I became a Mac fan boy very recently and the theory of “Once you go Mac, you won’t go back!” is very clear to me now. I am totally in love with my MacBook Pro Unibody. When I got my Magic Mouse, I was blown away with its sheer design elegance and loved the idea of a touch interface on a mouse.

Sadly though, Apple screwed up with the settings of the Magic Mouse, its very slow and not very intuitive in terms of customisable settings. I have since been using an application called BetterTouchTool as recommended to me on Twitter and I was slightly more impressed with swipe customisation on the Magic Mouse.

I have just come across an app called MagicPrefs, which unleashes the Magic Mouse to its full potential and allows for seamingly endless customisation of two, three and four finger swipes, taps and scrolls. The mouse is now completely amazing and I am going to have a real hard time using any other mouse now.

My favourite is settings are the ability to increase the track speed and the ability to add applications to specific click types.

The UI for the preferences is really cool with LIVE CUSTOMISATION tweaking allowed, which basically allows you to view your swipes or taps on screen as you assign it a function.

The application will show up in the System Preferences window as shown below

The Top menu icon and menu is very handy as well and has quite a few intuitive settings that are easy to get to.

The application is ery lightweight and the install file is only 1.2MB including the installer and you can  download MagicPrefs from the webpage on Apple’s site.

I highly recommend this application for all Magic Mouse users!

I Just got one of Apple’s greatest products, the new Apple Magic Mouse. It’s simple, sleek and elegant design does an amazing job of encapsulating Apple’s essence by fusing purity, high-end technology, simplicity, usability and design into a product that is desirable, affordable and practical.

Sporting multi-finger gestures, the mouse is a dream to use and certainly the perfect partner for my MacBook Pro which has taken multi-finger gestures to an entirely new paradigm.

Available locally for about R850, have a look at some of the pics that I took of it. Simply stunning!

With all the really great PR that Microsoft have been getting for Windows 7, its now surprise that Apple have taken off the gloves with their latest ad campaign.

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There are a few misconceptions as to how to upgrade your iPhone software to version 3.0.

First off, it is available free to ALL iPhone users and iPod Touch users will be asked a small fee ($10 I think).

How to upgrade?

• Plug in your iPhone via the USB to your computer.
• If iTunes does not run automatically, start iTunes. Download iTunes 8.2
• A pop up will be displayed telling you to upgrade.
• Follow the on-screen instructions.

Is it possible to Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.0?

You can bet that it can be Jailbroken.

The guys from the Dev Team released a “fix” before the launch of the new OS but have kept it under wraps until it launches to avoid Apple patching their OS to prevent the iPhone from being Jailbroken.

Called ultrasn0w, the firmware hack is said to work on all iPhone OS versions from 3.0 down to the very first first version.

Watch this video of how to go about unlocking your SIM on your iPhone after upgrading to iPhone OS 3.0.

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Expect the SIM unlocking to be out within 24 hours and I will post an update here with links when it becomes available.

Those who frequent my blog would know by now that I’m very much a Nokia fan and I absolutely love my Nokia E71. I have been intrugued by the iPhone and its uber sexy UI, but sadly, I still believe that my Nokia with buttons is lightyears better than the pretty Apple device.

I’m definitely not a iPhone hater, as I’m more than willing to recognise the success of Apple’s culture creating mobile Goddess. But when things get hot, I think its time to stop rethink exactly HOW hot the device is

Take one look at the room rates at the Malibu Beach Inn, and you’ll fully understand why you’ll be treated to a loaner iPod touch for the duration of your stay. For those who already own an iPhone / iPod touch, they’ll be given access to a web application that was built for the Safari browser to give guests all sorts of remote capabilities.

For instance, ordering up room service, setting a wake up call, requesting luggage, renting a limo and flipping the door placard to “Do Not Disturb” no longer requires any strenuous work; instead, users can simply hit a few buttons and be on their way.

The hotel chose a web app in order to avoid the Apple certification process and to make it available on other hot devices in the near future. But then again, if you can swing this place, you’ve probably got a butler handling the front-desk inquiries, anyway.

If you’re happy enough with the features your iPod offers out of the box that you don’t want to install a custom firmware like Rockbox, but you’d still like to add a little personal flair to Apple’s cookie-cutter look, you’re in luck. Freeware application iPodWizard customizes the look and feel of your iPod’s interface while still using a customized version of your iPod’s default firmware on the device. That means you still get the same iPod software that you already know and love, but you can skin it to look however you want. Let’s take a closer look at how to customize your iPod with iPodWizard.

What You’ll Get

Before you put in the effort, it’s always nice to see what you’re working toward. Below I’ve rounded up some of my favorite custom themes, all of which you can install using iPodWizard.

Beautifully Black

iPod OS X

Northern Lights

Install Custom Themes

First, download and install the latest version of iPodWizard from the GetiPodWizard web site (as of this writing, the latest version is 1.3). This version of iPodWizard works with every iPod on the market except second and third generation nanos, the iPod classic, and the iPod touch. That means that if you’ve got a first through 5.5 gen iPod or first gen nano, you’re ready to go with iPodWizard.

The iPodWizard Wiki already has a great tutorial detailing the process of installing new themes, so I won’t go into a lot of detail. I will, however, share a few extra tips that would have helped me when I followed their tutorial.

First of all, since iPodWizard patches the firmware that’s already on your device, you need to be able to tell iPodWizard where to find your firmware on your computer. Finding and downloading the latest firmware can be a pain, but if you know where to look, it should already be on your computer. To find it, go to Start -> Run and paste the following into the run box:

You can find themes on the iPodWizard Theme forum. It’s a bit of a mess to look through, but if you pick your iPod type and sort the thread by number of views—like I did for 5th generation iPod themes—you can find a lot of the best themes really quickly.

Once you’ve got a theme you want to install and you’ve got your firmware handy, installing is a breeze. Just fire up iPodWizard, select iPodSoftwareFile from the Edit Mode drop-down, and select Open iPSW. Next, go to the Pictures tab, click the Load All button, and point iPodWizard at the folder containing the images of your theme. If your theme swaps layout and fonts, you’ll need to perform similar operations on the layout and font tabs.

Once you’ve swapped the files you want to use with the defaults, just click the Write to iPod button. Disconnect your iPod (make sure to eject it properly first), and it should automatically reboot. When it does, your iPod’s sporting a whole new look.

I’m relatively new to theming with iPodWizard, so if you’re an old hand with this customization app, share you expertise in the comments.

Yesterday saw Stevie blowing out 5 candles on his iTunes cake.

Since its inception in 2003, iTunes has brought up its stock levels from 200 000 tracks to more than 10 million tracks. Apple boasts the sale of more than four BILLION tracks so far with a customer head count of 50 million.

The real feather in Steve Jobs’ cap though, would be the announcement that iTunes officially sells 70% of all digital music sold world wide. On the notion that digital music accounts for 40% of all music, it is safe to say that Apple Music sells 28% of the world’s music through its digital offering, thus adding to Steve Jobs’ list of “Things that I have revolutionised!”.

The real question now is, “What next?”