Apple Retail Stores to Offer Price Matching?
Wednesday November 26, 2008
The news making the rounds yesterday and today is that Apple retail stores will offer price matching this holiday season. What isn’t clear is whether this is a new policy ... Read More
Apple Gets Ready for Holiday Shopping
Tuesday November 25, 2008
Apple is revealing some of its holiday plans already, starting with extended hours at most Apple retail stores. While each store can set its own operating hours, most are likely ... Read More
New Review: Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac
Monday November 24, 2008
Parallels released Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac almost a week ago. Since then, I’ve been trying out this latest virtual machine technology that can run Windows and Unix/Linux operating systems ... Read More
Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware
Friday November 21, 2008
Courtesy of Apple
Apple today released iPhone 2.2 firmware. This update is available via iTunes for both iPhone and iPod touch users, and includes enhancements to Mail and Maps. Maps now ... Read More
Apple Releases iTunes 8.0.2
Friday November 21, 2008
What is Apple thinking? It’s not a Tuesday and yet Apple is busy releasing software updates for iTunes. The latest version of iTunes is available via Software Update in the ... Read More
iTunes to Add More DRM-Free Music?
Thursday November 20, 2008
Apple has been offering DRM-Free tracks from the EMI music catalog for about a year. During this time, no other major music studio has signed on with Apple to make ... Read More
Quad-Core iMacs for January Macworld Expo?
Wednesday November 19, 2008
New iMacs for the January Macworld Expo? Without a doubt, according to most Mac aficionados. The only question is what new features the new iMacs will sport.
Courtesy of Apple
One rumor ... Read More
New Trojan Attempts to Infect Macs
Tuesday November 18, 2008
Today’s Security Memo from Intego, an Internet security and privacy software developer, includes a warning about a new Trojan horse designed to infect Macs. If installed on your Mac, this ... Read More
Glass Trackpad Fix Released for Missing Clicks
Monday November 17, 2008
Courtesy of Apple
Apple today released the promised fix for the MacBook and MacBook Pro glass trackpads that occasionally fail to respond to a user’s click. The fix is in the ... Read More
Sun Releases StarOffice 9 for the Mac
Monday November 17, 2008
StarOffice 9, Sun’s office suite, has just been released for the Mac. Based on OpenOffice, an open source office suite, StarOffice 9 adds native support for the Mac.
Earlier versions of ... Read More
iPhone and iPod Touch the Breakout Mobile Gaming Machines?
Friday November 14, 2008
Steve Jobs was recently interviewed by Nick Wingfield and Christopher Lawton for the Wall Street Journal. The topic of discussion was the iPhone and the iPod touch as competitors to ... Read More
Safari 3.2 Now Available
Thursday November 13, 2008
Apple has released Safari 3.2 for OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger), OS X 10.5.5 (Leopard), and Windows XP and Vista. This latest release primarily deals with security issues, including protection from ... Read More
Parallels Releases Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac
Wednesday November 12, 2008
Parallels, the maker of one of the first virtualization applications for Intel-based Macs, recently announced Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac. This version offers improved performance and graphics support for DirectX ... Read More
Apple iPhone Reaches Number One in the U.S.
Tuesday November 11, 2008
According to the NPD Group, a market research firm that specializes in covering the wireless industry, the Apple iPhone 3G is now the best-selling cell phone in the U.S. market, ... Read More
President-Elect Barack Obama Will Bring More Macs to the White House
Tuesday November 11, 2008
It seems our next president is a Mac user. According to Newsweek, Michelle Obama bought two MacBooks so that their daughters, Sasha and Malia, could chat with their dad whenever ... Read More
Where Do You Use Your Mac?
Saturday November 8, 2008
Continuing our weekend mission to find out more about our fellow About: Macs readers, we’re branching out a bit to ask where you use your Macs.
This pair of polls covers ... Read More
Vote: Which Mac(s) Do You Use?
Friday November 7, 2008
You About: Macs readers obviously enjoy using your Macs, at home or at work (or both). But exactly which Macs are you using?
Courtesy of Apple
This weekend I’ll be posting a ... Read More
Apple Kills Mac Mini Rumors, Then Starts Its Own
Thursday November 6, 2008
If you’ve been following Mac Mini rumors, both here and on other sites that follow the Mac, then you know that the rumors have covered a wide range of possibilities. ... Read More
MacBook Trackpad to Get Software Fix for Lost Clicks
Wednesday November 5, 2008
The new glass trackpad in the MacBook Pro is the subject of a number of complaints about button clicks that aren’t being detected by the OS, even though the user ... Read More
Apple: Our Holiday Lineup is Set
Tuesday November 4, 2008
Apple today threw a blanket over the rumors of a November product announcement. In an unusual move, Apple contacted Macworld to lay to rest any and all rumors of new ... Read More
Netflix ‘Watch Instantly’ Available to Mac Users as a Beta
Monday November 3, 2008
Netflix is moving forward faster than I expected and has opened the beta version of its ‘Watch Instantly’ service to all Mac users. The ‘Watch Instantly’ service allows Netflix members ... Read More
November 11th Apple Announcement?
Saturday November 1, 2008
Apple’s recent string of press events has brought us new iPods and new notebooks. On the theory that things go better in threes, is a November press event on the ... Read More