As that day comes closer and closer and I wait just to pre-order my iPhone 4(don’t hate, I still only have a 3g), it’s time to ask are you gonna get one?
Categories
Author: Nick Young
Categories
What is “Automator”?
Most people know that on their Mac there is some weird looking robot application, called “Automator,” but it seems that not many people know how it works or what it does. Automator is essentially an application to help you perform repetitive tasks on your Mac. It doesn’t help you write those repetative essays for school, but if you have, for example, 100 pictures that you want to rename, than Automator can help you. But Automator doesn’t just rename files — it can do much more, such as add content to your keynote presentation or speak highlighted text. It can even open a web browser and bring up the RSS Feed for your favorite website *cough, cough* TheRealMacGenius.com. But don’t worry, I’m not going to throw you out into the world of Automator after only telling you basically what it does — I will show you how to make one application and introduce some of the more important details of Automator.
First, here are some Automator terms to keep in mind. A workflow is a list of actions that the program performs, which can be edited at any time. However, a workflow won’t run as an application, but will only open Automator. So, if you feel like you have completed your workflow, you can save it as an application. Next, an application is an Automator script that has been finished, but cannot be edited in Automator after being saved. In your library, you can see all of your scripts, whose functions range from editing in Finder to working on the Internet. Here is a quick application that I made to bring up TRMG’s RSS Feed:
1. Under the list of Actions, select the “Internet” tab from the Library. Drag the script “Get Specified URLs” it to the workflow station on the right.
2. In this new window, you will see the default bookmark “Apple”.
3. Delete the Apple bookmark by selecting it then clicking “Remove”. Then, click “Add”.
4. A new, blank entry should appear. Name the bookmark anything you wish — we recommend: TRMG. Then, under “Address,” copy and paste the following url: feed://therealmacgenius.com/feed/
5. Add a final script from the “Internet” tab, “New Safari Documents”.
6. Finally, save it as an application, name it and your finished! Now, when you want to view our feed quickly, just run your application. If your application doesn’t work properly, view the image after the break to check your workflow against mine.
Also, you can download the finished application here.
If you would like help making more applications, visit this website.
Categories
iPad HTML 5 Update
As we all guessed, when Apple announced the iPad would not have flash, but they would have HTML 5, we knew there would be a sudden rush for everyone to change their sites for the iPad. Everyone is doing what they can to prepare for the iPad rush…even WE have our site set up for the iPad. But here is another company that is also preparing: CBS. They are currently outfitting their site with HTML 5 to allow you to watch your favorite CBS show on the iPad, but not everything is finished quite yet, they are still working on some things, but most of it is finished. Although the may not have their own app like ABC, it doesn’t matter to me, because now I can get caught up on my favorite show, Big Bang Theory, straight from my iPad. If you would like to see more sites prepared with HTML 5 for the iPad, you can see a list here from Apple.
Categories
A Short Look in Apple’s Logo History
Everyone has seen the current metalic logo of Apple and the recent retro rainbow Apple, but not many people know of the logo before. It is a very interesting logo that not many people know about (Full picture after break). It features a very smart man. Sir Isaac Newton to be exact. Yep, that guy that thought up the Three Laws of Motion. He is featured under an apple tree where there seems to be a halo effect around the apple. This is supposed to be the depiction of when he was thinking about his Universal Law of Gravitation, and now after throwing all that info at you, you may still be wondering why you may not have heard of it. Well this was probably because it was only their logo for one year before being replaced by the retro rainbow apple. After all that, here it is, the original Apple logo. And finally, could you imagine seeing that on the back of your latest iDevice?(Doctored up picture of iPad after break)
Want to Subscribe to our site! Click below to find out how…
Categories
How do you Surf?
As I have recently changed browsers from Safari and Firefox to Opera I thought of an interesting question. How do you surf the web, and are there certain reasons why you think that browser is better than others? I recently changed for a few reasons. First, Opera has absolutely no security holes(At this time). Secondly, it has widgets, similar to Firefox add-ons, and some other reasons I changed over were because of the UI (User interface) and the iPhone app they now have for the iPhone. Leave a comment about which browser you use and why.