Dear iPhone 4 Users,

The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple’s history. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them. Here is what we have learned……READ MORE

CUPERTINO, California—June 28, 2010—Apple® today announced that it has sold over 1.7 million of its iPhone® 4 through Saturday, June 26, just three days after its launch on June 24. The new iPhone 4 features FaceTime®, which makes video calling as easy as one tap, and Apple’s new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in stunning text, images and video.

“This is the most successful product launch in Apple’s history,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Even so, we apologize to those customers who were turned away because we did not have enough supply.”……READ MORE

CUPERTINO, California—May 31, 2010—Apple® today announced that iPad™ sales have topped two million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3. Apple began shipping iPad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK this past weekend. iPad will be available in nine more countries in July and additional countries later this year.

“Customers around the world are experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be loving it as much as we do,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We appreciate their patience, and are working hard to build enough iPads for everyone.”

iPad allows users to connect with their apps, content and the Internet in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ user interface. iPad is 0.5 inches thin and weighs just 1.5 pounds—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life.*

Developers have created over 5,000 exciting new apps for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch user interface, large screen and high-quality graphics. iPad will run almost all of the more than 200,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone® or iPod touch®.

*Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution with the Apple II, then reinvented the personal computer with the Macintosh. Apple continues to lead the industry with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system, and iLife, iWork and professional applications. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store, has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices. Read More

In April, Apple launched its “magical and revolutionary” new device, the iPad. Just 28 days later, it seemed the real magic was how Apple sold more than a million devices in that time period. As I write this at the end of May, iPads are in short supply in most Apple stores. Here in the New York City area, I couldn’t find a single iPad 3G, and there were only a few lower-end Wi-Fi models to be found.

Apple’s sales record here is even more impressive if you factor in that iPad is a new class of device, somewhere between the phones and computers that most consumers understand. It’s also a category of device that’s vexed every vendor who’s tried to enter this space over the last decade.

So how did Apple do it? Why did Apple succeed where no one else has and how did they do it so quickly?

The answer is, it took a decade of education and teaching. The key to Apple’s success is that the company often takes the time to explain things to the consumer that no other vendor bothers to do. By keeping a laser focus on key features and introducing them one at a time over a period of years, Apple taught and evangelized everything the consumer needed to know to understand the iPad from day one. Without that foundation, it’s not likely the product would have been nearly the success it has been. READ MORE

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Remember how, back on Windows, you used to use the Win key and the Control key quite often? Well, on OS X, the Command key is your best friend.

There are two Command keys, one each side of the spacebar. You should find them easy to reach with your thumbs while typing.

Mac OS X is stuffed full of keyboard shortcuts – quick ways to get things done without taking your hands off the keyboard. The vast majority of them are done by holding down Command with your thumb while tapping another key with a finger.

Some of these shortcuts are universal: Command+S always saves what you’re working on. Command+Q always quits the app you’re working with. Command+N usually opens a new document; Command+O usually allows you to browse to a particular document so that you can open it in the current application.

Other commands vary according to the application you’re using. For example, in iTunes, Command+T shows the visualizer; but in Safari, Command+T opens a new tab…..READ MORE

Iphoto 6? I know I know. Who would still have Iphoto 6? Trust me,there are people that do.  I still have Photoshop 5 on my other computer. If ain’t broke don’t fix it right? Anyway, here is a downloadable PDF file that you can use if you’ve somehow inherited this classic program.

Iphoto 6 Tutorial

Here are some more cool downloads to increase the usability of Iphoto. Best thing is they are free! Now I know that these are mainly for the “geeks” in us who want our Iphoto to do the most it can do. The rest of us aren’t concerned with these type of things. Just in case you get the urge to be experimental here they are:

Iphoto to SQL

• Creates an SQL dump file of all the metadata files
• Creates scale of images and vignette
• Retrieve pictures and associated metadata in database

Iphoto to SQL creates: title, comments, keywords, stars, date, album file name and picture name.

Compatibility

• Mac OS X 10.4 or later, iPhoto 7.0 (iLife ‘08) or later. Click here to free download iPhoto To SQL

Ultimate Productivity Automator Action Pack 3.11

This allows you find Iphoto item paths. However this does a lot more with programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Quark Express, etc.  The pack comes with many automated workflows  to increase productivity.

Download it here

Iphoto Override 4.02

This is a drag and drop utility to create libraries .

Download it here

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For those of you still on Iphoto 6 and want to get down and dirty with your terminal. Here’s something you can do to delete your original pictures from your Iphoto 6 library. I found this at Mac OSX hints.

Here are the terminal commands

$ mkdir ~/.Trash/iPhoto-Originals
$ cd ~/"Pictures/iPhoto Library/Modified/"
$ find . -type f -exec mv "../Originals/{}"~/.Trash/iPhoto-Originals/ \;'

 

A folder called iPhoto-Originals is created in the trash, and moves all of the originals to the trash. Ignore the errors you may see show up in Terminal; they relate to photos in the modified folder (such as movie thumbnails) which don’t have corresponding originals.

Add CD tracks to your Itunes Library

1. Open Itunes
2. FILE>New Playlist
3. Type name for new playlist in SOURCE area
4. Uncheck any songs you don’t want to import and click IMPORT to add selected songs to library
5. Click on the Itunes Library in the source list and drag the songs from your library to a new playlist. Click the Command key or Shift key to select multiple songs. Remove a song by pressing the Delete key
6. Click on the slideshow icon
7. After the dialog box apears, select the playlist you created and select the song to use in your slideshow.
8. Save settings and play slideshow.

For more information,  view a short tutorial on Iphoto 2

There’s a popular yet not mainstream (unless you purchased an ASUS netbook or a Computer GEEK) operating system called Linux. Though not dominating the computer world like Microsoft Windows or Apple OS it is gaining more users. As it grows in popularity, so will the need for software compatibility. So what is an Iphoto lover to do? Well, for one, you can just stick to working on Iphoto on your beloved Apple computer..or you can operate Linux from your Apple or PC and find an alternative.

The GEEKY way

For all of you who LOVE to program (not for me thanks.  I always hated programming), Softpedia has a script (but only good for Iphoto 6.0 as far as  I can tell) called Iphoto 0.16. Go ahead and check it out and try at your own risk! It’s an experimental thing.

Requirements: PERL.

The Alternative Way

If you don’t feel like fiddling with code, you can check my alternatives for Iphoto or you can try these for Linux.

F-spot

This is for the GNOME Desktop. It share many of the same simple features that Iphoto uses. These include:

• Simple User Interface: Like Iphoto, you can tag, group, share photo slide shows, etc.
• Export to Web
• Color Adjust
• Photo Editor

Digikam

Developed by photographers, this application is for the KDE Desktop. DigiKam ’s features include:

• Organizing and previewing
• Downloading and/or deleting images from digital cameras.
• Image enhancement tools through its KIPI (KDE Image Plugins Interface)  as well as its own plugins (red eye, color management, image filters and special effects)
• Only free photo management application on Linux that can handle 16 bit/channel images.

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