Macnewsworld: The iPhone's Not the Cause of Apple's Success - It's the Effect

"There's a reason why Apple is doing well right now, and it's not the iPhone. It's quality. Attention to detail. Simple, elegant, durable design. More people than ever are starting to notice because they understand value. All a person has to do is walk into an Apple retail tore and pick up an iPhone. They can feel the value. It's solid. It has nice lines. Everything fits together perfectly. That's Apple, and that's why the company is kicking butt and taking names these days."

http://www.macnewsworld.com/rsstory/67677.html

Six Tips for Supercharging Safari

http://theappleblog.com/2009/07/22/six-tips-for-supercharging-safari/

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Free eBooks through Stanza

Follow this link instructions on iPhone to read eBooks.

http://www.drinkmalk.com/stanza/

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Time Machine backups after changing Logic Board

Important details about Time Machine backups.
Main article covers altering the .SparseBundle file (several hundred gigs) that relates to the old machine, so that it now recognises the new mac Logic Board's MAC address and HDD UUID.  

Forum posts stress the importance of a SuperDuper clone, that is way more efficient in restoring a machine to scratch.  
There are also others who state that Time Machine restorations can be done via the Leopard install disc and selecting Utilities > Restore From Time Machine.

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/20/mac-301-time-machine-backups-after-your-macs-brain-surgery/

How to do the right-click > New File thing on OSX

http://theappleblog.com/2009/07/14/document-palette-creating-new-documents-from-the-desktop/

How to create a new document without having to open the Application first:
1) Make up the folder
2) Fill it with templates
3) Go to Get Info
4) Lock it and drag it into your dock to make it a stack
5) Click on the Stack and then the document type to create that one

Trick to configure .IPCC carrier settings file to enable Tethering and MMS

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/19/how-to-enable-tethering-under-iphone-firmware-30/

Step 1: Check if you own a 3G iPhone. If you're on EDGE (as I am): sorry. Tethering does not seem to work with EDGE phones.

Step 2: Check to see if AT&T is your carrier. If it is: sorry. AT&T will not let you tether.

Step 3: Navigate to ~/Library/iTunes/iPhone Carrier Support. Notice the spaces in that last folder name! If you're at the command line, use backslashes to escape the spaces, i.e. cd ~/Library/iTunes/iPhone Carrier Support. You will find a file with an ipcc extension. Copy that file: e.g. cp foo.ipcc foo.ipcc.original. This creates a backup for when you mess up.

Step 4: rename the ipcc extension to zip. For me that was ATT_US.ipcc renamed to ATT_US.zip. (Did I mention how I'm on a 1st Gen iPhone with AT&T?). Unzip it. This creates a new folder called Payload.

Step 5: Navigate into Payload and then into the folder under that. Mine was called ATT_US.bundle. Yours will differ. Inside that folder you will find three files that you will edit: Info.plist, version.plist, and carrier.plist. Open all three in the Property List Editor that comes with the dev tools on a Mac.

Step 6: In Info.plist, change the CFBundleVersion to 5.0. Save.

Step 7: In the version.plist, change the CFBundleVersion to 5.0. Save.

Step 8: In carrier.plist do the following and then save:
(a) Add a new dictionary to the apns array:
apn = internet
password = password
username = iphone
(b) In the wap dictionary (mine is wap.cingular, sts's was wap.dol.ie), add a new pair. Do not edit the password or username:
type-mask = (NUMBER) -2
(c) Add a new pair at the top level dictionary of the carrier.plist file. (We're not sure this is strictly speaking necessary but go ahead and do it.):
AllowEDGEEditing = (BOOLEAN) YES

Step 9: Zip up the Payload folder in which you just made your edits. Rename it to the same name as the original ipcc file. (For me that was ATT_US.ipcc).

Step 10: Connect your iPhone to iTunes.

Step 11: In the Summary tab, option-click "Check for Update". Navigate to your ipcc file, select it. It takes no more than a second or two to update.

Step 12: Reboot your iPhone.

Step 13: In prefs (on the phone) navigate to Settings > General > Network.

Step 14: Let me know how this worked for you.

HOW TO FIND A CARRIER IPCC FILE:

curl -s -L http://phobos.apple.com/version | grep -i carrier

Create an SD card startup disk

Article from Macworld about how to use SD cards as a startup disk in case of main HDD failure.
Should also be possible via a Sandisk Micromate USB reader too.....

http://www.macworld.com/article/141401/2009/06/mwvodcast114.html?lsrc=top_1

MobileMe's killer app - FindMyiPhone

True story of someone finding their iPhone after someone nabbed it!
http://happywaffle.livejournal.com/5890.html

free iTunes visualizers

http://theappleblog.com/2009/07/02/14-free-itunes-visualizers/

After starting the visualizer via CMD-T, hit ? key for options.
Punkt
Circle
Fountain Music
Dragon
WhiteCap
Figure
Bugaboo
Cubism
Gaslight
Snow
LED Flow
G-Force
Sing