Apple working on OS X 10.7
November 18, 2009
Never a company to rest too long on its laurels, even if they include record operating system sales, Apple gives every sign of being hard at work on the next big cat, OS X 10.7.
Category: Leopard
StatCounter says Windows 7 is off to ‘encouraging’ start [guffaw]
November 3, 2009
Geez Louise this has gotta sting and more than a little. To date, two of the more prominent Web metrics firms have pegged Microsoft’s operating system launch somewhere between good for Apple and the Mac, to better than Vista. So much for a holiday home run for Redmond this Christmas shopping season.
Snow Leopard doubles prior record sales
October 20, 2009
There is no doubt any more which cat is the best leopard in the land; Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) has more than doubled the previous best by an Apple OS, set by Leopard (OS X 10.5).
How to: Selectively enable Flash apps, animations in Safari
October 14, 2009
When it comes to Web browsing, Flash is a primary source of both insecurity and instability, not to mention unadulterated annoyance even when Adobe’s proprietary multimedia middleware does its job. Here’s a quick, easy and free way to precisely control where and when, if at all, you choose to use Flash.
Media puts Snow Leopard flaw in spotlight
October 14, 2009
As with everything Apple does, the tech media has made much of a data munching flaw found in the recently released Snow Leopard OS, forcing the company to release a progress report.
How to: Save disc space, delete unnecessary languages in OS X
September 29, 2009
Whether you’re out of hard drive space or just want to tidy up, here’s a quick, easy and free way to deep six files lurking inside Apple’s Panther, Tiger, Leopard and even Snow Leopard operating systems. Pour yourself a fresh cup — caffeine is the secret sauce in any Mac maintenance job — and let’s get to work.
Snow Leopard sales strong
September 17, 2009
Industry analysts say that sales of Snow Leopard, aka OS 10.6, are extremely strong and continue to set records compared to previous releases in the first several weeks after launch.
Apple open sources Grand Central Dispatch API
September 11, 2009
Can you imagine Microsoft open sourcing a marquis feature of its latest operating system, a key technology that could revolutionize multiprocessor multicore computing? There are days when Apple’s just as evil as the next big company and then there are days like today.
Where to buy MacBook memory upgrades
September 10, 2009
I remember happy times in my Mac life, like how sweetly 96MB RAM and a 512MB hard disc felt inside one particular Quadra I owned. Or, what a revelation video editing was on the PowerMac 7600. How about the dual gig nirvana — 1GHz processor and 1GB RAM — of a Graphite G4? That baby really cooked after I added an ATI Radeon 9000 with 128MB — I swear you could actually feel the splatter after hitting an opponent with the rocket launcher in Unreal Tournament 2004.
iTunes 9: What’s hot, not and new
September 9, 2009
Apple continues to build out the features (and fluff) in their does-everything jukebox, content, store and device management application. With Jobs and his famed “reality distortion field” off stage, let’s take a closer at the guts of today announcements to separate the digital wheat from the marketing chaff.
