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As you all have noticed we have been very slow in our posts and updates. The reason being is the fact that both of us were busy or away on vacation. Time is very hard to find these day since we are both busy at work. I am asking if anyone is interested in helping us out to send us an email with your name and ideas. Also, several people from all over the GCC suggested that the site be converted in Arabic. I, for one, have a hard time doing that since I can’t put together a decent sentence. If you would like to see that happen and you are willing to contribute also please send us an email. Other issues include an Arabic podcast and guides. I look forward to here from you and listen to what you have to say. Please post your comments here or on the forum.
Mishaal

With the latest Apple Leopard update, Bluetooth stopped receiving files. The cure for this is to enable Bluetooth sharing from the preferences pane. Hope this helps. Let us know if there is anything else!

That was it folks!We would like to thank the following people for making this possible! Pictures and information are from them.Engadget.comGizmodo.comMacromorslive.comGeekbreif.tvNote: We also would like to thank Coveritlive.com and appoligize for it not working correctly! Inshallah next year we might be there in person. Stay tuned for a summary and some links.Again we Thank you all!q8mug.com teamApple Site is updated with information!MacbookAir-He got talent, he is fixing his glasses, playing the piano and singing! “Khaalesny”-The guy is still singing!-We are still waiting for the “One More Thing!” Right now Randy Newman is performing.Steve says “In just the first 2 weeks of 2008, we have updated the Mac Pro, introduced Time Capsule, software updates for iPhone and iPod Touch, Movie Rentals for iTunes, Apple TV software updates, and MacBook Air”Environmental highlights: fully aluminum case (good for recycling), first fully mercury and lead free display, circuit boards are BFR free, retail packaging are 56% less volume than MacBook.-He is now playing its TV adit will be available in two weeks!all for only $1799!!! -2 gb of memory standard, 7adee abeee!!-5 hours of battery lifeAlso it comes with software that allows you to borrow a mac or PC’s optical drive!No Optical Drive “CD/DVD” but you can buy an external unit for $99-802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR-Other features: 45 Watt MagSafe, 1 USB 2.0 port, Micro-DVI, Audio OutBy the Way, I love you Steve!specs:1.6 GHz Standard, 1.8 GHz Option — Intel Core 2 Duo80 GB hard disk standard, 64 GB SSD as an option. “they’re pricy, but they’re fast”1.8″ Hard Drive-Multi-touch trackpad-display is LED backlit. iSight is built-in. MacBook-like keyboard, but with an ambient light sensor-Magnetic latch, 13.3″ widescreen display-MacBook Air is 0.16″ to 0.76″.Some specs on the Sony notebook! he is comparing!-”The World’s Thinnest Notebook”-Today his holiness is introducing a new kind of notebooks, its called the Macbook AirHe is talking about there is something in the air!-His holiness is back on stage!-Fox CEO is on Stage talking!-The Software will be out in 2 weeks!-AppleTV is seeing a Price drop from $299 to $229 for the entry level oneAppleTV is only a Software update!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHOh My God oh My God!-His holiness finished demoing the AppleTV and is reviewing its features!-Finally you can buy music directly from the Apple TV interface!-By the way, Apple Store is Down!-his holiness is demoing renting a movie and starting it instantly! “Ba7lamee bil Kuwait!”-You can preview the movies from the Apple TV interface!Something close to my heart! -His holiness is demoing the Apple TV-HD rentals $4.99 and 100 titles available today!-syncing with iTunes!-View photos from fliker and .mac on your Apple TV-No computer required. Rent movies on Apple TV. DVD quality AND HD + Dolby 5.1Apple TV take 2!!!!!-iTunes rentals will launch today in the US, international later this year, and software updates for the iPods and iTunes will be released soon!-Library titles for $2.99 and new releases for $3.99, “wow what a bargain!”-Rental rules: 30days to start watching and 24hours to finish watching the rented movie!-Rented movies can be viewed anywhere, Macs, PCs, iPods, iPhone!-Sony, Paramount, TouchStone, MiraMax, MGM, Lionsgate, Newline, Fox, WB, and Universal are all onboard, that makes every major studio!-iTunes now has movie rental!Please keep refreshing to see the updates!- $20 for maps if you are an existing touch owner! < ay shay!>-5 new apps for the iPod touch, mail, maps, news, stocks and weather!Kuwait, We have have a problem.Our live hosting partners have recently experianced a nasty crash. so am gonna do it here!We will start at 8:00pm Kuwait time. There is no need to refresh as it will be done automatically, so just sit back and enjoy.

Hello everyone. We need your help. We need to hear from you your comments and suggestions to help us move forward. We started our podcast but we haven’t gotten enough of a response from you to either continue or to improve it in a way to serve you better. As a community we need your thoughts and suggestions to move forward and to orient our selves to better serve you. You tell us what you think, what would you like to see, and how we can help you in your Mac experience. Please share your thoughts and send us comments through the comment section, our contact form, or our forum. Thank you!

I have made this simple script to help you convert your rm, real audio file, to mp3. All you have to do is download it, extract it and make sure the folder containing all the files you want to convert is the top one in Finder. It will rename the files, convert them, and then rename them back. It should be able to handle all the files in the top folder.
-Create a folder in Finder and drag all your .rm files to it.
-Run the script and wait.
-Thats it.
Note: This script assumes that you have installed ffmpegX and Real player as per the guide provided earlier!
You can download the script HERE.

Update: I have updated the script to handle errors encountered during conversion.

I just completed this guide to help you convert your Real Audio files to Mp3. Special thanks to nibaq for the heads up and to the ananymous who posted it on macosxhints.com

You Can Find The Guide Here!

We just completed our first guide to new Mac switchers and owners. This guide is a simple walk through of what to do when you get a new Mac. We have also setup a forum post where you, our dear reader, can tell us what you think and all so we can help with the improvement of the guide.

Link to Guide: New Mac How-To
Link to Forum: Forum-New Mac How-To

Alright Folks, we have a poll going on of what is going to come when Leopard crawls on stage come WWDC in 3 weeks. It is setup in the poll so make sure you head there and let us know what you think.

Click Here to Go to the Forum and Vote!

Clarification: Leopard is not due to be released until October. The features will be revealed during WWDC on June 11th.

Here’s some of the meida’s predictions for what is going to be interduced at Apple’s WWDC this june 11th. Lst’s share some of them with you :

1 - Multi-Touch in Leopard - Leopard is going to be the main focus of WWDC this year,and we think one of the big surprises left in Leopard is the inclusion of the iPhone’s Multi-touch navigation. Now, We’re not saying that Apple is going to abandon the mouse at WWDC. Far from it, but we think Multi-touch will be included in the OS, and there will be some products there that support it.

2 - New GUI for OS X - We all know that the Aqua interface, while still quite nice, is getting a little long in the tooth. At WWDC expect the next generation GUI to be another secret of Leopard.

3 - New iLife w/iTunes HD - The new versions of iLife will be revealed with Leopard - possibly even as a part of Leopard itself, and will all feature HD support…including HD downloads from iTunes.

4 - Blu-Ray Support - Blu-Ray support and playback in Leopard, and Blu-Ray drive options on all higher end Macs.

5 - Leopard/iPhone integration - We don’t think we’ll be seeing too much about the iPhone at WWDC this year, but we will see how extensive the integration with Leopard is…and we expect it will be very much a part of Leopard. we don’t think it’s a co-incidence that WWDC is happening before the iPhone even comes out.

6 - New Mac Minis and Macbook Pros - With the recent update of the Macbooks, the Macbook Pros are in desperate need of CPU upgrade, and the Mac Minis are due as well. We expect to see new version of both products at WWDC if not before…

One More Thing…

7 - Ultra Portable iMac w/Multi touch screen - We don’t believe we’ll ever see an Apple tablet (made by Apple at least) but we think the time is right for a device like that to premiere. The UPiMac wouldn’t be much different than the current iMac…just thinner, lighter, and attached to a removable dock when on the desktop…but it would be portable for taking around the house to use where ever you wanted - freeing you from the confines of the desk, and giving you the freedom to use Multi-touch for a completely new UMPC experience.

  feel free to leave comments or links to your own Predictions articles in the comments below.

Looking through the forms I have found the some people are having problems with the recent update. I have posted it on the forum. Please let me know if you are facing the same thing.
Click here to check it out.

Update:
I fixed it! It was a matter of updating the drivers. Check the forum to see how!