Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
While we do know that Snow Leopard will be taking advantage of the hardware that comes bundled with our Macs, including the graphics accelerator OpenCL and 64-bit compatibility, we’re wondering what else we’ll get when we eventually upgrade this Fall. More: continued here
Maker Faire is a two-day do-it-yourself tech and craft fest held in the Bay Area. We paid a visit to the fourth annual event and took note of all the Mac- and Apple-based exhibits on display. More: continued here
BravoBug Software released BravoTunes, a free iTunes add-on for the menu bar. Realmac Software also updated its LittleSnapper screenshot utility, while SecureMac hardened its MacScan anti-spyware software against new threats to OS X users. More: continued here
A vocabulary editor that lets users add, delete, manage, and train the program to recognize words in their profile highlights the additions in MacSpeech Dictate 1.5, released on Thursday. More: continued here
VMware is telling users of Fusion who are working on Macs equipped with ATI hardware not to install the latest Mac OS X update, if they’re using 3D software. More: continued here
Apple this past weekend distributed a new beta of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard that altered the programming methods used to optimize code for multi-core Macs, telling developers they were the last programming-oriented changes planned ahead of the software’s release. More: continued here
In an important picture episode of the Macworld Podcast we look at three large considerations: Apple’s rumored bid for Twitter, Apple’s position in the downtrodden economy, and what to do with outdated Macs. more: endured here
Brian Keare stares at a complex dashboard on his Mac all day long, watching sales and inventory flow in and out of his small company in southern California. “Who… More: continued here
Though our reviews of the new iMacs and Mac Pros have all posted, the work in the Macworld Lab is not done. We’ve received and tested a number of build-to-order (BTO) systems (as well as the standard configuration Macs) and ran them through some high-resolution game tests. More: continued here
Charlie Miller, the security expert who won both this and last year’s CanSecWest Pwn2Own security contests by exploiting Macs running Safari, repeated in an interview that he’d recommend Macs to typical users as a safer alternative to Windows PCs. More: continued here
The machines are rare examples of aging Macs that are still in daily use. They are a testament to the utility and longevity of the Mac, which celebrates its 25th anniversary on Sunday. More: continued here
The iMac continues to be a desktop Mac that’s powerful enough to please both general consumers and professionals. Which one you prefer depends on how much screen real estate, graphics, and gaming power you need. More: continued here
We have benchmark results on the four new iMacs. The speed improvements over the iMacs released in April 2008 are significant, and there are also some interesting performance observations between the new iMac models. More: continued here
The prospect of introducing Macs into a Windows environment brings with it many questions and challenges. Will Macs be able to access network resources? Can they be joined to an Active Directory domain? What sort of deployment and management options are there for Macs? Computerworld’s Ryan Faas tackles these questions. More: continued here
Accompanying updates to Apple’s line of desktops Tuesday is a new compact, wired keyboard with no numeric keypad. It’s included with each new iMacs by default, but can be swapped out for one that does include a numeric keypad at no additional cost (when ordering online). More: continued here