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Posted in Celebrities, Cult Of Mac

Former Apple Chief Executive John Sculley has said in recent interviews that the late Steve Jobs was never fired from the company he helped found, an assertion that runs counter to Jobs’ own public claims on the matter.

Sculley, who was President of Pepsi before being recruited to Apple by Jobs himself in 1983, has become notorious as the man who ousted the co-founder, but the former CEO claims he never actually “fired” Jobs. He said as much in two recent interviews, one with the BBC and another with computer historian David Greelish, as transcribed by The Mac Observer.

Jobs originally convinced Sculley to leave Pepsi with the famous line: “Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or do you want to come with me and change the world?” He was brought on for his marketing experience because Apple’s board of directors reportedly viewed Jobs as too young to be CEO.
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Posted in Cult Of Mac

This is an issue I’m having since I installed the BlackBerry Desktop Software (BDS) on my MacBook Pro.
It makes iTunes slower, Mac overheating and the RimAlbumArtDaemon using up to 98% of my CPU!
Since I’m not really convinced of this process, here is how I dealt to definitely stop it from killing my computer from the Terminal:

Using superuser:
sudo launchctl remove com.rim.BBDaemon
Using regular user:
launchctl remove com.rim.BBLaunchAgent
launchctl remote com.rim.RimAlbumArtDaemon

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How funny this is!

Posted in Microsoft

How does it work? The Whited00r dev team have basically built a custom version of Apple’s official iOS 5, specially catered towards the ARM6 family of Apple devices: the iPhone 2G & 3G, and the iPod Touch 1G and 2G. You just download the IPSW firmware and install it through iTunes, just like a regular software update. Here’s the installation guide: it’s dead simple.

Once your device has been restored using WhiteD00r 5.1, you’ll have most of iOS 5?s best features, including multitasking, reminders, a rough approximation of iCloud that uses Dropbox as a core, folders, Newsstand, and even custom wallpapers.

Sadly, though, there is a caveat. Notification Center doesn’t come along with the package, and you also lose out on the App Store (although you can still buy, download and install apps through iTunes).

Posted in Apple Hardware, iPhone, iPhone 3GS & iPhone 4

What’s new in iTunes 10.5.3

• iTunes 10.5.3 allows you to sync interactive iBooks textbooks to your iPad. These Multi-Touch textbooks are available for purchase from the iTunes Store on your Mac or from the iBookstore included with iBooks 2 on your iPad.
• iBooks textbooks are created with iBooks Author — now available as a free download on the Mac App Store.

Download iTunes 10.5.3

It’s not showing up in Software Update yet, but you can download it with the direct link or through here.

Posted in iTunes

The January 19 Apple Education Event at Guggenheim, in which Apple unveiled:

• iBooks Interactive textbooks for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch
• iBooks Author for Mac
• iTunes U App + virtual classrooms

Apple Education Event video is 60 minutes in duration:

• Watch streaming video
• Download 700MB podcast

Event features:

• Phil Schiller, Apple Senior VP of worldwide marketing
• Roger Rosner, Apple VP Productivity Software (iWork, etc)
• Eddy Cue, Apple Senior VP of Internet Software and Services
• Jeff Robbin, Apple VP of consumer applications

Posted in Cult Of Mac

Follow these steps in order to change your fonts’ size in the Finder or Mail sidebar:

1. Launch System Preferences by clicking the System Preferences icon in the Dock, selecting the System Preferences item from the Apple menu, or opening Launchpad and selecting the System Preferences icon.
2. Select the General preference pane from the System Preferences window.
3. Use the drop-down menu next to the “Sidebar icon size” item to set the size to Small, Medium, or Large. This drop-down menu controls the icon and font size for both the sidebar in Mail and the sidebar in a Finder window. The default size is Medium.

When you’ve made your selection, just close System Preferences.

Posted in Lion, Macintosh Tips & Help