In July 2000, Apple introduced the Apple Studio Display (17-inch ADC) which shipped in a clear acryl-case. Featuring the now defunct, ADC (Apple Display Connector), which carried data, USB and power in a single cable. It was a breakthrough in the display case paradigm of the time and until today, remains one of the most […]
The introduction of the Mac Pro and Xserve going Intel completes the Mac line-up transition from PPC to Intel – legitimising the synomous phrase “MacIntel”. Mr Jobs has kept his promise this time, with the entire Mac line-up going Intel before the end of 2006. In stark contrast to the time when Read More
The first Airport base station (ABS) introduced by Apple came out of Cupertino around July 1999, with a time limited exclusive agreement between Apple and Lucent Technologies (the proponent that powers much of Apple’s WiFi technologies). The 802.11b spec, Airport (Graphite) had a short run that only lasted till November 2001; Read More
There is a Crop function in iPhoto which allows a user to select an area in a photo that they wish to retain whilst cropping away the rest. Whilst, this is great for getting rid of the unwanted bits of any photo, how do you re-size images? So, that say, Read More
Most people eventually run out of hard drive space before their iPhoto even kicks up a fuss. At press time, the current release of iPhoto 6.0 is touted to be able to handle up to 25,000 images without breaking a sweat. So, what do you do when you run out of hard Read More
CodeWeavers recently, announced the coming availability of CrossOver for Mac OS X. Running off Wine, originally an open source implementation of Windows API that sits on top of X11 and Linux. Wine and CrossOver purport the ability to run regular Windows-based apps natively on a MacIntel platform. Negating the need Read More
Another reason to consider buying a MacBook over a MacBook Pro is a little known feature that Apple has made an official user DIY upgrade. For the first time, Apple has released an Apple portable that comes with a hot swappable hard drive bay. Unfortunately, the MacBook is the only Read More
Apple Remote Desktop 3.0 (ARD) has been tweaked slightly since Apple Remote Desktop 2.0. To enable interactivity between the ARD server and the controlled client Mac systems, one of the first things that needs to be done is to upgrade the ARD client on all the Mac systems involved. Usually, Mac OS Read More
Two finger scrolling didn’t exist until recently but there’s a helper for pre-2005 Mac portables. iScroll2, brings two finger scrolling without the need for any hardware modifications. You’re up and scrolling after a short download and installation. Most models of Mac portables are supported. “Models that are Read More
The reported whine seems tied to the current level of CPU activity. Under very little load, an audible whine is reported that is presumably tied to the system’s CPU throttling for the sake of battery life. This whine is reported to be more frequent when the MacBook Pro is Read More
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