Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
Apple will start production of a new 15-inch MacBook Pro in April and a new 13-inch MacBook Pro in June, according to DigiTimes‘ sources from the upstream supply chain. Rumors have been going around for a while now that the next MacBook Pro design will look similar to the MacBook Air, but there is still […]
The rumors about the smaller iPad or larger iPod touch won’t stop ever, now a new rumor has surfaced through Japanese site Macotakara (that has provided credible Apple news in the past) that Apple is now working on a 5-inch iOS device. Macotakara quoting a reliable source says that the new device features a Retina […]
iTunes 10.6.1 has been released, the minor update includes a variety of bug fixes but otherwise provides no new features. The official list of changes is as follows: • Fixes several issues that may cause iTunes to unexpectedly quit while playing videos, changing artwork size in Grid view, and syncing photos to devices. • Addresses […]
I don’t see Apple coming out with anything like this in the near future, but it’s still a pretty cool concept. Apple has said in the past that they looked into bringing touch screens to the Mac, but decided the multi-touch trackpad is a better solution. But now with the huge success of the iPad […]
As apps are getting larger, space on iOS devices is becoming increasingly cramped. Here are several ways to squeeze the most storage possible out of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
If you want your deleted files to be really, completely, totally gone, emptying the trash isn’t enough. Chris Breen provides other options.
A new Cydia tweak called SwitcherLand is now available in Cydia store. When installed, this tweak adds landscape mode to iOS’s app switcher or multitasking tray. So whenever your device is in landscape mode, you can simple double click the home button to reveal the app tray in landscape mode. This tweak not only allows […]
An iPhone saved a 49-year-old Dutch man’s life after the device stopped a bullet that was headed for his heart. Several unknown individuals approached the victim while in his van and opened fire. One of the five bullets fired hit the man’s chest, but luckily his iPhone was in his shirt pocket. The bullet shattered […]
Angry Birds’ remarkable success has made it an easy target for snide remarks and copycats alike, but it’s been difficult for other creators to successfully mimic its beguilingly appealing formula – and it must be harder still for Rovio to try and exp…
A new app called Find My Facebook Friends has become available in the App Store that allows users to locate their Facebook friends on the map. The app works almost like Apple’s own Find My Friends service (app) and not only lets users to locate their friends on map, but also notifies them when one of their […]
Add Address Book details to your Numbers projects quickly and easilyNumbers isn’t an application you immediately think of when talking about Address Book contacts, but the two work together quite happily. For example, as in this guide, you could be p…
Game on with these little bricks of technologyDon’t get me wrong. iOS games are great. But sometimes all the tapping and dragging leaves us wanting some old-school gaming–moving stuff around and actually interacting with physical objects. Sifteo’s…
Our firm is getting more and more demand for magazine design projects. My wife is a graphic designer and does all of the design and layout in Adobe InDesign on her two Macs running Snow Leopard. However, when I try to open the InDesign files on my new …
There have been recent media reports suggesting that if you leave your new iPad plugged in after it reaches a 100{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} charge, it could harm the battery. Macworld decided to do some research on these claims and concluded that they were false. Your new iPad’s battery is fine. Despite some media reports suggesting that Apple’s […]
Among the new features in the iTunes 10.6, one in particular is good news to anyone with lots of lossless tracks: The ability to convert those tracks at higher bit-rates when syncing to an iPod or iOS device.
With the screen off on the 3rd-generation iPad, Cult of Mac was able to get 25.3 hours of battery life when using it as an LTE hotspot. Once you turn off the iPad’s giant Retina display, the battery will last for a very long time. As you can imagine, the display is one of the […]