iPhoto face recognition finds faces in ladies’ knees

I was zipping through the photos of a recent party in my iPhoto 09 library to tag some faces using the automatic face recognition system. iPhoto 09 does quite often tag miscellaneous dark areas in the back of a picture, faces printed on clothing, etc but I did find it rather amusing when it asked [...]

Macbook Air screen now folds flat. Broken hinge?

My Macbook Air screen normally only opens to just past vertical, which was a little annoying. Now it appears the hinge has snapped/broken and the screen folds almost completely flat. There are some photos of something that snapped off the hinge too.

New Macbook Air cheaper if you configure your own (UK store only)

Thinking of buying the new Macbook Air then don’t choose Apple’s pre-configured £1799 model, pick the cheaper £1299 model and upgrade it to the same spec as the £1799 model and you will SAVE money.

Backing up raw AVCHD video from SDHC cards to disk image

Got an SDHC video camera and need to blank the SDHC card but you’ve not yet imported the movie into iMovie 08 and it takes too long or you’re low on disk space? Simply follow this tutorial and create an exact disk image of the SDHC card using disk utility. iMovie even recognises the image as a connected camera when you mount it later on.

iPhone 2.01 update officially released

Heard a rumor that Apple have just released iPhone 2.01 update, thought I’d check it out and it’s not a rumor! iPhone 2.01 has been released and is currently downloading 242.3MB in my iTunes. Just connect up your iPhone and iTunes should announce that there’s an update ready and waiting.