Do you think if he could Steve Jobs would have the cable in the new Cinema Display photo air-brushed out ? It must be a real source of angst for SJ that there are still some parts of the computer that you cannot get rid of, like power leads and video connection cables…. But you can bet the engineers at Cupertino are working on this…
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Auntie Beeb has finally released a beta of iPlayer for OS X and Linux ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/labs/ ). Its been a long time coming and will fall short for those already used to downloading from the iPlayer site using the Ruby script iplayer-dl which doesn’t suffer from the DRM that downloads using the official iPlayer app will do.
Apple have today released a software update for the new MacBooks which have been reported by many owners to exhibit problems with trackpad clicks not being recognised. This has been widely discussed on Apples forums and popular blogs and podcasts have covered the issue extensively. Leo Laporte has covered this on a number of episodes of MacBreak Weekly since upgrading to a new MacBook Pro.
MacRumors.com have posted this article which suggests that the anticipated delivery date for OS X 10.6 aka Snow Leopard has been brought forward to Quarter 1 of 2009. This is exciting as it potentially points to a January MacWorld announcement in Steve Jobs Keynote speech.
Quick survey time…. Home many podcasts are you currently subscribed to in iTunes ? Mine is currently at around 20, plus or minus one or two. Mostly tech chat shows such as British Mac and TWiT, but with a couple of music and comedy shows thrown in for good measure.
The latest build of OS X Leopard ( 10.5.5 ) is now available for download or via Software Update. The update includes a whole raft of fixes and improvements and so far there is little noise about possible problems caused by this version.
By the looks of things the guys over at Last.fm are on the verge of releasing an update for their iPhone/Ipod Touch app that addresses the known issue with Apples V2.1 firmware.
Over on What The Lemur W. Thomas Leroux has a small Applescript that will post the currently playing iTunes track to Twitter so your friends and followers can see what you are listening to. All you have to do is cut and paste the code shown into Script Editor and edit in your Twitter username and password then save as an Application and run it. The script loops through every 3 minutes and if the current track is different to the one playing 3 minutes ago it posts a new …
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