Update: Safari 5.0.3

Today I did a update: Safari 5.0.3. It looks like that there are no any new features in this update. I did have some crash issues with Safari. Not sure if this update will resolve the issue or better than before.



and the following is the comparison of the used space difference between before and after:

Command: df -lak	Used(Kilobytes in 1024-blocks)
Before	...18,908
After	...91,192
Difference (A-B)	72,284

iTunes 10.1 Update: AirPlay is Out

The expected iTunes 10.1 update is out. The major item in the update is AirPlay. Couple things I realized new in my iTunes are that first there is one icon on the lower right corner of the main screen. This one has Apple TV option when it is clicked:



This one does work to transfer audio content to my Apple TV. However, it does not work for video content, even there is one similar icon in the video control component:


I hope that AirPlay will work with video content soon.

Here is the update information:


and the following is the comparison of the used space difference between before and after:

Command: df -lak	Used(Kilobytes in 1024-blocks)
Before	...491,992
After	...80,684
Difference (A-B)	-411,308

Mac OS Update 10.6.5

Today Apple released the expected update of Mac OS 10.6.5. The expected AirPrint is not included in this release. There many rumours about the delay of this new feature. For me, it is not very important. I have not used print for years. All my files are either in doc, excel or pdf files. I event rarely print at work. I am expecting AirPlay coming out in iOS 4.2.

Here is the snap-shot of the update:



and the following is the comparison of the used space difference between before and after:

Command: df -lak	Used(Kilobytes in 1024-blocks)
Before	...34,180
After	...684,104
Difference (A-B)	649,924

Shortcut Key to Skip Partial Section in Audio/Video Play

I posted a blog on how to skip partial section in iPod Touch and iPad. Those devices are touch based devices. The corresponding feature on iMac can be done by using mouse drag. However, I prefer to use keyboard shortcut keys if possible. It is slow and sometimes painful by using mouse.

Apple support web site has a summary of iTunes Keyboard Shortcuts. It is nice to know some shortcuts; however, I could not find keys to skip partial sections while playing audio or videos. For example, some podcasts has repetitive beginning section or commercials within their contents. It is painful to drag mouse to skip.

By incident, I found a shortcut key to do it: option+command+right arrow key! It works very well. Holding both option and command keys, then pressing right arrow key once, it will skip about 5 second play. This shortcut key can be pressed repeatedly to skip partial sections quickly. I like it very much.