Scroll bars are everyone in Mac OS X and applications. There are two things that can happen when you click in the scroll bar, above or below the marker. The first is the window can move up or down one page. The second is the window can jump to a position in the document relative to the spot you clicked in the scroll bar. Switch between these two options in System Preferences, Appearance. Look for the “Click in the scroll bar to” option.
He heard that Macs are safe from viruses, and he doesn’t want to get the flu this season.
When I first became a parent I was given a copy of Love and Logic, a parenting book. I recommend it. It is a lot of common sense stuff that should be obvious about parenting, but for some reason isn’t.
Among the many ideas in there is the idea of giving children a choice. For instance, if we were to tell our daughter “you must wear this shirt” we may get some resistance depending upon whether she liked the shirt or not. But if we give her two choices of shirts to wear, she is thrilled at the chance to make a choice, even though it is a small one. Sometimes the second shirt we pick is one we know she doesn’t like anyway. You get the idea.
This week started off with quite a shock as Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced another medical leave. He will remain CEO of the company, but COO Tim Cook will once again take over the day-to-day operations.
We don’t know what prompted this third medical leave in the last 7 years, and no indication was given how long it will be until his return. Jobs received treatment for pancreatic cancer in 2004 and a liver transplant in 2009. Reportedly it is common to have periods of immune system trouble after a liver transplant.
On Tuesday Apple announced yet another record-setting quarter. The company had $6 billion in profits on $26.7 billion in revenue, more than 70 percent higher than last year’s numbers.
Brush off those 1980s programming skills and write some BASIC code on your iPhone or iPad. The Basic! app lets you type out some code and run it just like you would on an early computer or terminal. Besides being nostalgic, this could actually come in handy if you need to write quick programs to perform calculations. They have even added some touch screen functions.
Did you know you can change the order in which columns appear when viewing your iTunes library in List, Album List or Cover Flow views? Just drag and drop the column headings left or right to move them around. So, for instance, you can have the artist name show in the leftmost column and the track name in the second column. You can also go o View, View Options to choose which columns are present.
So with this new app I press a button and dinner is automatically served in a bowl on the floor.
Wow, it is great that you can take care of your dog like that.
What dog? This is for my husband.
Rumors of a Verizon iPhone have been circulating for four years. This week the rumors became fact as Verizon and Apple jointly announced the coming of the iPhone to Verizon.
The launch of a slightly different iPhone 4, customized for Verizon’s CDMA network, will occur on February 10 in Apple and Verizon stores. Verizon customers can pre-order an iPhone on February 3.
The design of the iPhone 4 for Verizon is slightly different to accommodate the CDMA antenna and lack of a SIM card slot. The CDMA network differs from AT&T’s GSM network in that voice and data cannot be used at the same time. GSM also has faster data speeds and can be used in more countries for those that travel with their iPhone. But CDMA may offer better call reliability.
Yet another innovative puzzle game. In Burn the Rope you turn your iPhone to keep flames burning upward along the ropes. Bugs crawling along the rope and flame colors add depth to the puzzles.
You can search the new Mac App Store by document extension to find applications that will handle a certain document type. For instance, type “extension:doc” in the search field at the upper right corner of the Mac App Store and you will get a list of all applications that can handle .doc files.
The new GarageBand is so advanced it does it all by itself. My iMac has a record contract and starts a 30-city tour next week.
