Apple has released iOS 7 beta 5 yesterday, less than a week after beta 4. I guess developer site hacking incident did disrupt the release cycle. After a day of use, I can see that battery life remains good. But it seems less stable (as betas go) and I’m getting more crashes. There are more UI tweaks especially on the Settings app: icons are more colorful (but still flat). Less like Android Jelly Bean :P
Just when OS X Mavericks is already just around the corner, I upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion. It turned out that Xcode 4.6.3 doesn’t support development for the iOS 7 beta 4 on my iPhone (not completely unexpected). So I downloaded Xcode 5 Developer Preview. And it turned out that it requires Mountain Lion (unexpected). So off I went upgrading. Well, upgrading is easier than easy (don’t you just love the Mac?), prettier than Lion, snappier, and I even regained a few GBs of disk space. Not bad for $20.
I was finally able to use a decent Internet connection (PLDT DSL) and was able to download my long-desired XCode 4.6.3. It was only available on the Mac App Store but my regular Internet connection wouldn’t let me download anything significantly big.
After the upgrade, I ended up with two versions installed. It turned out that the old version (3.x.x) was still there in the /Developer folder. But I’m not planning on using it anymore. Apple themselves have recommend deleting it since Xcode 4.3. The safest way is detailed by OSXDaily but the quick way is outlined below
Open terminal
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all
rm -rf /Developer
That’s it.
Note: I did as outlined above and I encountered no problem. However, I take no responsibility for any problems you encounter :P
After so many delays, the Laguindingan International Airport finally opened last June 15, 2013. And today I was finally able to see it. It was quite impressive. Definitely better than the old Lumbia Airport (which is a pretty low bar admittedly).
As I previously mentioned, the airport strategically situated between CDO and Iligan. It is just about an hour away from either cities. Soon we can expect a wider highway between the two cities and maybe even a high-speed railway system. This increases the potential for an influx of more tourists, investments, business opportunities, and general benefit to the region’s economy.
For example, the airport is far from densely populated urban areas (as it should be) but I can already see there will be a level of development in the surrounding areas as a direct result of the airport opening. That in itself is already an big economic benefit to the local economy.
Last week, I decided to upgrade the memory of my MacBook Pro from 4GB to 8GB. I did my research and then went to Villman which is my usual go to place for hardware components. Ever since their humble beginnings with Boyet at the People’s Park, I’ve almost always gone for Villman. Lucky for me, they got the modules that I asked for.
When I got home, I excitedly swapped the old memory modules with the new ones. It won’t boot! I rechecked my research and it turned out that I was wrong. I got PC3-12800 (DDR3 1600 MHz) modules when I should have gotten PC3-8500 (DDR3 1066 MHz). Bummer.
So I went back to Villman and returned the memory modules. They didn’t have PC3-8500 modules but they told me they can order replacements which should be available in 5-15 days. It was quick and painless. And that is why I always come back to Villman.
So today, eight days after ordering, Villman called me that my memory has been delivered to the store. I had no plans of going out but I just had to go and pick them up. Michelle and Jeanne went with me to get snacks. As soon as we got home, I (still) excitedly swapped the old memory modules with the news ones. And this time, it booted up perfectly. And performed whoa so much faster. Memory is definitely the best bang-for-the-buck upgrade!