MacShrine

CNET News reports that Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs said during the company’s annual shareholders meeting that a “very exciting” ad campaign will be launched as soon as next week and that it will focus on Macs rather than the iPod. It’s about time too…

“Jobs revealed the plan in response to a shareholder’s question as to why Apple hasn’t taken more market share over the past few years. Apple’s market share declined just a little during the first quarter, in part because some potential customers are waiting until the transition to Intel chips is completed. Once that finishes up later this year, Jobs expects Mac sales to grow.”

The most recent ad campaign intended to promote Macs was launched in January, it mainly related Apple’s switch to the Intel chip. Macworld and ThinkSecret are both providing a summary of the meeting.

Update: There are now 6 ads up at Apple. I’m rather confused, are these supposed to be funny or informative, or both? “Hi, I’m a Mac”…

Woo, my girl Rihanna is number 1! The other 9 have jumbled about as well. What’s with all these ex-boybanders releasing ballads…

United States Top 10 Songs:

1. S.O.S. Rescue Me - Rihanna
2. Bad Day - Daniel Powter
3. What’s Left Of Me - Nick Lachey
4. Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Temperature - Sean Paul
6. Ridin’ - Chamillionaire & Krayzie Bone
7. Not Ready To Make Nice - The Dixie Chicks
8. Control Myself - LL Cool J & Jennifer Lopez
9. Let U Go - Ashley Parker Angel
10. Move Along - All American Rejects

“Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X. Notifications are a way for your applications to provide you with new information, without you having to switch from the application you’re already in.” growls (ha!) Growl.info. I can’t believe I just found this app last night, it’s uber handy, especially the mail alerts. So what you waiting for? Growl is universal compatible and is waiting to live with you and your Mac. Happily ever after.

For you environmentalists, a shot of the new Apple lite (still hyper over my DS lite arriving…) software packaging. Safe paper, safe the rainforest, safe our Earth! Apple is one of the top 10 most environmentally friendly companies in the world if you cared to know.

Just wanted to wish Apple happy birthday for Tiger and the iTunes Store. These are 2 amazing products that I for one couldn’t live without. Go Apple! and I can’t wait to see what’s happening in Leopard.

Apple today unveiled the new 17″ MacBook Pro featuring the Intel Core Duo processor and an all new system architecture that delivers up to five times the performance of the PowerBook G4. The new 17″ MacBook Pro features an aluminum enclosure just one inch thin, weighs 6.8 pounds, includes a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing on-the-go, and the Front Row media system with Apple Remote. The 17″ MacBook Pro also features a MagSafe Power Adapter. It’s priced at $2,799 and will be available from next week!

Sorry about the lack of updates, we have been here since the 20th as promised but honestly there has been nothing remotely interesting to post. We could have gone along with other Mac sites and gasp at the number of Macs sold last quarter, we could have told you everyday that the MacBook is coming out tomorrow, but no… With this spare time we have done something quite interesting. We’ve compiled all these old (and recent) Apple ads lying around on our Macs into one place, we welcome you to MacShrine Video. While we’re at it I might as well tell you about our arcade. It was meant to be just for our staff private use, but what the hell… Go play at PlayShrine! No need to thank us.

4 weeks on from our last (26/3/06) iTunes Chart and Daniel is still number one. Where’s Rihanna? America breaks out little European hearts.

United States Top 10 Songs:

1. Bad Day - Daniel Powter
2. Control Myself - LL Cool J & Jennifer Lopez
3. Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. Let U Go - Ashley Parker Angel
5. Not Ready To Make Nice - The Dixie Chicks
6. Temperature - Sean Paul
7. What Hurts The Most - Rascall Flatts
8. Move Along - All American Rejects
9. What You Know - T.I.
10. Ridin’ - Chamillionaire & Krayzie Bone

Apple today introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a 83MB download beginning today, Boot Camp allows users with a Microsoft Windows XP installation disc to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac, and once installation is complete, users can restart their computer to run either Mac OS X or Windows XP. Boot Camp will be a feature in “Leopard,” the next release of Mac OS X.

Apple has released Mac OS X 10.4.6 Update via its Software Update utility and on the Web. Of the update, Apple says it is:

“recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies: login and authentication in a variety of network environments; file access and byte range locking with AFP file sharing; network access when using proxy server automatic configuration files; connecting to Cisco VPN servers using IP/Sec; using Bluetooth wireless devices; searching iWork ‘06 and Microsoft Office documents with Spotlight; saving Word documents automatically when using a network home directory; creating Automator workflows for iPhoto 6; synchronizing contacts and calendars to .Mac and mobile phones; mounting and unmounting iDisk volumes; compatibility with third party applications and devices; and previous standalone security updates.”

Note: PowerPC-based Macs will restart twice rather than once after the installation of Mac OS X 10.4.6. Anyone know why?