Does anyone know where a guy can get a copy of the PhotoToTypePad iPhoto plugin installer from the now defunct Daikini Software? I have a copy installed on another machine but can’t seem to get it running without the installer. Anyone? Anyone?
tags: iphoto | macintosh | photography | typepad | daikini
My MacBook Pro arrived today and it’s a damned fine machine. The system runs great and boots fast. The screen is gorgeous and the new MagSafe power connector works as advertised.
What I need now are Intel versions of ecto, Apple Remote Desktop, Firefox, and of course, NetNewsWire. Brent, hook me up, man!
tags: macbookpro | macintosh | netnewswire | mactel | coreduo
Got our first Intel iMac today for testing. I fixed it up the way we like it and imaged the drive to a FireWire disk. When I option-booted to get to the startup disk selection screen (usually in OpenFirmware), I was greeted with this very slick new selection UI. It’s fully keyboard-navigable. Booting from FireWire is a bit slower than booting from the internal drive (see this movie for the FireWire boot), which happens quickly – damned fast, actually.
My initial reaction to Photoshop speed is: faster than my PowerBook. Photoshop CS2 booted twice as fast on the iMac (1.83GHz Core Duo, 2GB RAM) as on the PowerBook (1GHz G4, 2GB RAM). Working with a 35MB .psd file (levels, unsharp mask, etc.) seemed faster than I’m used to on the PowerBook. No complaints so far.
I’m taking this machine to the San Juans tomorrow for field testing by one of our production artists for a few weeks. If all goes well, we’ll be buying a few of these a month for the next year.
Is there a law ordering every other citizen in SF to own an iPod? Walking around today I saw more white earbuds than I’ve ever seen in one place. And these weren’t just on the über-hip, young urban San Franciscans between the c|net office and Moscone Center. No, I’m talking about everyone, young and old, hip and not. The city (or, the financial district, at least) is also completely covered in Apple ads – iPods, mostly.
Julie noticed that everyone seems very friendly. She and Mary took a walk today (to a medical clinic – Mary’s sick) and many people stopped to say how cute she is (well, she is) and offer assistance with directions and such. Who knew?
Yeah, she’s sick. We came knowing that she had a virus but was on the mend. Today, ear infection. Great.
Hopefully she’ll sleep a bit better tonight – her fever is going away – because I have to get a bit of sleep as I’m meeting the Canadians at 6:30 to get in line for the Stevenote. If there’s cell service in the ballroom, I’ll try to post some pix of the goodies.
tags: macworld | sanfrancisco
