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snow leopard
Tweaked UI Spotted in Snow Leopard: More Changes to Come?
Despite having showed no changes to the OS X UI at WWDC, it looks like there are at least a few tweaks in the new test build. Could the minor changes spotted already indicate more are to come this fall? More » -
time machine
How to Use Time Machine Backups on Windows Home Server (or Any Networked Storage)
One of the lame things about Time Machine is that backups over the network are only officially supported on Time Capsule. Luckily, even if you don't have one of HP's Time Machine-compatible Home Servers, you can make it work. More » -
digital cameras
Cameras for Mac Makes Connecting Digital Cameras Way Easier
If you have more than one camera (and a Mac), you need Cameras, a free preference pane app. It tracks all the cameras you plug into your Mac and lets you assign a custom behavior for each one. More » -
ads
Microsoft's Latest Laptop Hunters Find That PCs Are Perfect For Families On a Budget
Microsoft's latest laptop hunters were looking for four things in a computer: a big screen, long battery life, the ability to share pictures and a price under $700. Naturally, they chose a PC over a Mac. More » -
iphone apps
Prowl Pushes Growl Notifications to Your iPhone
Best non-IM use of iPhone 3.0's push notifications yet: Prowl is a $3 app that pushes Growl notifications from your Mac to your phone. Growl's a global notifier that plugs into everything from BitTorrent apps to iTunes to Mail. More » -
art
Exploded Macintosh 128K Poster
BOOM. The Macintosh 128 has exploded all over this poster. Get it alone for $24 or bundled with two others for $46 shipped. Still, fervent Apple devotees go straight for the gluteal cleft tattoo. [Mac Poster Trilogy] -
computers
A Brief Post Where We Mention The Best System Restore Tools
Lifehacker is at again with a killer list of five of the best system restore tools available today. It's a Windows, Mac and Linux show, folks, and the best part is they were submitted by users like you! [Lifehacker] -
audio
Apogee ONE Mac Audio Interface Has Built-In Mic, So You Sing Right Into It
Here's a nice one for Mac-using amateur musicians: Apogee's ONE is a multifunctional handheld device that features a built-in mic, preamp, and dedicated input/output. It works over USB and is designed for Garage Band, Final Cut and the like. More » -
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os x
Mac Dock Icon Spelling For The Immature
If you are the kind of person that used a calculator to spell out "BOOBIES", you will love rearranging the icons on your OS X dock in creative an immature ways. More » -
thinking out loud
Why MacBook Is About to Mean Something Else Entirely
Historically, Apple loves cleanly delineated product lines, so the "MacBook Pro" re-shuffling seems strange even if the socialist element is a fun side effect. Unless they're clearing out the MacBook for something else entirely. More » -
psystar
Psystar Owes Apple $75k For Some Reason
As part of their bankruptcy filings, Hackintosh maker Psystar declared that they owed Apple $75,000 for something or other. More » -
apple
Snow Leopard's New Exposé and Dock Explained
With so many people excited (and enraged) about iPhone 3GS, it's no wonder we glossed over Snow Leopard's cool UI update, which gives you Exposé control from inside the Dock. Now's your chance to see the video demo: More » -
apple
New 15-Inch MacBook Pro Features 7-Hour Battery Life and SD Card Slot
Apple just announced new MacBook Pro models with the same upgraded, 7-hour battery life as the 17-inch MacBook Pro, a bump in memory, processor, and storage, as well as an SD-card slot. Most importantly, they'll be shipping today. Yes!
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nintendo
Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata Says He Wouldn't Use a Mac or iPhone if Apple Was a Competitor
In the same interview he said the Wii could live for eight more years, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata remarked that if Apple and Nintendo "were in direct competition, I would not use a Mac in my presentations." More » -
purely theoretical
Ideas We Like: App Store for Apple TV
Analysts are sometimes way off the mark with predictions, but that doesn't mean that can't invent ideas we'd actually really like to see implemented—in this case, Gene Munster's speculation about an app store for the Apple TV. More » -
apple
The Ugliest Apple Store I've Ever Seen: Quo
A week after Psystar filed for Chapter 11, a company called Quo has stepped in hoping to offer unauthorized Mac machines online and in a retail store near Downtown LA. More » -
apple
iTunes 8.2 Update Now Available
The iTunes 8.2 update has emerged from the beta necessary to run pre-release iPhone 3.0 software. Naturally, the main feature here is compatibility with the final version of 3.0—along with the usual crop of bug fixes. Can we expect 3.0 to be released next week at WWDC? More » -
retromodo
What to Do with an Original 1984 Macintosh?
I bought myself an original Macintosh—the one from 1984—this weekend. I saw it on the streets of Williamsburg for $35, almost completely new, and I couldn't resist. Now I want to do something with it. More » -
hackintosh
Master Hackintosh OS X Netbook Compatibility Chart Updated
Rob at BoingBoing's updated his OS X netbook compatibility chart, which makes it easy to see which netbooks are perfect for hackintoshing and which aren't—a perfect Memorial Day weekend project using the dearly departed Mahoney's definitive how-to guide. [BoingBoing Gadgets] -
apple
Mac OS X Vulnerable to Critical Java Flaw, Windows Users' Snide Remarks
Mac users are still exposed to a Java vulnerability that's been public for 6 months after Apple neglected to patch it in the recent honking 10.5.7 update. Okay Windows guys, point and laugh. But if you want to be super safe, you should turn off Java in your browser, no matter what platform you're on. [cr0 blog via Slashdot] -
apple
Old Macs T-Shirt Brings Tears of Emotion, Nostalgia
Ah, nostalgia... As Jack London would say: "Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?" I don't know, Jack, but here's a great t-shirt. More » -
apple
Apple's Tablet: The Story So Far
With so many rumors about an Apple tablet buzzing around, it's hard to believe Apple wouldn't announce one this year. But what do we really know about this thing? More » -
apple store stalker
Caught! The Apple Jacker Stalked Victims Leaving Apple Store
"Don't do nothing stupid." That's what Dwayne Stewart allegedly said to a man leaving the Apple Store, before he disappeared with the man's Mac. It wasn't the first time he'd done this, nor the last. More » -
apple
Mac OS X 10.5.7 Released
The latest point release of Leopard is out now, which you can get if you hit up Software Update from your Mac. Updated.
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apple
Exploded Original Mac 128k Is a Must Buy for Any Gadget Freak
If you really like technology, this beautiful Exploded 128 t-shirt showing the guts of an original Mac 128k is the best $18 you are going to spend this week. [Exploded 128 via Cult of Mac] -
retromodo
Transparent Mac SE/20 vs iMac Graphite
This is what may have happened if Jonathan Ive from Summer 2001—who designed the iMac graphite on the right—had a time machine to travel back and design the Mac SE/20 in 1987. More » -
rumor
Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update May Hit This Friday
According to some "super-secret Apple source"—who hopefully is not the Infinite Loop campus' building #5 janitor's brother in law who has a son working at the Minneapolis' Apple Store in—Mac OS 10.5.7 will be out this Friday. It'll bring networking, syncing, iChat, Safari, and Bluetooth updates, among other things. [MacLife] -
macbook
HyperMac External Battery Gives MacBooks a 32 Hour Boost
A battery that provides 32 hours of continuous MacBook use? Now we're talkin'. Sound's great until you find out that the 222Wh Hypermac external charger costs a whopping $500. -
data recovery
Lifehacker Lists Top Five Free Data Recovery Tools For Windows/Mac/Linux
More weekly Sunday goodness from Lifehacker. Last week we brought you their list of the top malware removers, and this week it's a fine top five list of free data recovery tools. [Lifehacker] -
question of the day
Did You Switch From Windows to a Mac or Back? Any Regrets?
Most people seem to take a hard line when it comes to their OS, but Adam's Windows to Mac adventure has got me wondering—how many converts are out there? More » -
mac vs pc
Switching to a Mac: One Month In
About a month ago, after multiple laptop disasters that in all likelihood were my fault, I decided to switch to a Mac after a lifetime of PC use. How's it been?
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dell
Dell Design Explained, Part Two
I felt kinda bad about calling Dell's Consumer Design chief a massive dingus. So here's Dell's Lead Industrial Designer explaining the Studio One. It's inspired by home decor. Compare to his Apple counterpart, Jonathan Ive: More » -
apple
New Mac OS X Snow Leopard Beta Released, Run to the Torrents
A new version of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard—labeled 10A335—has hit developers. Apple hasn't mentioned any new features or bug fixes, however. The Server version—which was released alongside—does come with an easier to use version of Podcast Producer, new spam mail filters in Mail Server, and other niceties. -
8 Months Later
Why Apple's MobileMe Doesn't Work As a $100 Service
There's nothing majorly wrong with Apple's MobileMe service. All of its subsidiary pieces and parts—the email, the syncable calendar and contacts, the photo gallery, the online storage—do fine. So why doesn't it make sense? -
mac vs. pc
CNBC Is Ridiculous: Macs Come With Photoshop, PCs Need $600 Extra to 'Perform As Well As a Mac'
Regular people are probably confused by the re-inflamed Mac vs. PC ad war, which now focuses on price. Never fear, CNBC's Jim Goldman breaks down the true cost of PCs. Wait, Macs come with Photoshop? More » -
ads
The Snarky Fine Print in Apple's "PCs Are 100 Percent Trouble-Free" Ad
Have you watched Apple's new Hodgman ads? The "legal copy" ad is the most cutting—every time Hodgman says how easy-to-use PCs are, a wall of fine print explodes upwards. MacJournals has transcribed all of it. More » -
star trek
Customized Star Trek Desktop for Mac: For The Trekkie Who Has Everything
A Lifehacker reader has submitted a pretty badass Star Trek: The Next Generation desktop for Mac. It syncs with iTunes, iCal, weather, and your Star Trek underoos. More » -
botnet
Symantec Finds First Mac Botnet, Already Launching DDoS Attacks
The first Mac botnet is already launching DDoS attacks against some website, which penetrated Macs via tainted copies of iWork '09 and Photoshop CS4. Just like what we told you about in January. Be careful when you pirate stuff. [ZDNet via NYT] -
parody
Windows Laptop Hunter: Homeless Frank Gets a PC Too
Shopping for laptops, Homeless Frank winds up with a PC just like Lauren, but—well, he's "poor, not retarded." More »


































