The Mac Shop

In memory of Kasuku

darin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:41:31 +0000

This past week, we have lost a member of the Mac Shop community and a dear friend. Kasuku, the african grey parrot and trusted sidekick of Peter B. Kaplan, has been part of the Mac Shop community from the very beginning of opening our storefront. Always spritely and conversational with every visit, he always brought smiles to the faces of friends and strangers alike.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Peter B. Kaplan and his family during this very sad time.

Kasuku, you will be missed.

Vacation

Lori — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:26:46 +0000

The Mac Shop will be closed September 29th thru October 2nd for some R&R, we will be back in the shop on Monday October 3rd at 3. Please feel free to email us or call and we will get back to you on Monday.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

Mac OS Lion: Reverse Scrolling Direction

darin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:14:17 +0000

So after I installed Lion, one of my biggest issues was the vertical scrolling has been completely reversed. This came about because it makes sense on the iPad and iPhone and to some extent, a trackpad.

I know apple has never been a fan of scroll wheels on their mice, but I got to tell you I have alway found the scroll wheel on the mouse to be an essential part of the mouse interface and I am having a very hard time getting used to vertical scroll being the opposite of what it has been hammered into my brain for the past 15 years or so.

So the question is: How do I change it back to the way I am used to.

It’s a very simple fix, Just open up ‘System Preferences’ and goto the ‘Mouse’ panel and uncheck the option at the top labeled “Move Content in the direction of finger movement when scrolling or navigation.”

(You can also achieve this by unchecking the “Scroll direction: natural” in the Trackpad panel)

Final Cut Pro has been updated

darin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:53:59 +0000

Apple has released the a new version of Final Cut Pro. It would appear that Apple has done away with the whole “Studio” and are combining most of the features directly into the Final Cut Pro application, with the exception of the Motion and Compressor add-ons which are $49.99 each.

The new “Final Cup Pro X” brings great improvement so media organization and previewing as well as a new magnetic timeline. Final Cut Pro X is available from the app store for $299.99.

Learn more here

Apple Is planning a new campus

darin — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:02:07 +0000

Infinite loop may soon no longer be the main campus for Mac Maker, Apple Inc.

Steve Jobs personally went in front of the Cupertino city council to announce Apple’s plans to build a new campus to house their going employee population. The new campus is about 100 acres and will have just one main, four story, circular building to house 12,000 employees. The plans call for most parking to be underground and 80% of the land to be land scape.

You can watch the complete presentation below.

MobileMe is transitioning to iCloud.

darin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:32:23 +0000

With the announcement of Apple’s new iCloud service, the current service known as MobileMe ,or dot Mac before that, will be started to be fazed out. Apple’s new and upcoming service will be free, at least for a while.

Apple posted the followin on their site today:

“Effective June 6, 2011, if you had an active MobileMe account, your service has been automatically extended through June 30, 2012, at no additional charge. After this, the MobileMe service will no longer be available…

…Apple has announced a new service called iCloud which will be available this fall and free for iOS 5 and OS X Lion users. When you sign up for iCloud, you’ll be able to keep your me.com or mac.com email address and move your MobileMe mail, contacts, calendars, and bookmarks to the new service.“

The new iCloud service looks incredible from what we have seen today and we look forward to seeing in action.

You can read the entire press release on this on apple’s site by clicking here.

New Mac OS coming in July.

darin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:10:03 +0000

Apple Inc. announced today that the next major operating system revision will available for download, from the Mac App Store sometime in July. Mac OS 10.7 Lion will offer over 250 new features including New Multi-Touch gestures, Full-Screen Apps, Launchpad, and an updated Mail.

May 6th: Art on the Town with Ralph Gartenberg

darin — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:14:25 +0000

Inspired by the memories of his native land, this South African artist creates his art digitally on a Mac.

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For those of you holding out.

darin — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:23:42 +0000

Finally, apple will start selling the LONG awaited white iPhone 4 as of tomorrow. This might be a tactic to keep sales strong right before they traditionally revamp the line, or it might be an indication that the rumors are true and the iPhone (fifth generation) will not be updated until much later in the year.

Read the official announcement here.

April 1st: Art on the Town with Peter B. Kaplan

darin — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:16:49 +0000

High above the life we know, Peter B. Kaplan shares with us a glimpse of the world few have seen.