Changes Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Facebook speaks out on the big app rebuild

by Mike Schramm (Aug 24th, 2012)

We posted about the Facebook app update the other day, and if you haven't updated your app yet, you really should. The app is a prime example of why native development is almost always better than trying to do things with cross-platform web connections, and why it's so important, even for an ...

Finding small changes in Mountain Lion developer preview

by Mike Schramm (Feb 23rd, 2012)

You've probably heard about the biggest features of the new OS X, Mountain Lion, by now: Apple's implementing some popular iOS features like Notifications, Game Center, and Reminders on the desktop OS. But unless you've actually played with the OS for a little while (which would mean you're a ...

Mobile shopping's first Christmas

by Mike Schramm (Nov 23rd, 2009)

I don't know that I completely agree with this article over at Business Week (technically, last year was our first Christmas with the App Store), but I think the concept is fascinating. Lauren Sherman and her interviewee Retails Systems Research managing partner Paula Rosenblum reason that this ...

iPhone usage metric for Flickr drops big time

by Mike Schramm (Sep 15th, 2009)

We've posted before how popular the iPhone is as a camera on Flickr, with people uploading tons of photos, both shot by and straight from the iPhone. But now, The Next Web has covered a huge drop in photos referencing the iPhone over on the popular photo sharing site. The suspected culprit? Flickr ...

Changes moves to 1.5, adds new features, gives TUAW readers a discount

by Cory Bohon (Apr 2nd, 2009)

Changes.app, the ultimate Mac application used to track changes in folders and text files, was recently updated to version 1.5. This new version easily integrates with Coda, Espresso, BBEdit, TextWrangler, and TextMate. When you launch Changes, you will be able to install plug-ins directly into ...

Adium 1.3 released

by Cory Bohon (Aug 25th, 2008)

Multi-service, open source and free chat client Adium received a new point release tonight, with new features and a redesigned interface for viewing contact information. Adium 1.3 features the following goodies: Get Info Window is now called the "Contact Inspector" The aforementioned Contact ...

Announcing the Changes tagline contest winners

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 27th, 2008)

Last week we announced that software developer Ian Baird was in need of a tagline for Changes. He put up 2 free licenses to be awarded to the readers with the best suggestions. Well, after a tedious round of judging over 100 entries, TUAW is pleased to announce the winners of the Changes tagline ...

Changes hits 1.0

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 19th, 2008)

Ian Baird at Skorpiostech has been hard at work polishing up Changes, the new OS X directory comparison and file differencing utility, for a 1.0 release. We covered the beta at the end of last year and the program received a significant amount of feedback from testers in the months following, ...

Beta Beat: Simple sync with Changes

by Brett Terpstra (Dec 31st, 2007)

This one is ostensibly for developers, but if you ever rock a revision control system or get excited about a little late-night diff-and-merge for whatever reason, your life may have just gotten easier. Changes is an app designed to simplify project synchronization and differencing for groups or ...

iTunes 7.1 first impressions

by Erica Sadun (Mar 5th, 2007)

So I just finished rebooting the computer after loading the new iTunes and QuickTime updates and here's what I found. After launching iTunes and going through the mandatory "click accept" thing (I mean, honestly, does anyone ever read those things? I don't.), I waited for a couple of minutes while ...

Apple pushing the MiniStore with iTunes 7

by David Chartier (Sep 21st, 2006)

This has been bothering me since I upgraded to iTunes 7, and I finally laid hands on a copy of v6 to confirm: in v7, Apple seems to be pushing the new MiniStore they introduced in v6.0.2, as in: they don't make turning it off nearly as obvious anymore. Maybe they didn't like the fact that they were ...