Super-secretive Apple has a mole: its CEO. Steve Jobs acknowledges via email to a customer that an iPhone bug prevents third-party applications from loading, and that the bug will be fixed in September.Read more...
Readers this week have email on their minds, talking about merging folders in Eudora, the new Odysseus program, and the simultaneous outages of MobileMe and Gmail. Other topics include iPhone applications, Adam's review of the Garmin nuvi 255W, and backing up photos while traveling.Read more...
This week's TidBITS Talk discussions concern the iPhone's accelerometer, making Entourage (or another email application) the default program for the Mail PDF command in the Print dialog, the strange case of a suddenly unformatted backup hard disk, walking directions provided by online maps, and the susceptibility of phishing attacks in Safari on the Mac.Read more...
This week's discussions focus on recent Apple news, from the DNS security update (and Apple's response) to MobileMe fixes, the iPhone, and iTunes 7.7.1. Also, we learn how to extract images from PDF files, use Time Machine across a network, and upgrade Leopard, among more.Read more...
This week brings a varied menu of TidBITS Talk discussions, as readers troubleshoot problems with Mail, MobileMe syncing, and the iPhone, and discuss recent articles.Read more...
TidBITS took a week off, but our readers didn't stop talking. This week's topics range from the iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 update to replacing the battery on an old Mac laptop.Read more...
Feeling gouged by the absurd pricing of SMS text messaging? Using the AIM application under the iPhone 2.0 operating system, you can send text messages for free.Read more... Listen
So who was crazy enough to wait in line on the first day of iPhone 3G availability? Jeff Carlson, who reports on the experience of hanging out with 400 other close personal friends while Apple's servers imploded.Read more... Listen
iTunes 7.7 is now available, bringing support for the upcoming iPhone 2.0 software and a new Remote application for the iPhone and iPod touch.Read more...
In this week's TidBITS Talk discussions, readers share their experiences with Firefox 3, debate the merits of AppleCare, examine the latest Mac OS X Trojan vulnerability, solicit suggestions for hands-free Bluetooth speaker systems for cars, and query about an unresolved PowerPoint 2008 bug.Read more...
Mac OS X 10.5.4 is out, with fixes for a variety of bugs, many of which are in iCal, though the recent ARDAgent security vulnerability remains open. We suspect that the update was prompted by the fix that resolves problems with saving and reopening Adobe CS3 files on remote servers.Read more... Listen
Buying AppleCare with a new Mac can seem like an unnecessary extra cost, but for Jeff, AppleCare's replacement of his MacBook Pro's weak battery made the service worthwhile.Read more... Listen
Readers are talking about old Macs this week, wondering which versions of the Mac OS can run on outdated systems (and whether it's worth the trouble). Other discussions focus on the iPhone 3G (its industrial design and performance in Australia), using online banking within Quicken 2007, possibilities for next year's Snow Leopard release, using Entourage with MobileMe, removing items from the Recent Items list, and more.Read more...
The iPhone 3G garners quite a bit of discussion this week, but readers also talk about MobileMe, encrypted Time Capsule backups, scrubbing the Services menu, Back to My Mac, and alternatives to Mail and Quicken.Read more...
Apple has released QuickTime 7.5, which fixes a number of security issues, along with iMovie 7.1.2 and iDVD 7.0.2, which provide unspecified compatibility and bug fixes.Read more... Listen
This week's TidBITS Talk discussion topics are refreshingly disparate, covering Apple TV download speeds, illicit ebook copying, swapping cable modem hardware to improve performance, Windows software under virtualization or Boot Camp, and sharing files among family members in different locations.Read more...
All those iPhone apps? You'll be buying them from the new App Store, and although Apple answered some questions about it at WWDC, other questions remain.Read more... Listen
As rumored, Apple has renamed the .Mac online service to "MobileMe," in the process adding push synchronization features that will, in the words of Phil Schiller, turn it into "Exchange for the rest of us."Read more... Listen
Jobs Personally Acknowledges iPhone Third-Party App Bug and Upcoming Fix