Category Archives: Apple

Great article from Jason Snell about some of the problems with iTunes. I agree that syncing is a mess…especially with apps. It seems that no matter what sync options you choose, iTunes does whatever it wants to that day. My beef is with the scalability of the database. I have a substantial music collection (although not big enough to be left out of Match) and updating and editing metadata is an exercise in pain and agony. I’m not sure whether … Continue reading →

One of my biggest beefs with iCloud is how it cut Snow Leopard users out of the sync game. Here’s how to get things working on that old Mini or first generation MacBook Pro you still have in service.

This is worth it just for the translation of the cryptic menu symbols to actual keys.

The new iPad doesn’t introduce anything that we haven’t seen before, either in the iPhone or in rival tablets. There’s no Steve Jobs “one more thing” moment here; Apple just took its white-hot iPad and added the latest screen, battery and cellular technologies. If you’re in the market for a tablet, here’s the bright side: For the same price as before, you can now get an updated iPad that’s still better-looking, better integrated and more consistently designed than any of … Continue reading →

The full Xcode package is way too big for most users who just do some tinkering with Unix. This is much nicer.

This is a really handy cheat sheet to have around if you ever find yourself in VIM. As I look more at the prospect of text editors coming and going in waves, I think it’s better to learn one great text editor that work on every platform that you’ll ever use. VIM’s stability and ubiquity make it something to consider if you’re going to get serious about working more from the command line.

If you’re new to the Linux or Unix command line, this is a great place to get started.

So you’ve just gotten some new Apple stuff. There’s a good chance that you’ve started to get multiple Apple devices running in the same house. All these new devices will work together to make your media accessible throughout the house, but you’ve got to be more careful with your Apple IDs. Here’s how I recommend setting that up and a few other things to do depending on what you’ve recently acquired. Organizing Apple IDs Apple IDs are a mess, but … Continue reading →