Friday, December 19, 2008

Machines in 1 Utama's Opening Sales!!!


20 to 21 December 2008

 1Utama Machine New Store Sale

Save RM230 on an iPOD

 

Products Offered

iPod Nano 4GB - RM299 (Save RM230)

iPod Nano 8GB - RM399 (Save RM200)

and more

 

 

Time : 10am to 10pm

 

Location (Tel 603 7727 2606)

Machines 1 Utama

Lot S48 2nd Floor

Jusco One Utama Shopping Centre

www.machines.com.my


* and their store looks good... hmmmmm....

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Malaysia's Online Apple Store

Anyone bought anything from there yet? What's the delivery time like? I heard that they promise a 2-days delivery time... interesting..

So any experiences with Malaysia's Online Apple Store?

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Apple Store in Malaysia... Finally!!!


Apple has finally arrived in Malaysia. But they didn't open a retail store.. It's only their online store.. which is good enough.. that's a start..

So anyone of you who wants to get your iPods engraved , you don't have to order it through your Singaporean friends or from the US... you can get it here too...

Other perks are like 

- superb collection of 3rd party accessories like InCase.. but at the moment , that's about it.. ahaha.. i'm pretty sure that their collection of 3rd party stuff will come in very soon...

- Free shipping for anything more than RM250.. (come on , it's Apple... unless you only buy 1 item , it could be less than RM250..  hah...)

- Students & Teacher's discounts.... eligible student , faculty , staff member can get discounts.. at last!!! I'm not so sure on the procedures , but at least it's something for the students..

If you do plan on buying something from them soon , do it before 25th November 2008 because they will throw in a limited edition t-shirt for you.. but in my honest opinion , that design sucks... ahaks..

Friday, October 10, 2008

Rumoured New MacBooks - leaked pics and more details...



Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster said

- Higher quality, lower-priced MacBooks. Munster expects the new MacBooks, which currently sell for $1,099 and come in black or white, to be clad in a new aluminum casing with a gesture-based touchpad and to sell for $899 to $999. “In other words, we expect the new MacBooks to be a meaningful upgrade with an [average sales price] 9% to 18% lower.”

- New MacBook Pros. Munster also expects Apple to introduce redesigned MacBook Pros at the same or slightly lower price. The current MacBook Pro design was introduced almost 3 years ago at $1,999. The new machines, he writes, will likely be thinner and include a more-sophisticated, gesture-based trackpad. He estimates they will start at $1,899.

- New MacBook Airs. Munster expects Apple to introduce new MacBook Airs with updated specs, but doesn’t offer any further detail.

- No Tablet Mac. “While we are confident that Apple will eventually bring its touchscreen technology from the iPhone to the Mac,” he writes, “we do not expect to see a touchscreen Mac this year.”

Leaked Pics here...

Details here...

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Apple's New Products - iPod Nano & Touch


Perfect for music, movies, and games, the new iPod touch features an amazingly thin contoured metal design, a gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen glass display, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi wireless networking, integrated volume control buttons, a built-in speaker for casual listening, a built-in accelerometer and other advanced sensors, and Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch interface. Available now in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB models, iPod touch starts at just $229.




Available in nine vibrant colors, the new fourth generation iPod nano — the thinnest iPod ever — features a sleek new design with a curved aluminum and glass enclosure. It also incorporates Genius technology and features a built-in accelerometer that automatically switches to Cover Flow when rotated and automatically goes into Shuffle mode when lightly shaken. iPod nano (4th generation) comes in 8GB and 16GB models, starting at just $149.



IPod Classic is only available for 120GB only now... but that's huge enough.. I need to get some sleep now... more personal opinion soon... :)

Monday, August 11, 2008

Computer Down - Can't Update Blog

Computer Down - Can't Update Blog

Will be back soon... :(

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

MacCity's Apple Promotion - 26/07/08 to 17/08/08 - Damn good deals..

Sorry for the late updates.. been a bit busy lately.. but here's some goodie for you guys... PROMOTION!! ... This time around , it's MacCity's latest promo..


MacCity's Latest Promotion effective from 26/07/08 to 17/08/08.

MacBook Air - Get Apple Superdrive and Travel Pac Case.

MacBook - Get 2GB Ram and Apple Mighty Mouse.

MacBook Pro - Get 4GB Ram (2x2GB) and Apple Mighty Mouse.

iMac - Get 4GB Ram (2x2GB).

Bonus : Purchase any CPU bundle with Applecare Protection Plan, Get ipod shuffle 1GB.

Contact them @ 03-77241334 , 03-77241337

oh yeah.. subscribe to this blog.. and get the updates straight to your inbox!!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

maxis to ink the deal with Apple???

Maxis is still hopeful to be the main telco to bring in the iPhone in Malaysia... all the best to you...

whether Maxis will be the one or not , we'll soon find out... hopefully we don't have to wait that long...

source

Thursday, July 17, 2008

iTunes Store's App Store Available in Malaysia !!!

Looks like finally Apple has opened it's doors to Malaysian's iTunes users... BUT .. it's only limited to the AppStore.. So now , you can use your Malaysian credit cards to set up an iTunes account.

This only benefits iPhone and iPod Touch users. So for you Malaysians who're still on the old iPod Touch software , pay the USD 9.90 to enjoy the new features of the App Store.. there's LOADS of applications for you to download... most of them needs to be bought.. but alot of it are free!!

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Importing Photos from iPod Back To Your Mac

I have encoutered a few times whereby my picture collection in my computer became corrupted... after doing a search on what to do next on the net , i found out that it's easy to be done on a Mac... here's how..

To copy photos from iPod to your computer, make sure the "Enable disk use" option is selected. Follow these steps:

1. Connect iPod to your computer using either your cable or Dock.
2. Open iTunes.
3. Select iPod in the Source pane.
4. Click the Settings tab.
5. Select the option to "Enable disk use".
6. Click OK in the resulting dialog box.
7. Click Apply.

iPhoto and Image Capture should now be able to import photos from iPod.

*Use the import function on iPhoto and direct it to the photos folder in your iPod... this method has been tested and it worked ... not sure what software to use in windows..

Source

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Used MacBook Pro 2.4GHz, 3 months old for sale..

Used unit for sale... details below..

"2.4GH, 200GB, 2GB, SuperDrive, true multi-touch track pad, 1.3 mega pixel iSight. standard spec as Penryn model

3 months old only, absolutely no problem, no scratch no dents. perfect screen. come with power adapter, power cord.

No box as it was disposed. DVD and manual are missing too. Will included a backup copy of Leopard DVD.

Selling RM5800.

Location in JB/Skudai, call to confirm: O12-73145O8

Chris
"

Mac OS X Tips for First Time Switchers... by Walt Mossberg..

Menu Bars: In Windows, each program typically has its own menu bar. On the Mac, there’s a single menu bar at the top of the screen that changes, depending on which program you are actively using.

Task Bar: The equivalent of the Windows XP Task Bar on the Mac is the Dock. Unlike the Task Bar, which primarily holds icons representing open windows, the Mac Dock primarily holds icons of programs you use most often. To place a program onto the Dock, you just drag its icon there. To remove it, you just drag its icon off the Dock and it disappears in a puff of animated smoke.

Start Menu: There is no Start Menu on a Mac. Its functions are divided between the Dock and the Apple menu at the upper left of the Mac screen.

Control Panel: The Mac equivalent of the Windows Control Panel is called System Preferences, and it can be launched from either the Dock or the Apple menu.

Keyboard shortcuts: Common Windows keyboard commands, such as Ctrl-S for Save, Ctrl-P for Print, and many others, are also available on the Mac. However, instead of using the Control key, they use the Mac’s Command key, which bears either a cloverlike symbol or an Apple logo. So, on the Mac, for instance, Command-S is for Save.

Quitting programs: In Windows, you can quit a program by clicking on the red “X” in a square at the upper right corner of the window you’re using. But on the Mac, if you click on the equivalent button — a red “X” in a circle in the upper left corner — you are merely closing the window, not quitting the program. To quit the program, you must either select Quit from the leftmost menu or press the Command and “Q” keys together.

Maximizing windows: When you click on the blue maximize button in Windows XP, the window you are viewing occupies the whole screen. In Leopard, the equivalent button — a green circle at the upper left — increases a small window’s size to a footprint deemed optimal for its contents, which isn’t always the whole screen.

Switching programs: One common way to switch among running programs in Windows XP is to press Alt and Tab together. This displays icons of each running program and allows you to switch among them. On a Mac, the same trick can be performed by pressing the Command and Tab keys together. The Mac also has a terrific feature called Expose, which shows every open window at once, in miniature form, so you can navigate among them. You can trigger Expose in a number of ways, but the most common is to hit either the F9 key or the dedicated Expose key, depending on your Mac model.

Right-clicking: Contrary to common belief, the Mac has a right-click menu function, just like Windows. Most desktop Macs now come with a mouse that allows right-clicking, and you can use almost any two-button USB mouse with any modern Mac. If you are using a Mac laptop, which has only one button under the track pad, you can simulate a right-click by either holding down the Control key when you click, or by placing two fingers on the track pad while clicking. The latter technique, which I favor, must first be turned on in System Preferences.

Screen: Your desktop picture and screen saver on a Mac are set via a System Preference called Desktop & Screen Saver. Screen resolution is set in the Displays System Preference. In Windows XP, all of these things are included in the Display control panel.

Source

Monday, June 23, 2008

iPhone Availability in Malaysia and The Rest of The World

It's sad that the iPhone won't be launched in Malaysia anytime soon... after the recent WWDC2008 , alot of Malaysian are disappointed over the unavailability of the iPhone in Malaysia..

Here's a screenshot of countries that'll have the iPhone on the July 11th 2008




And here's a screenshot of countries that'll have the iPhone soon.. Even Botswana and Estonia have it.. -.-"




The only country around Malaysia with the coming iPhone 3G will be Singapore and Philippine ... Thailand , Indonesia shares the same fate as Malaysia..

More info soon..

Source

Friday, June 20, 2008

Pro Tools 7.4.2 for Mac OS X Leopard


Digidesign released an update on Thursday for its digital audio workstation, Pro Tools, bringing compatibility with Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard. Pro Tools 7.4.2 is available for Pro ToolsHD, Pro Tools LE, and Pro Tools M-Powered.



Dave Lebolt, Avid vice president and general manager of Digidesign, said they have been working closely with Apple since the release of Leopard, focusing on performance and reliability. Testing of the new Pro Tools versions have been qualified with Mac OS X 10.5.3.
There may be a gotcha for some Pro Tools users. The company said that not all shipping plug-ins are compatible with version 7.4.2 running on Leopard. Digidesign provides a plug-in compatibility page that is updated regularly.



The update is being provided free to all registered users of Pro Tools 7.4.




Details HERE!!!

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Opening PowerPoint Documents in Apple iWork's Keynote

PowerPoint to Keynote Slide presentations are tricky to move around between Mac and Windows versions of PowerPoint. So it should be no surprise that you’d lose some of a PowerPoint slideshow when importing it into Keynote. But slide show compatibility problems aren’t consistent, and can really hamper your ability to view the presentation.

Multimedia and slide transitions and builds are a main area of compatibility problems. For embedded movies and audio, QuickTime is the best bet for importing into Keynote and being able to play. Unfortunately, video or audio used in slide builds can interfere with automatic transitions between slides, to the point where you won’t even be able to manually advance to the next slide. The solution is to either remove the automatic transition or remove the multimedia build from the slide.

Keynote does a fairly good job retaining other types of transitions and builds, including a 3-D flip screen transition, and builds with pictures and text bouncing or spinning in.

With text, PowerPoint imports can have the same problems as Word-to-Pages translations, including text overflow problems due to font substitution. If a PowerPoint 2008 presentation contains Word Art, Keynote will retain the typeface if the font is installed in your Mac. Keynote will keep Word Art drop shadows but lose character outlines and multi-color effects.

Source

Opening Excel Documents in Apple iWork's Numbers

Excel to Numbers Functions will be a major compatibility issue for importing Excel spreadsheets. Numbers ‘08 has about 170 functions, about half as many in Excel 2008. Many of the missing functions are statistical and numeric functions, and Numbers doesn’t have any of Excel’s database functions or Excel’s three-dozen engineering functions. If an Excel spreadsheet contains a function that numbers doesn’t support, Numbers will import only the calculated value of a cell. Numbers will flag these cells with a blue triangle, which you can click to see the Excel function that was deleted.

Numbers also doesn’t support Excel’s ability to password-protect hidden cells and rows. Numbers will translate these as unhidden, but empty cells. The only way to retain the information in these cells is to have the creator of the Excel document remove the password protection.


Source

Opening Word Documents in Apple iWork's Pages

Word to Pages Many of Word’s features translate well into Pages ‘08. For instance, Word’s track changes feature imports well into Pages, retaining the names of the editors and the dates of the changes. Styles created in Word get moved over, as do most layout items, such tables, footnotes, and graphics. Some of the items may not end up in the same locations as in the original file, but they will get imported.

In cases where Pages doesn’t support a feature in Word, Pages will attempt to convert the item to something else. Pages will translate Word Art from a Word 2008 file into a text box without the curves in the text and without the outlines and drop shadows. Pages doesn’t support text form fields, but will import the text entered into Word forms.

But even when the original file doesn’t include fancy Word features, the resulting Pages document isn’t always an exact replica of the original Word document. A common problem is text spilling over from the end of a page onto another page. This can happen when your Mac doesn’t have the font used in the original document, when Pages will substitute another font that is a slightly larger physical size.

A frustrating issue is that you can still have the text overflow problem even when you have the same font, font size, and line spacing set in Word and Pages. The reason is that Word and Pages define line spacing slightly differently, so that “single spaced” in Pages is slightly larger than in Word, causing a page full of text to spill into a second page.

To fix the issue, redefine the line spacing in both Word and Pages as pixels rather than lines. A setting of 16 pixels is usually equal to 1 line in most fonts. Pixel settings in Word and Pages are the same size, so the imported document will look more like the original.


Source

Connecting Older Macs and Newer Macs via Airport Extreme

Reader Frank Blank has drawn a blank in regard to upgrading the wireless connection on an older iMac. He writes: "I have three Macs networked at home through an Airport Extreme Base Station. The MacBook and Intel iMac communicate like greased lightning. Communication with the 2.1GHz iMac G5 is much much slower. Since the laptop, Intel iMac, and AirPort Base Station utilize 802.11n, and the iMac G5 uses 802.11g, is there a way to upgrade the older iMac to the faster wireless speed?"

The least expensive way to do this is to eschew wireless on the old iMac and run an Ethernet cable from the Base Station to the iMac. Your iMac's network performance will increase dramatically and its "g" wireless won't slow down the rest of the wireless network.

On the other hand, perhaps you don't feel like completely rearranging your home so that the Base Station and iMac sit near each other. If not, you can upgrade the iMac to 802.11n, but not internally. Apple's n-flavored wireless cards don't work with older iMacs.

Source

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

MacCity's Apple Promo - Extended

MacCity's Extended Promo

Buy iMac, Get 2GB Ram and Kingston Thumb Drive 4GB.


Buy MacBook, Get 2GB Ram and Kingston Thumb Drive 4GB.

Buy MacBook Pro, Get 4GB Ram (2x2GB) and Kingston Thumb drive 4GB

Buy MacBook Air, Get Apple Superdrive.

contact me @ theapplesalesguy@gmail.com

Monday, June 9, 2008

Band Application on the iPhone - Music Making On The GO

In the recent iPhone's keynote in WWDC 2008 , Apple introduces an application called Band.. and with it you can actually practise your basslines, keys , drums , ... and record them on the go... This is so useful .. and interesting ... and convenient , I love thisssssss..



Source

iPhone 2.0 - More New Features..

Here's more new features on the iPhone..

- eBay on the iPhone! includes most of the classical eBay functions ... now you can buy anything on the go... technology at it's best..



- The AppStore will not only offer pay-per-download application, and some freeware should also be available - that's awesomenessss

- Loopt application is multiplatform, and will come for free at the launch of the App Store and it'll be able to track/spy your friends (or your girl-friend)

- The "first" text editor application, TypePad. This application is designed to make it simple to blog and send photo. One can shoot the photo with the iPhone and send it straight. - that's what the iPhone needs.. functional convenience..

Source

iPhone 2.0 - Interesting New Features...

As we know it... right now , WWDC 2008 is happening in San Francisco... Steve Jobs is doing his thing.. presenting his keynote as I post on this blog... Here's what's up so far...

- 250,000 downloaded the beta iPhone dev program / 4000 have entered the beta version program

- The iPhone 2.0 supports MS Exchange by default, including push email, contacts, calendars, auto-discovery, global address book, etc.

With it's latest SDK , it's soooooo much more interesting... Personally the best thing that has happened to the iPhone is the SDK being released...

WWDC 2008 and 3G iPhones - it's real..

Not sure if you guys are keeping updated... but in less than a few hours , WWDC 2008 will be starting..and it'll mark the year of iPhone... from SDK for developers to 3G for consumers..

I'll update here for more details when everything is official ...

before that , enjoy these pictures.. apparently , Apple Inc actually sent some sealed unidentified boxes over to Apple resellers in Australia (not sure about other part of the world) ... and they're not supposed to open it up till tomorrow i think..

Anyway , there's always some curious people around.. and as the result of their curiosity , here's some 'leaked' pictures of the 3G iPhone.. take notice of the camera positioned in on the front... that confirms the 3G feature (video calls) ...





Pictures taken from here.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Apple iPods Pricing in Malaysia


iPod Nano 4G @ RM569



iPod Nano 8G @ RM769



iPod Classic 80G @ RM939



iPod Classic 160G @ RM1399

667MHz Ram Upgrades for your Macs

These rams are new rams but without 'retail packaging'

1GB - RM 250

2GB - RM 500

Email me if you need it... :)

theapplesalesguy@gmail.com

Apple Malaysia's Promo - Promotion date - June 8 - 22


Buy iPod classic, or touch get iSpace speakers.


Buy iPod nano get Xmini speakers.


Buy MacBook, MacBook Pro get iSwing speaker & PenDrive 8gb

Buy MacBook Air get Western Digital 160gb Passport Essential external
hard drive

Buy iMac get iSwing speaker & PenDrive 8gb


Apple fixes 70 issues with Mac OS X 10.5.3 update

Source

Apple updated Mac OS X 10.5 last month to 10.5.3, fixing 70 issues with the operating system and its components.




Among the changes in Mac OS X 10.5.3
are several fixes for Apple’s Time Machine backup application. The
update addresses compatibility issues with the Time Capsule backup
device as well as compatibility issues with Aperture 2, Apple’s
workflow application for photographers. The OS update aims to improve
reliability when doing a full restore from a Time Machine backup, and
an alert message incorrectly stating that a backup volume doesn’t have
enough space has been fixed.


Apple’s virtual desktop
application, Spaces, received some minor updates in 10.5.3. A problem
that could cause the reordering of application windows when switching
desktops and then switching back has been fixed. The update also
tackled an issue where pressing Command-Tab may have incorrectly
switched users to a new space. The update also bolsters reliability for
.Mac syncing.


Mail receieved 10 updates in Mac OS X 10.5.3.
Highlights include a fix for a stability issue when dragging large
attachments to a mail message and reliability issues when changes are
made to a mailbox while offline.


iChat fixes include improved
reliability during screen-sharing sessions and an issue with group
chats not being indexed in Spotlight.


Automator, AirPort, Address Book, Parental Controls and VoiceOver all received reliability enhancements with the update.


The 420MB Mac OS X 10.5.3 update is available for download via from the software Update control panel.

Friday, May 23, 2008

MacCity's Apple Promotion - 24/05/08 to 08/06/08

Promotions effective from 24/05/08 to 08/06/08.

Buy iMac, Get 2GB Ram and Kingston Thumb Drive 4GB.

Buy MacBook, Get 2GB Ram and Kingston Thumb Drive 4GB.

Buy MacBook Pro, Get 4GB Ram (2x2GB) and Kingston Thumb drive 4GB

Buy MacBook Air, Get Apple Superdrive.

BONUS :
Buy any mac (iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro,MacBook Air) with Applecare Protection Plan, Get 50% discount for ipod shuffle 1GB.

for more info : jason@maccity.com.my

Thursday, May 22, 2008

New iMac Price in Ringgit Malaysia...



iMac 20" 2.4GHz - MB323ZP/A @ RM4,299

* 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB memory
* 250GB hard drive1
* 8x double-layer SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB memory

iMac 20" 2.66GHz - MB324ZP/A @ RM5,299

* 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* 320GB hard drive1
* 8x double-layer SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory

iMac 24" 2.8GHz - MB325ZP/A @ RM6,399

* 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* 320GB hard drive1
* 8x double-layer SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

New Prices for Apple Cinema Display & Mac Mini

Apple Display

M9177B/A - Apple 20" Display , SRP @ RM2,199
M9178B/A - Apple 23" Display, SRP @ RM3,299
M9179B/A - Apple 30" Display, SRP @ RM6,499

Mac Mini

MB138ZP/A
- Mac Mini 1.83GHz, SRP @ RM2,199
MB139ZP/A - Mac Mini 2.0GHz, SRP @ RM2,899