Snow Leopard – Two Cool Things

Two cool things I noticed recently in Snow Leopard:

Finder can now “Quick Look” Adobe Illustrator files (as long as they are saved with the default PDF preview turned on). I’m not sure why this didn’t work in 10.5 since Preview.app could already preview similar .ai files. Anyway, this makes me happy.

In screen sharing the thumbnail window is now a live preview. Before it seemed to just be a screen shot from the last moment you were in that window. The live thumbnail is great for several reasons. For example, you can see when a file transfer is completed without having to switch back and forth between local and remote full screens.

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iTunes 9 – Home Sharing

I like that Apple has added Home Sharing in iTunes 9. It allows you to “sync” music, movies, tv shows, audiobooks and applications, with up to 5 computers in your house. It can automatically transfer new purchases of the mentioned file types—although only works with purchased files.

This works great for keeping my work iTunes synced up with my home iTunes. I just bring in my laptop every few days and sync it up. I wish they would add the ability to sync play counts and ratings.

I’m curious how it will work with mp3’s that have had the ID3 tags modified from one library to another.

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The next version of OS X?

OS X 10.7?

Already rumors of the next version of OS X?

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Thoughts on “Monopolies”

I was listening to TWiT #209 this morning. It really is a must listen to weekly podcast. However, I did find myself a little irritated when Leo and guests suggested Google is currently a monopoly and that Microsoft used to be a monopoly.

I believe they are simply referring to the majority of market share these companies own but I find the word is being used inappropriately more and more often.

It seems any large company owning a majority of it’s market share gets flagged with the term. But owning a majority of any market is not a monopoly unless it maintains it’s market share exclusively through legal privilege or a sort of outside controlled barrier to entry. Both of the companies mentioned operate in competitive markets. Consumers have multiple alternatives to both large companies.

I do understand the importance of competition and hope that more companies rise to compete against the Microsofts and Googles of the world. Competition almost always provides better experiences for consumers.

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AudioBoo

This is basically just a soundcheck along with a quick note to my coworker, Jennifer.

Listen!

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