New MacBook Pro SD slot is for More than just photos
Apple's new MacBook Pro models feature an SD card slot. For most users, this means an easy way to transfer digital photos by popping out the memory card and inserting it directly in the MacBook without needing to bother with cables...
It's time for some Apple TV updates
I've already become a fan of the Genius feature in iTunes 8. Unfortunately, my computer is not typically where I listen to music. For me iTunes has always been more of a hub for organizing music (and other content) and syncing that...
How does iTunes 8 Genius know what sounds good together?
The rumors about iTunes 8 and it's Genius feature that automatically creates playlists from your iTunes library and suggests music to you from the iTunes store turned out to be completely true. When I first heard the rumors about...
Choosing Where to Buy an iPhone 3G
Next week, the iPhone 3G will become available in both Apple and AT&T retail stores. With both Apple and AT&T stores within a reasonable drive or my house (in fact there are one of each in the same mall), I find myself...
Apple's Revamped Mac Business Site
Apple recently relaunched its Mac Business site, updated for Leopard and with the latest Mac business tools. Macs have not historically been considered business machines. As I wrote last year in an article here at Computerworld and...
MacBook Updates - Multi-touch Makes the Rounds
Chalk up another correct prediction for the Mac rumor mill. As predicted on various sites, Apple announced new MacBook Pro models today (and a MacBook update as well). Both sets of laptops got speed bumps courtesy of Intel's new...
MacBook Air's SuperDrive requires special USB
Showing more links to Apple subnotebooks past, the MacBook Air apparently has its own special brand of USB port. According to Electronista, the Air's USB Superdrive has been designed to work only with the latest MacBook. It appears...
Starbucks customers tip more for Macs
The Starbucks near my home in upstate NY (which I visit almost every afternoon for a daily jolt of caffeine as well as a break from my home office) conducts a highly un-scientific poll of its customers every day by putting out two...
How the iPhone changed my mobile habits
Before I bought my iPhone and switched to AT&T a few months back, I used a Windows Mobile 5 smartphone with Sprint as my carrier. Ever since buying the iPhone, I've noticed that some of my mobile habits have changed. In some...
Leopard/Windows Server and File Sharing Tips
As Leopard continues to roar across the globe, some of the ways in which Leopard functions differently when it comes to Windows networks and file sharing are creating difficulties for cross-platform users. Here are a few...
Leopard's Screen Sharing vs. Apple Remote Desktop
One question Iâve been asked ever since Apple announced screen sharing as a part of Leopard is whether this means larger organizations still need Apple Remote Desktop. The answer is yes in many cases. Remote observation and...
Apple-sanctioned unlocked iPhones on the horizon
The first legitimately unlocked iPhones are set to arrive next month. French carrier Orange announced today that it will be selling unlocked iPhones as well as well as locked models when the iPhone is released in France next month. ...
Unlocking tool update follows iPhone 1.1.1 jail breaking solution
The ongoing game between Apple and would-be iPhone hackers and unlockers appears to be back in full swing. The commercial iPhoneSIMFree utility that allows users to unlock their iPhones for use with GSM networks not sanctioned by...
Hacking method for version 1.1.1 iPhones made public
Just two days after reporting preliminary success in opening iPhones updated to firmware 1.1.1, the iPhone Dev Team has published a process for getting around Apple's updates to jail break an iPhone and install non-Apple...
Non-Apple iPhone applications re-emerge after being crippled by update
While most of the US celebrated the discovery of the new world by Columbus, the the iPhone hacking community was busy discovering how to make non-Apple iPhone applications work in spite of the enhanced safeguards that Apple put in...
Boot Camp to require Mac OS X Leopard?
Apple's Boot Camp, which allows users to create a dual-boot environment on an Intel Mac so that the computer can boot into either Mac OS X or Windows, may require Mac users to upgrade to Leopard. Boot Camp has been available as a...
Latest iPhone update and Apple's response could spell trouble
For the second time in less than a month, Apple is angering the iPhone community. This time over the latest iPhone firmware update. As promised (maybe threatened is a better word), the update had the effect of disabling iPhone’s...
Apple and iPhone unlocking groups detail positions
Phil Schiller, Apple's Senior VP of worldwide product marketing, defended Apple's announcement that unlocking an iPhone may meet with disastrous results after installing iPhone updates expected later this week. Schiller, speaking in...
Apple says unlocked iPhones likely to become inoperable after update
Apple's response to iPhone unlocking tools has been to release a statement that unlocking an iPhone may make it "permanently inoperable" if future iPhone software updates are installed on it. The news comes as little surprise after...
Energizer announces AA battery power pack for iPods
Energizer today announced the Energi To Go Portable Power For iPod (website not yet updated with product information), an external battery-based power source for fourth and fifth generation iPods (and presumably the most recent iPods...
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