When you have 2 or more Macs, it’s easy to see one’s mac iTunes library and listen to it from another Mac.
But you may want to control your main Mac’s iTunes ( the one connected to your speakers for example ) when you’re using another Mac : you’d want to browse your songs, see the cover of the playing song, etc…
TuneConect 2 is a free and very well done app which exactly does what i described above.
* First step you enable your main Mac as a server : just install the pref.pane provided with TuneConnect.
* From your 2nd Mac, you’ll have to select the server and then you’ll get the main windwos with the cover:
* Now you can browse your music, activate the reduced window etc…
TuneConnect is a must-have and it’s available here
Firefox developers improved once again Java Scripts execution’s speed on the Firefox Nightly build (beta) 3.1, and here are the results based on a benchmarking made on a MacBook Pro via Sunspider:
- Safari 3.1.2: 3062.0ms
- Firefox 3.0: 2997.2ms
- Firefox 3.1 nightly without TraceMonkey: 2510.2ms
- Firefox 3.1 nightly with TraceMonkey: 1610.4ms
Firefox 3.1 can be up to twice faster than Safari with TraceMonkey on.
Get the latest Firefox 3.1. Nightly here and read more about TraceMonkey here.
TraceMonkey isn’t active by default on Firefox 3.1, because it is still under development; if you want to enable it anyway, just follow these steps:
- Type “about:config” in the Firefox 3.1 address bar.
- Look for the following key “javascript.options.jit.content”
- Set that key to “true” and restart Firefox.
Have fun speed browsing!
Eight new “Get a Mac” ads are available at Apple.com.
“Get a Mac” ads are getting more aggressive (in the message behind the ads: Apple is clearly trying to take advantage of Vista’s disaster, which is logical) than ever.
Especially the new “Off the Air” (and “Throne”), in which the Mac Genius announces to the PC , they’re helping switchers easily transfer their files from their old PC to their brand new Mac.
Even, retired Bill Gates will probably be back in a $300 million ad campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld.
The goal is to counter “Get a Mac” ads.
Apollo is like Adium for iPhone, I missed this superb multi clients IM application for the iPhone, and finally it is back thanks to the 4th version of Installer!
To install you have to have a jailbroken iPhone, then follow these easy instructions:
- Download Installer.app get it here
- Follow Installer.app installation instructions
- Open Installer.app on your iPhone
- Select “Community Sources”, then install
- Select “BSD Subsystem”, then install
- Select “Apollo”, then install
The Wi-Fi became the standard type of connection these days. Bonjour is the OS X system for sharing files, and more in a Local Network. But, what about being able to share these datas via Bonjour without being IN the local network?
You own more than a Mac, you are used to use Bonjour, you want to access your Bonjour Network while you’re in China watching the Olympic Games, read the following review of ShareTool!
First of all, ShareTool allows you to access Bonjour services in a very secure way.
With ShareTool, you can acces your home/work Bonjour services easily:
With a single click you acces your shared file, printers etc… wherever you are!
Enabling ShareTool is one click away!
Imagine you’re in Japan and printing a photo from your USA
located printer!
The configuration is simple and ShareTool works great with different types
of Routers (NAT-PMP and uPnP).
Another great feature is data-compressing to avoid using too much bandwidth.
ShareTool works with Mac OS 10.3.9 at least (which is reasonable)
and it works great with both PPC or Intel Macs.
ShareTool is unique, I’ve never seen a similar application for OS X, and to me it deserves 5 stars out of 5!
Download ShareTool here!
If some had doubts on the ability of the iPhone to be a business machine for managers, and “Blackberry” users… Here’s the answer: IBM Lotus iNote “Ultralite”.
The application has been developed on the Web Access structure of Lotus Domino.
Thanks to this application, the users will be available to access their emails, calendars and contacts from the iPhone’s interface. As a result, the iPhone will be able to communicate with the 2 big IT server’s Standards: Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus (but also with the Open Source Zimbra).
For more screenshots and informations visit the IBM Lotus Notes Ultralite website.
Microsoft is “silent” on the content of these updates..
Office 2008 12.1.2. According to notes provided by the company, “this update contains several improvements to enhance stability and performance.”
Office 2004 11.5.1 does offer a bit more information for users: “several improvements to enhance stability and performance,” the update also includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.
Both updates are available from Microsoft’s Mac Web site.
