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Vista on Intel Mac With Parellels: Not Quite There

we wondered how well the best of both worlds worked. Namely, using Parallels to run Vista alongside OS X. So we installed Vista using Parallels on our

Steve Jobs Keynote Slated to be 2 Hours Long!

Normally, Steve Jobs keynotes last anywhere between 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Not this year!

LifeHackers Top 10 Mac Utilities

Today's top 10 covers the system utilities that add a extra polish and convenience to your Mac's working environment. Most (but not all) of these litt

What Apple TV Costs to Make

Analyzing and pricing out the components of Apple's new set-top video box reveals that its profits are uncharacteristically slim

The awesome theme ing app for the Mac, ShapeShifter is now UB

The popular theme-ing app for the Mac, ShapeShifter 2.04 is out of beta, Universal Binary and automagically supports the 'UNO' unified window style.

Listening Test Compares iTunes Plus to iTunes 128kbps

Comparing these two compression rates was tough, even when using a pair of state-of-the-art Ultrasone headphones. In our decidedly unscientific compar

Apple Computer shares hit new all-time high for fourth straight day

...and with the aniticipated iTV, OS X Leopard, More Movie Companies jumping onboard iTunes, as well as the most likely to be released True Widescreen

An iPhone Insiders Hands-On & New Details

•"It does have email and it is already setup for AOL/GMAIL/HOTMAIL etc.. and you can use your own POP email address." more..

iPhone Signals Death of Ringtone Services

Today Apple announced the iPhone and with it, the eventual death of paid ringtone and wallpaper services. Now people will be able to use any song in

iPod Factory Forms Labor Union

Foxconn's Taiwanese iPod factory that was the focus of working condition complaints has officially formed a government sanctioned labor union. The fac

Next Gen Apple Cinema Displays Will Have HDMI and iSight

Tipsters informed MacScoop that Apple is planning to use HDMI technology in its next generation of Cinema Displays, while another recent vague report

Mint Apple II+ in Original Box Sold For $1,414.87

Pictures need to be seen to be believed; the original box and all manuals were included in this auction. This early 1980s 1mhz Apple II+ originally so

Apple Computer shares hit new all-time high for fourth straight day

...and with the aniticipated iTV, OS X Leopard, More Movie Companies jumping onboard iTunes, as well as the most likely to be released True Widescreen

Songs from iPod commercials

iTunes links for songs from every Apple iPod commercial.

PC World - 10 Things We Love About Apple

Great design, a polished OS, a way to run Windows, and a faker's blog are just a few of our favorite things.

Expo reaction: iDisappointed

"First, let me say this. The iPhone looks incredible. I want one. Same with Apple TV. Beyond that, though, I was terribly disappointed by this year '

20 Tools To Make your Ipod Better

Simple and to the point: Ipod managers, video converters, resource site links, and a bunch of task specific tools, most of them free. If you got a new

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Image Upload: Cool Dashboard Widget for Quick and easy image uploading

Submitted 6/7/2007 8:56:15 PM - www.modelconcept.net

By simply dropping a picture file onto the Image Upload widget, your image is uploaded privately and free of charge to ImageShack, its direct link is converted into a short, web-friendly TinyURL, and the resulting link is copied onto your pasteboard

Views 421 Comment (8) | Image Upload Cool Dashboard Widget Quick easy uploading

ZFS To Become Default File System In Leopard

Submitted 6/7/2007 8:56:15 PM - www.macrumors.com

Perhaps overcome with excitement (and forgetting that Apple doesn't like such pre-emptive disclosures), Sun's Jonathan Schwartz announced today at Sun event in Washington D.C. that Apple would be making ZFS the file system in Mac OS 10.5 Leopard.

Views 418 Comment (9) | ZFS Become Default File System Leopard

Apple joins S&P 100!

Submitted 6/1/2007 11:08:51 PM - investing.reuters.co.uk

NEW YORK, May 30 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's on Wednesday said computer and iPod maker Apple Inc. (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile , Research) will join its S&P 100 index of big blue-chip companies, and Precision Castparts, which makes engine parts and fas

Views 404 Comment (11) | Apple joins 100

iTunes 7.1.2 DRM cracked

Submitted 5/16/2007 6:15:11 AM - www.hymn-project.org

This utility will scrub DRM from YOUR music files and make a backup copy of the originals for safe keeping. Great for iPod owners who now have another brand of music player - iTunes will convert your AAC files to MP3 when you're ready to run away fro

Views 144 Comment (0) | iTunes DRM cracked

33 Amazing Quartz Composer Projects Make Great Mac OS X Screensavers

Submitted 3/6/2007 7:09:26 PM - www.zugakousaku.com

Japanese artist Zugakousaku has some amazing Quartz Composer projects posted online. Download the file and place them in you screensaver folder and enjoy!

Views 162 Comment (0) | Amazing Quartz Composer Projects Make Great Mac Screensavers

A Day In the Life of an iPod

Submitted 2/20/2007 1:46:01 AM - crunchgear.com

It's 8AM. Your iHome iPod alarm clock gently rouses you from sleep with a thumping rendition of Wham 's Wake Me Up Before You Go Go. As you groove your way out of bed, you grab your iPod from the alarm clock and slip it into your iPod-ready boxer sh

Views 232 Comment (0) | Day Life iPod

A Better Way to Burn With Macintosh

Submitted 2/9/2007 9:18:22 PM - www.nytimes.com

Roxio ’s latest software for Mac burners, Toast 8 Titanium, offers about two dozen new or improved features, including the ability to record data on high-capacity Blu-ray discs, LightScribe labeling to make your discs prettier and a file-recovery ut

Views 211 Comment (0) | Better Way Burn With Macintosh

How to use metadata as a file system on OS X

Submitted 2/9/2007 9:18:09 PM - theappleblog.com

This article covers how to organize your filing system using spotlight and metadata, effectively ditching hierarchical filing.

Views 197 Comment (0) | How use metadata

Apple patents iTMS transaction service for iPhone

Submitted 2/9/2007 9:18:09 PM - www.engadget.com

it appears that Apple is doing a good bit of work behind the scenes to ensure that future iPhone users will be able to access and purchase tunes (and video?) from the iTunes Store. Apple's recently filed "Configuration of a computing device in a secu

Views 268 Comment (0) | patents iTMS transaction service iPhone

The Real First Apple Phone

Submitted 1/31/2007 9:55:35 AM - www.oreillynet.com

The first Apple Phone with a date patent listed as December 10, 1985 (more than a quarter of a century old) and filed in 1982. You 'll note in the diagram reproduced below that unlike the Apple iPhone introduced in 2007, the 1985 version was a flip-

Views 185 Comment (0) | Real First Phone

New AirPort Extreme has built in NAS

Submitted 1/16/2007 11:34:20 PM - www.oreillynet.com

The new Airport Extreme (802.11n) base station has built in NAS (Network attached storage) capabilities! All you need to do is hook up an external HD to the USB ports in the back and you have pain-free Mac & PC file sharing.

Views 176 Comment (1) | AirPort Extreme built NAS

Steve Jobs Interview on ABCs Nightline Tonight, 11:35 PM

Submitted 1/9/2007 11:56:07 PM - abcnews.go.com

" Nightline said that they would be talking to Jobs on Tues. night's show. ABC, 11:35 PMI'm sure he'll be on other shows as well, but this might be a little longer interview and may include a short profile as well. Just guessing based on what I often

Views 249 Comment (0) | Steve Jobs Interview ABCs Nightline Tonight

Torrent of Discoverys History of the iPod (The iPod Revolution)

Submitted 1/5/2007 4:05:16 AM - www.demonoid.com

As the title says, here's a torrent of Discovery's chronicle of Steve Jobs' return to apple. Enjoy !!

Views 160 Comment (0) | Torrent Discoverys History Revolution

Handbrake now supports H.264 at 640x480 for iPod

Submitted 1/5/2007 4:05:16 AM - multics.dynalias.com

Handbrake now supports H.264 at 640x480 for iPod. Previous versions were not able to produce such output in a format the iPod would recognize. The new universal binary test version now supports this. File name is just HandBrake.zip and was released o

Views 255 Comment (0) | Handbrake now supports 264 640x480

Saving Quicktime Trailers w/out Needing a QT Pro License

Submitted 12/31/2006 6:31:30 AM - www.tuaw.com

What if you don't want to shell out the dough for a QT Pro license? Well, here's a tip that'll let you download the trailers from Apple just by delving into the HTML of the trailer webpage and using a little command line trickery to download the file

Views 159 Comment (0) | Saving Quicktime Trailers out Needing Pro License

Apple files patent for notebook guard system

Submitted 12/29/2006 6:13:30 PM - www.macnn.com

Apple Files Patent Relating to a Guard System for a Notebook’s Disk Drive Slot.

Views 194 Comment (0) | files patent notebook guard

Apple shares fall 5 percent on latest options scare

Submitted 12/28/2006 8:42:21 PM - www.appleinsider.com

Apple shares fell more than 5 percent this morning following a report that federal prosecutors are examining potentially falsified stock-option documents to determine whether to file criminal charges.

Views 163 Comment (0) | shares fall percent latest options scare

The iPhoto-disk space conspiracy

Have you ever wondered where all those gigabytes went between the moment you bought a new Mac and the moment you looked at the amount of free disk spa

Cingular CEO bragging about Apple bending to his lock-in demands

Movie studios and record labels have bent to Apple. But in the end, Apple bent to Cingular with a multi-year, exclusive US contract for an entire line

Apple and Google working on many more projects

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said Monday that Google and Apple are continuing to collaborate on many new initiatives. Schmidt made the comments

Expo reaction: iDisappointed

"First, let me say this. The iPhone looks incredible. I want one. Same with Apple TV. Beyond that, though, I was terribly disappointed by this year '

imakeprofile: making it easier to manage your iusethis apps

This nifty new app sends a list of your applications you have installed and compares it to your apps on iUseThis.com. Presenting you with a list of ap

The Rules of Photography

At this point, you’re getting pretty comfortable with your camera. You know how to operate it and you know how to make use of some of those newfangled

Apple: The First 30 Years Were Just The Beginning. Welcome to 2007.

Is Apple foreshadowing drastic changes to their product lines in the near future (MWSF, obviously) with a new graphic on their homepage stating "The F

iTunes 1.1 on Apple.com, circa 2001

The wonderful Internet Archive has a copy of the first ever iTunes site by Apple. Even iTunes 1.1 was good looking and feature-full!

Apple and Google working on many more projects

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said Monday that Google and Apple are continuing to collaborate on many new initiatives. Schmidt made the comments

Detailed Information on the iPhone Camera

Steve Jobs briefly mentioned that the iPhone will enter the market with a 2Mp camera, but not much more info. Well it got me wondering what kind of pe

WEIRDEST PICTURE IN JAPAN!!! I found it outside the Apple store in Tokyo...

On a recent business trip to Tokyo, I happened to stop by the Apple store. There was this guy selling magazines or something right outside the store..

Parallels Desktop v3 release for Mac now allows Windows apps to open in OSX

Parallels is a Windows virtualization software that allows you to seamlessly run Windows applications on Mac OS X without rebooting your machine. Vers

What Apple TV Costs to Make

Analyzing and pricing out the components of Apple's new set-top video box reveals that its profits are uncharacteristically slim

The basics - Settings & built-in OS X screenshot functionality

Why pay for 3rd party software designed to capture specific regions of your screen when OS X includes built-in screen capturing functionality? Relearn

Apple Scolds Employees for Visiting Too Many Apple Rumor Web sites

Apple has both a rabid fan base interested in its future product plans and a legendary obsession with secrecy. Former Apple employees say the company

Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks - Oldie but a Goodie

These tips will show you the differences between Mac OS X and other flavors of Unix; help you find the bits that resemble the Unix you are used to; an

Why the Apple/Cisco iPhone Talks Collapsed; Discussion ended on Monday 8PM

...the companies had been close to finalising a deal the night before Apple chief executive Steve Jobs took the stage at the Macworld Expo in San Fran