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Fix iPhone's Camera Roll display bug

by Dave Caolo (Aug 26th, 2009)

Last night I was grabbing screenshots with my iPhone that I'll use in a forthcoming post. After snapping 4 or 5, I launched the camera app to look at them. I saw the preview thumbnail but when I clicked Camera Roll for a larger view, it appeared empty. I restarted the iPhone to no avail. I ...

Terminal Tips: Change the location of snapped screenshots

by Joachim Bean (Jul 28th, 2009)

Are you tired of all of those icons from screenshots you've taken cluttering up space on your desktop? If you would like them in a different place when you snap them, here's a command to change the location. Using the Terminal, enter the following command to change the location: defaults write ...

iPhones pass the fireworks test: best of the reader-submitted 4th photos

by Mel Martin (Jul 5th, 2009)

Shooting photographs of fireworks can be a real challenge. The good shots happen quickly, cameras don't always get the focus right, and there is a lot of movement that can make for blurry pictures. The iPhone is not the best camera in the world for demanding photo jobs -- that's true for all cell ...

A free app for those who love art

by Mel Martin (Jun 15th, 2009)

It's true. I'm delighted to find free applications that stimulate and involve. The iPhone/iPod touch continues to open new vistas for those willing to explore the app store. If you love great art, then get thee to iTunes and download Love Art [App Store link] which is a tour of some of the great ...

Photoshop Phun: iPhone next-gen rumor pic roundup

by Robert Palmer (Jun 6th, 2009)

Well! Our tips line has certainly been a beehive of activity with WWDC just around the corner. We've gotten several purported iPhone images, which range in quality from meh to ludicrous. Particularly interesting: the iPhone Blog's 16x9 widescreen model. As for availability of the rumored phone, ...

Image Upload widget updated to 1.1.1

by Aron Trimble (Jan 6th, 2009)

Up until recently, the Image Upload widget from Model Concept wasn't exactly working as designed. We described in detail a process for fixing the widget, however it was not particularly easy. The developer responsible for the widget, Tom Stoelwinder, contacted me to say that he had fixed the widget ...

Fixing the Image Upload widget

by Aron Trimble (Dec 29th, 2008)

The Image Upload widget featured here is a freeware widget by Model Concept which allows you to upload an image to ImageShack simply by dropping it onto the widget. The result is that the URL is auto-magically saved to your clipboard. The overall experience is pretty slick; it supports audio and ...

iPhone 101: Saving images in Safari

by Cory Bohon (Jul 17th, 2008)

Have you ever been using Safari on your iPhone or iPod touch and wanted to save an image? Well, the 2.0 firmware makes this easy! Just tap and hold on any picture in Safari. When you do, a menu will pop up allowing you to save the image to your camera roll or follow the image link. Apple even places ...

iPhone's Mail lacks no-images switch

by Michael Rose (Jul 16th, 2008)

Most desktop messaging clients (Apple's Mail.app and Microsoft's Entourage among them) give users the option to skip loading images when reading rich-formatting emails, which both speeds up the loading/reading process and limits exposure to spammer scavenging, which can leverage embedded images to ...

PhotoTiles: Make an image of images

by Steven Sande (Jul 7th, 2008)

Sometimes I see the name of a new piece of software that someone tips us off to, and the name conjures up something completely different from what the reality is. PhotoTiles, for instance, brought to mind the ability to create those cool pictures that are made up of all of your other photos. You ...

"Leaked" iPhone images show video chatting, slimmer iPhone?

by Cory Bohon (Jun 7th, 2008)

Late last night, several rumor websites, including CrunchGear, reported that they had received copies of "leaked" iPhone advertisements. These ads depict matte black and Product (Red) iPhones. Most of the sites that were sent these images are calling them fakes, including our own Engadget. There ...

iPlace: Image download helper for Safari

by David Chartier (Aug 21st, 2007)

Considering the graphical nature of the web, I'm surprised more features and plug-ins haven't appeared to solve the problem of downloading images from sites as well as iPlace does. Operating as a SIMBL plug-in for Safari (including the 3.0 beta), iPlace allows you to specify multiple locations on ...

First Look: Pixelmator private beta arrives

by David Chartier (Aug 16th, 2007)

The day is finally here. After an introductory video back in May and a more in-depth teaser earlier this month, the Pixelmator crew have begun sending out the private beta downloads and I just took it for a spin, creating the image in this post. It is indeed a sexy app - the UI is a gorgeous ...

TUAW Tip: How to manually delete a .Mac Web Gallery

by David Chartier (Aug 15th, 2007)

The new .Mac Web Galleries sure are pretty slick, but their dependency on iPhoto '08 can have some unfortunate side effects. When I first installed iLife '08, I moved my original iPhoto library so I could tinker around with the new version using a few pics I had lying around on my Mac. I then ...

1001: A really cool Flickr client

by David Chartier (Aug 14th, 2007)

The old adage that 'a picture is worth 1000 words' is still going nice and strong. Considering the sheer number of pictures that Flickr is hosting these days, that could be a lot of stories to sift through - why not try out a desktop app to help with all the work? 1001 is a unique Flickr client ...