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iPod Original, 12 Years To The Date.

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The original iPod was introduced at Apple Campus by the late Steve Jobs on October 23, 2001. It went on sale on November 10, 2001 and retailed for $399 MSRP.

Twelve years later, the iPod pre-ordered on October 23, 2001 is still in my possession. It still works.

I loaded a collection of Christmas songs from iTunes Music Store which is the latest cash-grab-attempts by Bad Religion, aptly titled “Christmas Songs“.

I used this iPod for many years until I got a free iPod mini in the Summer 2004 thanks to Apple’s “Back to School” promotion.

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App and Hardware: Automatic

I’ve just picked up an Automatic Link at an Apple Store earlier today. I have yet to install it on my car.

Automatic Link and Sticker

I’ve heard of Automatic for quite some times but I did not bother to buy it directly from their site. Now that Apple Store carries the Automatic Link, I bought one using EasyPay.

Automatic App is compatible with iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s. Public Beta of Automatic App for Android is coming in December. Only a few Android devices are currently supported.

Automatic-Link

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Apple Knowledge Base on Creating a bootable OS X installer in OS X Mavericks

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Apple Knowledge Base on creating a bootable OS X installer in OS X Mavericks:

Follow these steps to create a bootable OS X installer:

  1. Use the Mac App Store to download the OS X installer app.
  2. Mount the volume you wish to convert into a bootable installer. This could be removable media, such as a USB flash drive, or a secondary internal partition.
  3. Use the createinstallmedia tool to convert the volume from step two into a bootable installer based off the installer app from step one. To learn how to use createinstallmedia, execute this command in Terminal:

/Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia

You may need to adjust the path to the OS X installer app in the above command.

Note: createinstallmedia is only intended to be used with the version of OS X installer app it came with.

p.s. The original version of the image above is from 37prime’s own work. It is available on Flickr under Creative Commons.

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Apple Releases iOS 7.0.3 with iCloud Keychain

Coinciding with today’s special event, Apple releases iOS 7.0.3 build 11B511.

This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including:

  • Adds iCloud Keychain to keep track of your account names, passwords, and credit card numbers across all your approved devices
  • Adds Password Generator so Safari can suggest unique, hard-to-guess passwords for your online accounts
  • Updates lock screen to delay display of “slide to unlock” when Touch ID is in use
  • Adds back the ability to search the web and Wikipedia from Spotlight search
  • Fixes an issue where iMessage failed to send for some users
  • Fixes a bug that could prevent iMessage from activating
  • Improves system stability when using iWork apps
  • Fixes an accelerometer calibration issue
  • Addresses an issue that could cause Siri and VoiceOver to use a lower quality voice
  • Fixes a bug that could allow someone to bypass the Lock screen passcode
  • Enhances the Reduce Motion setting to minimize both motion and animation
  • Fixes an issue that could cause VoiceOver input to be too sensitive
  • Updates the Bold Text setting to also change dial pad text
  • Fixes an issue that could cause supervised devices to become un-supervised when updating software

iOS 7.0.3

Glad to see iCloud Keychain is back in iOS 7. Having used incarnations of iOS 7 beta, I really missed iCloud Keychain in the GM/Public Release versions.

In addition to that, iOS 7.0.3 includes fixes for accelerometer issue in iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s.

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2013 MacBook Pro with Retina Display

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Apple introduces new MacBook Pro with Retina Display at its October 2013 Special Event. Both models are available starting today October 22, 2013.

13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display:

  • Dual-Core Intel Haswell Processor
  • Intel Iris Graphics
  • Starting at $1,299

15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display:

  • Quad-Core Intel Crystalwell Processor for 15-inch MacBook Pro
  • Intel Iris Pro Graphics (Base Model)
  • Intel Iris Pro Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB of GDDR5 memory and automatic graphics switching
  • Starting at $1,999
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iPad mini with Retina Display

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Phil Schiller also introduces iPad mini with Retina Display during Apple October 2013 Special Event.

iPad mini with Retina Display starts at $399 and ships late November.

iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina Display

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