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Announcements and Previews
MediaTemple is running a beta test for its (xv) Virtual Xserve, hosted on actual Xserves running Parallels Server and virtualized Leopard Server. The virtual server can be managed using Apple's standard Server Admin Tools and also supports both Remote Desktop and Screen Sharing. Each virtual server includes the full complement of Leopard Server software, including iChat Server and iCal Server, and has its own dedicated IP address. Those interested in beta testing can apply online.
The Escapers released a public beta version of Shadow, a multiple clipboard utility that also makes clipboards available over networks. The utility provides a multi-item clipboard when installed and can add other named clipboards as well. Individual clipboards can be kept private to the local Mac, shared over a network via Bonjour, or shared only with a selected group using passwords. The Shadow menu bar menu shows all available clipboards, both local and network. Shadow is available for Mac OS X 10.4 and up (Universal Binary).
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Mac Tip Screenshots Keyboard Shortcuts
The quickest way to take a screenshot is to use a keyboard shortcut. Annoyingly, these aren't particularly intuitive. There are two main ones:
Command-Shift-3 - Take a screenshot of the entire screen.
Command-Shift-4 - Allows you to click and drag around the area you want a shot of.
Each of these will save a file to the desktop named Picture 1.png, or a higher number if that file already exists.
Now there are a few extra things you can do. If you press Space after pressing Command-Shift-4, you will notice that the cursor changes to a picture of a camera. You can now just click on a window, icon, widget or almost any other interface element to take a screenshot of it. You can also add Control into the keyboard shortcut to put the image in the clipboard instead of saving it to the desktop. For example, pressing Command-Control-Shift-3 would allow you to then paste the image into another document.
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MacTechLive NEWS ALERT RoughlyDrafted reports on details of the iPhone 2.0.2 firmware 3G connectivity improvements. According to a "source close to AT&T," the connectivity issues have been caused by iPhones demanding that cell towers devote more power than necessary to their connections. When a "critical mass" of iPhones, all demanding excessive amounts of power, are connected to a cell tower, the transmitter runs out of power and begins dropping calls and degrading data delivery. The 2.0.2 firmware update is said to address this issue via modifications to the power control algorithm.
The source also clarifies that iPhones running 2.0 and 2.0.1 firmware are continuing to cause problems for all users, which explains why many users have reported that connection issues persisted after they updated their iPhones. This also explains the advertising push for the 2.0.2 update seen with Apple adding a banner ad to the iPhone App Store and AT&T sending text messages to users encouraging them to update their iPhones. |
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iPhone Apps Going, Going, Gone |
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Recently Apple has started pulling the successful iPhone apps off the shelves of their App store. They are giving no reasons for the pulling of apps but a majority of them have dissapeared for good. BoxOffice, a popular free movie listing program for times, reviews and locations has been pulled without any explanation. This is just one of hundreds of programs Apple Apps store removed from it offerings. Apple has not responded and no one seems to know whats going on. |
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