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Macworld | iWorld

Published by sebi on January 28, 2012 in USA 2011. 0 Comments

Alljährlich findet hier in San Francisco, nicht weit vom Apple Hauptquartier in Cupertino und noch weniger weit von unserem Quartier in Palo Alto, die Apple-Zubehör-Messe “Macworld | iWorld” statt.

Wir fahren also im Caltrain nach San Francisco und gehen dort ins Moscone Center West, wo wir unsere Badges umhängen und anschliessend die Messehalle betreten. Wir spazieren durch die Stände, hören einigen Präsentationen zu und lassen uns Produkte erklären. Okay — jede Menge IPhone-Hüllen und IPad-Halterungen — nicht gerade Wahnsinn, aber das war wohl zu erwarten. Daneben Kopfhörer, portable Lautsprecher und jede Menge Software resp. Apps. Was mir zudem auffällt, sind diverse mobile Scanner — Das wird wohl der nächste Hit: Unterwegs Kassenzettel direkt aufs IPad scannen

Nach den etwas überteuerten Sandwichs ergattern wir uns doch noch ein kleines Andenken, bevor wir uns in den zweiten Stock begeben. Hier hören wir zwei Präsentationen im “Music Studio”. Die beiden Präsentatoren sind Angestellte des “Berklee College of Music” (man beachte die Schreibweise und merke ≠ Berkeley). Die erste Präsentation ist sehr gut, wenn auch etwas simpel für unblutige Anfänger. Die zweite ist wirr und wenigsagend, wird dafür mit etwas Jazz an der Gitarre aufgelockert.

Es ist 17 Uhr, wir verlassen die Macworld. Bereuen tun wir unseren freitäglichen Besuch in San Francisco nicht. So begeistert, dass wir nächstes Jahr extra anfliegen werden, sind wir aber auch nicht…

0 Comments Tags: apple, IPad, IPhone, macworld, San Francisco.

Print from an IOS-Device to a PDF on a Mac

Published by garee on October 24, 2011 in computer. 1 Comment

The following article describes how to set up pdf-printing via airprint from an IOS5-device to a PDF-printer on a mac running OSX 10.7.2

I started reading a couple of blogs — They basically cover steps 1 to 3. But then I run into a problem I didn’t find a solution on the web. So my solution to this problem is described in steps 4 and 6.

Step 1: Install CUPS-PDF

Get the cups-pdf-installer from codepoet.
Doubleclick CUPS-PDF.mpkg to install “CUPS-PDF” and the “Generic Color Postscript PPD”-File.

Step 2: Install the PDF-Printer

Go to “System Preferences” -> “Print & Scan”
Add a new printer and choose “CUPS-PDF”.
Give the printer a name and I you’d like fill in the location.
Under “Print Using” select “Select Printer Software…” and choose “Postscript Generic postscript color printer, rev3a” from the list.

Select "Generic Postscript color printer"

Now your CUPS-PDF-printer is installed and you should be able to use it to print to PDF-files from your computer. The files are automatically saved to /Users/Shared/CUPS-PDF in a folder with your user account’s name.

Step 3: Get airprint-activator

Download the newest version of “Airprint Activator v2″ from netputing. (v2.1b2 works for me)
Install “Airprint Activator v2″ (unzip and copy to “Applications”).
If your system is running the OSX-firewall, follow the additional configuration-steps on netputing to configure the firewall.

You can now start “Airprint Activator” and turn on sharing. On the right you should see all shared printers. Note that only printers that are shared on the network, show up here. (see next step)

Step 4: Set up and configure printer-sharing

Go to “System Preferences” -> “Sharing”
Activate “Printer Sharing” for your CUPS-PDF-printer.
Add yourself to the access-controls for CUPS-PDF-printer. (If you leave the access-settings to “Everyone can print”, you won’t have access to the pdf-files! See step 6)

Step 5: Print to PDF from IOS-Device

Now take your IPhone-Touch/IPod/IPad and open any App that supports printing.
Open a document and print to your CUPS-PDF-printer. You should have to enter your user account’s name and the password as set in step 4.

Note: The IOS-Device and the Mac must be connected to the same wifi-network!

Step 6: Get your PDF-files

Go to /Users/Shared/CUPS-PDF. There should be a subfolder with your user account’s name. Inside you’ll find the PDF-files.
If you’d like, you can make an alias to this folder on your desktop. Do so by Command-Option-dragging the folder.

Note: If you see a guest-folder in /Users/Shared/CUPS-PDF: That’s where the CUPS-PDF-printer stores PDF-files that are printed without authentication. If you set the access-settings in step 4 to “Everyone can print”, you don’t need a password while printing from your IOS-device. But then you have to change the folder permissions of the guest-folder to see its content and the file-permissions of the PDF-files inside the folder too. Besides you don’t want that other people sharing your network fill your hard disk with PDFs.

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Remote control for Squeezebox Touch’s TinySC

Published by garee on August 4, 2010 in computer and music. 1 Comment

With the built-in TinySC, Logitech’s Squeezebox Touch offers the possibility to stream music from an external USB-Harddisk to itself or any other Squeezebox. The only downside is: TinySC doesn’t have a webinterface. But there are other ways to control TinySC (besides the Touch’s screen or the bundled IR-remote):

From your conputer with Squeezeplay
From a Logitech Squeezebox Controller
From an IPhone/IPod touch with IPeng

1. Squeezeplay

Logitech offers the free program Squeezeplay that basically turns your computer into a Squeezebox. That means: you can stream music from any Squeezecenter to your computer, but you don’t have to: you can use Squeezeplay to control any Squeezebox in your network, without actually streaming music to your computer. That’s how I use Squeezeplay: as a replacement for Squeezecenter’s webinterface, to control my TinySC from my Mac and PC. How to set-up Squeezeplay

Download Squeezeplay from Slimdevices Nightly Builds
Start it and select your language
Go to Settings and choose Choose Player
Then you can go to My Music and connect to the TinySC

2. Squeezebox Controller

Actually my first Squeezebox-product was a Squeezebox Duet. In this bundle you get a Squeezbox Receiver (Black box with Wifi and audio-connectors) along with the remote called Squeezebox Controller. With the controller you can control any Squeezecenter via Wifi.

3. IPeng

I’ve bought the IPeng-app a while ago for my IPhone and still think it’s a very convenient way of controlling your music on any Squeezecenter, including the TinySC. The user interface looks great and scrolling through your library is smooth and even better than with the previously mentioned Squeezebox Controller.