Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Holding Pattern - Coach Class

Apple - Downloads - Icons, Screensavers, etc. - (Freeware)
"Holding Pattern turns your idle computer screen into an airplane window, complete with a moving aerial view."

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Design Icon: The Mac Icons

Computer Arts: Design Icon: The Mac Icons
When Steve Jobs unveiled the first Macintosh computer in January 1984, the smiling Mac icon, designed by Susan Kare, that appeared as the system booted up was the first human face to be presented to the public by a personal computer.

GUIdebook > Icons

Friday, June 15, 2007

Giving Your Photos Keywords

Apple - Pro - Tips
If you’re using Preview to sort your digital camera images, here’s another helpful feature — the ability to add keywords to your photos.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Macintosh. Twenty years later

Attached > Computer history >Macintosh. Twenty years later
The following article originated as 14 posters commemorating Macintosh’s 20th anniversary.
Applications
Bill Gates actually appeared in Macintosh ads himself, saying that “the next generation of interesting software will be made on a Macintosh, not an IBM PC.” Back then Microsoft’s little Interface Manager was still in development, and who would’ve suspected that years later it will conquer the world as Windows?

Monday, June 11, 2007

"Picasso" Macintosh logo


The Mac Logo - The Apple Museum | Apple Facts
The "Picasso"-logo was used as welcoming message on all versions of the Mac system software until System 7.6.1, where for the first time the Mac Face logo was used instead. With the release of MacOS X 10.2 (Jaguar) the happy Mac and Mac Face logo at startup were replaced by a grey Apple on a white background.

picasso240.mov Apple "Think Different" Pablo Picasso commercial

Sunday, June 10, 2007

kootenay mac "desktop pick of the week"

Design_1280x960 - Wallpapers (1024x768 minimum) on Flickr

Download the Adobe CS3 Wallpapers in zipped files.

Friday, June 08, 2007

Get a Mac ads honored as most effective

Macworld
“After much spirited discussion, the jury unanimously awarded Apple the Grand Effie for its portrayal of the Mac/PC rivalry. They managed to do it with humor, class, and honesty without falling into the trap of overtly negative competitive advertising,” said Grand Effie jury chair John Butler.

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

June 28th is Get in Line for the iPhone Day

The Apple Blog
Apple released several commercials on Sunday touting the features of the iPhone. They can be viewed on the Apple web site.

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Kootenay mac "desktop pick of the week"


fractalshell glow.jpg - The Digital Jukebox
La musique arrive en deuxième position dans la liste des thématiques qui intéressent le plus les internautes français lorsqu’ils naviguent dans la blogosphère.

click image for full size picture, click hypertext for The Digital Jukebox page

Friday, June 01, 2007

Apple - Pro - Tips

One-Click Long-File-Name Fix
Luckily, there’s a quick fix — just double-click on the little tab at the bottom of the vertical column divider bar, and the column will expand just enough so you can see even the longest file name of any file in that column.