Mac OS X
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pre-Ordering Available Now
By Kristjan at 4 August, 2009, 9:36 am
Mac’s new operating system, Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6), which brings many improvements is to be released in September. However, you can already pre-order it from Amazon and by paying 29$ you can upgrade your Leopard to Snow Leopard. If you’ve got a family and would like to use Mac then it’s wise to [...]
Read More >>Snow Leopard: Going to Need More Than Just Under the Hood Advancements If Apple Wants It To Sell That Is
By macguitarman at 16 January, 2009, 11:41 pm
I am actually an Apple systems engineer consultant and former Apple employee / engineer (2001-2003), having worked as a QA engineer on Final Cut Pro, iTunes, etc. I was there at Cupertino in late 2000 testing Mac OS 10.0, Puma. So I have had my hand on the pulse of this for a while now.
Of course, [...]
Apple Macworld Keynote: New 17″ Macbook Pro
By stormy at 6 January, 2009, 8:30 pm
Finally, looks like something big. Phil Schiller has just presented the new Macbook Pro.
The 17-inch MacBook Pro, is the .98 inches thin, 6.6 pounds, and is the world’s lightest and thinnest 17-inch notebook. The 17″ LED backlit display has a very promising 1920×1200 resolution and as Schiller says: “This is the best display we’ve ever [...]
Apple Keynote: “Faces” and “Places” Added To iPhoto
By stormy at 6 January, 2009, 7:20 pm
As Phil Schiller revealed a few minutes ago in Apple’s keynote at Apple, there is a new feature added to iPhoto. “Faces” lets you tell your Mac the name of a person on one of your pictures and iPhoto will try to find all of the other photos with that person.
Wouldn’t it be great if [...]
UPDATED: What to Expect from Macworld
By Leo at 2 January, 2009, 2:00 am
2009 is here, and (Apple’s last) Macworld takes place in a few days. Click Read More to see a list of things that could be revealed when Phil Schiller’s opening keynote takes place on January 6th.
Read More >>Leaked Snow Leopard Image Shows A 32 / 64-bit Divide
By stormy at 29 December, 2008, 12:45 pm
As we guessed, seems like Apple is concentrating on system performance improvements for Snow Leopard and this image shows that Snow Leopard might be a mix of 32 and 64-bit…
This leaked image of a German Snow Leopard system shows System Preferences saying it needs to restart in 32-bit mode to open the Network panel. Seems like Apple IS dropping support for non-Intel machines, or just that whoever took the picture doesn’t have a 64-bit version of the Network panel installed.
Read More >>Mac OS X Is Still Immune To Viruses
By Kristjan at 20 December, 2008, 2:20 pm
Just recently there was an article at Apple Support Centre which said that it is advised to download an anti-virus program as Mac OS X isn’t virus proof…
Read More >>Apple Working On 3D Desktop
By stormy at 11 December, 2008, 10:10 pm
Apple has today applied for a patent for a 3d UI.
Basically, there is a back surface, that resembles the one found on the 2 dimensional displays of today’s Macs. Then, there are walls, a roof and a floor. The walls can act as sidebars and contain icons. The floor will house most of the desktop icons, possibly in stacks or rows. All these elements combined should create a 3d viewing experience.
