Daring Fireball: Helpful Tip For Messages For Mac

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John Gruber of Daring Fireball weighs in on the Macworld Prediction Game this morning. By the time our US viewers read this, the truth will already be out there, but in the meantime, here's the rundown, and a few disagreements from us. Subnotebook: Gruber says 'Yes'. The 'nets are on fire with this, and as Gruber points out, you still see a lot of 12' PowerBooks in use.

Demand is high. He also speculates that the MacBook Air will have a regular hard drive, not Flash: 'Look no further than the iPod Classic to see how hard drives don’t keep a device from being super-thin'.

The trouble is, the iPod has a tiny, and slow 1.8' drive which probably won't be up to the rigors of booting an operating System. ITablet or MacBook Touch: Gruber says 'No'. He reckons there is one living inside Apple's Cupertino labs, but we won't see it today, if ever. If we do, it'll be an accessory for a Mac or PC, just like an iPod. Ubiquitous Wireless Networking: Gruber says 'Yes please'.

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Daring Fireball Live at Macworld Expo 2007 A special from the Macworld Expo show floor: Daring Fireball blogger John Gruber and Panic's Cabel Sasser discuss the issues of the week.

It would be great to have iPhone-like, always on connectivity on a Mac. The problem here is the wireless carriers. Using EDGE or any kind of 3G radio means doing deals with network providers. Fine in the US, and even France, Germany and the UK where the iPhone is already living, but the rest of the world?

It's unlikely Apple would split a product line into country specific models: That's Microsoft's job. Apple TV updated and iTunes Movie Rentals. Gruber says 'Yes'. Again, we agree. The true sweetness would be movie downloads direct to the Apple TV, and Gruber offers a interesting nice take on the life of these DRMed files: You could keep a certain amount on your drive at any one time, Netflix style, and swap them out when you're done.

Read the full article for Gruber's thought's on a new iPhone (no, or possibly extra memory), the iPhone SDK (no – too boring for a consumer show) and wireless Time Machine backups (yes).

By. 12:17 pm, June 6, 2013. There are hundreds of apps on the App Store that claim they’ll help you boost your productivity, keep your thoughts organized, and help you finish all of those great side project ideas you have floating around. Some of those apps are genuinely helpful, but famed Apple-blogger John Gruber just released a new note-taking app that challenges them all. Advertisement Vesper is a sublime note-taking app for iPhone that just hit the App Store.

Its price tag is a bit steeper than most apps, but even at it’s a pretty good deal. Designed by John Gruber’s new company, Q Branch, Vesper is a hybrid of notes and list-making features that helps you keep your thoughts organized.

“What’s the difference between a thought, an idea, and something you want to do? I don’t know exactly. That’s why we made Vesper.” – John Gruber. The app is beautiful in its simplicity. You can gather all your thoughts into notes and then group related notes together by adding tags. Photos can be quickly added or removed right from the note composer screen.

Once your done with a note you simply swipe left to send it into your archive. Vesper’s look and feel is refreshingly flat and minimalist; similar to the stripped-down look of DaringFireball.net. Who knows, maybe Gruber and his team even received a sneak peak of iOS 7 to use as a source of inspiration? Right now the app is only available on the iPhone and there’s no way to view your notes on your Mac or web browser, but the simplicity of the app and its easy to use organizing tools make it one of the best new productivity apps we’ve seen all year.