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If you have upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard you will not find any major change in the dock. If you want to have a completely different dock, you can try this simple step and can have a dock similar as I have on my Mac in office. Let's try to change it. Open up the terminal, and type the following command, then press the return key defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES Now, you need to reload the dock, to do so, again, in the terminal, type the following. killall Dock   Once done, your dock should look like the following image: Now if your father doesn't like this new dock and you want to change your dock theme back to the original display, open the terminal, and type the following commands. defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO killall Dock That's it, now you can see a smile on your father's face!

The case study done by Faber Novel tells you how and why was Apple able to beat Microsoft and Google. See the growth chart below, in 2000 no one would ever had thought that Apple can grow so fast and even think of competing Microsoft or Google. “When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, […] you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions.” Steve Jobs1 At Apple Inc, they talk about Vision, Focus and Goal. Vision: Apple identifies needs and use cases to make decisions about function and technologies. Focus: Drops 20 % of non-required functionality to perfectly design 80 % of key user needs. Goal: Attention to details leads to excellence in user experience. MacMasters would soon be releasing the case study which will give you more sight on this topic. This 50 page pdf file would help you understand the power behind Apple's success. 1 Q&A:

It was on May 20th that Apple launched updated for iWork (iPad version). Updates can be downloaded on the iPad or through iTunes. According to Apple, the updates include: Related to Pages Now it support for French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish The toolbar and ruler are now available in wide-screen landscape view Also. documents automatically fit to page width in landscape view Improves reliability when exporting Microsoft Word documents Addresses issues with exporting documents previously imported from Microsoft Word Fixes an issue with text wrapping in Microsoft Word after exporting a document with a frame around an image Addresses a chart font size issue when exporting documents previously imported from Microsoft Word Related to Numbers Now they support French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish Enhanced Back/Front slider in the Arrange panel

Among 153 iPad users, 74 percent say "We are very satisfied" This was supposed to be part of my last post, but unluckily I could not make it.  Well, I believe in the philosophy of better late then never.  Here is what we have been discussing about iPad: Satisfaction percentage of the owners. A survey was conducted over 153 iPad owners and majority of them nod that they are satisfied with the features.  Number of eBook readers have increased in recent months and it has made a positive impact on iPad and its sales.  Lets have a look at the survey graph. If you see the graph, positive rating to iPad is done by 91% of the users which is much more than what Apple has expected. Good job Steve, keep it up! Related links: Current.com | TUAW | iClarified | Tech Blorge

iPhone topping the chart, followed by iPad and Mac subsequently No doubt, iPad has become today’s trend. In spite of many drawbacks and limitations of iPad, it continues to rock European countries. It has left sale of Macs far behind. People have started believing it as the best travel companion and they are replacing  their laptops while they are on the move. According to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky , Apple is currently floating about 200,000 iPads per week, where Macs being moved are just 110,000. However, both of those Apple products stay far behind iPhone, which is apparently racking up sales of 246,000 per week. Lets have a look at graphical presentation.   Analyzing the graph, the present looks good and no doubt, Apple has planned to make some major changes in iPad and enhance the features, which will ultimately increase the sale in near future.  One of the most demanding requirement by iPad uses are a USB hub and a hi-resolution webcam. More info

Here is what Apple has promised about the new MacBook. On Tuesday, as expected the Leaked MacBook Refresh was made official.  The machine has 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo refresh with NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics and longer 10-hour battery life which is really appealing, specially for the sales guys and others who, quite often are on move.  Germany, Taiwan, Hong Kong, US and some other locations were chosen to display MacBooks in Apple stores. With all those features and an Apple logo, it costs you only $999.00.  They claim to deliver in 24 hrs within US if you order it from here and also have offered attractive EMI options of 6, 12 or 18 month special financing options .  Wait, there is more for you, if you select Apple Education Discount, you can save big on all Apple products and this offer is available here . Before you plan to buy this one, I would rather suggest you to compare all the MacBooks and chose the best one for you. Global launch of this great battery ba

Download full version, they are 100% free. 100% Safe. Virus & adware scanned   Download for free | Mac OS X Software | Web Applications 1. HTML Purifier Categories: Internet Freeware Posted on Monday, May 10th, 2010 HTML Purifier is an open source standards-compliant HTML filter library developed using PHP. HTML Purifier will not only remove all malicious code (better known as XSS) with a thoroughly audited, secure yet permissive whitelist, it will also make sure your documents are standards compliant, something only achievable with a comprehensive knowledge of W3C’s specifications. Visit the developer's website   2. Slink Categories: Internet Freeware Posted on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Slink represents a very easy method to remotely connect to your home network in order to use iPhoto, iTunes, screen, file and print sharing. Slink is the easy way to remotely connect to your

New feature of world time in iPod If you are a music freak and carry your with you everywhere except your washroom, you might have seen the option of world clock. This is a beautiful feature that can be used if your friend or relatives work according to different time zone. You can set alarm according to their office timings to wake him/her up or to remind them for their lunch. Ok wait, if you have contacts in multiple time ones, iPod gives you a solution to track all of them and put alarms separately. Next time you wear the headset, make sure you try those new options Apple has included for your convenience.

Steve’s article on relationship with Adobe Under the heading ‘Thoughts on Flash’ Steve published an article on Apple’s relation with Adobe No doubt relation between Mac and Adobe has been really great. Here is what Steve Jobs had to say about this, “Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe’s founders when they were in their proverbial garage. Apple was their first big customer, adopting their Postscript language for our new Laserwriter printer. Apple invested in Adobe and owned around 20% of the company for many years. The two companies worked closely together to pioneer desktop publishing and there were many good times. Since that golden era, the companies have grown apart. Apple went through its near death experience, and Adobe was drawn to the corporate market with their Acrobat products. Today the two companies still work together to serve their joint creative customers – Mac users buy around half of Adobe’s Creative Suite products – but beyond that the

  TIMES Time's app sets another great example of how to properly display print media on the iPad . It really does feel like flipping through a magazine. When you launch the app you're ushered to the cover where you can immediately start swiping pages to the conveniently laid out table of contents or launch the unobtrusive dashboard to scan articles and jump to a desired section. Articles are crisply depicted without compromise and the text is rich, satisfying, and readable. Time has also included an embedded browser for Time .com, where you can scan the top stories of the day, or catch up on relevant posts in a desired category. Everything is a very seamless experience and a wonderful step in the right direction. A few things like bookmarking and some slightly less fickle touch controls would be nice, but they hardly hamper the overall experience. WSJ Here it comes, the WSJ news application for iPad. Nothing new could be find in this application. Some t

Steve Jobs brought us all to a standstill when he unveiled Apple’s new tablet PC, the iPad. Multi-media functionality, eBook support, eReader software and the iBookstore confirm that Apple is jumping into the eBook market with both feet. But what does the iPad mean for publishers? From what’s currently known, we suggest there are four important implications: 1) Building iBooks: ePub Steve Jobs explicitly stated that the iPad will use the free and open eBook format standard − ePub. This is a surprising but welcome move for Apple to embrace a non-proprietary media format − and terrific news for the publishing industry. It will make it easy for publishers who have already adopted ePub to capitalize on the iPad and realize an even greater return on investment. We are already working with many of you to produce ePub content and are preparing for significant growth in volume ahead of the iPad’s release. However, it’s important to note that while ePub is a

Great news for Apple lovers According to the report received from NetMarketshare, it indicates that iPad is soon going to make a solid place among all the countries within all user segments. The report says iPad grabbed 0.03 percent of total web traffic which is fairly high. If you take a glance at the competition you will find iPad’s performance is incredible. iPhone: 0.51% BlackBerry: 0.04% Android: 0.07% Windows mobiles: 0.07% The figure is really impressive, seems Steve’s idea might become a revolution in the web world in coming time. Good luck Steve!   Buzz  

The very first shipment of iPads are sold out with great success. Good job Steve. It is a rumor that around half a million iPads were brought to market which are sold out and the next order that was supposed to be delivered on 3rd of April has been moved to 11th April. It was a great success for Steve as there are many competitors in market now. HP and MSI has well planned to launch similar devices and there are many more brands in the run. When mashable released the post about iPad alternatives the readers across the world started questioning the success of iPad but the latest response from the market shows there is no competition for Apple.