Teach your Mac New Things – Keep Your Software Up-To-Date.
Not everybody is running the “latest and greatest” versions of software. This is extra true when it’s something like Adobe Creative Suite, which can easily top a grand each time a new version comes out. While the extra features may be worth it to...
Mac OS X 10.7.3 Beta Drivers Hint At New Mac Pros
Apple has neglected to update its Mac Pro for just under 18 months now, and recent speculation has suggested that the company may be set to discontinue the high-end desktop. However, according to drivers found in the latest Mac OS X 10.7.3 beta, a...Apple to release sub-$1000 21.5-inch iMac geared at education customers (Update: Released!)
Update (Aug. 8th): Following our report, Apple has gone ahead and released it! Apple is gearing up to launch a new addition to the iMac lineup later this month that appears to be geared towards education/volume customers. The new iMac has less power than the current line of all-in-one Apple desktop computers and also has...
New iMacs and MacBook Pros out-blur Mac Pros in Final Cut Pro X benchmarks
Hardware specialists over at Bare Feats ran a series of interesting Final Cut Pro X benchmarks pitting the latest Sandy Bridge-equipped iMac and MacBook Pro against the last year’s Mac Pro. The iMac system rocked a 3.4GHz quad-core Core i7 processor with 16GB of DDR3 1333MHz RAM and AMD Radeon HD 6970M graphics with 2GB...
New iMacs and MacBook Pros out-blur Mac Pros in Final Cut Pro X benchmarks
Hardware specialists over at Bare Feats ran a series of interesting Final Cut Pro X benchmarks pitting the latest Sandy Bridge-equipped iMac and MacBook Pro against the last year’s Mac Pro. The iMac system rocked a 3.4GHz quad-core Core i7 processor with 16GB of DDR3 1333MHz RAM and AMD Radeon HD 6970M graphics with 2GB...
AMD throws down the gauntlet to NVIDIA on graphics speed claims
As Apple transitions its line from NVIDIA graphics cards to AMD (and opens up the OS to much more variety), we’re noting some stong words coming out of each camp on who makes the fastest graphics card in the world. On the 8th of this month, AMD announced it had released the fastest Graphics card...
Week in Apple: ZFS on Mac OS X, rogue tethering, DUI apps, and more
This week on Infinite Loop we interviewed the creator of a commercial ZFS solution for the Mac and offered a how-to on Automator and shell scripting. We also covered news about AT&T shutting down rogue tetherers, Apple's App ......
Latest MacBook Pros suffering from GPU-related freezes
Numerous owners of the latest 15" and 17" MacBook Pro models have taken to Apple's support forums to report an issue that causes their systems to freeze, with one user going so far as to...
ATI X1900 XT Video Card Problems (Finally) Addressed By Apple.
Long-time power users may recall the problems ATI Radeon X1900 XT video cards would exhibit, usually due to overheating. For the most part, those with AppleCare were able to get the card replaced. Unfortunately for many, the replacement exhibited the s...
Mac Pro and Radeon Video Cards, Part Deux
Actually, this might be part 3 or 4 of our updates that have captured the attention (and traffic!) of inquiring Mac Pro users around the world. It all got started back in March of 2009 when OWC Larry himself told the faithful which NVIDIA and Radeon ...
OWC Reveals Which Radeon Video Cards Work With 2006-2009 Mac Pros
Our blog has been buzzin’ with questions as to whether or not the new Radeon 5870 and 5770 video cards found in the new Mid 2010 Mac Pros work with earlier model year Mac Pros. When first asked about this, we referred to the Apple display page th...
