Install iMovie on a 1st-generation iPad

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

One improvement coming to the iPad 2 is the addition of tablet-optimized versions of iMovie and GarageBand. iMovie is limited to the iPad 2 because the second generation tablet includes cameras to record video footage and a faster processor to handle the…

11 March 2011

Modeling MySQL Capacity by Measuring Resource Consumptions

MySQL Performance Blog

There are many angles you can look at the system to predict in performance, the model baron has published for example is good for measuring scalability of the system as concurrency growths. In many cases however we’re facing a need to answer a question…

9 March 2011

Sync your address book to Google and back it up

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Former TUAW-writer (but forever in our hearts) David Chartier tried using OS X's built-in Address Book sync to Google Contacts and had a very bad experience which ended with him turning it off almost immediately. I had a similar-but-different bad…

9 March 2011

Before you lose your Mac laptop

MacOSXHints.com

This hint is something that may increase the chance of getting your MacBook back if you ever lose it or it is stolen. You will need to install an open source application called Prey that runs in the background and uses zero memory until it is activated…

8 March 2011

Bjango Blog

inessential.com

I keep running across people and companies I didn’t know about, and thinking, “Wow, they’re good.” I like it even more when I also get to think, “...and they’re generous too.” I just ran across Bjango a few minutes ago. They have some cool-looking apps for…

8 March 2011

Design + code

inessential.com

I love how Mike Rundle brings design and code together. Check out Design Then Code. There’s a free tutorial on Building iOS Apps From Scratch. Further down the page is two linked tutorials taking you through a single project. I’m going to get the Design…

8 March 2011

Using heapshots to find abandoned memory

Use Your Loaf

Copyright © 2019 - K Harrison Privacy and Cookies Terms of Use, There are a number of techniques for finding memory leaks in iOS applications including using the Build and Analyze option in Xcode and the Allocations instrument. However neither of these…

8 March 2011

Daniel Kahn Gillmor: PHP, MySQL, and SSL?

Planet Debian

Is there a way to access a MySQL database over the network from PHP and be confident that * the connection is actually using SSL, and As far as i can tell, when using the stock MySQL bindings, setting MYSQL_CLIENT_SSL is purely advisory (i.e. it won't…

7 March 2011

Terminally Geeky: use automatic login more securely

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Imagine if you rebooted your computer, and it automatically logged you in, launched all of your login apps, updated your Dropbox folder, MobileMe, email, RSS, Twitter and everything else without you even having to enter your password. That auto-login…

7 March 2011