Author: A.P.P.L.E.

It seems that owners of Cisco and Linksys home routers got a rather invasive surprise this holiday season.  Cisco pushed out an update to their routers which requires users to use the Cisco Cloud service to log in to their routers.  According to Boing Boing, the routers lock the users out and only lets them have access back if they agree to the new terms of service permitting Cisco to essentially spy on them. While many companies have monetized users…

Karelia Software has released an update to their web production software, Sandvox.  The new version focuses on the conversion of high resolution graphics and photos from newer cameras.  Sandvox will now take the photos,  generating the thumbnails quicker.  Version 2.6.3  also includes a host of fixes and updates including: Publishing Other Bug Fixes Sandvox allow users to create websites easily with a minimum of HTML and CSS knownledge, includes embedding of all popular media formats and allows automatic publication via…

Gerard Puter has released a major update to the Virtual ][ Emulator. The latest update brings the emulator in line with the latest version of Mac OS X (Mountain Lion) and includes a number of video related improvements as well.  Improvements included in Version 7.0 of Virtual ][ are as follows: Virtual ][ is a Macintosh based Apple ][ emulator, which includes many advanced emulation features rarely found in other emulation packages.  Some of these advanced features include Epson compatible…

Apple ][ Scans has completed scanning the entire Obsorne / McGraw Hill Guide to Your Apple /// available on their website. According to Apple ][ Scans Curator, Mike Maginnis, the original scan had “the first two chapters of this book and made it available online.  It had some great notes from Dave Ottalini inserted in the PDF, but for whatever reason, it wasn’t the whole thing.  This new scan is the complete book and is higher quality than the first…

Brendan Robert has updated the Java Apple Computer Emulator, also known as JACE.   JACE is a free ware emulator which is Java 6 based and intended to be executable on multiple platforms.  In the latest update, Bendan has announced the following changes and fixes: +Prince of Persia cheat module is included, but not active by default.  Enable from configuration menu (F4) +Obligatory cheats such as infinite health, start with sword +Crazy insane cheats using mouse such as “click to teleport”…

Rich Dreher announced the availability of 500 more units of his popular Apple II card, the CFFA 3000.  The CFFA 3000 allows Apple II and /// series users to store programs on  compact flash and USB thumb drive, making the 8 bit Apples a seriously fast machine.  Programs and hard disk images can be easily transferred from PC to Apple II / III via the CF and USB thumb drives and the cards, bringing these old machines into the 21st…

Google has had a dedicated Mac Blog for the past five years  run by Scott Knaster, a programmer and writer since 1980.   While many places are ramping up their Mac based offerings, Google seems to be stepping off the platform in favor of pushing their own Chrome platform.  Scott announced the end of life for the Google Mac Blog in the latest posting to the blog. Scott’s final post on the Google Mac Blog states that “Our Mac and iOS…

This past week, we mentioned (http://www.callapple.org/2012/06/20/whats-where-in-the-apple-ii-is-returning/) the forthcoming re-release of William F. Luebbert’s popular Apple ][ book, What’s Where in the Apple in eBook format.   Today we have further news and more accurate pricing schedules based on information we received from the publisher, Robert Tripp: 1.  The price is going to be $19.95 but people who “pre-order” (as simple as pressing the “pre-order” button on the web site that sends us an e-mail) can get the book for $15.00.  They…

If you haven’t updated your iTunes to the latest version yet, you might want to think about doing it relatively soon.   A new proof of concept shows that a malicious playlist could execute any code it wants on your Mac.  At this point, the vulnerability is only a proof of concept and no real world application of the issue has been seen yet.  For more on the vulnerability, you can check out SC Magazine posting on the topic: http://www.scmagazine.com/itunes-vulnerability-may-enable-remote-code-execution/article/246207/ The…

Filemaker, Inc. has released the latest version of their Bento database creator for the iPad. Bento 4 is a completely stand alone database creator in its own right and can also sync with the Mac based version of Bento.  Bento 4 has a number of new features, including One-tap linking to the Bento Template Exchange to access hundreds of free, ready-to-use templates to get started in seconds Powerful design tools that let users customize templates, create forms and organize information…

If you were one of the millions of Apple developers who got left out of this year’s Wordwide Developers Conference in Muscone Center last week, you are now in luck.  The videos from the 133 sessions at this years WWDC are now available on the Apple Developers website at: https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2012/ You will need your developers login and password to view the videos, however, all of the videos are free for viewing.  The Keynote presentation for WWDC 2012 is also available…

For those of us who grew up programming in the Late 1970’s and early 1980’s, the introduction of William Luebbert’s book “What’s Where in the Apple” was a defining moment that meant we no longer had to scramble for internals information for the Apple II.  It was all there in one book and the information was clear, concise and allowed us to complete our programs in a timely manner. Now, the book has once again reared its head from the…

The Application Loader, the app which allows developers to package Apps for the Apple App Store through iTunes Connect has been updated.  Version 2.7 of the Application loader addresses a host of issues including: You can download the update through the Software Update option under the Apple Menu or by going to the iTunes Connect Support page at:  http://itunesconnect.apple.com

Apple has released an update to their Thunderbolt Software, bringing it to version 1.2.1. The latest version of the software adds the support for the Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet adapter which comes as an option with the new Mac Book Pro. You can download the update through the Software Update menu under the Apple Menu or from the Apple Support website at: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1544

In response to Microsoft’s release of their new “Surface” tablet, Apple has done exactly what one would expect they would do in lieu of a new product release.  Release a commercial. The new commercial entitled “Do it all”, highlights the capabilities of the iPad and takes a swipe at the Microsoft product without mentioning it by focusing squarely on the high density retina display.  

Sotheby’s Auction House sold an Apple-I Computer this week for the staggering price of $374,500 USD.  The hammer price of this auction more than crushed the previous record of approximately $210,000 USD for an Apple-I. The Apple-I computer was created in 1976 by Steve Wozniak and was the first machine sold by Apple, Inc.  While the machine was really just a board, many hobbyists were able to assemble the machine into a working machine with just a few parts and…

The Apple ][ Cassette Library, started by Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe Software now has several new apps added to the library.  Cassettes were produced for the Apple ][ from 1977 to 1982 by over 50 companies but they lost popularity as the floppy disk took over the Apple ][ software realm. The new Apple ][ apps added to the cassette library include: Apple: Color demos 4K Apple: Breakout 4K Programma International: Home accounting Programma InternationalStar voyager Softape: Screen machine…

As we were chatting away in IRC pre-WWDC Keynote, I mentioned that I would like to see a new MBP with Flash and dual SSD.   Now that I look on that configuration, I had it all wrong but then that was before the keynote.  Tim Cook and his merry men brought us all to our knees again with the new offerings from Cupertino. It seemed quite funny at the time but one person mentioned that a MacBook Pro with Flash…

The Apple Store, which is the center of the Apple consumer universe has been shut down in preparation for the pending announcements coming in today’s keynote at WWDC. The World Wide Developers Conference, held each year at Muscone Center in San Francisco, is the place to be today as Apple shows their developers the future direction of the product lines. Many rumors surrounding the conference are expecting an entire renewal of the Apple MacBook Pro line of products as well…

David Finnigan, the curator of the MacGui.com website has published a new Apple ][ series users guide. The guide (http://macgui.com/newa2guide/) is currently 10 days from being released to the general public and is already available for pre-order on the Barnes & Noble online book store at: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-new-apple-ii-users-guide-david-finnigan/1111384271 for the price of $13.50 USD Although the last books for the Apple ][ computer were published more than 20 years ago, there are many machines still available on the second hand and…