Archive - apple

Span your Aperture library across multiple disks

September 04 2 Comments Category: aperture, apple

One thing that bugged me for a long time using Aperture was that my library quickly got enormous.  There originally wasn’t any way to do this, but Aperture 1.5 gave us the "Relocate Masters" function.
The problem is, you have to select which photos to relocate, and if you have thousands of photos, it’s hard to [...]

Does Aperture run fast on anyone’s machine?

August 27 2 Comments Category: aperture, apple

I’ve been using Aperture ever since I bought a DSLR about a year and a half ago. In terms of functionality, I can’t even imagine what post-processing would be like without it.
I can plug in a memory card from any one of dozens of different DSLR’s and Aperture knows exactly how to handle it.
I can [...]

$15 million dollar iPhone?

August 24 1 Comment Category: apple

It all started last night.  George put his newly hacked iPhone on eBay.  It started at $540.  Keep in mind there are other ways to unlock an iPhone, but he did it the hard(ware) way. 
This morning the phone was up to $2,000.  I thought wow.  Good for that kid.
At 3PM it was up around $4,000.  [...]

See Apple? iPhone unlocked = goldmine

August 24 1 Comment Category: apple

Last week, a guy known as geohot succeeded in unlocking the iPhone. This technique actually requires opening up the case, and shorting a circuit on the board.  Tiny little solder joints needs to be desoldered and resoldered.  All sorts of software hacks need to be applied.  Apple has really made this tough.
And of course, it [...]