February 5, 2009
It came in the mail a few days ago! I immediately opened the package and read through the instructions. They were very straight forward. Insert disk and follow onscreen instructions. And that is exactly what I did. I was excited to start using all of the new upgrades in Mail and iCal as well as checking out spaces and stacks. However, I was a little nervous because I was limited in the amount of free space on my hard drive. But besides taking a long time, the install went relatiely smooth.
After install though I ran into a problem. When I launched Mail it frooze. No viewer appeared and it would not allow me to close the program (something I have not experienced since switching to a Mac). I figured out how to force quit the program and then googled my problem and found a solution. Apparently quite a few people have experienced this problem. It was a fairly simple fix. I just removed the “com.apple.mail.plist” file from my library folder and then rebuilt my mail accounts. Mail then recognized all 12 of my email accounts and imported all of the saved emails I had.
There are still a few things I still have not used, but the changes to mail and iCal are pretty nice. I am not sure how much I will use “stacks” or “spaces” but I will see if I csan find a way to make them work for me. In all the upgrade went smooth and it allows me to upgrade iLife, which is what I am anticipating. That review is coming soon!
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January 28, 2009
I am a late adopter when it comes to software. Don’t get me wrong I would love to be able to purchase items when they become available. However, I find that if you wait you can usually save some money and avoid any initial bugs. Today I get to break with my usual course of action (sort of). I found today that you can order a box set which includes Mac OS X v10.5.6 Leopard, iLife ‘09, and iWork ‘09 at a great price. I have waited quite a while to upgrade to Leopard because I could not justify the expense in my budget. However, at the price of the Box Set I cannot pass it up. you can save over 40% when you order through Amazon.
I am most excited about iPhoto ‘09. One of my frustrations has been a way to organize my photos that made sense. With “Faces” and “Places” I should now be able to do just that. With Faces you can use a facial recognition tool to identify people in pictures that you take. Then your library is searched to identify any other pictures with that person. With Places your pictures are tagged with any gps information from your camera and then categorized into locations. This will work great with my iPhone.
There are also upgrades to iWork, iMovie and Garage Band.
I will post a more detailed review once I recieve and start using the Mac Box Set.
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January 27, 2009
I received a disturbing phone call last week. It was not the timing or even the content of the call that caused me concern. Rather, it was the thought that such a call needed to be placed.
The call was a recorded message from the county school board telling parents to dress their children in warm clothes because it was going to be chilly the following day. Granted I live in South Florida where it rarely dips into the 50’s but are we that ignorant? Do we really need the government to tell us to put jackets on our children when it is cold? However, it is how we condition people. We do not teach people to think for themselves anymore. Instead we flood them with information on everything they should do. You can find articles, lists, and specific instructions on everything. However, there is little to teach people how to be independent thinkers.
We do this in Christianity also. We spend countless hours giving people answers instead of teaching people how to find answers for themselves. In Matthew it says we are to teach people to obey Jesus’ teachings not just reteach them. It is the old saying “give me a fish and feed me for a day, teach me how to fish and feed me for a lifetime.”
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