A Few Surprises

First off, I had no idea that the Mac OS X 10.6.4 update affected Mail. Probably because Apple never bothered to mention it in the release notes. Nonetheless, this greets me after launching Mail post-update:

I’m also surprised at how much I’m liking iBooks for my iPhone. There are tons of free, interesting-sounding books, and it’s great to have these handy when I just need a little something to keep me occupied. It also lets me read PDFs, which is awesome.

But maybe the biggest surprise with iBooks is that if I want to sync my books to my computer I’ll have to delete all the songs, movies and TV shows from my iPhone:

Hmmm… That seems awful drastic. I think I’ll pass.

If anyone knows how to sync my books to my computer — and what I might do with them once I have them on there — let me know. For now I think I’ll forego deleting all my data.

And check out iBooks. It’s surprisingly good.

2 Comments

  1. Posted July 3, 2010 at 5:12 AM | Permalink

    Are you syncing your phone with the same computer you originally synced with when you added the music/movies etc?

    Because i’ve had a similar error when I’ve tried to sync from a second computer.

  2. Posted July 3, 2010 at 9:37 AM | Permalink

    Yep, same computer.

    I suspect it’s because I’ve chosen to “Manually manage music and videos” so if I want to sync any purchased stuff I have to start from scratch.

    It’s basically a stupid consequence of DRM and how that’s handled on iPod-like devices. Lame.

    -systemsboy

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