Posted on June 8, 2008 by techfromthekid
With the 2008 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) beginning next week, MacRumors provides this Rumor Roundup as a summary of major rumors circulating around the Mac Web before the big event(previous roundups: 2007, 2006).
The 3G iPhone
The 3G iPhone will be announced at WWDC 2008. There really can be no doubt. It’s certainly been no secret that the iPhone will [...]
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Posted on May 15, 2008 by techfromthekid
Macs may be more expensive, and Mac users more elitist (ahem), but blind Apple loyalty aside, there are a number of neat features bundled into your Mac that make it super useful and fun. We’ve covered dozens of Mac tips over the years in these pages, but today we’re highlighting 10 lesser-known Mac tricks that [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by techfromthekid
Apple refreshed there iMac upgrade today with nothing new on the outside–just a specs upgrade. Now for the base price of $1,199 you can get a 2.4 Intel Core 2 Duo Penyrn processer, 1GB of RAM (Same as the old $1,499 model but now for $1,199) . Apple rarely lowers the price on there products [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2008 by techfromthekid
I’m thinking new iMacs might be coming from Apple noticing that it’s been over 250 days from an update and the refurbished iMacs on the Apple Store all are very highly discounted.
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Posted on April 7, 2008 by techfromthekid
(From Consumerist)
Reader Tim is thinking about the great Mac versus Windows debate. He writes in:
Without starting a holy war, I was wondering: What features does the Mac operating system have out of the box that Windows doesn’t? What can you do in Windows by default you can’t do on the Mac? It seems that feature [...]
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Posted on March 29, 2008 by techfromthekid
We here at BGR love Apple products as much as the next guy, but we think this crossed the line a little bit. Thanks to tip from a close friend of the Boy Genius Report, we’ve uncovered a truly amazing exchange between Apple and a customer. The customer, an owner of a recently water-damaged MacBook Pro, called [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by techfromthekid
More problems, here is the list on my third replacement iMac.
After waking up computer, mouse lags for over five seconds
Dock icons disappear on rollover
Help Menu doesn’t work
Safari can take over 5 seconds to open
Indicates the Admin. password is incorrect so therefore I can’t install applications
or modify system preferences.
Computer doesn’t connect to Internet when in “System [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by techfromthekid
You know that real easy editing tool from Apple called iMovie where you can put a movie together in minuets. Well when they released iLife ‘08–the software suite with iPhoto, iWeb, iDVD, etc they redesigned iMovie with a new interface that is supposed to make creating movies easier. Unfortunately it’s horrible. Here sis David Pouge’s report from the NY [...]
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Posted on March 15, 2008 by techfromthekid
Apple may be aiming to eventually transform the Apple TV set-top into a full DVR, new filings with the US Patent and Trademark Office suggest. Submitted in October 2006 but only just made public, the filings depict a unique interface for the Apple TV, able to browse and record live TV programming, in addition to downloading movies and TV [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2008 by techfromthekid
When Leopard was released, one of the most enticing new features was Back to My Mac, a tool that made it possible to access your home computer remotely—including remote control of your desktop and access to your files—no matter where you are. The catch: It requires a $100 yearly subscription to the lackluster .Mac service. Right [...]
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