updated since August 2007, and I think it’s about time. It has been rumored to have the new NVIDIA graphic card but only in the 2.3 GHz model, the new Apple display port, and expandable ram up to 4 GB while it ships with 2 GB you have the option to upgrade. The slower model will cost $500, and the faster model will cost $700. This is $100 less that the current Mac Mini’s, which is great. So what do you think real or fake? Please leave some comments on what you think.
