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A large congratulations to Sergio as he’s to marry his sweetheart of 8 years early September!
It’s also farewell to Sergio as they’re getting married in his hometown of Cartagena in Columbia. Between the wedding and the potential honeymoon in Cuba or enviable list of alternatives, Sergio and his wife-to-be will be away from Melbourne for almost 2 months.
We’ll keep his seat warm though with a new hire in the new month and look forward to a larger team than ever with Sergio’s return.
We’re super happy for Sergio, but a little jealous too. Have a great time mate! 🙂
By the way have you ever checked out the gestures build into OSX through you trackpad or Magic Trackpad?
Have a look at Apple’s page of how to’s:
http://www.apple.com/osx/what-is/gestures.html
Mac Aid, ever pushing forward, congratulate Stuart and Jimmy on succesfully completing the iPhone and iPad Technical Training for Enterprise training program.
Apple set to release Mountain Lion..
While Apple’s website doesn’t specify a date for the release of Mountain Lion, rumors and previous releases have pointed to the 25th of July (ie tomorrow in USA). However today it was within a press release on Apple’s Q3 earnings press release that CEO Tim Cook announced that OSX Mountain Lion will be launching tomorrow (America time).
“We’re thrilled with record sales of 17 million iPads in the June quarter,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’ve also just updated the entire MacBook line, will release Mountain Lion tomorrow and will be launching iOS 6 this Fall. We are also really looking forward to the amazing new products we’ve got in the pipeline.”
OSX Mountain Lion will be a very reasonable $20.99 Australian and available through the Mac App Store.
Users who have purchased a mac from July 11 onward are eligible for a free upgrade to Mountain Lion when available. Users will have 30 days from when Mountain Lion is available to make their up-to-date request.
For more info click the link to Apple’s Up-to-Date program and be sure to go back there once Mountain Lion is available.
http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/
To see what is new within OSX Mountain Lion click the link below:
http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/
System Requirements: OS X v10.6.8 or later, 2GB of memory, 8GB of available storage space
The Supported models: MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer), MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer), MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer), Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer), iMac (mid-2007 or newer), Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Take heed: please wait before updating the the ‘latest and greatest’ as it may well cause more harm than is worthwhile. Drivers for peripherals (printer etc) may stop working, software may not be compatible yet and while the hardware and software vendors have had some time with developer versions of Mountain Lion, they themselves may be working out some bugs so in many cases it can be best to wait.
Mac Aid, ever pushing forward, congratulate Stuart and Jimmy on succesfully completing the iPhone and iPad Technical Training for Enterprise training program.
A handy collection of 10 tips that don’t deserve an article each..
The instructor led program works to complement the skills and knowledge previously acquired in order to help support customers as they deploy and integrate iPhone and iPad into their businesses.
Through hard work, these technicians are now able to help customers with their Business Integration, Security, Configuration and Deployment, App Development and Distribution when it comes to using these devices in the workplace.
If your organisation needs iOS deployment, training or support then get in touch.
Well done boys.
A handy collection of 10 tips that don’t deserve an article each..
Apple set to release Mountain Lion..
The life of your battery depends on your computer configuration and on how you use your computer. Remember that the more intensive the usage of a computer, the faster the battery will drain.
Some steps and settings are listed below for you to follow if you wish to get the most out of you MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air battery.
The battery status menu allows you to see how much charge your battery has, and whether it is charging or not. This menu is located in the top right hand corner of the grey menu bar at the top of the screen.
The status menu updates regularly and will change accordingly depending on your screen brightness and system work load.
For example, watching a DVD with the brightness turned all the way up will decrease more battery life than editing a text document would. However, should you choose to close the DVD and resume with editing a text document, the battery status menu will adjust accordingly as you have change to a less draining activity.
Optimising your battery life is as simple as this:
Your screen brightness can have the greatest impact on your battery life. In order to change the settings for the brightness of the screen, press the F1 key to dim the screen to whatever you deem acceptable and comfortable. To brighten, press the F2 key.
By dimming the screen on your computer, your battery life could increase up to three hours!
From your ‘System Preferences’ menu, you can navigate to the ‘Energy Saver’ menu. Options in the preference pane will vary depending on your computer and the operating system version. Examples of what you can include:
– Putting the hard disk to sleep when possible
– Slightly dim the display
– Automatically reduce brightness before display goes to sleep
– Setting sliders to induce sleep of the display or computer more quickly
– Choosing the Better Battery Life option if available to you.
Some settings will put the hard disk to sleep whenever possible and reduce the microprocessor or graphics performance in order to maximise battery life. If using processor-intensive applications or graphic-intensive applications, you may wish to change these settings so that performance is maximised. This will however be at the expense of battery life.
Just like turning light switches on and off in the house, turning off unnecessary features and technologies can increase the life of your battery. Here are a few suggestions:
– Eject CDs and DVDs that are no longer being used. The optical drive will spin every once in a while to engage the disk. This will consume a small amount of power.
– Shut down any applications that aren’t being used, but are still running
– Turn off the Bluetooth if not required. This can be done via the ‘System Preferences’ menu or the drop-down menu that will appear after clicking the bluetooth icon. (
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It should be mentioned that batteries require some activity to keep them healthy and it’s generally not recommended to keep the machine plugged in to power all the time. The ideal user would be the commuting user who uses their machine in transit then would top it up when back in the office or at home.
It’s important to keep the batteries juices flowing by using it off the charger, even it is just using the first 20% This will help towards a longer life for your battery.
If, however, you have a Macbook Air/Pro that’s not in regular use ie only in use during travel, Apple recommends discharging and charging it’s battery at once per month.
If you find your machine is delivering poor battery life or if your battery status menu is suggesting to replace your battery then by all means contact us here at Mac Aid
For more info have a look at the following link
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
Bon voyage Wendy! Have a safe trip.
Apple release Retina Macbook Pro 15″ and bumps up all other existing portables
