Box App for iPhone & iPad
Here's that word, FREE, as Prez Art Gorski tells about an app named Box. "Box is an alternative to DropBox for storing files in the 'cloud.' They’ve just released new iPhone and iPad apps and, if you install one of these and sign up now, you’ll get 50GB of free on-line storage." http://blog.box.com/2014/01/get-the-all-new-box-for-iphone-and-ipad-50bg-free/
Watch the Olympics
Watch the Olympics in London via a free app for your iPad, Jim Hamm tells us. And you can watch streaming video from any computer on numerous websites. Read about it here.Jim Hamm also found this article about various ways to watch the Olympics this year. This describes the Alert Me feature that will email you about a half-hour before every event that you select will start.
Some Apps Have Gone
Some apps have bit the dust, so this article is "In Memoriam: Our Favorite Apps and Services That Have Gone Belly Up, and Their Replacements." Jim Hamm shares with us, "You may remember, or have used, some of these apps from time to time, as I have."
Such is progress . . .
Sandboxing, Pro and Con
Have you seen the term, "sandboxing" yet? To keep up with the new terminology look at the February issue of MacWorld, pg. 14. A longer version of this article is on their website. Here, 31 comments help round out the view, pro and con, of this restriction on developers of new apps.
The Lion is Coming
The Mac OS X 10.7 Lion will be released through Apple's Mac App Store, with more to be revealed at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference, June 6-10 in San Francisco. So relates an AppleInsider article forwarded by Jim Hamm. The future without a physical disc and computer Super Drive is mentioned. Looking forward to seeing that Lion.
More on technology advances and how Apple has evolved in this article further inspires Jim to muse about changes he's seen, "So, will CDs eventually die? And somewhat analogous to this, what with the internet and Sirius satellite, it's been a long time since I've even listened to a CD. When I want a song or album, I just download it, or listen on satellite radio, or listen to music from internet radio on my Mac. And books? Printed copies are becoming less and less each year. Lots of trees saved there. Change just keeps coming in technology."
Recover a Stolen Mac
This just in from Allen Laudenslager: "Travel with your Mac laptop and worried about someone stealing your laptop? Mac360 reports on this FREE app that will track your stolen Mac and can even use the built in iCamera to take a picture of the thief." He comments, "Free and cool if you travel with your laptop."
The App Store Arrived
You've seen the news: the Mac App Store is here. To get quickly up-to-speed with terminology and benefits see this MacWorld article. Thanks, Jim Hamm for sending this.
Some Apps Need Rosetta
Did you know some Mac PowerPC applications that are designed to work with Mac OS X 10.5 or earlier won't run in 10.6 or later, without setting one or two options related to the application with the Finder?
This news comes from John Carter. He adds, "You have to have Rosetta installed on your computer, as it may be required to run that application. Rosetta is an optional application that you can install from your Mac install DVD (see this).
Show 'Get Info' for the application with your Finder. I'll use Safari as an example here:
Notice at the bottom of the image to the left there is a box to open Safari in 32-bit mode. Below that is a box to open using Rosetta Both of those boxes may have to be checked to run some PowerPC applications on 10.6 or later."
Finding a Bargain
Today both De Prez Allen Laudenslager and David Passell sent us links to the same discount software for "10 Top Mac Apps." David found the same bargain at MacUpdate. Allen comments that one app in this software group is Parallels 5 that was demonstrated at this month's meeting. David remarks, "If something seems to be too good to be true, it usually is." So, see what you think.