mac-fusion is moving! After 14 years of focusing on business IT services and Apple Authorized repairs we are expanding our business to include a beautiful showroom full of all the Apple gear and accessories you love. In addition to retail we will also be changing our hours of operation to include weekends. We know some of you will appreciate that. We hope you’ll come and visit us. It will be nice to see you when your computer is not broken. We’ll be just down PCH on Main Street in Seal Beach.
304 Main Street, Seal Beach CA
located between The Abbey and Wine Cellar.
New Hours: Monday-Friday 10am-6pm
Saturday-Sunday 10am-2pm
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock you all know that the official biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson was released on Monday. I am quite a few chapters in, and it’s really good. While I thought about purchasing it in hard cover form I opted to buy it through the iBook app on my iPhone. I did this for two reasons. One, I actually wanted to read this book. For me the best way to insure that I read it is to have it on my iPhone/iPad. The second reason is that Steve would have wanted it this way. Using his technology and delivery method just seemed too perfect. If you haven’t purchased it yet, do yourself a favor and get it now.
It’s not often that a non tower defense game gets my love. After seeing quite a few of my trusted iOS gamer friends pronounce their deep and utter love for Jetpack Joyride, I looked it up. I took a leap of faith on it as I wasn’t overly impressed by their screen grabs, but for $.99 I wasn’t too worried about being displeased. I’m so happy I made the purchase as this game is awesome. Oh, and did I mention it’s universal so it works on your iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad. Yeah, I’ll repeat, awesome.
How it’s played:
Your character is Barry Steakfries, he breaks into a secret laboratory to steal various experimental jetpacks from evil scientist. This game is along the lines of a Doodle Jump where you start from the beginning each time and see how far you can get. What I like about this is you collect coins, win achievements and it doesn’t necessarily feel like you are doing the same thing over and over. Your coins can be used to upgrade your character’s looks, upgrade your jetpack and buy little single use power ups. While there are some in app purchases the coins are easy enough to gather so you can probably get along just fine for your initial $.99 investment. Sound good? Click on the App Store below and grab it now.
Final Cut Pro X was finally released this morning by Apple. This version has been completely redesigned from the ground up. It also replaces all previous version of the Final Cut family including Final Cut Server and Express. One thing I noticed in the specs is it supports laying off your video to Blu-ray, do you think this means the next round of Mac Pros will be sporting a Blu-ray optical drive?
I’m going to go ahead and admit that I was hesitant to embrace RSS feeds. I liked going to my favorite sites and looking around for interesting Mac/Apple news. As life got busier and I took on more tasks at work *cough*Social Media*cough*, I needed to find a way to simplify my life. I went on a quest for the perfect RSS reader for my Mac and iOS devices. Let’s cut straight to the chase, Google Reader is ugly. So very, very, ugly. It’s free though and actually integrated into some widgets that I use for our various Word Press sites. I used it, was confused by it, got over it and tried to make the best of it by making it into a standalone app using Fluid. I’ve tried other readers like Socialite and while it’s better looking and has other functionality, it didn’t help me save any time or add features that improved my workflow. Here’s where Reeder came in.
I had already been using Reeder iOS and loved the look and feel. When they announced a beta version for the Mac I was in. If you participated in the beta like I did, you’ll know there were a TON of updates. Most of them making you download a new installer. Today after I restarted my Mac and re-opened Reeder it needed yet another update, to my surprise it was not a beta update. It’s all grown up and available in the Mac App Store now for $9.99. While it’s not free, it’s not ugly. Their devs are obviously hard at work on it at all times to bring us the best looking, and best functioning RSS reader on the Mac. Grab it now!
Yesterday when I opened up the App store I saw that PvZ had an update. I really expected it to be “Game Center compatibility fixes” or them having to alter the dancing zombie again. Much to my delight it was an actual content update with the promise of more to come.
What’s new in Version 1.6
- Zen Garden – Collect and grow your own collection of plants. Water them every day and they’ll reward you with a bounty of coins to spend in Crazy Dave’s shop. You’ll be able to get the mushroom garden and underwater garden, too!
- Minigames – Crazy Dave’s shop is expanding and will have some brand-new minigames to offer. Will you start with Zombiquarium or Zombotany? How about It’s Raining Seeds?
- Achievements – Oh, you know that with new content come new achievements to unlock. Of course, these new achievements are tied into Game Center so you can show them off to your friends.
- We’ve got tons more stuff coming to Plants vs. Zombies in the near future (including the long-awaited retina display update) but this should keep you busy for now!
The only bummer with this update is it’s only for the iPhone/iPod Touch. No love for the iPad version. If you don’t own this game do yourself a favor and buy it now, you won’t be disappointed.
The time has come, mac-fusion is now repairing out of warranty and accidentally damaged iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads. We are also doing battery replacement on all your iOS devices as well. We are doing it in house so no need to worry about your precious device being shipped across the country. Call ahead 562.989.8181 so we can be sure we have your parts in stock.
Photo Credit: bellemarematt
15″ MacBook Pro 2011 shipped in May 2011:
Kevin’s 15″ Macbook Pro that shipped in March 2011:
Last week our in house hardware guru Chris mentioned that he had read that some of the 2011 MacBook Pros were shipping with 6Gbps optical drive connector while some only shipped with 3Gbps. We can now confirm this as poor Kevin has a lowly 3Gbps connection on his two month old 15″. I just unboxed an entry level 15″ that has the 6Gbps connection. What does this mean for most people? Absolutely nothing. What does this mean for the few that want to install an SSD into their optical bay? Pure SATA III speed demon goodness. So you could essentially install two 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSDs then RAID them together and have nearly 480GBs for about $800 less than a 480GB drive.
A good time was had by all on Saturday as cyclist took a 31 mile tour through Long Beach all in the name of a good cause. The event was to raise money for the Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach and the Jonathan Jaques Children’s Cancer Center. There was family fun waiting at the finish line with slides, rock climbing and face painting. Kohl’s sponsored a helmet give away for the kids which included a bike helmet and backpack bag filled with safety information and accessories. Continue reading »
