Well, we’ve been waiting, what, about two years for this now. Today, Apple released Java 6 as part of it’s Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4.
The support docs (found here) say that in this 158MB update we get:
Upgrade today as I’m sure many developers will be wanting to update their code as part of a long awaited refactoring!
After delving into Solaris10 a couple of weeks ago, I thought I would explore the hidden regions of my Mac…It turns out that it has many of the same things as a typical UNIX/Linux system, but doesn’t seem to use them 
For example, /etc, is not there! Its a symlink to /private/etc, which is most weird, and even weirder still, I had a look into fstab, but it’s not there! Well, it’s called fstab.hd, and here’s the contents:
IGNORE THIS FILE.
This file does nothing, contains no useful data, and might go away in
future releases. Do not depend on this file or its contents.
How weird!
I’ve noticed this about OS X, it still has a lot of UNIX files in, but doesn’t tend to use them…
I found out how you make icons transparent! Make them a tiff image! Simple as!
EDIT: I will update this with a walkthrough someday…
Did you know that you can grab the icons for applications, and then save them as a GIF, a JPEG, PNG or even a PDF?
If you go to the Applications folder and select the application you want, right (ctrl)click and press “Show package contents Read the rest of this entry »
Just over a week agao I found that my Macbook wasn’t charging, but the charger was plugged in and on. I inspected the cable and found that it had melted just outside of the transformer!
I temporarily fixed it with some blue insulation tape, but today, it failed all together 
I have already ordered one off of eBay, ordered on Tuesday and dispatched the following day. Should hopefully be here anytime soon.
In the mean time, I have fixed the transformer 
A fair bodge job, but it seems to work now.
Prior to the work, I spent about an hour trawling the internet for a how-to, couldn’t find one, so here’s my own. Read the rest of this entry »
Today, 11th February, Apple release the second system update to Leopard. So what did we get?
Last Saturday (2nd February) I placed a bid on an iPod Touch on eBay, £199 plus £5 for p&p, bring the total to £204. This was a two month old Touch, 16GB capacity, along with charger (£20), protective film (£15) and four socks (~£20). The 16GB iPod Touch is £270 alone on the Apple Store (at time of buying).
The MacBook Air has had much said about it. Jobs claimed it was the thinnest notebook ever, the most portable Mac ever, the Apple site declares that it is ‘thinovation’. But is it really so great? I heard about OQO computers today in a lecture, and there has been talk about the ASUS Eee PC, so I went to look at these computers and compare them.
A good friend of mine, Aled Hughes, spoke to me today on msn and was talking to me about a feature he found on Leopard. If you press shift+option+volume (option being ‘alt’), then you can increment/decrement the volume by a quarter of a volume block:
Another of those little features Apple like to hide
Held between the 14th and the 18th of January, Apple today released two new exciting products and two enhancements to two of their already awesome product range.
