New Apple Lust Objects

Have made a Mac ILX client: Zing: A (beta) ILX client for Macs

GF: New NetNewsWire beta is out today. They've killed Newsgator syncing, so it uses Google Reader (nnwbeta.com). They've also added ads.

Also seems to have wiped all my clippings, ffs.

Tempted to switch over, but not sure how much the new included ads will bug me. Newsgator can go to hell anyway - their updating/web interface/syncing was absolute garbage.

I basically wanted a Google Reader native client, and it does seem to be that. At least the syncing seems better than it was with NNW. Ads are with the Deck, but it's still nasty Eudora-esque stuff, that.

Also seems to have wiped all my clippings, ffs.

― stet, Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://nnwbeta.com/2009/07/30/netnewswire_3_2_beta.html

They’re not gone — it just looks that way.

Since no feature of Google Reader maps exactly to clippings, I’m trying to figure out what to do with clippings. It could be one solution, it could be several.

(Note: as added precaution, NetNewsWire made an HTML backup of your clippings at ~/Library/Application Support/NetNewsWire/ExportedClippings/.)

Also, ads you can't turn off are not a v. compelling feature to me.

Ah top, thanks caek

Newsgator say there's going to be a paid-for ad-free version soon.

...Completely reversing the decision they made two years ago. I will probably go back to Vienna then.

What I really want is a Firefox add-on that can do away with my need for a separate RSS reader but none of them seem any good.

Have you tried Feedly? It makes Google Reader a bit less overwhelming.

Yeah, that one's not too bad but it has some rendering problems. I will wait on that one. They're on to something, for sure.

The current version of NNW (i.e. not this new beta) is fine for my purposes. No need to upgrade or switch clients.

should I buy a 3Gs? are the problems with them just completely rampant? Or are they just sporadic?

Haven't had any problems with mine at all. It's a massive upgrade over my old 2G as well.

Apple’s product roadmap for the next year is likely to include iPods with video cameras, a tablet computer, a low-end Macbook and an upgrade for Apple TV, according to reports on Friday.

I'd be surprised if they were released before Sept. 8, when the current back-to-school free iPod offer ends.

The idea that Apple gives information about products in development to representatives from institutional investors is hilarious to me.

Those guys are worse at presenting speculation any of us are capable of as sourced intel than the rumour sites.

Apple refuses Spotify iPhone app

the app that would make itunes obsolete, wow i'm shocked

For Spotify probably ended up in a "sour cream" for specific test rather than the usual sex.

^^^^
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/07/apple-store-brb-small-230.jpg

Snow Leopard now available.

worth updating: y/n?

I think I'm gonna get one, cause I have one of those fancy MBP's with the two graphics cores and I'm curious to see how my Mac will be PUSHED TO THE LIMIT by this new OS

plus $30 is a lot easier to stomach than the $70 I paid for Tiger 4 years ago

and that was with the education discount

Under the hood progress turns me on so I'll be there. In fact I just bought Leopard in order to get Snow Leopard. Was glad I could rid myself of its ugly aspects (Dock shelf, transparent menu bar, aurora.jpg) easily enough.

is there anywya to change the login background?

Yes. That hideous thing is saved as DefaultDesktop.jpg in System/Library/CoreServices. Change whatever jpg you want to that filename. The catch is you need to be logged in as root to do it. You can temporarily create a root user login by using the Directory Utilty (in Applications>Utilities). It's an Edit menu item. After you've changed the DefaultDesktop.jpg, you can delete that root user if you like.

You can also replace it and then repair permissions to give it the right ones.

I found a third party app that does it too

It wouldn't let me change the filename until I was logged in as root, though. I did repair permissions afterwards, just for fun.

Shipping on uk apple store is nuts: £10 to get it via courier, free via post, but seems to suggest they'll ship it on Friday, instead of posting it to arrive on Friday. bugger that.

this worked for me, no real root required.

sudo chown root:wheel MyNonAwfulLoginImage.jpg
sudo mv MyNonAwfulLoginImage.jpg /System/Coreservices

I think I'll make my first trip to the Regent St store.

sorry...

sudo chown root:wheel MyNonAwfulLoginImage.jpg
sudo mv MyNonAwfulLoginImage.jpg /System/Library/CoreServices

I hated that image so much I deleted it from the list of available wallpapers too. It lives on in mini-form in the Desktop icon, though.

I actually don't mind the server version of it, which is the same but all blue.

I think it's mainly the colour I hate. But I don't like having any image as distinctive as that hard(ish)-wired into an operating system.

what did yous replace it with?

I could never decide on something so have stuck w/it :/

The whole Time Machine graphical scheme looks naff to my eyes too. I don't know what happened with Apple and taste when it came to 10.5.

x-post - my standard wallpaper, which is a Rothko painting. Possibly heresy and naff in its own way.

I replaced it w/the server one.

The whole look for 10.5 was shit, really. Was hoping for this rumoured new theme for 10.6, but no such luck.

what's weird is that image stays hidden most of the time and only pops up during certain types of system upgrades. Right? I changed it too, long ago. I replaced it with a retro ad campaign for some kind of domestic do-everything centralized computer system - apparently it would handle the garage door as well as the cooking - but I forget all about it for months at a time because it just lurks back there, behind the desktop, behind the gray apple logo, behind everything.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6410/picture1axx.png

The new one for SL is worse imo
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3362/3610110215_cd52344c77.jpg

I think it's marginally better, but I still DON'T WANT THIS 90s GEEKART MONSTROSITY ON MY COMPUTER.