Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
Apple’s map manager gets shown the door (accurately, we hope), Siri will soon do everything but drive your car (thankfully), and one user dreams of the Apple TV (that will never be). The remainders for Tuesday, November 27, 2012 know where they
Apple retained its stranglehold on mobile shopping over the two-day stretch of Thanksgiving and Black Friday in the U.S., IBM said last weekend.
More than three-fourths of all mobile traffic to online retailers during those two discount days was…
The new iMac will make Apple’s self-selected deadline of a November release—but only by a margin about as thin as the new computer’s edges. The company announced early Tuesday that the new iMac will become available on November 30. You’ll …
Apple devices could let you get a little FaceTime Santa, Apple designs its retail stores with vision, and one musician wants to juice up your smartphone’s camera. The remainders for Monday, November 26, 2012 are seen and not heard.
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Reader Richard Patterson finds his way blocked when trying to launch a favorite application. He writes:
I have been using the Onyx utility for years to tweak the Mac OS. I recently upgraded to Mountain Lion and downloaded a compatible version of…
The holiday season is upon us, and for many folks it’s become tradition to include a family newsletter with their greeting cards. It’s a great way to share photos, family milestones, and yearly retrospectives with your loved ones.
Happily, put…
Dictating to your computer and having the words typed for you seems like a great way to work, doesn’t it? You could just sit back, put your feet up, and blab away, instead of hunching over your keyboard and typing. If you’re a fast typist, dic…
This week’s roundup of iOS apps includes new and improved ways to make the holidays more enjoyable, and maybe a bit less lonely.
Already this week, we brought you a roundup of iOS apps for music fans, gave you a hands-on look at Nokia’s new …
If you’ve been holding out for the rare occasion that Apple actually cuts prices on its products, the time is now. The company on Friday unveiled its Black Friday shopping event, with discounts on iPads, iPods, Macs, and accessories. The savings…
When writing up bug reports for this column, I prefer to have guaranteed solutions to offer. However, a few problems are so frustrating and mysterious that I’ll cover them even without a known reliable fix. That’s the situation today.
A few we…
If you’ve been a Mac fan for more than a few years, chances are you’ve seen or even used Apple’s most famous computer models. What you don’t often see are the machines that Apple kept to itself—the prototypes that never reached the marke…
Sometimes it’s tough to keep up with all the Mac-app updates and new releases, especially over the holidays. Your friends at Macworld have put together a selection of notable new arrivals.
Acorn 3.5: Gus Mueller’s most excellent graphics edi…
A court in California has ordered Apple to produce an unredacted version of its recent patent agreement with HTC, after Samsung Electronics said the agreement was relevant to its dispute with Apple.
However, the document will only be made availa…
Samsung has alleged that three recent products from Apple, including the iPad mini, infringe on its patents.
The South Korean company said in a U.S. District Court filing Wednesday that the products were released by Apple after Samsung submitted…
As we meander down life’s path, we tend to pick up bits of this and that. And, over time, these things pile up to the point where, if we’re not organized, we lose track of them. And this often results in cries of “Honey/Mom/Dad/Jeeves, have …
Reader Will Dawes would like to have a foot in two worlds. He writes:
I have an iMac that’s a couple of years old on which I run Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I’ve stuck with Snow Leopard because I need to run a couple of old PowerPC applications …