This website was pretty much founded on writing about Apple’s PowerBook line, so I thought this would be a nifty tidbit to pass along. For those of you whose history with the Mac only dates back to around five years, the PowerBook line was the first series of Mac laptops. When Apple made the jump to Intel chips inside their portable lineup, they switched the name to “MacBook” and “MacBook Pro” and have carried on that convention ever since.
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Just the thing if you’re feeling nostalgic about the PowerBook
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Will Siri be driving you to work in your new Apple Car?
The latest Apple buzz has been about its interest in…cars. As far back as 2012, there has been talk of Apple making agreements with up to nine auto-makers to integrate access to Siri on the iPhone, directly with car controls. The system, now called Siri Eyes Free, has already been incorporated into select Chevrolet and Honda models, with BMW and General Motors planning to put Eyes Free in a number of 2014 vehicles. Now it has been brought to light that Apple has been talking with Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, since last year. This could easily be attributed as part of Apple’s plans to get Siri Eyes Free into as many cars as possible. -
Holy 30-year misidentification Batman!
I found this to be very interesting since I nearly mentioned it during my epic-length article about the Mac’s 30th Anniversary. Cult of Mac recently uncovered that the original, artistic, “Picasso-like” logo that adorned manuals, ads, and packaging for the original Macintosh, was not inspired by Picasso after all. The art student in me is ashamed of not seeing this. According to John Casado, one of the art directors on the original Macintosh development team, the inspiration for the distinctive logo was actually Henri Matisse, not Pablo Picasso. You can see some of this influence exemplified in works such as Le bonheur de vivre and Le Bateau. -
What can we expect from a new Apple TV?
As we reported last month, speculation on the next revision of the Apple TV has begun. Now the Apple TV is back in the news with some speculation more focused on what kind of content Apple might be bringing along with the new hardware. The discussion has popped up smack in the middle of Comcast’s intention to buy up Time Warner Cable, which may be playing a part in how Apple moves forward with its plans for the Apple TV. It has been reported that Apple has been in negotiations with several content providers to serve up their programming directly to Apple TV users, but the media companies keep pulling out of talks fearing a loss of revenue. This leaves Apple with no choice but to deal with the cable companies for content. -
Updates: BootCamp, Compressor, and more
There have been a number Apple software updates recently, as well as a few others you may be interested in. Here’s a brief list of what’s new.- GraphicConverter 9.1
- added “Browse Google Drive” menu item to browse local copy drive (if cloud client is installed)
- added “Extract Images from PDF” as function to convert & modify
- added attach to e-mail menu item
- added pressure support to pen tool
- improved animated gif support (transparency on import and export more consistent)
- fixed possible bug with selections and core image filters
- fixed possible hang if folder does contain a recursive link
- fixed automator issues
- many more…
- Apple Compressor 4.1.1
- Resolves issues installing Compressor on a system where Qmaster was previously enabled
- improves reliability of Send to Compressor from Final Cut Pro X
- addresses distributed encoding errors when source files are not on the startup volume
- fixes errors that could cause a hang when submitting a batch
- fixes a stability issue that could occur if multiple Compressor plug-ins are installed
- resolves an issue when viewing a plug-in setting without the plug-in installed
- includes general stability improvements
- Apple Boot Camp Support 5.1.5621
- contains the Windows Support Software (Windows Drivers) you need to support 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows 8 on your Mac
- NetNewsWire 4.0.0 (Public Beta 16 [151])
- article scroll position and video play state are no longer reset by a refresh
- when a folder or site has no article list, the right-arrow key treats it correctly in Sites List
- should NetNewsWire crash, the app will perform an integrity check and possibly prompt to send a diagnostic email to support
- the “Find in Article” bar no longer hides on returning to a tab where a search was performed
- default column widths have been improved
- additional tweaks, nudges and modifications to make NetNewsWire better and more reliable
- MacMiner 1.5.13
- improves update notifications to state current and available version and link to website
- updates cgminer to 3.12.3
- bug fixes and improvements
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- GraphicConverter 9.1
