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Rudy Pedraza, Psystar’s president summed up their consumer harm argment by saying: “It’s not that people don’t want to use Mac OS X, but they’re not open spending an exorbitant amount of money for something that’s essentially generic …

(Update: official release due tomorrow) Nokia today fulfilled a promise from earlier this month with two new Nseries devices both aimed at driving down the cost of getting into full smartphones. The N85 as flagship appears set to …

Ambric now shipping the Am2045 GT video reference platform With significant acceleration for Apple Mac Pro and MacBook Pro.

If you’re like me, it is often nice to know the time spent on a call (especially if you charge your services by the minute) and even though the cheapest cell phones out there can tell you the time you were just on the phone, that data is buried deep in iPhone’s records and unaccessible from the touch GUI.

I have been using a script created in ruby called calllog2ical, which you can download from this page at Google Code. The install process is a breeze and it can be called from Terminal. After using the script for about a week, I decided it would be nicer to use an AppleScript to access the shell script, and so I wrote one. Its all of one line and goes like this:

do shell script "/usr/local/bin/calllog2ical.rb -v0 iPhone\\ Call\\ Log"

In the above code, the calendar I am syncing to is iPhone Call Log.

Notes:

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You can use Apple Remote Desktop to connect to a machine that is booted from the O X 10.5 server installation disk by typing the first eight characters of the computer’s serial number into the password field while leaving the user name field blank.

[robg adds: I haven’t tested this one, and I don’t know if it works with the Client installation disk as well.]

Unfortunately, there’s something awry with the way the iPhone’s geotagged photos are being handled in OS X. At the moment, whether you import photos through iPhoto, Preview or using Image Capture, at some point the GPS reference may get set to North/West. This is a problem if you don’t live in the northwestern hemisphere.

Regardless of whether Apple fixes this, you’re still going to have to retag all of your old photos. So tonight, I wrote an AppleScript that automates the process. This script can either be set as the Automatic Task in the ImageCapture utility, or you can drag files onto the script for processing.

Copy and paste the code below into Script Editor, customize for your location, and then save as an application (eg. File Format: Application). I’ve #commented the code to help you find where to tweak the North/South/East/West variables.
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If you use Ableton Live on a Mac, but don’t have the money for a MIDI controller for some functions, consider mapping a second keyboard in Caps Lock mode to additional functions — even a fold-up keyboard will work!

The Macs I’ve used have always allowed one keyboard to have Caps Lock on and the other to have it off, meaning one keyboard will still type lowercase and one will type in CAPS.

Ableton Live allows you to map both capital letters and lowercase, so you can map your computer keyboard (or laptop keyboard) to some functions (like triggering loops, sounds, songs, or EQ functions), and map the second keyboard, with CAPS LOCK on, to other functions (more loops, sound effects, etc.)

When I tried to boot my Mac Pro recently, it failed — all I got was a black screen and a chime. I opened the case, and on the motherboard, I saw two LEDs were red: the cpuA and cpuB failure lights.

My warranty is over, but here are the steps I followed to get it working again:

1. Turn off your Mac and unplug the power cord.
2. Remove the CMOS battery on the motherboard (just above the graphic card).
3. Wait 10 seconds — I’m not sure if this is necessary, but it worked for me.
4. Plug the power cord back into the Mac.
5. Press the power button. The Mac should boot normally and give you the startup chime, but you want your CMOS battery back.
6. Turn off the Mac, then unplug the power cord again.
7. Put the CMOS battery back in.

That’s it; boot and enjoy!

[robg adds: I’ve never seen this on my Mac Pro, and I’m not sure if it’s a sign of a failing CMOS battery, or something else. I’m publishing the hint beca…

Silicon Alley Insider. Apple’s Mac Growth Spurt Slowing Down? View article…

Ambric now shipping the Am2045 GT video reference platform With significant acceleration for Apple Mac Pro and MacBook Pro.