Apple has quietly extended the warranty on certain MacBook Pro models built from May 2007 through September 2008. The models covered by the extended warranty all contain the NVIDIA GeForce ... Read More

When you can’t find a particular file or folder, HoudahSpot may be just the cheap detective you need. HoudahSpot is a file search tool that uses the same technology as ... Read More

Apple has released version 1.3 of the SMC firmware for the MacBook Pro (both 15- and 17-inch models). The update addresses an issue where a MacBook Pro would spin its ... Read More

According to Business Week, Apple, Google, Toyota, Microsoft, and Nintendo hold the top five spots in the 50 Most Innovative Companies poll. Apple once again holds the top position in ... Read More

Apple has posted this year’s Back to School promo, which looks remarkably like last year’s promo. Why mess with success? Courtesy of Apple If you buy a Mac and an iPod touch ... Read More

Apple silently updated the entry level white MacBook by pumping up its processor and hard drive specs. In addition, the white MacBook gets a faster front side bus. Courtesy of Apple New ... Read More

Psystar, the manufacturer of a line of Mac clones, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Florida. Chapter 11 allows a debtor (in this case, Psystar) to reorganize and continue ... Read More

It’s almost time for Apple to unveil its 2009 Back to School promos. Every year, Apple uses the first week of June to announce the products it will bundle in ... Read More

iAntiVirus for Mac guards against various types of malware, most notably adware, spyware, and Trojans. It also checks for all known Mac-based viruses and worms, but since those types of ... Read More

iPhone rumors continue to be the hot topic around the web as we get closer to WWDC 2009. The latest comes from Vodaphone, the carrier for the iPhone in Australia. ... Read More

If you remember, last week I wrote about replacing the hard drives in my Mac Pro with newer, faster, larger drives. While that sounds like a nice upgrade, my motivation ... Read More

Landon Fuller has discovered that the current version of the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) that Apple ships with OS X contains a bug that allows an entrusted Java applet to ... Read More

With the World Wide Developers Conference just around the corner, many Mac users are gearing up for new products from Apple. On the top of the list is Snow Leopard, ... Read More

This weekend I got a note from Brett, an About: Macs reader who wondered how he could share his Mac’s printer with a Windows Vista computer on his network. Printer Sharing ... Read More

Luxor 3 is a classic arcade puzzle game based on matching and eliminating glass spheres by color. You use your mouse to slide a winged shooter across the bottom of ... Read More

OK, we don’t really have a Rumor Friday. We’re more than willing to be rumormongers any day of the week. However, today just seems to be full of rumors; some ... Read More

As expected, Apple has announced that Phil Schiller, senior vice president of world marketing, will keynote this year’s WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference). Along with a team of executives, Phil ... Read More

Apple released three new ‘Get a Mac’ ads: Customer Care, PC Choice Chat, and Eliminator. The last should really be called ‘I’m a Megan’ because the ad’s final tag line ... Read More

Apple has released OS X 10.5.7. This update to Leopard includes bug and security fixes, and additional RAW image support for newer camera models. Courtesy of Apple Some of the bugs that ... Read More

Jennifer Kyrnin, the About.com Guide to Web Design, is hosting the 2009 Web Design Reader’s Choice Awards. Apple made the grade in four categories: Most Original Design Best Ecommerce Site Design Best Product ... Read More

I spent my Monday replacing a hard drive in my Mac Pro. This wasn’t a drive failure, but a planned upgrade. Currently I have three 320 GB drives and a ... Read More

If you use Twitter, take a look at Tweetie for Mac, a Twitter client that has become my favorite Twitter application. There are numerous reasons why, but at the top ... Read More

The New York Times reports that Eric E. Schmidt, CEO of Google, has no plans to leave Apple’s board of directors. In response to a reported FTC investigation into Google ... Read More

File sharing is one of the leading topics of questions from About: Macs readers. To make it easier for you to find information, I’ve started to group the file sharing ... Read More

Remember Psystar, the computer company that is selling Macintosh clones with unauthorized copies of OS X installed? Apple and Psystar are locked in the discovery phase of a lawsuit that ... Read More

According to the New York Times, Federal Trade Commission investigators have started looking into a possible violation of Section 8 of the anti-trust laws by Apple and Google. Section 8 ... Read More

Microsoft today released Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) to the general public. Since many Mac users also run a Windows environment, I thought I would provide some information about this ... Read More

Apple released iMac Firmware Update 1.4 to address an intermittent freeze-up issue with iMacs that use the ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card. This firmware update also fixes a wake ... Read More

Mac users are used to being able to uninstall an application by simply dragging it to the trash. This method works pretty well, and for the most part, leaves ... Read More

At least, that’s the buzz on the Mac blogging front. The consensus is that Apple will lower prices on MacBooks and iMacs sometime in the next few months. Courtesy of Apple The ... Read More