Inspired by the success of its mobile app store, Apple has now announced that it is planning to open a new app store targeted towards desktops. The new store will provide an app catalog, along with automatic updates. It will also let users install their purchased software on any Mac they have. All sounds convenient [...]

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For anyone who is using an old Macbook or Macbook Pro, you may be interested in knowing that Apple have released new firmware for the computers. This new firmware should be a necessity for anyone who uses the latest Magsafe power adapters as it fixes the problems some users have been having with charging. The [...]

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Nothing gets past Apple Insider. The Steve Jobs worshipping website tracks Mac supplies daily and they say that there’s been an ‘abnormal trend’ in MacBook Air availability for weeks, with both the high end SSD model and the cheaper HDD models being harder to come by. Mac fans have also pointed out that Mac Air [...]

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While we are still waiting for news of Apple to make a touchscreen iMac, it seems we get at home tech geek’s beating them to making touchscreen devices out of a MacBook. More precisely, a geek going by the name of EnigmaPenguin has converted his broken MacBook (a Core 2 unit from 2007) into a [...]

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OS X 10.6.4 has arrived. Apple has updated its Mac Snow Leopard operating system. 10.6.4 Includes 28 security updates and bug fixes as well as Mac’s latest web browser, Safari 5. The update is also described to affect MobileMe, though there’s no description of any applicable changes. A separate version for OS X servers has [...]

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If you fired up your iMac or Macbook this morning then you will have been prompted to download Apple’s latest build of their Safari web browser.  The new Safari web browser has gained some interesting features so let’s take a look at them below… Safari Reader is probably the best innovation; removing all ads and [...]

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After revelations that the new Apple tablet was going to be named the iSlate, it would seem that more speculation is arising on the release date of this new Apple tablet device. Sources talking to the Wall Street Journal have revealed that the product could be in store for as early as March. Another thing [...]

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To mark the traditional start of the Christmas buying season, US retailers ritually offer dramatically reduced prices the day after Thanksgiving. While the term ‘Black Friday’ doesn’t incite Christmas cheer, the name is in reference to the impending traffic jams that eventuate on the day. Apple looks set to spread the congestion cheer by extending [...]

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