OS X

New iPhoto

January 7, 2004

The possibilities suggested by Apple's new iPhoto announced yesterday is great. I'm wondering, though, will iPhoto have to be running to share photos? Will it's server (almost certainly doing http at some level) run only when iPhoto is running? This is the case with iTunes and it's too bad. It greatly reduces the usefulness of the the application.

iLife 04

January 6, 2004

Apple's iPhoto got a major overhaul today. The demo given by Steve Jobs had over 20,000 photos, great performance, date based organization, easy rating of photos, better slide shows and photo sharing through Rendezvous. iPhoto jumps to version 4.0.

Next Jobs went on to demo iMovie 4. New features include iSight importing, new titles, audio scrubbing and enhanced exporting.

Not to leave out any part of the "i" suite Jobs also revealed the new iDVD 4. Throughout all the applications the Cube transition, as seen in Apple's fast user switching is everywhere. Possibly that indicates the reintroduction of the Apple Cube?

Stella and iThink

January 2, 2004

I'm not sure when it happened, but HPS has released Stella and iThink for OS X. I downloaded the demo of iThink. It has some bugs and quirks, (forward delete doesn't work, and another I can't recall at the moment). But it runs in OS X (10.3) nicely. It must be time to upgrade!

Gallery installation and iPhoto integration

January 2, 2004

Gallery installation and iPhoto integrationMatt Raible has great things to say about Gallery. He asks about .mac import/export. It is possible at least to some extent by telling Gallery to upload a URL. If you have the URL of your album on .mac you can have it upload the URL to Gallery. Not perfect and there are several of the ancillary graphics that you have to make sure are unchecked.

Using Proxy.pac in OS X 10.3.2

December 18, 2003

Having downloaded OS X 10.3.2 today here is how to setup a proxy.pac file.

  1. Go to the System Preferences
  2. Select the Network panel
  3. Select the connection you want to edit and the network port you are wanting to edit.
  4. Select Proxies from the right tab at the top of the window
  5. Scroll to the bottom and select "Automatic Proxy Configuration"
  6. Enter the address of your proxy.pac configuration file (usually something like (http://servername.com/proxy.pac).

Finally

December 18, 2003

Apple has released 10.3.2 via software update today. One of the enhancements mentioned in the notes is the ability to configure proxy servers via proxy.pac files. This has been one annoying area where OS X has been lagging for some time. I can't wait to finish the current project so we can upgrade and test it out.

WebObjects and Xcode

December 17, 2003

Does anybody have good tutorials on Xcode and WebObjects 5.2.2? I have found several pretty good articles on places such as MacDevCenter but none address Xcode specifically. My current problem is getting the EOModels to show up when I tell Xcode to create a display container. There is a list of Entities that now includes one I did for a tutorial but can't get it to include the "real" EOModels I created and want to use for a project. I've worked a bit with DirectToWeb - fantastic technology. I'm fearful of many of the books on WebObjects as they seem dated and I'm not sure if they'll add value or confusion.

Safari text spacing errors

December 13, 2003

Has anyone else noticed problems with text spacing in Safari under 10.3.1. The condition I have observed is that the further to the right the cursor gets the further it gets ahead of the text. This is true both in the address bar and in areas such as textboxes. As you get past half way across the screen the cursor can appear a full character in front of its actual place.

Cell Phone Post Part II

November 29, 2003

I posted the other day about having gotten the cell phone working. Indeed it works well. I have since found the Verizon modem script. Now the problem is that each time the machine boots it connects the first time just fine. After disconnecting however, it will connect a second time but is rendered useless by a near constant string of "disconnect-connect-authorize". It does all of this quickly enough that it continues to increment the counter and does not miss a beat. At times it will appear to stabilize and stay connected for a time but the next set of packets on the net can set the whole thing off again.

Networking Question

November 25, 2003

Here's what I want to setup. If a packet is bound for the local network (say 123.45.x.x) then it should go via ethernet. If it is bound for a foreign network then send it via the modem. The challenge is that the local network is addressed using DHCP and I don't control the DHCP server. Anybody have ideas on the best way to set this up.

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