Tag Archives: Apple

iStatSlow

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Just a quickie, but for a while now I have been experiencing really slow boot and shutdown times in Leopard. I looked on all the forums and lots of people seemed to be having the same problem. I consulted the system logs and found lots of scary looking errors, but after searching the forums again, I decided that the stuff in the logs was, in fact, normal.

The official Apple advice for this issue is to do an “Archive and Install”, something which I had not wanted to try, but last night I did it. No difference at all, except my Apache web server configuration went hinky and had to be restored. Then about ten minutes ago, I found an entry on a forum which suggested that iStatPro was causing the slowdown in some cases. I ditched the widget and things are *much* faster. iStatPro, more like iStatSlow!

OS X Cougar

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That’s right Steve, I just high-jacked your blog subject! How do you like me now! No seriously, Steve’s post got me to thinking about what features I would like to see from the next iteration of OS X and quite a list ensued.

  • Ability to set Google search widget in Safari, to use .co.uk instead of .com.
  • Extension of the ability of TextEdit to read/write MS Word 2007 format files (this feature is possibly another argument for ditching MS Office altogether).
  • Config tool for the built in Apache web server. This would enable noobies to set up a webserver without having to learn Vi – we don’t want to scare them off.
  • Screen with a camera built in to the centre. This would mean that you could actually look at the person you are talking to, instead of appearing to be completely uninterested in the conversation.
  • Built in FTP application, something akin to CyberDuck.
  • GUI standardisation. Have you noticed how some of the apps have square buttons and some have “pill” shaped buttons? Sort it out Apple.
  • A replacement/rebrand/breakup of iTunes. iTunes is no longer just for ‘choons’, it is effectively a feature rich, media focused, version of Finder (which curiously has inherited some features of iTunes itself). Oh, and it has some built in iSync support. I would prefer to see iTunes and Finder munged together and rebranded.

What do you think?

Mac fanboy in tha hizouse!

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I stumbled upon this article today, I think it rather neatly explains why Mac users are so standoffish when it comes to discussing security. The argument that Macs are less vulnerable to attack because they are fewer in number and therefore, less appealing a target, is tired and short sighted. OS X is inherently more secure than Windows, full stop. No operating system is un-hackable, but comparing OS X and Windows (pick XP or Vista, whichever you prefer) is like comparing Fort Knox to my garden shed.

Update: What do you think of this!

Further update: Set your phasers to smug!