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New iTunes protocol calls unearthed

by Erica Sadun (RSS feed) on Jan 17th, 2008

The always-awesome Evan DiBiase has decoded iTunes' "initiateSession" call, which can be found in this online file, encoded with Base-64. In it, he found quite a few interesting calls that support the announcements made by Steve Jobs on Tuesday[1], including references to a relatedItemsShelf for AppleTV, checking in and checking out the rentals, rental recommendations, a "Digital Copy Wizard". Neat stuff. If you want to look for yourself, head on over to an online base64 decoder and make sure to cut the results into pieces around the double-equal signs (==) and omit the names, e.g. for == bag PD94bWwgdmV start the decoding with PD94b...

[1]Just for the sake of recognizing his sheer awesomeness, let me note that he actually called the Apple TV update before Jobs announced it...

Tags: Evan DiBiase, EvanDibiase, Protocols, Sessions

Filed under: Video, WWDC, Developer, iPhone

Apple releases more WWDC 2006 videos on iTunes

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Mar 30th, 2007



Apple must be happy with having the WWDC06 video sessions available via iTunes for ADC members, as another set of videos has just been rolled out for developers. This latest collection includes:
  • Graphics & Media State of the Union
  • Welcome to Xcode
  • Taking Advantage of Leopard Features in Cocoa
  • Mac OS X State of the Union
  • IT State of the Union
But don't get too comfy with last year's programming; lest ye been living under a rock for the last year or so, we probably don't need to remind you WWDC07 is fast approaching, and more and more signs are pointing towards a debut of both the iPhone and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard - especially since Apple said the big cat is still on schedule.

Tags: adc, developer, itunes, sessions, video, videos, wwdc, wwdc06

Filed under: iTS, WWDC, Developer

WWDC sessions available to all ADC members on iTunes

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Jan 23rd, 2007



Back in October, Apple dropped DVDs as their distribution system of choice for WWDC sessions and presentation slides. The company moved all this content to iTunes - but only for Select and Premiere members of the ADC (Apple Developer Connection). Today I just received an ADC email titled "Watch Mac OS X State of the Union," re-announcing the availability of this content, but seemingly for all ADC members. This time around there is no talk of access only for specific members, so it sounds like anyone with a valid ADC account of one level or another can access this library of Mac OS X development goodness. We would post the URL, but it seems as though it is only accessible by logging into one's ADC account online.

[Update: According to readers, it sounds like only the general State of the Union sessions are offered, while access to "the juicy stuff" still requires a Leopard Early Starter Kit.]

Tags: adc, apple developer connection, AppleDeveloperConnection, its, itunes, itunes store, ItunesStore, presentation, sessions, slides, wwdc, wwdc 2006, Wwdc2006

Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Productivity, Internet Tools

Forget Me Not - Safari session saving

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Dec 29th, 2006



Forget Me Not 3.0 is a good example of the 3rd party plug-in and add-on support for Safari that is slowly but surely growing. FMN is a basic a session saver plug-in for Safari that can reload any tabs that were open the last time you quit Safari. It isn't quite as powerful as, say, Tab Mix Plus for Firefox, but it does a good job of bringing this increasingly popular feature to Apple's darling browser.

Forget Me Not can be had from Jim Fowler's site.

[via Daring Fireball]

Tags: add-on, addon, forget me not, ForgetMeNot, plug-in, plugin, safari, session, sessions

Filed under: Software, Productivity

Disco public beta and today-only macZOT price

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Oct 30th, 2006

Disco, the new burning app with so much buzz, has transitioned from a private beta to a public one. We've covered our fair share of Disco already, but to summarize: it has burning features that place it somewhere in between the Finder and Roxio's $99 Toast 7. One feature I didn't know about before though is Discography, a built-in search engine that lets you search through all the files you've previously burned. Users can search when the file was burned, when it was last edited, and to what disc it was burned - now that's innovation, boys and girls.

However, today is the last day Disco can be had for the introductory price of $14.95. While you can purchase at this price straight from Disco's site, macZOT is running one of their zany deals where three lucky buyers will win a Lacie DL DVD Burner with LightScribe, and some sort of a bonus is included with every purchase. You'd better hurry though: as of this writing you have just under 14 hours to hop on the Disco + macZOT bandwagon, and after today, Disco's price rises to $24.95.

Tags: beta, burn, burning, disco, discography, maczot, sessions, software, utility

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