Tag Archive | "OS X"
Snow Leopard sales off to record breaking start
Due in large part to its extremely affordable $29 price point, copies of Apple’s most recent OS X release, Snow Leopard, have been flying off the shelves. According to market data recently released by the NPD research group, Snow Leopard sales are more than two times as high as Leopard sales were when it was […]
Continue reading...Apple releases OS X 10.5.8 update
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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Apple today released what is most likely the final Leopard update before Snow Leopard hits the shelves later this fall. OS X 10.5.8 includes the following fixes and tweaks:
Continue reading...An old, yet still timely, case for using OS X
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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Check out this on-point article from Tumblr developer Marco Ament on why you should consider switching to OS X. The article’s about a year and a half old, but the arguments still hold up today. Mac software follows design principles that you rarely see in Windows: Incredible attention to detail Simple, clean interfaces Justified, focused […]
Continue reading...A few of the Snow Leopard features not mentioned during the WWDC Keynote
Friday, June 12, 2009
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Don’t let Snow Leopard’s $29 price-tag fool you. Despite all of the under the hood enhancements the new OS will bring, there won’t be a short supply of new features for users to enjoy. While the feature list certainly won’t be as extensive as it was for OSX 10.5 Leopard, it’s definitely not anything to […]
Continue reading...OS X 10.5.7 rumored to drop this Friday
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
In what will most likely be the last significant update to Leopard before the release of Snow Leopard, MacLife is reporting that OS X update 10.5.7 will become available this Friday. Citing a “super-secret Apple source”, the forthcoming update should fix a “slew of networking, syncing and bluetooth issues.” Networking issues have been a concern […]
Continue reading...Wasting time online? Of course you are. Try using the “Self Control” app
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Does it burn when you pee? Oh woops, wrong infomercial. Let me start over. Do you waste a lot of time online? Time that could be better spent doing something productive? Seeing as you’re currently reading this blog, I’d wager that the answer is yes. Well, worry no more, because Steve Lambert of Eyebeam Lab’s […]
Continue reading...Microsoft’s latest commercial misses the point
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Microsoft’s latest commercial has been getting a lot of buzz over the past few days, but lost in the discussion is whether or not the ad is even effective in the first place. I, for one, thought the ad was pretty entertaining, but feel that it ultimately failed to adequately address the actual reasons people […]
Continue reading...Apple considers unveiling new UI in Snow Leopard developer builds
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Snow Leopard has long been touted as an OS X upgrade focusing primarily on core OS improvements such as system performance and efficiency. Some of the under the hood improvements expected in OS X 10.6 include a new Finder completely re-written in Cocoa, 64 bit support, Quicktime X, and support for multi-core processors and GPU […]
Continue reading...Are hackintosh netbooks the gateway hack?
Friday, March 13, 2009
A friend of mine recently installed OS X on a XP loaded netbook, and his initial reports are enthusiastically positive. The machine is fast, video chat on iChat works like a charm, screen sharing is no big deal, and as far as he can tell, he’s basically running a Macintosh machine. And all for under […]
Continue reading...Quicktime Pro features to be integrated into Snow Leopard?
Monday, February 9, 2009
For some time now, many of the more powerful Quicktime features have only been available to users who chose to upgrade to Apple’s Quicktime Pro for $29.99. Now, MacRumors is reporting that Apple’s latest seed of Snow Leopard suggests that Apple will be doing away with the Quicktime upgrade for good, and will instead be […]
Continue reading...Someone really hates OS X
Monday, February 9, 2009
Check out this post titled “Things OS X Cannot Do”, which essentially lays out an endless list of complaints about the OS X Leopard user interface. While the list does contain a few interesting points, some of them are downright ridiculous. For example, check out this complaint about Leopard’s trash. Cannot restore trash: If you […]
Continue reading...Leopard to include support for multi-touch and location awareness tools
Thursday, February 5, 2009
AppleInsider reports that Apple’s next OS X release, Snow Leopard, will include extended application support for multi-touch capabilities on its laptops, and location awareness tools for all Macs. While Apple’s desktops and laptops don’t contain GPS units, they will reportedly approximate a users physical location by triangulating nearby wi-fi signals, similar to how the iPhone […]
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
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