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Sep 12 2008

AppleCare Repair Center shutting down until Hurricane Ike blows over

With Hurricane Ike bearing down on parts of Texas, the AppleCare Repair Center located in Houston will be closed on Friday and Saturday. So if you have a Mac in for repair, or a part on order, Apple might just be a little slow in responding especially in the parts of Texas affected by the hurricane. But if you are in those areas, your Mac repair is probably not your foremost concern anyway.

Stay safe, people.

UPDATE (09/15/08 – 08:49 PT): I’ve just received word that because of interruption of power and water services the AppleCare Repair Center in Houston will be closed today. This center deals mainly in Mac portables and those of you with Macs in for repairs should expect delays. In addition, since the bad weather has only moved on to other parts of the country, DHL has cancelled deliveries and pick ups today in Louisville, KY.

UPDATE (09/23/08 – 09:21 PT): The Houston, Texas AppleCare Repair Center is now accepting mail-in repairs. Back to business as usual it would seem.

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Jul 1 2008

…and yet one more update from Apple. Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware 7.3.2

timecapsule 20080630 213551 ...and yet one more update from Apple. Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware 7.3.2I must admit, I have an irrational fear of firmware updates.

The Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware 7.3.2 update requires that you already have AirPort Utility 5.3.2 installed (versions for Leopard, Tiger and Windows are available).

What does it do? Well, let’s see what Apple has to say…

The Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express Base Station with 802.11n* Firmware 7.3.2 updates include bug fixes.

Hmm…bug fixes. That should take care of anyone who found the write ups on the other updates too exhaustive but it doesn’t ease my fears.

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Jun 23 2008

Five undisclosed and boring features of Mac OS X Snow Leopard

One of the unfortunate downsides to devoting the focus of the next installment of Mac OS X to speed and stability is that it’s difficult to show that in a screenshot. How do you leak images of the operating system not SBBoDing.

If Snow Leopard really is going to be all about making things run better, stronger and faster, the Mac rumor sites are going to have to be content with write ups about not-so-visual concepts like multi-touch, slimmer apps, more powerful text processing, auto-activation of fonts and ZFS (Zettabyte File System) support rather than cool screenshots of cool looking apps and their cool interfaces. The write ups might not be as fun to look at, but these improved technologies do represent definite steps forward.

Apple always chides Microsoft for allegedly copying Mac OS X, but what if Redmond decided to copy Cupertino’s idea of improving their operating system’s speed and stability. Wouldn’t that be a kick?

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