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Origin of the Apple Macintoshs Menu Command Apple or Clover Symbol Key

Steve Jobs: "There are too many Apples on the screen! It's ridiculous! We're taking the Apple logo in vain! We've got to stop doing that!" Our bitmap

First look: A guided tour of Apples Leopard Server OS

Look for Leopard to be an exciting release. Recently, I had a chance to sit down with a few folks from Apple Computer Inc. who gave me a guided tour o

Adium 1.0 Released

The long awaited and developed 1.0 release of the popular Mac messaging client has been released. Look to http://adiumx.com/blog/ for more info.

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

Scrivener: Powerful OS X app for writers

If you write like I do (and I pray that you do not), you have a messy approach to drafting that is iterative, intuitive, and far from linear. Scrivene

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.

The first iPod on Apple.com

(probably a dupe but what the hey?) An archive of the first time the iPod appeared on Apple.com. Fancy Quicktime demo, Mr. Jobs, but trust me, it won

Apples New Embedded OS

The capabilities of the products announced at MacWorld this year, as well as the outright announcement about such a thing with the iPhone, suggest tha

Apple quietly releases 802.11n Enabler

Along with today's iPod Shuffle line additions, Apple has released the promised 802.11n Enabler for compatible Macs. The software is available via a s

Origin of the Apple Macintoshs Menu Command Apple or Clover Symbol Key

Steve Jobs: "There are too many Apples on the screen! It's ridiculous! We're taking the Apple logo in vain! We've got to stop doing that!" Our bitmap

Safari Browser Share rises to 4.24%

But Firefox also rises - now on 14% and is increasing its share over twice as fast as Safari. Opera also has a strong month and moves into fourth pla

First look: A guided tour of Apples Leopard Server OS

Look for Leopard to be an exciting release. Recently, I had a chance to sit down with a few folks from Apple Computer Inc. who gave me a guided tour o

Portable iChat Safari, Mail, iCal, and Address Book

Try doing THIS with Internet Explorer or Outlook! Link includes MANY other Portable apps like Firefox and Adium.

Jobs chided, answers questions at shareholder meeting

Yeah, we tend to think things like shareholder meetings are as boring as the next guy (well, the next guy who's not a stock broker, anyway), but Steve

For those of you who wish you could have more than one Dock in Mac OS X

The other day I became annoyed with how many icons I was starting to accumulate in my Mac OS X Dock (Application Launcher). I thought to myself, geez

TransGaming and Nvidia team up for high-end games on the Mac

TransGaming and Nvidia have "joined forces" to "bring top tier video games to the Intel-based Macintosh platform using TransGaming's Cider portability

Ten Biggest Apple Rumors (that never came true)

Diggers are no stranger to Apple rumors. Here's the ten craziest that never came true.

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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.

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Dont you hate all those lights all over PCs, phones and other gadgets?

Submitted 5/16/2007 6:15:11 AM - www.computerworld.com

Dell XPS systems are the worst, with bright, decorative lights bright enough to read by. Dell thinks useless lights are cool. You know what would be cool? Hire a case designer with good taste. That would be cool. It's only a matter of time before Ap

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OmniFocus Pre-Release Revealed, GTD Done Right

Submitted 5/16/2007 6:15:11 AM - blog.omnigroup.com

Folks, we are unleashing OmniFocus into the wild TODAY, starting with a subset of the OmniFocus mailing list. We aren 't seeding the whole list yet because among other things we want to make sure our password system doesn't explode...but if you're o

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Powermac G5 coolant leakage [PICS]

Submitted 5/12/2007 4:31:25 AM - forums.mactalk.com.au

This guy's Powermac switched off one day... here's the story. "Recently, my G5 DP 2.7 sprang a coolant leak destroying the PSU, logicboard, coolant system and both processors. This issue seems to arise around 18 to 24 months after purchase. I strongl

Views 209 Comment (1) | Powermac coolant leakage PICS

LifeHackers Top 10 Mac Utilities

Submitted 5/12/2007 4:31:25 AM - lifehacker.com

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 little suckers are free, many live in your Mac's System Preferences pane and on the menubar, and all of

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EU Commissioner criticizes iPod-iTunes tie-in

Submitted 3/14/2007 6:23:22 AM - arstechnica.com

Apple is again the target of criticism for its closed music-hardware ecosystem in Europe. This time, it's the EU Commissioner for Consumer Protection weighing in on the topic. Article also has a good run-down of recent shenanigans between the EU and

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Another Microsoft Ad with a Mac

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

I was just following links from a Slashdot article yesterday about a university that's moving their entire email system to Windows Live, and I saw that someone there thinks that it will run on a Powerbook. (You'll notice that its a PPC Powerbook, not

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Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 launch confirmed for March 27

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

Adobe Systems will officially roll out its highly anticipated Creative Suite 3.0 software bundle at a special event in New York City on March 27, the company confirmed on Monday.

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New Mac OS 10.5 Leopard Build Screenshots Build 9A377a

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

Thinksecret has posted a gallery of some new features in the latest build of Apple's upcoming operating system Mac OS 10.5 Leopard.

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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.

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The Evolution of the Apple Mouse

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

Apple Computer is responsible for the mouse interface standard used by today's computers. Apple did not invent the mouse, but just like Apple's popularization of the graphical operating system, they made the mouse a fundamental part of the personal c

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Hidden Feature of OS X Printing: CUPS

Submitted 2/9/2007 9:17:56 PM - nokrev.com

A little-known secret service of OS X (and many Linux distros, as well) is CUPS, a printer management system. It is more powerful than the built-in GUI, but the GUI interfaces with the same daemon (also part of CUPS). The networking functionality and

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In-Depth Apple AirPort Extreme Review: Works Great for both PCs and Macs

Submitted 2/9/2007 9:17:56 PM - reviews.digitaltrends.com

This in-depth review of the new Apple AirPort Extreme shows it works great for both Mac and PC systems. The AirPort Extreme has excellent range and WiFi stability, and the USB port is a nice addition too in case you want to add an external hard drive

Views 207 Comment (0) | Depth AirPort Extreme Review Works Great both Macs

TransGaming and Nvidia team up for high-end games on the Mac

Submitted 2/9/2007 9:17:44 PM - www.joystiq.com

TransGaming and Nvidia have "joined forces" to "bring top tier video games to the Intel-based Macintosh platform using TransGaming's Cider portability engine in conjunction with NVIDIA's CgFX graphics system."

Views 303 Comment (0) | TransGaming Nvidia team high end games

At retail stores, Apple prepares to counter Vista

Submitted 2/9/2007 9:17:44 PM - www.thinksecret.com

Apple has been waging a quiet war against Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system in its television ads and on its Web site. Now, the Mac maker is bringing the fight to its chain of 170 retail stores, as well.

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Thinking About Steve Jobs Thoughts on Music

Submitted 2/9/2007 9:17:33 PM - gizmodo.com

Jobs makes it obvious at the end that the letter was penned to head off mounting pressure from several countries in Europe, in particular Norway, to drop its FairPlay system and make iTunes tracks and the iPod interoperable with other players and ser

Views 127 Comment (0) | Thinking About Steve Jobs Thoughts Music

Windows features OS X should adopt

Submitted 1/31/2007 9:53:34 AM - theappleblog.com

Two months ago, I wrote a list of 10 Classic Features to 'Bring Back' to OS X. But Classic MacOS isn't the only operating system OS X could stand to swipe a few features from. Some of us Mac users also use Windows, either occasionally or full-time at

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Month of apple fixes

Looks like someone's out to fix the bugs released by the month of apple bugs. The first one is already fixed!

Should .mac Die Already?

.Mac sucks. And (to quote Steve Jobs) I don't mean that in a small way; I mean that in a big way. Put aside, for a moment, the cost and feature set co

How to sell a Zune - give free iTunes gift cards!

Seems GFLPraxis is a CompUSA employee and noticed this slight misprint by corporate. Buy a Zune, get $15 for iTMS. Too funny!

Apple ultra-portable to pack 13-inch display; next MacBook may be yawner

A forthcoming update to Apple Inc.'s 13-inch line of consumer MacBooks won't deliver much in terms of new features, AppleInsider has learned. Meanwhil

Rumor Smashed - Iphone Will Not Come With 1.5 Year Contract

Sad, I might have bought one.

Boot MacOS X86 from USB Pendrive

Have you ever dreamed about carrying in your pocket,your favorite OSx86 install. And boot it everywhere.When dreams come true... Full tutorial @ MacGe

Nike+ IPod = Surveillance

If you enhance your workout with the new Nike+ iPod Sport Kit, you may be making yourself a surveillance target.

Heres a Direct Video Link of Steve Jobs at All Things Digital 2007

Forget the play-by-play over at Engadget (which I greatly appreciated), here's the actual video from the conference.

When iPods Die

This holiday season Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod is once again a top seller in stores and the music player's white earphones remain a nearly ubiquitous

Unprecedented Demand for Macs; Market Share to Rise again next year

Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's chief financial officer, said that the company had seen an "unprecedented demand" for its Mac line in the fourth quarter, s

Apple.com is 20 years old today.

Yes, 19th February 1987, Apple.com was first registered. Happy 20th, Apple!

Songs from iPod commercials

iTunes links for songs from every Apple iPod commercial.

Apple Releases New Holiday Ad

Apple has just realeased a creative new holiday ad, one that doesn ’t involve a Mac and PC bickering. What are your thoughts?

Convert .docx Files from your Dashboard

Convert the new Word 2007 default XML format to html (including formatting) right from your Dashboard. The solution Microsoft should release.. but wo

Parallels: We wont virtualize OS X until Apple says so

Legal issues aside, Parallels doesn't want to strain its relationship with Apple, who can be rather fickle at times about which companies are in its f

Dual boot OSX 10.4.8 and Vista, full SSE2 Intel/AMD support!

This guide let's you dual boot OSX next to Vista using Vista's bootloader. Works on Intel and AMD, SSE2 and SSE3! Thanks and credit to the new kernel

When iPods Die

This holiday season Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod is once again a top seller in stores and the music player's white earphones remain a nearly ubiquitous