Google Now for iPhone, Dropbox 2.0, Pixelmator 2.2, Adobe, iPhone ads — MacWorks Weekly Episode 20

Josh and Chris from MacWorks talk about the latest news in the realm of Apple and Technology. This week they discuss Google Now competing with Siri on the iPhone, Dropbox 2.0 for the Mac, Pixelmator 2.2 and it's text shaping capabilities, Adobe dropping all boxed products from sale, and the crummy iPhone ads that make you cringe.

2017-08-28T23:40:12-04:00March 18th, 2013|Lab548 Weekly|

LG Buys webOS, evasi0n jailbreak, App.net, Quick Key, Weezic — MacWorks Weekly Episode 18

Josh and Chris from MacWorks talk about the latest news in the realm of Apple and Technology. This week they discuss LG's purchase of webOS (Palm's old operating system) from HP for use in their TVs, evasi0n jailbreak being closed from iOS 6.1.3, App.net's introduction of an invite-only free tier, Quick Key grading app for iPhone, Weezic virtual sheet music app that critiques your performance and the fact that the UK judge who forced Apple [...]

2016-11-01T21:28:00-04:00March 4th, 2013|Lab548 Weekly|

MLB at Bat 2013, iOS 6.1.2, Office 2011, Square Business in a Box — MacWorks Weekly Episode 17

Josh and Chris from MacWorks talk about the latest news in the realm of Apple and Technology. This week they discuss MLB at Bat 2013, iOS 6.1.2 to fix Exchange sync issues, Microsoft's price increase for Office 2011, Square's new Business in a Box solution for retail startups, TextWrangler 4.5 with versions and retina display support, and Plants vs Zombies as Apple's free app of the week. Check back every week for the best Apple [...]

2016-11-01T21:28:02-04:00February 26th, 2013|Lab548 Weekly|

Cheaper Apple, Intel TV, iOS 6.1 Exchange Bug, Opera to Webkit — MacWorks Weekly Episode 16

Josh and Chris from MacWorks talk about the latest news in the realm of Apple and Technology. This week they discuss Apple moving to make less expensive products, Intel's upcoming TV box, iOS 6.1 and Exchange servers, Opera's transition to Webkit, new snapshot camera algorithms from Apple and the refurbished 21.5-inch iMac in the online Apple Store.

2016-11-01T21:28:02-04:00February 18th, 2013|Lab548 Weekly|

Java 7, Hackulous, Apple & Waze, Amazon Auto Rip, Android SDK — MacWorks Weekly Episode 12

Josh and Chris from MacWorks talk about the latest news in the realm of Apple and Technology. This week they discuss the Java 7 scare (now fixed), Hackulous/installous shutting down, the inaccurate rumors of Apple acquiring Waze, Amazon's new AutoRip service, and the closure of the Android SDK.

2016-11-01T21:28:02-04:00January 21st, 2013|Lab548 Weekly|

Google Now, HTC Settlement, Samsung Refusal – MacWorks Weekly Episode 9

Josh and Chris from MacWorks talk about the latest news in the realm of Apple and Technology. This week they discuss Google Now, innovation of the year award from popular science.  Ingress location-based gaming.  HTC settles with Apple, Samsung's not interested.

2017-08-28T23:39:39-04:00November 19th, 2012|Lab548 Weekly|

Apple is live-streaming today’s keynote

We're more excited now than we were five minutes ago.  Apple will be streaming the keynote live, anyone who can watch video today will choose that over the typical liveblog format we all love to hate.  This link will take you to the live stream and should be opened in Safari (Apple's web browser) for the best viewing experience.  You can also watch the event live from your Apple TV.  Just browse the icons for the [...]

2017-08-28T22:53:34-04:00October 23rd, 2012|Events|

MacWorks Weekly Episode 5 – Patents, Siri, App Size & Bugs

Josh and Chris from MacWorks talk about the latest news in the realm of Apple and Technology. This week they discuss Apple's new iPad design patent. Amazon losing executives to Apple's Siri team.  How horrendously large App downloads have become with retina graphics... oh, and a few bugs with iPhone data.

2016-11-01T21:28:03-04:00October 22nd, 2012|Lab548 Weekly|

MacWorks Weekly Episode 3 – Contact Syncing, iTunes Subscriptions, Mac Gaming

Josh and Chris from MacWorks talk about the latest news in the realm of Apple and Technology.  This week they discuss the best way to sync contacts across Apple devices.  Contacts Cleaner (available in the App Store) is a must-have for proper contact management.  iTunes Subscriptions would allow Apple to compete with the likes of Spotify and Pandora.  Gaming comes to the Mac with a new website called MacGameStore.com.

2016-11-01T21:28:03-04:00October 8th, 2012|Lab548 Weekly|

Make all Apple Mail attachments an icon with terminal

For a long time now, we've been frustrated with Apple Mail's decision to show one-page attachments in their entirety (inline) when we're composing emails.  By default, Apple mail will only produce a thumbnail for the attachment if it's more than one page.  That gets very messy if we're sending several one-page attachments. One of our consultants, Pat O'Rourke, found a terminal command that will change the default behavior to produce an icon for every attachment. [...]

2017-08-28T22:20:48-04:00November 30th, 2011|Mac|