Dear Apple, Please Make Automatic Source Switching an Option in iTunes

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Apple Set To Make Rendezvous Open Source

Apple Set To Make Rendezvous Open Source 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
Apple Computer reportedly plans to release the source code for its Rendezvous autodetect networking functionality in early September. The technology is designed to automatically discover and connect printers and other devices over Ethernet, AirPort, FireWire, USB and Bluetooth.

Nokia, Apple Make Open Source Deal

Nokia, Apple Make Open Source Deal 06/17/2005 03:18 PM
The deal is just one of a handful of announcements by the telecom this week.

Apple, Indie Labels 'Close' to iTunes
Pact -Source

Apple, Indie Labels 'Close' to iTunes
Pact -Source 07/13/2004 08:25 PM
Techzonez Jul 13 2004 11:53PM GMT

Apple, Indie Labels 'Close' to ITunes
Pact-Source

Apple, Indie Labels 'Close' to ITunes
Pact-Source 07/13/2004 11:46 AM

Apple, Indie Labels 'Close' to ITunes
Pact-Source (Reuters)

Apple, Indie Labels 'Close' to ITunes
Pact-Source (Reuters) 07/13/2004 06:55 AM
Reuters - iTunes Europe customers may finally be able to download tracks from The White Stripes and Franz Ferdinand as their music labels inch toward a deal this week with Apple Computer Inc., a source said on Tuesday.

Article: Dear diary, you make me sick |
New Scientist

Article: Dear diary, you make me sick |
New Scientist 09/11/2004 09:32 AM

Japanese broadband prices make Sweden
look dear

Japanese broadband prices make Sweden
look dear 12/22/2003 07:49 AM

Make room for Windows SP2 automatic
download

Make room for Windows SP2 automatic
download 04/11/2005 06:18 AM
Computer Weekly Apr 11 2005 9:14AM GMT

Article: Dear diary, you make me
sick | New Scientist

Article: Dear diary, you make me
sick | New Scientist 09/09/2004 06:49 PM
Article: Dear diary, you make me sick New Scientist

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iTunes 4.5, Fast User Switching and
AppleScript

iTunes 4.5, Fast User Switching and
AppleScript 05/21/2004 10:05 AM
I use iTunes on my desktop computer but spend most of my time working on my PowerBook. I have a couple of scripts on my PowerBook to pause and play iTunes on the desktop machine. Now that iTunes 4.5 will still play while swit...

Use multiple iTunes libraries via fast
user switching

Use multiple iTunes libraries via fast
user switching 06/22/2004 09:14 AM
After struggling with an option that allowed me to story my main iTunes library on a file server, whilst still having a second (smaller) library that I can take with me when I'm on the road, I concocted the following concept....

iTunes 4.5 plays nice with Fast User
Switching

iTunes 4.5 plays nice with Fast User
Switching 04/30/2004 12:17 PM
This is a bit of an "un-hint." There have been many hints here on using iTunes with Fast User Switching. In versions of iTunes before 4.5, you could only run one instance of iTunes on a given machine, so some hints involved...

Alternative open source option in SA

Alternative open source option in SA 05/18/2004 10:36 PM
Sunday Times South Africa May 19 2004 2:49AM GMT

Apple Switching to Intel?

Apple Switching to Intel? 06/05/2005 11:21 PM
According to this CNET News.com article, Apple plans to slowly phase out their partnership with IBM and switch to Intel-based microprocessors. Is this simply a move to a better microprocessor...

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Apple reportedly switching to Intel

Apple reportedly switching to Intel 06/05/2005 11:18 PM
Africa Leader Jun 6 2005 3:17AM GMT

Apple *is* switching to Intel chips

Apple *is* switching to Intel chips 06/17/2005 03:29 PM

The WWDC keynote just ended (notes here and here) and the news is pretty big in Apple land: Apple is switching to Intel chips (press release). A few notes:

• As speculated here and on Slashdot, Intel will not be making PowerPC chips for Apple.
• Intel will be making x486 chips for Apple.
• For the last 5 years, every copy of OS X has been compiled on both PowerPC and Intel platforms. This apparently is the long-rumored Marklar project.
• Jobs says developing apps to run on Intel Macs is easy...there's a checkbox in the developer tools that "makes a cross-platform single binary". Demo of Mathematica running on an Intel Mac from a guy from Wolfram...it only took them two days [some sources are now saying two hours, not days] to port it to Intel.
• Running PowerPC-compiled programs on an Intel Mac will be handled through emulation. Gold star to John Gruber for guessing this one.

I'm sure there's more, but those are the important bits. And I know this is Steve Jobs talking to us here, but from where I'm sitting (across the country, reading paraphrase transcripts), the transition has been well prepared for by Apple for a number of years and looks like it will happen a lot more smoothly than all the over-the-weekend hand-wringing indicated that it would.

Update: Dave Winer is reporting that:

1. Apple is not going into the software business, their operating system will not run on other vendor's hardware. So you won't be running the Mac OS on Dell, HP or IBM, for example. and 2. While Windows is not explicitly supported, they won't do anything to prevent Windows from running on their hardware.

Update #2: From news.com:

After Jobs' presentation, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller addressed the issue of running Windows on Macs, saying there are no plans to sell or support Windows on an Intel-based Mac. "That doesn't preclude someone from running it on a Mac. They probably will," he said. "We won't do anything to preclude that." However, Schiller said the company does not plan to let people run Mac OS X on other computer makers' hardware. "We will not allow running Mac OS X on anything other than an Apple Mac," he said.

Reports Say Apple Switching to Intel

Reports Say Apple Switching to Intel 06/05/2005 11:59 PM
Reports on CNET News.com and The Wall Street Journal claim that Apple will announce a switch to Intel x86 processors on Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference - a move that has been rumored for years yet never materialized. According to the report, the switch would start with Apple's low-end computers by the middle of next year. But many remain skeptical due to a number of unanswered questions.

Report: Apple Switching to Intel Chips

Report: Apple Switching to Intel Chips 06/05/2005 11:18 PM
AP via San Francisco Chronicle Jun 6 2005 3:18AM GMT

Report: Apple Switching to Intel Chips
(AP)

Report: Apple Switching to Intel Chips
(AP) 06/05/2005 10:59 PM
AP - A stormy, decade-long relationship between Apple Computer Inc. and IBM is over, according to published reports. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to announce Monday morning at the company's software developers conference in San Francisco that Apple will discontinue using microprocessor chips made by IBM in favor of Intel chips, according to CNET Networks Inc.'s News.com and The Wall Street Journal.

Apple and its dual-core option

Apple and its dual-core option 08/22/2004 11:29 AM
According to an <A HREF="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/18/dual-cores_detailed /">article</A> published Wednesday in The Register, it seems that Freescale Semiconductor Inc., a subsidiary of Motorola Inc., is set to unveil a dual-core processor at Microprocessor Forum in San Jose in October. "Freescale's dual-core PowerPC is expected to sport an on-board memory controller, this one capable of supporting DDR 2 SDRAM, along with a Gigabit Ethernet controller. It is also expected to use the Rapid IO bus, according to past Motorola pronouncements, though MPX bus support is also anticipated to maintain backward compatibility… (with speeds) beyond 2GHz." Of course, this all sounds great, but with all the chatter regarding dual-<I>processor</I> PowerBooks, this dual-core nonsense is bound to cause some confusion. So, allow me to explain, as best I understand it, anyway. The main issue here is heat. As we know, a single processor produces a heck of a lot of warmth, and the issue of cooling has been a major bone of contention in Apple’s hardware. As it goes with the current offerings, the faster the chip, the hotter the output, making it incredibly difficult for Apple to implement either dual G4 or G5 architecture into its current line of laptops. That being said, dual-core processors represent an interesting option — or at least a stop-gap between the PowerBook-friendly G5. Dual-cores can process two times more data per clock, which ultimately allows the whole system to perform much better when running under processor-intensive applications. Furthermore, both cores have their own cache. Level 2 and level 3 cache have always been an issue with G4 processors, as their general clock and bus speed hindrances have been compensated for with a fair amount of cache. However, as with the G5, dual G4 and basically every new chip that may appear the horizon is the architecture of Freescale’s current MPX bus. Since Apple’s not likely to overhaul its flagship laptop (i.e., with RapidIO interconnect) until it is capable to sport a G5, so the dual-core may be as crippled as the DDR SDRAM that currently pumps through the PowerBook. Dual-core may not mean much to the PowerBook as it stands, but it definitely spells good things to come for the PowerPC processor — both from Motorola and (hopefully, eventually) IBM. Since keeping PowerBook's cool and kernel-panic free is of utmost importance, dual-core could very well represent the future of Apple's professional portables. I can see it now: <B>One Apple, Two Cores.</B>

Other News: Apple Option Accounting

Other News: Apple Option Accounting 12/17/2004 06:26 PM
Auditors are asking for better accounting of stock options - which could strongly affect Apple's bottom line.

iPod Your BMW: BMW and Apple Add
Factory-Option Adapter

iPod Your BMW: BMW and Apple Add
Factory-Option Adapter 06/16/2004 10:12 AM

Item! MacMinute has picked up a scan of a upcoming magazine ad detailing the "seamless integration of iPod and automobile," specifically, it seems, the BMW 3 Series, X3, and Z4. Although there's no picture of the dock, the new adapter will allow control of the iPod via controls on the steering wheel. If they integrate an iPod-like touch wheel around the BMW logo I will flip. Not that I can afford a Bimmer, mind you, but just because that would be hot. Developing!

The ads lead to the site "iPodYourBMW.com," which for now remains offline.
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Apple iTunes and Apple Store (PowerMac
Price) Glitches? [Updated]

Apple iTunes and Apple Store (PowerMac
Price) Glitches? [Updated] 12/02/2003 12:22 AM
Several readers noted that Apple's iTunes Music Store has had some strange behavior this morning with song and genre links behaving erratically. The ...

"Apple - iTunes - Download iTunes"

"Apple - iTunes - Download iTunes" 04/30/2004 03:43 AM

Apple - iTunes - Download: iTunes for OS
X

Apple - iTunes - Download: iTunes for OS
X 04/29/2004 07:47 AM
only works for Windows 2000 or XP .. iTunes 2.0.4 Download Now .. Free for Mac & Win .. New iTunes version .. ready for download .. esse

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Law to make iTunes compatible with
Microsoft?

Law to make iTunes compatible with
Microsoft? 04/07/2005 05:57 PM
US legislators are debating whether to force Apple's products to interoperate with Microsoft's. The Congress have been considering a plan that would outlaw music protected by proprietary digital rights management (DRM) technology, such as Apple's FairPlay, which stops iTunes downloads being played on Microsoft digital music players and vice versa.

However, yesterday's Congressional subcommittee hearing on 'Digital Music Interoperability and Availability', which included debate on mandating interoperability for digital music, received a 'hands off' message from industry representatives. William Pence, Napster CTO, told the subcommittee that the music industry will eventually promote interoperability itself without the need for government intervention.

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Sony to Make an "iTunes for Movies"

Sony to Make an "iTunes for Movies" 03/31/2005 11:56 PM

10.3: Make remote AppleScripts work with
iTunes

10.3: Make remote AppleScripts work with
iTunes 12/09/2003 10:59 AM
I have done several unsuccessful trials at controlling iTunes on my second Mac via AppleScript. Although I had switched on "Remote Apple Events" in the Sharing preference pane, I always got something like "Can't authenticate...

Startup to make iTunes sing on Linux

Startup to make iTunes sing on Linux 08/02/2004 06:45 PM
ZDNet Aug 2 2004 10:53PM GMT

Make audio CDs from MIDI files in iTunes

Make audio CDs from MIDI files in iTunes 01/22/2004 02:36 AM
This may be obvious to many of you, but I have not seen it spelled out, but discovered it when I was experimenting one day. It worked intermittently in Jaguar or it may have just been older versions of iTunes that were the p...

Start-up to make iTunes sing on Linux

Start-up to make iTunes sing on Linux 08/02/2004 08:43 PM
CodeWeavers says new version of software bringing Windows programs to Linux supports Apple's music application.

P2Pers: we can make file-sharing secure
and outsell iTunes

P2Pers: we can make file-sharing secure
and outsell iTunes 07/22/2004 09:53 AM
New Heart waxing yields 2000 song sales via Kazaa and co.

Open source app servers make headway

Open source app servers make headway 05/11/2004 07:48 AM
Enterprises shopping for a Java application server will soon have more reasons to look at open source software, with no less than three open source projects expected to be certified compatible with Sun Microsystems Inc.'s enterprise Java standard by the end of the year.

IBM to make Java database open source

IBM to make Java database open source 07/30/2004 03:31 PM
ZDNet Jul 30 2004 8:04PM GMT

Open-source app servers make headway

Open-source app servers make headway 05/11/2004 04:36 PM
Three open-source offerings are designed to provide companies with a low-cost alternative to commercial application servers from BEA Systems, IBM and Oracle.

Open source systems make business sense

Open source systems make business sense 03/19/2003 10:25 PM
CNET Mar 19 2003 1:24AM ET

Users praise plan to make Ingres
database open source

Users praise plan to make Ingres
database open source 05/28/2004 04:54 PM
LAS VEGAS -- Users of the Ingres enterprise relational database heaped praise on Computer Associates International Inc.'s plan to release the code for the database to the open-source community under a new licensing scheme.

Users praise CA plan to make Ingres an
open-source database

Users praise CA plan to make Ingres an
open-source database 05/28/2004 04:55 PM
The Ingres database is going open-source under a new CA licensing plan, a move cheered by users who find it mature and easy to use but feel the company hasn't promoted it enough.

Can't Make It to NYC? Try the Little
Apple (AP)

Can't Make It to NYC? Try the Little
Apple (AP) 12/29/2004 12:15 PM
AP - New York, eat your heart out. So goes the message from this heartland town known as the Little Apple, where a New Year's event modeled after the one in Times Square is planned.
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