Mac.sis making macs and S60 handsets talk

I received my pre-ordered copy of Leopard yesterday like a good fanboy should, and did a fresh install on a newly installed 200GB 7200 RPM Seagate Momentus on my Macbook. The installation went without a hitch, and I am currently migrating applications from my old HD, now comfortably seated in an external enclosure.

If you are interested in reading more along the lines of my brief write-up on the matter, The Nokia Blog talks more about using the N95 and iMovie together. Myself, I have not had the opportunity of trying out iLife '08 yet, as any spare change at the moment is being drained on putting the last finishing touches to our new house.

Day before yesterday, I returned from a two-week sailing trip that took us from the Turku archipelago to Hanko and then Tallinn, Estonia and back via Porkkala and other locations in the southern coast of Finland.

During the trip, I had a dedicated consumer-level DV video camera for shooting parts of the fun, but there were instances where the camera just was not handy, and I used the N95 video instead.

After being on the road for a good 10 days, I finally managed to take PutPinfInItsPlace to a test. This free application takes an iTunes Plus song and shifts a few bits to make the song playable at least on the N95.

I would still prefer a real solution from either company, but for the time being, PPIIP is really helpful.

NOTE: I am not a lawyer and cannot tell whether using this type of utility violates some part of the iTunes EULA, so usual warnings may apply.

A recent tip at MacOSXHints indicates that there is a workaround for getting iTunes Plus songs to play on the Nokia N95. The process involves using the "Convert to AAC" functionality in iTunes, essentially creating a standard AAC version of the song.

I took my 1st generation MacBook in for warranty repair last week, and got the machine back today. The dealer changed the top case (to fix the discolourisation) and replaced the battery, both under warranty. The new top case has the effect of making the MacBook look almost brand new, and it even came with the New Mac Smell.

Since the weather took a change towards the tolerable (by Finnish standards anyway), I took a stroll outside playing with the Nokia Research Center SportsTracker application. I performed a "Workout" (a walk around the house, really) with route tracking active, sent the recording to my MacBook in the Google Earth KML format and doubled-clicked it open. Lo and behold, Google Earth fired up and displayed my "Workout" overlaid on the Earth satellite imagery:

Over at Tommi's S60 applications, Derek highlighted a rather comprehensive page on N95 & Mac interoperability:
Nokia (N95) mobile phones play nicely with Apple OS X. The page contains lots of information (and not all of it is restricted to N95 only), and is definitely worth a read.

I am off to my band training, but when I have a moment to spare, I will see how much of Derek's content I can steal for Mac.sis HOWTOs :-)