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Quote: Originally Posted by Wiggin Anyone really surprised by this? Does Apple, or any other anti-virus software, in any way hide or encrypt how they identify the malware? If the signature they use to ID the threat is easily discovered, it's t…
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I used to think it would be cool if MobileMe was a kind of proxy so users had web pages reformatted by Apple for the device they were viewing it on. So mobile safari would see they have MobileMe and Apple would download the page and do all the web-k…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jonamac Am I totally alone in liking MobileMe? I agree it's pricey if you only use one or two of its features, but if you use them all it's great value. The web hosting is often unused by the moaners but it's worth the…
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Big question for me: Will the Pages app edit RTFs? Oh crap - the iTunes description just says plain text. Aagh!
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I wonder if Apple believes they will one day make inroads with the Pages and Numbers data formats. It seems unlikely as people would tend to go with the existing Microsoft formats or, if they want openness, go for Open Office or whatever it's called…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody What I meant was this was a "new feature" and it seems like it's included in the price I already pay. I'm already fine with $99 a year for the bookmark syncing and email alone, if they add in cloud d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Unkown Blogger How do you "preannounce" something? Once you mention it, that's the announcement. It works like magic.
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Quote: Originally Posted by justfine Because I was paying $140 for 2 separate accounts and their greater storage capacity on iDisk which we use for cloud backup. A much better deal for 2 persons. Wow! Has it finished yet ?
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 I'd like a cut of your jib, young man... I always did better in Literature rather than English in high school. "Proper" English never quite enticed me as much as flair, artistic license and liberal sprinklin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 Thou speaketh of iOS. Sorry, the OS X team is too busy making a new boot animation for Lion to do worthwhile things like proper app management. Then we might agree that Apple is not focused on doing all i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tundraboy You get to install App Store iPhoto on all 5 iTunes-authorized computers. That bodes well for you. And me. I wonder if Lion plus iCloud could pull a lot of that non-music authorisation into Lion as a mor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland So Apple thinks Lion is great and they are going to push said OS release with marketing. What a shocker. The real news here is that iCloud, aka Mobile me 2.0 will not be free. This is not good. "iClould is f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider --- People familiar with Apple's plans indicated to AppleInsider that at least one of those secrets is expected to be that at least some of the services included in iCloud will be offered for free to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Robodude As long as they make it somewhat easy to backup the OS to a flash drive (to reinstall it as needed), then there's little reason to buy a physical copy. Ads which actually show off Lion's apps and features, esp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 Yeah I don't understand. How would one scan their computer for it if they have downloaded it? This appears to just check upon download. What if you already have it? How do you know if you have it? I don't, b…
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A couple of things I thing Apple should have done differently here. (1) The malware definitions list should be streamed into OSX from Apple as a data update not requiring an OS update. (2) Uninstalling apps, including stopping all its processe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I have to admit that I use the Symantic suite for Mac, and I've been using their predecessors for quite some time, since System 8. While with System 7, 8, and 9, we did get a few virii a year, and some few pie…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bsginc Just like Windows.... Oh, wait, I mean, just like Windows could have done and should have done years ago. FTR, why don't Google, Bing and other search sites quarantine sites which enable malware like this. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by benny-boy --- 3) I agree with J. Gruber on this: the announcement of iWork for iphone/touch suggests that there is PLENTY to talk about at the keynote itself. No padding (remember iPod socks?). And also, I think…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider --- Jobs was said to be furious following the launch of MobileMe. The Chief Executive reportedly assembled the team that created the service and scolded them in a meeting at the auditorium on Apple's …