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Apple quietly bumps some Mac Pro and Xserve BTO options

Apple has added new build-to-order options for some of its Mac Pro and Xserve models. Specifically, a 3.33GHz 3500-series Xeon processor is now an option for the lower-end quad-core Mac Pro....

TUAW Review and giveaway: BackPack for iMac and Cinema Display

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Way back in August we announced the release of the Twelve South BackPack for iMacs and Cinema Displays. It's a cool little metal shelf that clamps onto the back of the desk stand on your...

Ask TUAW: Target disk mode, iPhoto library, upgrading an iMac hard drive, gifts for a recent Mac convert and more

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Hello and welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. We hope you had a great Thanksgiving! This week we've got more questions from readers, such as using Target Disk Mode, moving your iPhoto library to an external drive, putting...

iCat Basket: Another Use for Dead Mac

I’m more of a dog person, but the “Cats Love Macs” photo stream on Flickr is one of my guilty pleasures. (Yeah, I know). Love this recycled iMac now in use as a cat basket that British Macintosh support/dev user nicknamed Mikmac created for pussy Pixel, who snuggles up in it quite...

Apple’s Mac mini tops chart of ‘green’ computers

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The sust-it website, which provides rankings of energy usage and annual energy cost for thousands of appliances, home entertainment devices, and computers, has announced that Apple's...

Apple document details Target Display mode for 27″ iMac

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In case you're itching to use that new 27" iMac as a big display for a MacBook, DVD player, or some other device -- and assuming your new unit isn't one of the ones...

Smoking could be hazardous to your Apple warranty

If you're a Mac user and smoking is your crutch, you may want to leave the room the next time you light up. According to multiple users, as reported by...

Some New 27″ iMacs missing key features, such as power.

Many people who ordered one of the new 27″ iMacs (including many with the fancy-schmancy i5 or i7 processors) are turning on their brand new machines, only to find… that they don’t turn...

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Reports Surface of Faulty Core i7 iMacs

Shattered glass. Flickering displays. Non-booting machines. So-goes the list of maladies affecting Apple’s brand new quad-core 27” Core i7-based iMacs. Threads over on the Apple Support Discussion forums are alive with complaints and debate by affected users. After hitting the power button, some owners hear the startup chime, but don’t get to boot successfully to their...

Free iMac inner view desktop background from OWC

For those of you who want to let your inner geek show, have we got the desktop background for you! While we’ve been exploring potential ways to upgrade the hard drive in the new iMacs, our own...

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iProduct Placement: Sandra Bullock Goes Rogue in “The Proposal”

In “The Proposal,” Sandra Bullock plays a Canadian-born, bulletproof book editor who finds herself stuck in Sitka, Alaska while waiting to marry her assistant to get a green card. After her cell phone gets stolen by an eagle, she picks up a replacement at the town general store — what could be...

Benchmarked: Quad Core i7 iMac is Wicked Fast

Gizmodo’s Brian Lam tested the new 27-inch Quad-Core i7  iMac and found it’s a beast. Geekbench benchmarks showed a 2x to 3x improvement over the Core 2 Duo model, but most impressive was a real world DVD ripping test, using Handbrake: On the Core i7 iMac, it took 43 minutes to rip...