Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
Paper mateThis week’s roundup of gear for your iOS devices includes an accessory you can use as a ballpoint pen on paper, as well as paper you can use to turn your iPhone into an actual notepad.AurisThe $64 Skye bills itself as a “Wi-Fi receiver for y…
When your Mac starts to go south, it helps to have software tools to fix the problems or to recover your data. Micromat’s TechTool has long been used for Mac troubleshooting, and the new TechTool Pro 7.0.1 has support for 64-bit architectures, A…
Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2013. Every day (except Sunday) from mid-July until late September, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a standout free or low-cost program. Learn mo…
Three and countingThe release of a new Apple handset is always followed by a flood of new cases, and with two brand-new iPhones on the way, this time around we’ve got twice as many new-case announcements to sift through. Here’s our third roundup of iP…
Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2013. Every day (except Sunday) from mid-July until late September, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a standout free or low-cost program. Learn mo…
Keep ’em comingWith the new iPhone 5s and 5c on the way, cases for the new phones are pouring in from all sides of the globe. We’ve got all the latest info—from the whimsical to the luxurious, and from the modern to the classic—in our second round…
Few franchises stir the imagination and the awe of gamers quite like Maxis’ SimCity. Both educational and fun, it was the first world builder video game that allowed the player unrivaled abilities to play god—even back in 1989 in your school’…
Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2013. Every day (except Sunday) from mid-July until late September, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a standout free or low-cost program. Learn mo…
OS X Mavericks may be coming later this fall, but in the meantime, there are still bugs to fix in Mountain Lion. As such, it’s no surprise to see Apple releasing 10.8.5, an update that improves stability and security for Mountain Lion users.
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When Apple wanted to showcase its first Thunderbolt-enabled Macs, it turned to Promise Technology and the storage company’s Pegasus multiple-drive RAID enclosures to highlight the finer ponts of the nascent peripheral connection technology. Now …
Famous foodWant to know how Neil Patrick Harris makes his cocktails? Care to show your friends that you can duplicate Jamie Oliver’s recipes? We’ve got you covered. Call of Duty: Strike TeamCall of Duty: Strike Team is a $7 offering for iPhone and iPa…
“You just complicate the narrative,” sneers one character to Bioshock Infinite protagonist Booker DeWitt. And what a narrative it is.
If you strip away the first person shooter elements, the swashbuckling combat set in a city amongst the clo…
Apple’s new iPhones show how smartphone vendors are overcoming the technical hurdles that have limited roaming using LTE.
This week Apple launched the iPhone 5s and the 5c, which are compatible with “more LTE bands than any other smartphone in…
Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2013. Every day (except Sunday) from mid-July until late September, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a standout free or low-cost program. Learn mo…
FirmTek’s miniSwap/U3 is an $100 USB 3, all-aluminum trayless enclosure for any 2.5-inch drive solid-state drive or hard drive. You can add an external drive to your Mac without the need to turn a single screw. (FirmTek also sells the miniSwap/U…
Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2013. Every day (except Sunday) from mid-July until late September, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a standout free or low-cost program. Learn mo…