Vamos A Mencionar Los Nuevos, Bueno, No Nuevos Sino Mejorados Productos que Apple Presento Esta Semana, cabe destacar que como lo viene haciendo Apple desde hace tiempo no solo mejora sus productos sino que agrega una comodidad mas que es el precio, que como sabemos para muchos es un dolor de cabeza.

Bueno Empecemos La Lista:

Revamped iMac

Apple Inc. beat Wall Street expectations earlier this week when they announced their Q4′09 earnings. Considered to be the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, Apple Inc. simply asks “What recession?” Today, Apple Inc. continued their spectacular October when they announced several new products across their computer line.

Mac Mini Server

The Mac Mini was one of the computer models that got an upgrade. The $599 model got a spec bump with a faster processor (now 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo, up from 2GHz), twice the memory (now 2GB, up from 1GB), and a larger hard drive (now 160GB, up from 120GB). The $799 has the 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo with 4 GB of RAM (up from 2GB) but the same 320GB hard drive. Both price points still have the GeForce 9400M GPU and 8x SuperDrive. In addition to the upgrades to the Mac Mini line, there is now a “Server Edition” of the Mac Mini that forgoes the 8x SuperDrive and instead packs in TWO 500GB hard drives. This $999 model packs a 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB of RAM, and GeForce 9400M GPU. Snow Leopard Server is included of course.

Next, Apple updated the iMac line with two screen size choices (21.5 inches or 27 inches) that are 16:9 displays and are all-aluminum bodies. Both have IPS panels that are LED-backlit and have a 178-degree viewing angle. Also both models come with wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse at no additional cost. Starting at $1199, the 21.5 inch has a 1920×1080 resolution and starts with a 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo (upgradable to 3.33GHz), 4GB RAM standard (upgradable to 8GB), 500GB hard drive (1 & 2TB options available at $1499 price point), andGeForce 9400M GPU (ATI Radeon HD 4670 256MB GPU option available at $1499 price point). At $1699, the 27 inch has a 2,560 x 1,440 resolution and starts with a 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo (upgradable to 3.33GHz), 4GB RAM (upgradable to 16GB),  1TB hard drive (upgradable to 2TB), and ATI Radeon HD 4670 256MB GPU (upgradable to ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GPU). Finally, at $1999 the 27 inch comes with the 2.66GHz Intel Core i5 (upgradable to 2.8GHz Core i7), 4GB RAM (upgradable to 16GB), 1TB hard drive (upgradable to 2TB), and ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GPU. All models have 4 USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet port, one FireWire 800 port, and SD card slot (finally), and 8x SuperDrive. The 27 inch has a video-in.

Unibody Macbook

The low-end Macbook gets a makeover with a new white unibody polycarbonate design (similar to Macbook Pros), built-in 7 hour battery, LED-backlit display, Glass Multi-Touch trackpad, 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM (upgradable to 4GB), 250GB hard drive (upgradable to 500GB), and GeForce 9400M GPU starting at $999.

Perhaps the most intriguing announcement today is the new Magic Mouse (no longer “Mighty”) for $69. It is the first multitouch wireless mouse on the market meaning you use your fingers to scroll, swipe, and click. The Magic Mouse is supposed to last 4 months on AA batteries.

Apple also revamped their remote with a new aluminum finish that is kinda like the bastard child of the iPod Nano and the old iPod Shuffle. It can control your iPod, iPhone, and/or Mac for $19.

Lastly, Apple updated the Airport Extreme and Time Capsule for better performance.

Magic Mouse

Apple Remote

Credits to engadget.com and gizmodo.com for the story and pictures.

As previously rumored and posted on the MacRumors website, Apple has released some, if not all, of the expected updates to their Mac lineup. This includes: Updated iMacs, now with two choices for screen size: a 21! and 27″, and it includes a wireless mouse and keyboard.
Apple also released a new version of the Mac Mini, which sells for $999 and it is advertised as a “Mac Mini Server.” It includes Apple’s latest operating system, Snow Leopard Server, and it’s aimed for small business at an affordable entry price. Many will disagree, and will say “this is just an expensive mini”, but in reality, it is well-priced. The license for the server version of Snow Leopard sells for $499, so for another $500 you get a mini with the features that the “server mini” has.
In addition to these, the Macbooks were updated as well. Other products include: a new mouse labeled “Magic Mouse”, an all-aluminum remote control, as well as new and improved versions of the Time Capsule and Airport Extreme devices.
To read the full article and get all the details, go to ars technica’s website by clicking here

De puntillas, así es como Apple ha cambiado sus artículos en las diferentes Apple stores online. Cierran las tiendas por mantenimiento, y al rato, la abren con un sin fín de novedades:

• iMac renovados.
• Macbook renovado.
• Mac mini renovado.
• Nuevo ratón multitouch.
• Nuevo Apple remote.
• …..

Externamente los nuevos iMac no se diferencian mucho de los anteriores, si bien son algo más estilizados al estilo “Cinema Display”. El tamaño de las pantallas, antes de 20 y 24 pulgadas, han pasado a ser de 21,5 y 27 pulgadas con un ratio de 16:9 en vez de 16:10 ¿Blueray a la vista? puede ser. Por supuesto ambas pantallas son full HD. En estos modelos podremos ya disfrutar del nuevo Magic Mouse y teclados inalámbricos de serie, ya sabéis el dicho: “escritorio sin cables, escritorio feliz”.

Una importante novedad en hardware es la posibilidad de incluir procesadores Intel i5 o i7, eso sí, habrá que ajustarse bien el bolsillo. A cambio, 4 núcleos en tu iMac.

El Macbook cambia también su diseño. Formas más redondeadas, carcasa unibody de policarbonato y reposa muñecas brillante. Ahora viene con pantalla LED y trackpad multitouch de vidrio, igual que la serie Macbook pro, y…una batería, no reemplazable, de 7 horas de autonomía. Todo esto por un precio más ajustado que anteriormente. Macbook de entrada 845 euros.

En cuanto al Mac Mini pues…actualización de hardware y posibilidad de adquirirlo con Snow Leopard Server.

No para ahí la cosa, también actualiza sus equipos basados en tecnología wifi N, como el Airport Extreme y su producto de copias de seguridad Time Capsule.

Ambos productos mejoran su alcance y velocidad, supongo que incorporando una tercera antena que mejore la tecnología MIMO. Esta mejora se traduce en un incremento del 75% de rapidez a la hora de efectuar copias de seguridad al utilizar Time Capsule. Habrá que comprobar estos datos insitu, pues los números, números son.

OK!  Let’s just jump right in.  After spendning an entire 2 days of my life working on creating a wireless network on-board my houseboat, I really need to vent.  My goal for this project seemed very simple to me, however, after the fact I guess it wasn’t.  So much so that  I have thrown in the towel before finishing it.  Here is the chronicle venting this experience.

My goals were as follows:

1.  Get reliable, decent speed internet access.  “Decent” being defined as fast enough to watch medical education videos and podcasts in streaming format, as well as the occasional streamed instant netflix movie.  I don’t mind buffering in the beginning for 30s or so

2.  Make that internet connection wireless such that my old laptop can use it anywhere on the boat.

3.  Create a wireless network on the boat that would include the laser printer and external usb hard drive that I already own.  I want to be able to sit on the upper deck with my laptop and a beer, reading and writing files to my external hard drive, backing up important data, and printing an interesting article on the fly.

4.  The ultimate (but optional) goal would be to connect my old desktop to the network for long enough to get all my old files off of it and onto the external hard drive, that I could then access with my laptop.

Solutions:

1.  I have an unreliable public wifi connection via my marina that just won’t cut it anymore.  I do have basic cable coming to the boat (included in all the marina slip packages), but would love to avoid the big cable companies because they have screwed me and others I know too many times.  It came to my attention that Baltimore was going to be pioneering a new technology of city wide wifi called xohm(aka clear), based on 4g wireless technology.  I originally signed up when it first unrolled, but quit soon after because the connection often dropped and was far too slow.  Now, I was interested in trying again.  I still had my modem, but I couldn’t get the service to connect.  After 1 month of difficult conversations with xohm, they finally just sent me a new modem.  I plugged it in and it worked immediately.  Service was online in seconds!  Internet access obtained.  My review so far is that it is considerably slower than usual cable or dsl, but fast enough for my purposes, and quite reliable.

2.  First, I bought a belkin wireless base station but later found out that there was no router built into it.  Had to return it.  I ended up buying apple’s airport extreme because it allowed printer and hard disk sharing by way of its usb port.  Let me just say, I have little experience with apple products but have always heard legends of how user-friendly and intuitive their devices were.  I bought an iphone when they first came out and have been in absolute bliss every since.  I never missed the “productivity” and “connectivity” my previous windows mobile smart phones purportedly had.  The iphone was what I always thought a handheld SHOULD be.  The airport extreme was a totally different experience.  As if the folks at apple were so cocky about the simplicity of the APE, there are barely any instructions.  Plug and play, I guess.  I hooked everything up and had wireless internet via the router almost in seconds.  Beautiful.  The printer and the hard drive were far from that simple.  I hooked up the hard drive first, thinking that would be simpler.  The hard drive is a cheap Maxtor 150gb usb drive I got at wal-mart 2 years ago for 50-60 dollars.  No frills.  I plugged it into the APE, and it was identified in the airport utility disk menu.  I could see it listed in the window, but clicking on it doesn’t do anything.  I can’t find any other way to access it.  Internet searches suggested that it needed to be reformatted from NTFS to FAT32 (crazy).  I had to shuffle files around (my lowly 40gb laptop is full), and then download a 3rd party app called swissknife to format it (xp won’t do FAT32.  Swissknife crashes every time I open it.  An internet search suggests that other people have the same problem with no known fix (other than try another drive that is more compatible).  I found another app (there are suprisingly few for this purpose) called Partition Wizard that did the job.  Now in Fat32, I went back to the Airport Utility to see my drive in all its glory.  Upon starting the Utility, it was not able to detect any wireless devices anymore!  My Airport Express  had vanished.  After another hour and completely removing everything and starting over, it appeared again.  I learned that I could just type the IP address directly and it would let me configure it.  The hard disk still appeared in the disk window correctly, but I was unable to access it at all.  Further screwing around and internet searching showed me that several others have the same issue without a solution.  I turned my attention to the printer at this point.

The printer also was not recognized by the device automatically, so back to the internet I searched.  I found a great website that showed me how to manually add a networked printer, step by step in windows xp.  This worked absolutely beautifully!  Thanks so much to whoever wrote the explanation.  It can be had here:

http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/1004.html

After several other attempts to connect the hard disk, including losing everything and having to re-install it all, I have officially given up.  I suppose getting the internet and the printer to work wirelessly with my laptop is enough of a victory.  I am just amazed at how much trouble the APE has caused so many people, without being addressed by apple.

I have spent too much time on this to mess with networking the old desktop now.  80/20 rule!

Iomega tiene una cantidad increíble de discos duros de todos los tamaños, colores y diseños. Pero el que nos interesa en este post es el MiniMax, un disco duro de 1TB fácilmente apilable con el AirPort Extreme o Mac mini. Y si los pones todos uno encima del otro, una torre de diversión asegurada.

El disco duro MiniMax no solo tiene una gran capacidad (1TB) sino que además es un gran creador de conexiones nuevas. Lo conectas por USB o FireWire a un Mac mini o AirPort Extreme y consigues otros tres USB 2.0 y otras 3 conexiones FireWire 400.

Lo único que podríamos echarle en cara a este producto es su precio un poco exagerando, 149,95 €.

Características:

• Velocidad rotacional: 7200 RPM
• Memoria caché: 8 MB o mayor
• Formateado en: HFS+

Comprar Ahora | MiniMax 1TB – Apple Store (España)

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My Airport Extreme is setup, painless on Macs, but vexing on Windows. Why? Blame an elusive printer connection.

In the Bonjour Printer Wizard, this error:

“You do not have sufficient access to your computer to connect to the selected printer.” Um yeah…(imagine Office Space manager)…not so fast. “I’m gonna need you to come in on Saturday.”

No worries, this tech note describes the problem and how to fix it.

APPLE AIRPORT EXTREME.

Muy buenas amig@s Blogoyentes, el otro día se me averío mi Time Capsule y he tenido que recurrir de nuevo a la utilización de un AirPort Extreme que de puro milagro no lo he puesto a la venta.

Pues comentando por Twitter recibí un Mail de un amigo diciendo que próximamente comprara este Router de Apple y que cuales son los pasos para su configuración.

Bueno pues explicare los pasos para configurar un AirPort Extreme o mejor dicho, para ver como Mac configura el AirPort Extreme ya que si optas por configurarlo con el Asistente simplemente te limitaras a ir pulsando “Siguiente, Siguiente” al mas puro estilo “Windowsero”

NOTA: en caso de que comprases un AirPort de segundamano deberas realizar un “HardResert” para restaurar los valores de fabrica y que no te configure tus Mac con los Datos anteriormente introducidos.

De esta manera tu Mac reconocerá al AirPort como si fuese totalmente nuevo.

Para realizar el HardResert, Te vas a la parte trasera del AirPort y veras este “Agujerito”:

Es el redondito, justo el del medio.

Bien pues desconecta el AirPort de la corriente eléctrica e introduce algún objeto punzante en el Agujero del Resert, mantén pulsado el resert y conecta nuevamente el AirPort a la corriente Eléctrica manteniendo el Resert Pulsado y espera a que la Luz Frontal que estará en color naranja empiece a parpadear, entonces deja de pulsar el Resert.

Pues ya esta empezamos a configurar el AirPort.

Especificaciones técnicas

Lo conectas a la red eléctrica y a un Puerto Lan de tu Router, el que te dio tu Proveedor de Internet.

Ejemplo de Conexión entre un Router y el AirPort Extreme.

NOTA: Lo conectas del Puerto Lan del Router al Puerto Wan del AirPort:

Puerto Wan.

Cuando realices la conexión entre los dos dispositivos te vas a tu Mac y te desplazas hasta Aplicaciones + Utilidades + Utilidad de AirPort:

Pulsa en el Icono:

Se abrirá esta Ventana:

Aquí simplemente Pulsamos en “Continuar”:

Introduce una Contraseña y pulsas en “Continuar”:

Como solo abarcaremos una configuración muy Básica, deja todo como esta y Pulsa en “Continuar”:

Pon un nombre que identifique tu red Wifi, yo la he puesto AirPort Extreme pero tu llamala como quieras.

Deberías de Poner Clave a tu AirPort y así evitar que se cuele ese vecino “Choro” de Wifi que todos tenemos o hemos sido alguna vez.

Por tanto, deja todo como esta, introduce un nombre, una contraseña pulsas de nuevo en continuar y tiramos para adelante:

En este paso si vamos a efectuar un cambio, selecciona el MODO PUENTE y pulsas en “Continuar”:

Este será el AVISO que se mostrara en el caso de que no selecciones el MODO PUENTE y al final de la configuración se te mostrara un Resumen indicando que tienes un error pendiente por resolver y ademas no iniciaras ningún tipo de conexión.

Vale, si no te quieres complicar, molestar o simplemente no tienes conocimientos en Configurar IP, deja todo como esta, pero en las Casillas en las que pone SERVIDOR DNS deberás introducir lo que te haya proporcionado tu compañía.

Si no los sabes ponte en contacto con ellos o mira tu contrato normalmente viene ahí especificados. Introduces los DNS y a “Continuar”:

NOTA: Yo utilizo los siguientes y me van bien: 80.58.61.254 y este otro 80.58.61.250

Ya estamos casi terminando, La utilidad de AirPort te mostrar un Resumen de tu Configuración. Si ves que algo no cuadra ves pulsando en “RETROCEDER” y cambia los parámetros equivocados, si esta todo correcto Pulsa en “ACTUALIZAR”:

AirPort nos avisara que se va ha producir un Reinicio del AirPort Extreme para que surjan efecto los Cambios, Pulsa en Continuar y espera:

Seguimos esperando y si todo ha ido bien veremos el siguiente aviso:

Pues ya esta, ahora si pinchas sobre el icono de la barra de Menús y ademas de tu Red Wifi habitual veras la que acabas de crear:

Como ves mi Wifi normal es Mac-Madrid y ya veo también la red creada con el Airport Extreme, que se llamara como tu la hayas nombrado.

Pues pulsa sobre su icono, introduce la contraseña y ya estarás navegando a través del AirPort Extreme.

NOTA: si quieres ver los datos de la conexion pulsa en el Boton Alt y en el iCono del Airport y veras esto:

Aquí tienes mucha mas información de tu conexión.

Ya nada mas, como esto es simplemente una explicación muy básica no tocare ningún tipo de configuración mas, solo deciros que si queréis “Experimentar” por vuestra cuenta Pulséis en Configuración Manual y veremos otros apartados en los que podemos realizar cambios como por ejemplo el tipo de Banda o el modo en el que queremos que se muestre la Luz de Estado del Router.

NOTA: un defecto o mejor dicho inconveniente que le veo yo al Airport es que para que surjan efecto los cambios deberá de reiniciarse cada vea que realicemos algún tipo de cambio en su configuración.

Enlaces de interés de Apple store:

Guía de configuración de la Airport Extreme

AirPort Extreme (principios de 2009) – Guía de configuración

Creación de redes Airport: Mac OS X v10.5 + Windows

http://www.apple.com/es/airportextreme/setup.html

http://www.apple.com/es/airportextreme/specs.html

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This Iomega MiniMax stackable external hard drive easily stacks with a multitude of Apple products.
I’d Love to get one to add 1TB of capacity to my Apple Airport Extreme.
I was looking for an external drive to make my own home network and host all of my multimedia files on it.
That way anyone that connects my network has instant access to all my media.
I found quite a few inexpensive drives but nothing was as visually appealing as this Iomega drive.

“Its compact, stackable, design provides maximum storage to manage, organize and protect your digital photos, music and movies in stylish simplicity.
The drive is also expandable with a three-port FireWire and three-port USB 2.0 integrated hub to help you go with the flow!
Save up to 4,000,000 photos, 18,500 hours of music, or 1500 hours of video.” Thats quite a bit of space! Amazon.com has it on sale for a little over $120.

For those of you who may be having mysterious airport troubles (e.g. your laptop can’t see, let alone connect, your airport extreme), you might try downloading this combo update from Apple. It doesn’t show up when you search the support site. It’s a pretty hefty download, but it seemed to work for me.

Time Machine fue una de la aplicaciones más novedosas dentro de Mac OS X Leopard. Apple pretendía con esta aplicación hacer que, lo que siempre fue algo lento y aburrido, se convirtiese en algo invisible para el usuario.

Time Machine propone una nueva forma de hacer copias de seguridad de una forma tan sencilla que, al final, se te puede olvidar de como lo hacías antes. Simplemente conecta un disco duro a tu Mac, haz que Time Machine lo use para hacer las copias de seguridad; pero no solo eso, puedes comprar un Time Capsule de 500GB o 1TB.

Time Capsule.

Hace poco compre un AirPort Extreme de Apple, pero antes mire este aparato: el Time Capsule una bestieza de dispositivo que incluye un AirPort Extreme y un disco duro de 500GB o 1TB para hacer copias de seguridad.

Con esta estación base, Apple propone hacer aun más fácil Time Machine. Solo tienes que configurar tu Time Capsule, activar Time Machine y elegir el disco incorporado con la base para que haga copias de seguridad. ¿Lo mejor? Sin cables. ¿Lo peor? El precio, 259 € por un AirPort Extreme con disco de 500GB es un poco exagerado (y más aún 439 € por el de 1TB).

La solución para este problema último problema es, en mi opinión, muy sencillo:

1. Comprar un AirPort Extreme de Apple (precio: 159 €)
2. Comprar un disco duro de 1TB (por ejemplo este de Iomega) (precio: 159,9 €, total: 318,9 €)
3. ¿Tienes impresora? Pues más fácil aún, compra un hub USB y conecta tu nuevo disco duro de 1TB a un puerto y tu impresora a otro, el AirPort Extreme identifica automáticamente los dos dispositivos y los tendrás 100% funcionales en, a penas, 5 minutos.
4. Esta solución también tiene un problema, y es el espacio. Mientras que el Time Capsule lo tiene todo muy recogido. Ahora tendrás un cable y un disco duro por ahí en medio, pero lo importante, que es hacer copias de seguridad, seguirá siendo sin, bueno, sin cables. ¡Y compatible con PC!

TOTAL: 318,9 € (121 € menos que el Time Capsule de 1TB).

Por fin he jubilado a mi viejo enrutador inalámbrico; que no Modem, , y lo he cambiado por esta increíble base, la AirPort Extreme de Apple de doble banda simultánea. ¿Que significa eso? Pues muy fácil, el AirPort es capaz de transmitir datos por los protocolos IEE 802.11n/a y b/g de forma simultánea. Haciendo posible que dispositivos como el iPhone o el iPod touch que tienen el protocolo b/g puedan conectarse y que los nuevos Mac con protocolo n también, sin perder en ninguno de los dispositivos, rendimiento inalámbrico.

A parte de eso, el AirPort extreme es, como dicen el la página oficial de Apple, un dispositivo de fácil configuración. Y tan fácil, solo he tenido que conectar por Ethernet el AirPort a el modem y elegir la opción de conectar a red local. Ya está, el dispositivo se reinicia, el LED de la parte frontal se pone de color verde claro y la red inalámbrica de doble banda simultánea ya esta lista para usarse.

Con capacidad de hasta 50 usuarios, doble banda simultánea y el doble de distancia (con protocolo 802.11n)… El AirPort extreme es un enrutador inalámbrico de mucha calidad (y blanco) y con una potencia suficiente para llegar a todos los rincones de tu casa, ya sea de dos plantas o un piso.

Pronto unas cuantas fotos y comentarios más exhaustivos.

Enlace | Comprar Ahora

For my 50th post on Mintz’s Words, I wanted to talk about net promoter scores and my experience with Apple.

That one simple question drives business today. It is the reason for the proliferation of social networking among companies and has MBA toting business leaders obsessed with landing in the 9-10 point range. At that point the customer practically sells your product for you. The companies with the highest NPS are likely some of the best. These are your Googles, your VWs, your Snapples and Kashis. These are more than jus companies: they are cultures.

Whether you belong to the PC society or the Nike new world order, you brand loyalty says something about you. There us a lingo, a logo, and a love for these products, which that one simple question, (would you recommend our product to a friend?) reveals. Will you promote that company’s product and in essence, do their marketing work for them?

This is how I feel about Apple: despite the high price point, close systemness ( anti- Linux), and Starbuckian trendiness of their products, I love this company. They are my business influencer (what would apple do or wwad?).

These are the reasons I promote Apple:

1. Innovation – whenever I think about doing something new in business simply to be the first one in the pool, I remember that to be a game changer doesn’t always mean being the first one to suit up. There were plenty of MP3 players on the market before Apple changed the world forever with a little thing called the iPod.

2. Simplicity – when I bought my first Macbook, Wonder Woman was still PC user and worried that the switch would confuse her.  Nearly three years later when it became time to buy our next computer we didn’t even consider looking at anything that didn’t come from our favorite “fruit company.”

3. Attention to Detail – there are just little things that make Apple products superior.  For example, in the default PDF viewing program, there is a little feature called “Quartz Fileter,” which allows you to compress the PDF to minimal file size without losing much quality (I recently reduced a 15MB file needed to complete my application for the August 18th Nefesh B’Nefesh Charter Flight to 216KB using this method).  This obviates the need for $30 PDF compression programs that many in the legal field are so fond of like PDF Shrink.  Also, many of these features are intuitive, fill a user-need (not just extraneous add-ons), and like #2 are simple to use.

4. Product Design – the iPhone just feels right in my hand.  Even when I’m walking the dog, with a double stroller packed with my two kids, I can use one hand to scroll through email.  Reading on this compact device has changed my world (as the name of this blog implies, I am a word junky and read at every opportunity).  Now, I don’t have to lug multiple books around on trips, I just download to the iPhone and enjoy holding my little e-reader (why anyone would want a Kindle is beyond me).

5. Relavance – Apple is never content to just sit around and wait for the next thing to happen.  While the record and movie industry battled Napster they built iTunes.  As court battles raged on over whether cable providers could store content in a cloud accessible to subscribers at anytime via their cable service, they came out with Apple TV.  There is always something cooking in the Apple labs and it ain’t strudel or turnover.

All-in-all you can say we are a happy Apple family.  Our latest acquisitions, a 24-inch iMac and an Airport extreme are just the latest in our ongoing relationship with this company.  The iMac we got as a certified refurbish from the Apple Store, was cheaper than anywhere else I have looked, and came with a 1-year warranty.  The Airport extreme wireless router we got from an EXCELLENT site for Apple products: MacMall.com for almost 40% off the retail price, brand new (sealed in box).  While the high price point of Apple products can be off putting for the uninitiated, those of us loyal customers who put Apple in the 9 to 10 NPS range will always tell you, it is worth the extra money.  I’d rather save for another year and buy an older Apple product than rush out to get the latest PC, (although I must admit that Windows XP 2007 on my work computer is a fantastic step up from previous MS attempts).

Solution : Downgrade.

이더넷 케이블을 연결함.  (The cable for ethernet must have plugged in.)

1. Manual Setup (alt+click)

2. Version (click)

3. Upload Version choose and Ok button (click)

Good luck everybody.

A new gadget into my living room. Very easy to install and its far better than the linksys I had before. Hot product

I just got my Apple TV, and after spending some time with it, I found it is an anti-climatic gift, but will offer long term enjoyment.  I know many people recommend hacking the Apple TV to have many other functions, but I opted for the smaller model since I already have a Mac Mini set up in the bedroom with a Drobo to store all of my music, movies and TV shows.

Setup unfortunately was not as easy as it is with most Apple devices.I found that there is a incompatibility with iTunes 8.1.1 where the Apple TV will only show up if i turn off iTunes sharing.  Additionally I am having problems connecting the Apple TV to my Airport Extreme 802.11n router, and had to instead connect it to my slower Airport Express router.

Although the Airport Express is much slower, I found that all my shows and photos finished syncing by the next morning.  This is great, and the Apple TV will stay in constant contact with iTunes to sync the latest shows and movies I download.  Should you get one?  This depends on your budget.  For most people, I would actually recommend the Mac Mini over the Apple TV, since you can connect external storage to the Mini without hacking the device.  The Apple TV is really for people who already have a PC / Mac that they use to download movies and music on to and they are looking to extend the connection to the TV.  It not the perfect solution for everyone, but it  turned out to fill a need for me.

In an underwhelming announcement, Apple Computer Inc. releases updates to their iMac, Mac Mini, and Airport Extreme.  The iMac gets a performance boost to 2.66GHz and 3.06GHz, with updated graphics cards.  The Airport Extreme and Time Capsule now supports dual a/g/b and n networking.  Both have the same external appearance as the last generation models.

Perhaps the most notable update is the Mac Mini, which has been completely overhauled to feature five USB ports, a Mini DisplayPort and DVI plugs for dual monitor support.  All this running on 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo processor and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card.  To read the official pres release, click here.

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Apple hat ein Firmwareupdate für alle TimeCapsule auf 7.4.1 online gestellt. Das Update ist über das AirPort Dienstprogramm zu beziehen. Mit der neuen Firmware die für alten wie erst kürzlich veröffentlichten 2009er Versionen der Time Capsule und AirPort Extreme verfügbar. Auch die AirPort Express wird unterstützt.

Das Update behebt einige Sicherheitslücken und ermöglicht auch für die alten Geräte den externen Zugriff über Mobile Me/Back To My Mac. Wichtig ist jedoch das die angehängten Festplatten an der Extreme/Express im HFS+ bzw. Mac OS Extended formatiert ist. FAT formatierte Platten sind zwar lokal verfügbar, jedoch nicht über die Remote-Funktion.

Apple empfiehlt vor der Installation des Firmware-Updates die Installation des AirPort-Dienstprogamm-Updates, das am Dienstagabend veröffentlicht wurde.

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Ist das Update installiert sollte man eine Einstellung bezüglich der Zugriffsrechte unbedingt deaktivieren um Fremdzugriff zu vermeiden:

Time Capsule im Airport Dienstprogramm auswählen -> Manuelle Konfiguration -> Laufwerke -> File-Sharing -> Gastzugriff auf Laufwerke und dort “Nicht zulässig” auswählen.

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Apple hat gestern Abend über die Softwareaktualisierung Updates für iLife Support, iPhoto und dem Airportdienstprogramm. Standardmäßig hält sich Apple bedeckt über die Veränderungen.

Das iLife-Support-Update ist auch für Benutzer von Aperture und iWork zu empfehlen, da die Stabilität verbessert wird. Das iPhoto-Update behebt Fehler in den Bereichen der Internetverbindung, Import von Schlüsselwörtern un d Export von Diashows.

Das Airportdienstprogrammupdate enthält Fehlerbehebungen und Kompatibilitätsaktualisierungen für die neuen Time Capsule und Airport Extreme.

I don’t think I have the patience for this, so I’ll make this fast. A Yahoo! Finance article contains so many errors that I’m getting a tad annoyed. Let’s start with the wrong verb here:

And some missing information here:

Apple has announced something, but I’m not sure what. It probably has something to do with the AirPort Extreme. That’s my guess. I’m also guessing that the author meant to include a comma or two in “Oh, that’s all, Apple?”

Missing punctuation bugs me. Like the hyphen omitted after BFR to indicate that the computers are BFR-free and PVC-free:

Unless you’re talking about the credit card, visa is a common noun:

And taxpayer is one word, not two:

Here’s that Visas thing again:

And there it is again!

But let’s end on something lighthearted, shall we? Like this typo: