Conficker Worm Should Pose No Danger to Macs
Tuesday March 31, 2009
Tomorrow is the big day for Windows users, when (supposedly) the Conficker worm will rear its ugly, unwelcome head and phone home for instructions on what to do. Security experts ... Read More
Library Of Congress Comes to iTunes
Monday March 30, 2009
The Library of Congress has started to bring its audio collection to the iTunes Store. Currently the Library Of Congress has uploaded free podcast interviews given at the 2007 and ... Read More
iClipboard 2.1: Tom’s Budget Software Pick
Saturday March 28, 2009
The clipboard has been one of the Mac’s defining features since the very first Mac. It allows you to easily copy and paste data, even between applications. Of course, nowadays ... Read More
Use iCal to Track Your Favorite Baseball Team’s Schedule
Friday March 27, 2009
Opening day of the 2009 baseball season is almost upon us, and if you’re like me, you want to know the complete schedule for the Red Sox. (OK, if you ... Read More
Apple Sets Dates for World Wide Developers Conference 2009
Thursday March 26, 2009
This morning Apple emailed members of the ADC (Apple Developers Connection) with the annual invite to the WWDC. As expected, the WWDC 2009 will be held in the Moscone Convention ... Read More
Graphics Firmware Update Fixes Video Problems On 17” MacBook Pro
Wednesday March 25, 2009
Apple today released MacBook Pro Graphics Update 1.0, designed for all users of the 17” MacBook Pro released in early 2009. This update addresses issues where vertical lines or distorted ... Read More
I’ve Got My Head (and Data) In a Cloud
Tuesday March 24, 2009
Cloud computing is one of many buzzwords that’s been thrown about in the last few years. For Mac users, MobileMe (as well as its predecessor .mac) is an example of ... Read More
AT&T Expects New iPhones in Mid-June
Monday March 23, 2009
According to The Boy Genius Report, AT&T let slip that it expects to be handling new iPhones sometime in mid-June. It has long been rumored that a new iPhone design ... Read More
TypeIt4Me 4.1.1: Tom’s Budget Software Pick
Saturday March 21, 2009
TypeIt4Me has long been a favorite of Mac users. It’s been around for 20 years, in one incarnation or another. TypeIt4Me is a utility that monitors your typing, looks for ... Read More
Where Do You Buy Your Apple Products?
Friday March 20, 2009
About: Macs reader PQspin asked a question in the About: Macs forum that I thought was worth highlighting. Where do you buy your Apple products, and does it differ, ... Read More
AT&T to Sell iPhone Without a Contract
Thursday March 19, 2009
AT&T today confirmed the rumor that the iPhone 3G will be available both with and without a two-year contract requirement.
Courtesy of Apple
Pricing for the contract-free version of the iPhone 3G ... Read More
Mini DisplayPort to VGA Firmware Update Fixes Video Issues
Wednesday March 18, 2009
Apple has released a firmware update for the Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter that corrects issues such as intermittent flickering, no video, and other video issues you may be experiencing ... Read More
iPhone 3.0 Firmware Brings New Features to Consumers
Tuesday March 17, 2009
Today’s Apple iPhone event was geared primarily toward developers, but Apple couldn’t resist dropping some enticing news about what the 3.0 firmware will bring to end users.
Courtesy of Apple
As expected, ... Read More
Apple Announces New Business Models for the App Store
Tuesday March 17, 2009
The App Store has been a runaway success, both for Apple and for iPhone and iPod touch application developers. Even so, developers have been requesting new methods of selling their ... Read More
Apple Unveils 1,000 New APIs in iPhone 3.0 Firmware
Tuesday March 17, 2009
Apple today unveiled its newest iPhone firmware, with over 1000 new APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that developers can use to create iPhone and iPod touch applications. Among the new APIs ... Read More
Reader Question: Do I Need to Defragment My Mac’s Hard Drive?
Monday March 16, 2009
Recently an About: Macs reader wondered about defragging her hard drive. A former Windows user who had recently switched to Mac, she discovered that some of the routine maintenance chores ... Read More
MacJournal 5: Tom’s Budget Software Pick
Saturday March 14, 2009
Mariner Software’s MacJournal 5 may be the best journal, diary, and blogging front end for the Mac. That's saying quite a lot, considering that any word processor should be able ... Read More
Is the New iPod shuffle Too Small?
Friday March 13, 2009
When I first saw the new iPod shuffle, I thought of the SNL skit that was a parody of Steve Jobs showcasing a new iPod micro, so small you could ... Read More
Sneak Peak at iPhone 3.0
Thursday March 12, 2009
Apple today announced a press event to be held on March 17 at the Town Hall Theater, the small theater on Apple’s Cupertino campus. The event will provide the press ... Read More
New iPod shuffle: Smaller and Quite a Talker
Wednesday March 11, 2009
Apple has released a new, smaller iPod shuffle. At half the size of the already diminutive 2nd generation iPod shuffle, the new model has abandoned the nearly square shape and ... Read More
Is There an Apple Netbook in the Works?
Tuesday March 10, 2009
Dow Jones Newswires seems to think so. Rumors have been swirling about the possibility of Apple producing and selling a netbook sometime this year. As envisioned, an Apple netbook would ... Read More
Saved by the RAID
Monday March 9, 2009
This morning while going over the morning Mac news, I received a message from our file server that one of the disks was no longer available. A cascade of hard ... Read More
SuperDuper 2.5: Tom’s Budget Software Pick
Saturday March 7, 2009
SuperDuper 2.5 is one of the easiest backup tools to use for creating a bootable clone of your startup drive. It offers step-by-step guidance, and verifies what will happen before ... Read More
AirPort and Time Capsule Software Updates
Friday March 6, 2009
Apple today released software updates for AirPort and Time Capsule products. While the updates are fixes for bugs or security issues, they also bring some of the features of the ... Read More
Amazon Releases Free Kindle Reader for the iPhone
Thursday March 5, 2009
Amazon recently released Kindle for iPhone, a free app that brings some of the features of the Kindle electronic book reader to the iPhone and iPod touch. The new app ... Read More
Apple Updates AirPort Extreme & Time Capsule
Wednesday March 4, 2009
Apple has updated both the AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule to support simultaneous dual-band wireless operations. This allows either device to use both the 2.4 GHz wireless band ... Read More
Apple Unveils New Mac Pro
Tuesday March 3, 2009
The newly unveiled Mac Pro uses Intel’s Nehalem architecture, which should provide a performance boost over previous versions of the Mac Pro.
Courtesy of Apple
The Nehalem-based Xeon processors use an integrated ... Read More
Apple Announces New iMac
Tuesday March 3, 2009
Apple today unveiled new iMacs incorporating NVIDIA-based graphics. While we expected the new iMacs to have an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, Apple is offering the new iMacs with two additional graphics ... Read More
Apple Announces New Mac mini (It’s About Time!)
Tuesday March 3, 2009
Today Apple pulled the covers off the new Mac mini. The Mac mini last saw an update in August 2007. The newest version of the littlest Mac brings significant changes ... Read More
iMac and Mac mini Announcements Soon
Monday March 2, 2009
I recently received an interesting letter from an About: Macs reader who is interested in purchasing a new iMac. The reader has heard the rumors about new iMacs and doesn’t ... Read More