TV Ripping Workflow
If, like me, you have both an unassailable dedication to physical media for your video (and music) and yet you wish to play them on your iThings then there’s a […]
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News about Macs, the Mac OS and other Apple products.
Overcoming Handbrake’s BBC Bluray Deficiency
When I rip my shiny discs to play on my iThings and my Apple TV, my workflow is simple: MakeMKV to transfer the film or TV show to the hard […]
Letting the iPhone and iPad Off the Leash
It’s the cable to the computer that’s holding Apple’s mobile devices back. You still need to plug them into a computer for two (or three) reasons: to backup and to […]
Flickr/iPhoto Disintegration
One of the new features in iPhoto ’09 was support for sharing photos on Facebook and Flickr. This tied in with the new Faces and Places features, with the former […]
iPhone 4 Pay As You Go vs Contracts
Obviously I need the new iPhone. Need one, d’you hear? But where previously the pay as you go deal, though an upfront expense, has been great value for me (as […]
More iPhone Death: Drowning
There could be lots of reasons why I didn’t blog my previous iPhone going in the sea. It could be that there’s not much to say about it (“don’t put […]
Slow Death of an iPhone
This is my premature “coroner’s report” on my 3G (white 1Gb) iPhone. I’m really posting this for anyone else who is having problems with their WiFi. For information, rather than […]
The Enchanted Rodent
матрациToys! Shiny new toys! I’ve just taken delivery of a new iMac at work, with Fusion 3 and Windows 7. (This is so I can use and trial software across […]
Front Row TV Season Ordering Solution
Nerdy post for users of Apple’s Front Row coming up. If you use a Snow Leopard (or possible Leopard) machine as your media centre and you rip your own TV […]
Add Geotagging to Your Non-GPS Camera
Once in a while something comes along that is so cool that you can’t believe it. When Martin Varsavsky blogged about an SD card that included wi-fi I was impressed, […]
iPhone Airfoil Speakers
Good news from мебелиRogue Amoeba. When they sadly made it clear that an Airfoil for iPhone, sending your iPod other app’s audio to your hifi, is not possible due to Apple’s restrictions, […]
Times Changing
When I did my first degree, a few of my lecturers pushed their own textbooks; it makes sense, no doubt, since it would be a work whose authority (one hopes) […]