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Entries for October, 2003

(Semi)Panther Review: Part 2-Text

Panther Text Abilities:
For 3650 owners, two of the coolest new features in Panther are the “Send file to Bluetooth Device…” and “Send to Bluetooth Device…” options in the Services menu which is available in all Cocoa applications. This means any file you select in a Finder window can be sent to your 3650 quickly [...]

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(Semi)Panther Review: Part 1-Speed

So, I’ve noticed that there are quite a few people out there writing rather detailed overviews and reviews of their experiences with Panther. Rather than repeat everything that everyone else is saying on the subject, I think I am going to point to a few places where you can find out more of what [...]

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Get your RSS feed here…

Well, it’s ugly, doesn’t parse correctly, and doesn’t include the titles to the posts, but thanks to this service, I now have an RSS feed:
http://www.karakas-online.de/myServices/rssify.php?url=http://3650anda12inch.blogspot.com/
Once I get the time and energy, I will finish the process of hand-rolling my own 2.0 feed that I began last week. Once I have all the older posts [...]

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Immediately lock your 3650’s keypad…

Check this out:
N-Gage Thoughts. . . while perusing the documentation for the N-Gage I learned how to lock the keypad quickly on my 3650!! Press the left screen key and the * button at the same time and *poof* it’s locked. Press them again and it’s unlocked. I had NO idea this worked and always [...]

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PANTHER RULES! IS REALLY NICE!

This is one sleek update. I’ll post a full-length, more detailed review later, but for now know that it works, it works well, and it plays well okay with the 3650. Get it!
UPDATE: Well, turds. I just attempted to send a file via bluetooth to the 12-inch from the 3650 and it [...]

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Getting Panther tonight…

I just talked to my boss and she said I should go ahead and buy a copy of Panther for testing purposes (I’m one of the two Mac guys in my IT department), so I’m heading by the Apple Store after work to get a copy, which I will be reimbursed for later. Sometimes [...]

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Panther: Mac OS X 10.3 Reader Reports

Panther: Mac OS X 10.3 Very long and detailed reader reports from MacInTouch for those of you, like me, who are watching and waiting before upgrading to Panther. It would seem that a straight upgrade is the best way to install, rather than bothering with Archive and Install or Clean Install…

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Opera 6.1 for 3650

Rael notes that there is a new version of Opera out:
raelity bytes :: /gadget/cellphone/nokia/opera_6_1.html: “Opera Software has released the version of Opera for the 6600 for all Nokia Series 60 phones. It’s smaller, uses significantly less memory (Opera for Series 60 has long been known for its memory problems), new menu interface, Small Screen [...]

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10.3: Exposé and Window Zoom conflict with each other

This is a bit disappointing:
macosxhints - 10.3: Exposé and Window Zoom conflict with each other: “f you use the screen zoom (in Universal Access) and Exposé at the same time, the screen window doesn’t follow the mouse and is locked into the location it was in when you zoomed in, or pushed the Exposé button.”
I’ve [...]

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3650 syncing updates…

I received a rather helpful email from Jan Misker today:
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to install the update before last sunday, when wintertime started. At least when not in DST the problem doesn’t exist, I synced today, before DLing the 1.3 update. Anyways, others reported that the problem was solved.
BTW: about the AppArcServerThread message, I had [...]

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No longer lusting after new iBooks…

Well, my friend Jay Savage called me from the Apple Store in WHite Plains last night, where he picked up a copy of Panther for himself, and said, “You can stop lusting after the new iBooks. They didn’t change the design. The keyboard still bounces.” Good to know. I hate that [...]

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Surf on your 3650 12-inch via bluetooth connection to PeeCee…

Your trusty 12-inch isn’t around with no internet connection, but your office PeeCee is sitting there bluetooth-capable with a T3 connection waiting to be exploited and you want to sync your Avantgo filescheck out my site?
Thankfully, someone made some easy instructions for connecting the two via bluetooth over at MacOSX Hints.
Sorry for the mis-post a [...]

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iSync 1.3 via Software Update

Check it:
iSync 1.3 includes support for more phones from Nokia and Sony Ericsson, as well as stability improvements.

6.4MB download and update. After installing the update, I am still getting the “AppArchServerThread error!” that pops up on my 3650 twice each time I sync (btw, I think this is probably caused by something gone wonky [...]

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Panther report…

Check this out! I wonder how many days of me waiting for my work to buy me a copy of Panther will trickle by before I break and run out and buy a copy for my 12-inch…

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