Steve Jobs: 1955-2011
I am saddened by the loss of Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs only got 56 years on this earth, but boy did he make use of his time. Anyone would be lucky to have just one of his successes. Every computer in use today is based on the original vision of the Macintosh. Every Mac in use today uses the operating system created by Steve Jobs’ team at Next. The music industry was changed, for the better,...
Read MoreMac Development Setup
Marco Arment just wrote a blog post about iMacs, Mac Pros, and laptops. Considering I just recently upgraded all my computing hardware here, I thought I would comment on what worked for me. Earlier this year, I replaced my 3-year old MacBook Pro with a Mac Pro and a MacBook Air. I seriously considered getting a 27″ iMac i7 and did not seriously consider getting another MacBook Pro. ...
Read MoreExpressCard SSD update
A reader, Phil, asked me for an update about my ExpressCard SSD. Specifically, he was concerned about many of the reviews on NewEgg that mention problems with the card failing after 4 months or so. I’m happy to report that my ExpressCard SSD is still going strong. I use it as my boot drive, it contains all my apps and it is my main development drive. People have told me that the SSD would...
Read MoreSQLite Studio Now Available
Update: SQLite Studio is now again called SQLVue and is available exclusively in the Mac App Store! SQLVue ($20) SQLVue Lite (Free) Many years ago, one of the first products that we started selling was called SQLVue. It was a database IDE for working with a variety of database engines. It was pretty popular, but we eventually stopped selling it for a variety of reasons. In the years since,...
Read MoreExpressCard SSD in MacBook Pro
I’m always looking for ways to get more speed out of my MacBook Pro. Last month, Mac OS X Hints published a hint about using an ExpressCard SSD in a MacBook Pro. Then early this month, Rob Griffiths of Macworld (and the Mac OS X Hints guy) posted both an article and video on how he bought and set one up with his MacBook Pro. The speed improvement seemed pretty impressive, so I ordered one...
Read MoreInstalling Windows 7 x64 on a MacBook Pro Using Bootcamp
I have been running Windows 7 RC x86 (the 32-bit version) in Bootcamp for several months now. It’s worked well, but I really didn’t like that it couldn’t see the full 6GB of RAM in my MacBook Pro (Late 2007). Snow Leopard comes with new Bootcamp drivers that support 64-bit Windows and adds a new file system driver to allow you to read your OS X files while in Windows. So I...
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