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Apple’s White MacBook Reaches “End Of Life”, Educational Sales To Stop

Graham Spencer — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:13:11 +0000

Several months after halting sales of the white MacBook to consumers, Apple is now completely stopping sales of the MacBook. When it stopped selling the entry-level MacBook to consumers back in July of last year, Apple continued to offer it to educational institutions, but it has now notified resellers that it has now classified the [...]

White MacBook reaches end of life, education sales to cease

Chris Rawson — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:30:00 +0000

Although discontinued for consumer sales last July, the plastic MacBook remained available for sale to educational institutions as a (relatively) low-cost option for schools seeking portable Macs for students. If you were wondering how long that woul...

Hacksugar: Live AirPlay mirroring to Mac

Erica Sadun — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

iOS developer David Stanfill of Napkin Studio has been looking for a better way to demo his apps during online meetings, as well as to record live videos as the apps run. Well versed in video compression, protocols, and so forth, Stanfill decided to r...

Why You’ll Probably Never Own A Mac With An ARM Processor [Feature]

John Brownlee — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:17:46 +0000

Ever since Apple launched the new MacBook Air, analysts and Mac fans alike have gone wild speculating that Cupertino might dump Intel and use custom-made, ARM-based chips in their laptop line instead. Yesterday, more fuel was thrown on the fire when it was revealed that an Apple intern worked on porting OS X to ARM [...]

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EFI Firmware Update brings Lion Internet Recovery to 2010-model Macs

Chris Rawson — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:30:00 +0000

Apple has released three EFI Firmware Updates for 2010-model Macs, including the iMac, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro. This update enables Lion Internet Recovery on those older Macs. Introduced in OS X Lion alongside the mid-2011 updates to the MacBook...

Keep That Spinning Beach Ball Deflated With FreeMemory [Daily Freebie]

Eli Milchman — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:31:34 +0000

Yeah, that spinning beach ball looks all happy and fun, but the diabolical critter’ll make your system slower than the line at the central Los Angeles DMV on a late Friday afternoon. Not to worry — FreeMemory is here to help. No, the free app won’t kick the little swine out to sea — but [...]

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WiebeTech Drive eRazer Ultra provides super-secure drive wiping

Steven Sande — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

For Mac repair shops, enterprise tech support teams, and consultants who need to wipe all data off of hard drives before selling or recycling old Macs, there's now a fast way to erase those drives without tying up a machine for a long time. WiebeTech...

#MacStoriesDeals – Tuesday

Chris Herbert — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:53:47 +0000

Here are today’s @MacStoriesDeals on iOS, Mac, and Mac App Store apps that are on sale for a limited time, so get them before they end! Mac Hardware & Amazon Deals New! Refurbished MacBook Air Laptops: $849 + free shipping Apple iPod touch 8GB: $188 + free shipping Apple Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard: $40 Apple iPad 2 16GB WiFi Tablet [...]

Apple Mini-Stores May Be Coming To Your Local Sam’s Club

Buster Heine — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:57:51 +0000

A report claims that in an effort to expand their US retail presence, Apple is in talks with Walmart subsidiary Sam’s Club to open new Apple stores inside the company’s warehouse retail locations. Both Walmart and Sam’s Club currently sell a number of Apple products, including iPhones, iPads, and iPods, but the retail giants are looking [...]

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Details Of Adobe Creative Cloud Revealed: $49.99 Per Month, Includes CS6, Lightroom 4 & 20 GB Cloud Storage

Graham Spencer — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:58:18 +0000

Adobe today announced details of its new Creative Cloud service that will launch in a few months time alongside the Creative Suite 6 release. Priced at $49.99 per month, when signed up for a year’s subscription, the service offers users the full Creative Suite 6 bundle of applications along with 20 GB of cloud storage [...]

OS X Lion Hints At Future Retina Display-Equipped Macs [Rumor]

Alex Heath — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:15:36 +0000

Some updated UI elements in the latest version of OS X Lion hint at the possibility of higher-resolution, Retina display-like Macs. If you’re the kind of person that notices the resolution of your mouse pointer, you will have observed that the hovering icon in OS X 10.7.3 has been upgraded to a HiDPI resolution. What does [...]

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Mike Daisey’s "The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" is funny, forceful agitprop

Michael Rose — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +0000

If you're looking for coverage of working conditions at Foxconn and other Apple manufacturing partners, there's plenty to go around. The drumbeat of sharply critical stories continued today with CNN's interview of a Foxconn worker; this follows a sca...

#MacStoriesDeals – Monday

Chris Herbert — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:58:47 +0000

Here are today’s @MacStoriesDeals on iOS, Mac, and Mac App Store apps that are on sale for a limited time, so get them before they end! Mac Hardware & Amazon Deals TODAY ONLY! Get 25% off Adobe Design Premium CS5.5 (North America Only): US $1,899.00 -> US $1,424.25 Apple iPod touch 8GB: $188 + free shipping Apple [...]

Save Your Mac’s iWork Documents Directly To iCloud [Video How-To]

Michael Steeber — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:54:13 +0000

As of this point, the current version of iWork for Mac has absolutely no iCloud functionality, while the iOS version fully supports it. This tends to be frustrating when moving files around, as it makes what should be a straightforward process into a disaster. In this video, I’ll show you how you can upload your [...]

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Snow Leopard security update revised to fix Rosetta issues

Michael Rose — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:30:00 +0000

As noted yesterday, many of the users who updated their OS X 10.6 systems with Apple's most recent security patches found themselves unable to run PowerPC legacy apps via the Rosetta compatibility layer. Today a new version of that update (Security Up...