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Have you ever wondered what the icon in Mac OS X’s TextEdit says? I did too. So, here it is.
Dear Kate,
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. But they have no respect for status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vivify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things.
Take Care,
John Appleseed
Does it make any sense? No, none at all. Can you make any sense of it? Leave a comment!
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What is your favorite mouse? Do you have a special mouse, or do you use the one that came with your computer? Do you like one? Two? Scroll wheel? Scroll ball? Post a comment with your choice!
Comments close May 15, then I will post my favorite mice.
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A few weeks ago, my family was on vacation in Washington D.C. from California. These PowerBooks were in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
First up, a PowerBook G3 Lombard or Pismo found in the glass cases right as you walk in. It was used on a TV show.
Next up, we have a titanium PowerBook G4 used to edit video by an NBC cameraman during the Gulf War. You will find this computer in the war exhibit.
Enjoy! Sorry about the long silence.
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My 2-year-old baby sister grabbed a CD or DVD off my desk and smashed it into the optical drive of my iMac. We pushed it the rest of the way in, thinking we could then eject it. That didn’t work, and the disk became stuck. It would not eject the disk. We tried all sorts of ways to get it out, but ended up making an appointment at the Apple Store. That’s where I am now. I’ll let you know what happens.
UPDATE: The people at the Apple Store couldn’t eject it either. They are going to replace the optical drive. It is under warranty for another three weeks. My iPod Touch and my Powerbook Wallstreet are my computers now.
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I bought 2000+ Games for Mac OS X at Macworld 2008. I am just now playing with it a lot and I thought I would share my thoughts with my readers.
2000+ Games for Mac OS installs itself in the form of an HTML file. In simpler terms, you don’t play it in a special application, you play it in Safari. For this to work, all the files are stored on your computer like websites are stored on a server. Anyway, like the name says, there are over 2000 games. They seem to be gathered from all over the internet because they aren’t all the same company.
Now for my review.
Age Group: Any, games range in difficulty
Difficulty rating: 0-10 Depending on Game
Fun Rating: 8
Price: $9.99
Where: http://www.selectsoftnow.com/software/info.php?ID=5803
The only problem that could happen because of this game is that almost all games require Flash Player, if not all. This is only a problem on older Macs that can’t run a new version of Flash, so…
Read the System Requirements
• G3 700 MHz or faster, or Intel processor (1.2 GHz recommended)
• 512 MB RAM
• 500 MB free hard disk space
From www.selectsoftnow.com
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I just got iLife ‘09 yesterday! I have not had much time to play around with it, but today I wil give you my first impressions about iPhoto.
Faces
iPhoto’s new face detection feature works quite well. You tell it who some pictures are of, and it will go through and try to find other pictures of that person. It has some crazy ideas as to what is a face. I have seen it think a knee, a tire, a flower on a shirt, and a lens cap leash on a camera are a face. Telling it whose face is whose is very simple.
Places
I haven’t gotten to try Places much because I don’t have any photos with a location attached to them. If you have tried this, leave a comment with your thoughts! From what I can tell, it looks pretty cool.
Upload
Since I am not a MobileMe, Facebook, or Flickr user, I haven’t gotten to try the upload options for these sites.
Slideshow
The new feature to play a slideshow of photos in an album works great! You can choose effects and music to play during your show.
If you have any thoughts on iPhoto, please leave a comment!
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I just added MacKids Blog to a bunch of blog search engines and I am supposed to link to them. Check out these sites if you have a blog or are looking for a blog about a certain topic.
http://www.blogsearchengine.com
http://www.readablog.com
http://blogs.icerocket.com/
http://www.blog-search.com
http://www.zuula.com
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Darwiin Remote
DarwiinRemote is a very cool program for anybody who has a Wii. I had heard about a program that lets you use your Wii remote as a mouse, but that program cost like $20. Then I found DarwiinRemote. It is a free program that lets you use your Wii remote as a mouse. It takes a little exploring the program to get it to work, but if you have any questions, email me at mackidsblog@donaldlaid.com. You can even program the buttons on the remote to do stuff like click with the A button or use the arrows as the computer’s arrow keys. Have fun!
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Bejeweled 2 (link takes you to iTunes store)
Good:
Just like Mac version
Cool 3D effects
Hints
Saves your game
Bad:
Doesn’t show time bar when running
Hints cost a lot of points
Overall, I very highky reccomend this game if your are a fan of Bejeweled 2 for Mac or even if you’ve never tried the Mac game.
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Check out the new MacKids photo album! I will sometimes add new photos of Mac-related stuff. Use the subscribe button to subscribe to the photos in iPhoto and know when a new one is posted! The photo site created with iWeb.
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I know it’s a little late, but I put together this video and System 1.1 tour for the 25th birthday of the Macintosh. Enjoy!
Happy Birthday Macintosh and Sytem 1.1 Tour
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Interested in contacting me? Our new email address is mackidsblog@donaldlaird.com Please ask your parents before sending us an email.
What do you think Apple will release at Macworld? Have some wild ideas? Post a comment! I personally hope they will release an iBook-sized touchscreen laptop. Poll closes January 4th.
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Merry Christmas! Once again, PopCap Games has 50% off all their games. Just add the game to your cart and it automatically drops the price. My favorite game is Bejewled, what about you? Post a comment!
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My dad has a MacBook Pro and the screen suddenly went black. He tried hooking up a projector and the projector was blank. He got an appointment at the Apple Store and that’s where I am now. The Apple guy was amazed by the problem and tried everything we did. He zapped the PRAM and hooked up a monitor, with nothing happening. Luckily, the computer was able to do a Time Machine backup last night, so if the drive fails he’s safe. They are going to have to send the computer in and have it fixed. I will say what happens later.
UPDATE: We got the machine back and it seems to be working fine. I will let you know if something interesting happens. Stay tuned for the Christmas special.
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Welcome to the new catergory on MacKids, InsideR Secrets! This catergory will be full of posts of pictures taken of the insides of things. Some of these things may not be Mac related, though.
Today’s Picture: The inside of an AlphaSmart 3000. Click to view the picture.
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My school has two identical iBook G3 700mhz laptops. The PTA uses QuickBooks Pro for their accounting, and they wanted to know if this iBook could run it. I took the iBook home to see if it could and install an old version we had lying around. I booted the thing into 9.2.2. because I was better with 9 than with 10, and the computer crashed. I tried everything. I hooked it up to my iMac as a FireWire drive, tried to boot it off the system on a 10 CD, and then, as a last try, tried my 9 disk. Mac OS 9 was able to fix the hard drive and get the machine to boot off it. We are now going to erase the hard drive and reinstall Mac OS X. By the way, we backed up the computer before erasing it. It erased quickly and then installed Mac OS. It booted up fine, ran software update, and now we are putting it through some tests. I will post again if anything interesting happens. Have a Mac repair story? Post a comment!
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This is just some Pre-Halloween thoughts. Are you or your Macs dressing up for the “holiday”? My laptop is going to be a Jack-o-Lantern and I am going to be a huge cardboard laptop with an old PC keyboard. I will post pictures later. If you are doing anything Mac related, post a comment! Even if you aren’t doing anything Mac related, still post a comment! Keep checking back for the Halloween Celebration here at MacKids!
Posted from my iPod Touch!
