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Linked List: September 20, 2005

Tuesday, 20 September 2005

Joe Kissell, author of Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, says Apple’s new Backup 3.0 might actually be useful:

Most importantly, Backup now performs additive incremental archives, which means that (a) it keeps old copies of files when they change, so that you can choose which one you want when it comes time to restore; and (b) it copies only new or changed files — not every single file — when performing a backup.

(Via Michael Tsai.)

Zeldman Gives Thumbs-Up to FontExplorer X ★

Jeffrey Zeldman:

Which interface, FontExplorer X’s or Suitcase’s, works better? Which is more attractive? Toss a coin. Both interfaces are bone-simple to understand, and both look great — FontExplorer X looks like Suitcase morphed with iTunes. Both programs make it easy to create and manage collections, but FontExplorer X additionally lets you create smart collections, a la iTunes smart playlists; and FontExplorer X provides one-click shopping for Linotype fonts.

Zeldman gives a nice shout-out to Shaun Inman’s Mint, too.

Jobs Warns Against Raising Music Prices ★

Astrid Wendlandt, reporting for Reuters:

“If [music industry executives] want to raise the prices, it means that they are getting greedy,” said Jobs, chief executive of Apple, at a news conference in Paris on Tuesday.

“If the price goes up, they (consumers) will go back to piracy and everybody loses,” he said.

Google Disallowing the World ‘Mac’ in AdSense Ads ★

Michael Tsai:

Today Google informed me that I’m not allowed to use the word “Mac” in ad copy.

I’ve heard from a few other Mac developers who got the same message from Google this morning. This is nuts; if a Mac developer can’t use the word “Mac”, how can they possibly advertise with Google? What are they supposed to do, spell it “M*c”, like it’s a dirty word?

The big question is whether Apple is behind this. If so, why? If not, why is Google doing this?

Opera Goes Free ★

Opera has released their web-browser free of ads and free of charge. They’re concentrating on revenue from searches initiated from the browser (e.g., I suppose, Amazon affiliate revenue). Here’s a Reuters story with more info.

.Mac Storage Bumped to 1 GB ★

A welcome change, but overdue considering that Gmail has been offering at least 1 GB of storage for over a year.