If you want to start developing for the iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, the first thing you’ll need to do is download and install the iPhone SDK. Yes, the iPhone SDK is what you will want to download even if you have no intention on developing for the iPhone itself and only the iPad, they … Read More
Hulu for the iPad is still under development, but that doesn’t mean you can’t watch Hulu content and TV shows right now on your iPad. If you’re a fan of ABC shows like LOST, Flash Forward, Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family, Desperate Housewives, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and whatever else is on their lineup, the official ABC … Read More
The iPhone & iPod Touch have a bunch of built-in preset equalizer settings, which are nice and all but they don’t work for everyone. The preset EQ settings are particularly weak when you compare them to the control you have with the iTunes Equalizer. So what’s an iPhone or iPod touch user to do? Well, … Read More
Where in the US are the highest concentrations of Apple users? A report on Fortune shows us. Here are the top ten US markets for Apple: * San Francisco / Silicon Valley / Bay Area, CA – Residents are 49% more likely than the average American to be Apple users, no surprise with Apple’s headquarters … Read More
Updated 5/31/2015: By default, iTunes will automatically launch when any compatible device is connected, be it an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Nano, whatever. Having iTunes open itself automatically can be helpful but it can also be annoying, it really depends on your user preferences. If you don’t want this to happen, you can easily turn … Read More
The Spirit Jailbreak for iPad has been released, it’s an untethered Jailbreak for any of the current iPhone OS devices, so the iPad as well as iPhone and iPod touch are supported. It’s still in beta so it’s definitely a good idea to sync and backup all your data before trying this out. Many of … Read More
Apple’s WorldWide Developer Conference is set for June 7-11 this year, and many desktop Mac developers are shaking their heads wondering where the love is. The tagline for this years WWDC conference is “The center of the app universe” and Apple’s Design Awards are curiously lacking a Mac OS X category, instead favoring iPhone and … Read More
So let’s pretend that maybe you want an iPad or a bigger screen iPhone, but you don’t want to pay pay for one. Hmmm, but you already have an iPhone? Well then, have we got a solution for you!
If you need to convert a video to a file format compatible with iPhone, iPad, or ipOd, the VideoMonkey application for Mac can do the job for you. VideoMonkey is a free tool that lets you convert various video types to iPhone, iPad, iPod, and AppleTV compatible formats.
The iPhone and iPod Touch have a built in motion sensor that lets you shake the device to shuffle music, which is a really cool feature… unless you’re running. There are two solutions to this problem, the immediate one is to simply hit the sleep button on the top of the iPhone after you have … Read More
You can lock the screen orientation on the iPad 1, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4 from rotating when the device is shifted in orientation by hitting the Screen Rotation Lock button. The screen lock button is located on the side of the device, located above the volume controls. Once you hit that screen rotation … Read More
The iPhone default audio settings are a little flat for some types of music, and if you’re not thrilled with the way it sounds you will find it remarkably easy to adjust thanks to the iPhone’s built-in equalizer option. Technically the iPhone equalizer is part of the Music app, it’s not an equalizer in the … Read More
Did you know you can pause any application download or update on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch? This is great when you’re in a bandwidth bind or have low bars of reception and want to pause an app download so that you can resume it again later. This pausing app download trick is also … Read More
You can use your iPhone as an external USB flash drive using this (currently) free software from myPodApps. Called iPhone Explorer, it’s a simple and lightweight program that lets you browse through your iPhone through it’s interface which works pretty well as a file manager. You can rename, create, delete, drag and drop, both files … Read More
“iTunes could not connect to this iPhone because an unknown error occurred (0xE8000065)” Ahhh! That’s the message I got earlier when trying to connect my iPhone to my iMac, something I haven’t seen before. I searched around a bit online and found out that this is not a Mac OS X specific problem, many people … Read More
While everyone continues to wait for an official Hulu app for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad/whatever, you can beat them to the punch and get Hulu content on your iPhone now for free, using Snow Leopard! This is a pretty crafty approach and it requires several things: * Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard installed * Latest … Read More
The iPad sure is getting a lot of attention. If you’re pondering developing for the device, or you’re just curious in general, here are some specs on the iPad’s display: * the 9.7″ iPad display has a screen resolution of 1024×768 pixels * the display’s pixel density is 132 pixels per inch (ppi), slightly less … Read More
If you’re anything like me you’re curious about the beautiful background picture featured on the iPad displays in all the press photos of the original iPad, so I dug around a bit and got some answers about this now widely distributed amazing photograph that was shown as the wallpaper on the first iPad. The now … Read More
