(Not in the camera roll options.)

Quite possibly the idea is to slowly take the air out of the announced date by incrementally removing the “opt-out” codes that blocked MMS on the iPhone rather than letting people work themselves up into a frenzy. While MMS has been around since 2002 and plenty of cheaper, lower-tech phones have had it for years, iPhone users, by their nature heavy smartphone addicts, have been jonesing for some time.

(Not in my Messages either.)

While AT&T promised “late summer” for MMS at the WWDC, the official release date technically lands us in “early autumn.” Nevertheless, as AT&T adds users bit by bit, they make good on their promise. That AT&T has begun this early suggests that the problem was merely their own rather wimpy network more than anything else.

As you can see by the above images, I was not one of the lucky duckies sporting the unblocked iPhone. However, if I were you, I’d check your phone. And if you’re like me, and you’re feeling adventurous, there are a number of places where you can download a carrier bundle that will let you join in the fun.

Thanks Mac-Life! Here’s the original.

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• I don’t like the fact that the “Erase and Install” and “Archive and Install” options are completely gone (not sure of this is only on the $29 upgrade disc  or not).
• You are able to do a full install with the upgrade disc!!!
  • You must select “Disk Utility” from the toolbar while booted from the disc and erase your HD for an erase and install
• Installation did not seem any faster as an upgrade or full install (yes, I did both, only by accident though!).
• First boot/registration/login, all the same as before
• Tinkering around the OS after first boot seemed really snappy (maybe just because it was a clean install all together).
• Everything else seems to be the same (for the most part)

I have run into a couple issues with applications so far:

• SynergyKM – has not been updated yet. The team has posted that they are working on it though.
  • Opening the SynergyKM preference Pane in “System Preferences” forces a restart of SysPrefs every time
  • The “Show Synergy status i the MenuBar” option does not work
  • Outside of that, the overall functionality is intact!
• Logmein.com – only needs minor updates
  • I experienced a funky issue with the Logmein MenuBar icon (seems to be ok after reboot)

The only other problems I’ve seen have to do with Directory Management (Specifically Open Directory)

• I personally dislike the removal of the Directory Utility from /Applications/Utilities/.
• I encountered a strange problem with mobile home accounts (not sure if this is a Snow Leopard issue, or 10.5 Server issue, but I didn’t have the problem prior to upgrading.
  • After setting up an Admin account and binding to my OD server, I was unable to login to the machine with a valid OD user.
  • The login box would attempt to connect, and then shake  (checked with several different accounts that were all previously working in Leopard).
  • I had to restrict network user logins to one account
  • After a reboot, I was able to successfully login as the specific OD mobile user and change settings to allow any network user to login
    • All seems well now, i was able to successfully login as other network users
• I also noticed a problem with granting an OD mobile user local admin rights
  • after granting local admin rights I am unable to manage mobile home sync settings on the client machine.
  • I’ve seen a few other people that speak of similar issues prior to Snow Leopard, but have not had contact with the, yet to confirm

All in all, the updates to the client version of the OS could have come as an update rather than a new OS version. Nothing significantly different that I’ve encountered yet. I look forward to everyone else’s opinions and comments!

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You find some cool piece of software, and you spend a week or so fiddling around with it, but then you decide you like it, and later decide to use it. Well, instead of scrapping everything you’ve been working with and starting over from scratch you just go ahead working with what you’ve got.

Sound familiar? If so, and your software of choice happens to be the DHCP service on OSX 10.5 Server, this post is definitely for you. I went through Server Admin and setup my subnets, static maps, and logging levels. The one thing I forgot to change was the Lease Time. I left it configured to issue leases for a week. No biggie for most folks (including myself) since you’re probably not going to be maxing out your leased IP’s anytime soon. But if you’re like me, it annoys you to have to wait for several leases to expire, and you see duplicate leases for devices in your clients table. Here’s a quick easy fix to clear out all the leases and start fresh (since the option isn’t available via Server Admin):

1. Stop the dhcp server either through Server Admin, or from aTerminal:

% sudo serveradmin stop dhcp

2. delete the file /var/db/dhcpd_leases. You will need root access. Terminal command:

% sudo rm -f /var/db/dhcpd_leases

3. Restart dhcp via server admin or from Terminal:

% sudo serveradmin start dhcp

A very simple Apple Script can be developed to do this (if you have recurring needs). Contact me if you would like it,

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<?php query_posts(’category_name=special_cat&showposts=10′); ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<!– Do special_cat stuff… –>

<?php endwhile; ?>

This isn’t just some thrown together code from a lonely developer, it’s the actual snippet from the official WP Codex. I however have never been able to get it to work. No matter what I substitute in for “category_name“, I get all posts. I normally just modify this a little and use:

<?php query_posts(’cat=cat_id&showposts=10′); ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<!– Do special_cat stuff… –>

<?php endwhile; ?>

Where “cat_id” is set to the numeric category ID stored int he MySQL DB. This proves to be cumbersome for anyone who doesn’t have direct access to the DB. One way to find out the category ID without DB access is to view the source of a page within a browser and look for the ID there (provided your WP Loop is set to display categories). The use of the “special_cat” tag is suppose to enable the use of the category “slug”, or textual short name for the category (ie. the “News” category might have a slug of “news”). You can find the category slug when editing the category from the admin interface. The us eof the “slug” over the “ID” is much more convenient to most users. I have found a little more modification of the loop from the Codex offers a solution (have tested this on a WP 2.8 & WPMU 2.7.1 install, please let me know if there are potential problems I’m missing by using this):

<?php query_posts(’category_name=cat_slug&showposts=num_posts‘); ?>

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<!– Code for Post Display –>

<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

Where “cat_slug” is equal to the Category Slug, and “num_posts” is equal to the number of posts from that category you want to display.

Because I normally hate people that just leave an example with “<!– Code for Post Display –>” rather than actually showing me what goes in there, I’ll give you an example of this modified loop used within a page:

<?php query_posts(’category_name=News&showposts=5′); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<!– Begin Code for Post Display –>

<DIV class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>

<h1><a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>

<DIV class=”entry”>

<?php wp_link_pages(array(’before’ => ‘<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ‘, ‘after’ => ‘</p>’, ‘next_or_number’ => ‘number’)); ?>

</DIV>

</DIV>

<!– End Code for Post Display –>

<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

This modified WP Loop displays 5 posts form the “News” category, Titles only that link to the actual individual post page, and pagination showing if more than 5 posts exist. I hope this helps someon out in the future! Please leave feedback of others possibilities to obtain this same feature, your troubles, or links to your site where you use something similar.

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Most of the time, Windows users are reluctant to switch to a Mac. One amongst many reasons is that they found it hard to search for free softwares/applications for the Mac. Some of them have already switched to a Mac, but they’re still running Windows OS on a Mac.

It’s such an irony that actually there are mountains of free Mac applications available for us. After days of working on this, I’ve come out with list of free and useful Mac applications.

I’ve categorized and arranged the order of applications so that it will be extremely easy for you to find applications you need for your Mac.

Continue reading and you will see fabulous list of 100+ Free Mac OS X Applications!

Click HERE to get the list!

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•  Apps I couldn’t live without:
  • Mocha VNC Lite - Free VNC App for remoting into my Macs and Linux boxes!!! Used daily
  • Mocha Remote Desktop Lite – Free RDP App for remoting into my Windows machines. Used most days
  • iStat – $1.99 App used to remotely monitor my Macs system status, processor & disk utilization, and network activity. Used daily, well worth the money!
• Apps I would have to cry myself to sleep if I did not have them:
  • Movies – Free app  from Flixster for looking up theater listings, trailers, info, DVD releases, etc. Very Handy for date nights! Used mostly on the weekends
  • TouchTerm – Free app providing you with SSH/SSL client connections to devices (Handy for any Mac, *nix Sys Admin). Used weekly
  • Apple Remote – Free app that allows you to remotely control an iTunes Music library on the LAN (Also cool for iTunes DJ usage) Used occasionally
  • Twitterrific – Free app for Twitter posting (might not be the best, was just the first one I downloaded.). Used daily
  • BriefcaseLite – Free app for remote file browsing, and also enables mass storage capabilities on the iPhone. Used weekly
• Apps I appreciate the convenience of:
  • WordPress – Free app that makes WP posting on the go a possibility! Not used as much as one would thing (I think they really need to add a lot more features before I decide to tackle posting from a cellular platform)
  • TWC – Free app form “The Weather Channel” to let you know what’s going on outside! (Provides a little more detail than the included “Weather” app). Used weekly
  • RRgh – Free app for remote control of a Myth TV setup on a LAN (for those media center/Linux buffs). Used occasionally
  • Stanza – Free app E-Book reader. Used occasionally

I’ve used others at different times, but have found them to be strictly novel and removed them. Maybe on the future I’ll do some more in-depth reviews of my favorite apps (Ha, if I ever get the time!).

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Like a champion cyclist knows bike parts,a car buff knows model years, and a sports fan knows win-loss records, all Mac geeks worth the titl

e must know these things.

Marketers and Madison Avenue operators like to reduce consumers to either/or “types”—paper or plastic, boxers or briefs, cotton or cashmere, Honda or Mercedes, Cristal or Bud–you get the idea. But what often fails to register in such a superficial worldview are the specific reasons behind what we choose when presented with a “this or that?” decision.

When it comes to computing, the question is Mac or Windows? And, as a Mac user, your allegiance to your platform of choice–as in marriage–isn’t entered into lightly. But once you renounce the Dark Side and join the growing legions of Mac enthusiasts, it’s not enough to maintain a casual connection to your Mac, iPhone, iPod, or Apple TV. 

The difference between a Mac user and a Mac geek isn’t just how attached you are to your Apple tech–or how often you publicly proclaim that attachment with logo T-shirts, “Think Different” bumper stickers, or by plastering everything you own with Apple logo stickers. Your level of geekitude depends on how deeply you strive to connect with your Mac and OS X–yeah, we know it sounds like psychobabble. The point, friends, is that being a Mac geek is distinguishable from being any other kind of tech geek, because although it helps to have some basic knowledge of technical geekery, like, say, the names of certain coding languages or the fact that Mac OS X is a Unix-type operating system, you need never have written or even seen a line of Unix code to join the ranks of Mac geekdom. All you need, really, is passion for your Apple gadgets–how you show it is up to you.

But to help give you the street cred–that is Mac knowledge–to back up the passion, we present the 50 things you really should know if you want to call yourself a Mac geek. If you’re a recent convert to the Way of the Mac, be sure you stud

y this compendium so you can move up a few levels of geekitude. If you’re a longtime Mac geek, test your know-how against our list–and be sure to let us know what we missed by flaming us at editor@maclife.com.

See original article HERE

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