You may not know this, but you can install OS X Mavericks to just about any USB drive out there that has enough free space for the operating system. You may be wondering why you would want to install OS X to a portable drive when the internal drive is usually larger, faster, and well, […]
How To Enable The Root Account In OSX
When you make a new user account in OSX the highest level of permissions you can assign it is Administrator. While this is the highest set of permissions you can assign someone, it’s not the highest set on your machine. There is an account that works above the regular user accounts and can view all […]
Popular Mac Tools for Webmasters and Web Developers
There are a number of great apps and programs which you can use for managing a website. The task of designing, coding, uploading, and maintaining your own website can be a tremendous hassle if you are unfamiliar with the process. More experienced webmasters will eventually get into a routine and pick up their favorite apps […]
Mountain Lion Posts High Adoption Rate According To Ad Network Company
Chitika, a leading ad network, has released a study showing that the user adoption to Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion has been quite strong. OS X Mountain Lion, which was released last month, has been made available to a large number of users. According to Chitika 3.2 percent of the traffic going through its network […]
Apple posts best earnings call, can fare well with or without Jobs
Yesterday was Apple’s earnings call and the company posted one of the best quarters it has ever had following the holiday rush. While Apple’s stock dipped following the news Steve Jobs would be taking a other medical leave of absence, the company can prove that it can beat expectations even without Jobs at the helm.. […]
Apple To Reveal Q1 Results January 18th
Tuesday, January 18th, Apple will announce its financial results< /a> foe Quarter 1. The call, which starts at 2:00 PM, has analysts, investors and Journalists interested in Apple’s success with the iPad, iPhone, iPod and the Mac. It will be interesting to hear how much pre-holiday shopping has impacted Apple’s earnings and whether or not […]
The Mac App Store – Is This A Good Thing?
I wasn’t particularly surprised when I heard about the Mac App Store, but my first reaction wasn’t one of glee. Instead, it was more concern. My father is a software developer for PCs. He’s been doing that for 30+ years now – long enough that he can remember when Apple charged money to develop for […]
The Obligatory Apple Event Speculation Post
Well, it’s still early but at 10 am PST, Apple has an event called Back to the Mac, which is presumably about OS 10.7. But what else will be announced? As is tradition, I’m going to go out and make a few predictions here, and wildly speculate about what’s going to happen in a few […]
More MacBook Air Rumors Swirl
[Image Via MacRumors] Lotta hot gossip going around about the rumored new MacBook Air that’s potentially being announced on Wednesday, including this purported spy shot. Whether or not the rumors are true is really not important to me at this point, but what is interesting is what they’re reportedly doing, and why it makes sense. […]
Let The Speculation Begin: Apple Hosting Event October 20
Well, valued journalists in the field (read: not me) recently received a letter from Apple. They’re holding a special event next week at the mothership, and the image above was attached. Now it’s time for speculation. OS 10.7 Introduced. The question is really whether or not it’s introduced here or announced for release, the latter […]
Apple Steps Up its Game
Two very big things happened to Apple yesterday, both of which are good news for Apple fans. First, Apple stock rose over $300 for the first time ever. Now I’m not an Apple stockholder, but I have a friend of mine who bought stock when it was $80. I bet he’s thrilled. The second big […]
Adidas Pulls Out on iAds, Claims Steve is the Problem
Steve Jobs has been called a bit of a control freak before, and now apparently it’s contributed to the loss of a customer. Here’s the report from the Business Insider: Adidas supposedly pulled its $10+ million ad campaign from the iAd program because Apple CEOÂ Steve Jobs was being too much of a control freak. According […]
Want Office 2011? It’s Just a Few Weeks Away
In case you’ve been wondering, Microsoft Office has a new version coming out soon, Office 2011. In it is all the usual stuff, all bundled up and neat. Honestly, I’m sure there are a lot of new features, but I haven’t yet gotten my chance to play with a copy yet. But that’s not really […]
OSX on the HTC Shift
Oh, the Hackintosh. Everyone wants to put OSX on their devices, but they all know that Apple doesn’t condone it. Well the latest version of this is the HTC Shift, which received a custom install of OSX. Here’s the deets from PocketNow.com: Since its release, we’ve seen some users successful installWindows 7 onto the platform […]
Apple Gazette Reviews: OmniFocus for iPhone
A few weeks ago, I reviewed OmniFocus for Mac, a powerful GTD tool for your desktop of laptop. Once I had a copy of OmniFocus in hand, I knew that I had to try the mobile versions. My tasks always seem to come to mind when I’m walking somewhere, far away from my computer. By […]
