Apple

Over at Mac Recon, fcodc has posted a pretty cool article about how to set up a Mac Media Center, listing just about everything you’ll need.
It doesn’t run through the full setup of the individual components (so I can’t call it a tutorial), but if you’re pretty tech-wise, you can probably figure it out on [...]

Lists… I love lists. Especially when they list free stuff! I came across this pretty cool page on Tripod this morning that lists “The Top Mac Applications FREE!” and while it contains many I’ve already known about, it uncovers a few more that I didn’t. Worth a good look as it [...]

If you’ve been frustrated with iTunes DRM, this just might be the thing for you. After all, you paid for those songs, didn’t you? Thanks to FairGame, a free download from Seidai Software, you can return fair use to your songs.
“FairGame will convert the songs you bought on the iTunes Store to [...]

Seems like OS X hacker “semthex” managed to get it to work and posted the code and know-how on his blog. It’s a pretty interesting idea, and originally opened up into single-user mode (Apple’s Command Line Interface), but since posting the hack, he’s managed to get it running the GUI.
Apple, apparently not too happy [...]

Apple has released the iPod Shuffle Reset Utility for first generation 512MB or 1GB Shuffles plagued with flashing orange and green LEDs. This software re-flash is NOT for the newer, sleeker 2nd Gen models, and it will erase your Shuffle.
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Seems that Apple is thinking about ditching the old clickwheel navigation in lieu of a touch-sensitive screen on future iPods, if this filing (filed back in June ‘06) at the US Patent and Trademark Office’s site has anything to say about it…
Much like mouse gesturing (the mouse equivalent of keyboard shortcuts), you’ll be able to [...]