Entries Tagged as 'Macs'

New Snow Leopard seed, 10A394 released via Software Update

June 26th, 2009 · Comments

Today Apple released Snow Leopard developer seed 10A394 through the Software Update system. This is the first Snow Leopard seed to be released in an “update” form through Software Update rather than as a complete separate build from the Apple Developer Connection website.
The download weighs in at 655MB, and requires that build 10A380 already [...]

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Tags: Apple Software · Apple Software Updates · Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" · Macs · OS X · Third Party Developers · Uncategorized

LIVE Coverage of the WWDC 2009 Keynote

June 8th, 2009 · Comments

Click through to the full article using the “More” link below for streaming updates from the WWDC 2009 Keynote address; coverage officially begins just before 10:00 AM PDT/1:00 PM EDT!

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Tags: AT&T · Apple Events · Apple Hardware · Apple Inc. · Apple Software · Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" · Macs · QuickTime · Steve Jobs · Third Party Applications · Third Party Developers · WWDC · iDevice Platform OS 3.0 · iDevices · iPhone · iPod Touch

Mac OS X 10.5.7 “Juno” released along with several other updates

May 13th, 2009 · Comments

Apple has posted the Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update package to its Software Update servers, weighing in at a hefty 449MB just for the incremental update from 10.5.6. Combo packages are also available both for the standard (729MB) and server (951MB) variants from Apple’s Downloads Page.
Readers are encouraged to report on any problems or changes.

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Tags: Apple Software · Apple Software Updates · Bluetooth · Mac Mini · Mac OS X 10.5.7 · Macbook · Macbook Pro · Macs · OS X · Third Party Developers · Uncategorized · WWDC · iMac · nVIDIA

Whither Mac OS X 10.5.7 “Juno”?!

May 5th, 2009 · Comments

Despite several signs that development of Mac OS X 10.5.7, code-named Juno, is winding down….there has been no new developer seed this week so far, nor has a final release of the update as yet been posted to Software Update. When can we expect such a release? Read on for our take.

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Tags: Apple Software · Apple Software Updates · Mac OS X 10.5.7 · Macs · Third Party Developers

Apple reportedly in talks with Verizon, Sprint over 2010 iPhones & 4G

April 27th, 2009 · Comments

Although short on details, several published reports appear to confirm what Rumors has been reporting for some time now: that Apple and Verizon, who originally rejected a partnership with Infinite Loop on the original iPhone in what is widely considered one of the cellular provider’s biggest mistakes of all time, are in talks to deliver [...]

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Tags: AT&T · Apple Inc. · Macbook · Macbook Air · Macbook Pro · Macs · WWDC · Wireless · iDevices · iPhone

Mac OS X 10.5.7 build 9J56 seeded to developers, includes Bluetooth 3.0 support

April 23rd, 2009 · Comments

Despite the previous build of Mac OS X 10.5.7 code-name “Juno” appearing nearly ready for release within days (it’s now been over a week), Apple has delivered a new seed — build 9J56 — to developers, and it looks like a little bit of work still remains before we’ll see 10.5.7 in Software Update. Changelog [...]

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Tags: Apple Hardware · Apple Software · Mac OS X 10.5.7 · Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" · Macs · iDevice Platform OS 3.0 · iDevices · iPhone · iPod

Apple announces $1.33/share Q2 profit, shattering Wall Street estimates

April 23rd, 2009 · Comments

The grapevine widely predicted that Apple, Inc. (AAPL)’s second quarter financials would “beat the Street” — but even some of the more optimistic predictors, Rumors included, were hesitant to suggest numbers quite as enthusiastic as they believed were possible. We need not have been so conservative; sales in every area were ahead of expectations and [...]

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Tags: AT&T · Apple Events · Apple Inc. · Apple Software · Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" · Mac Pro · Macbook · Macbook Air · Macbook Pro · Macs · Quarterly Financial Results · Steve Jobs · Third Party Applications · Third Party Developers · WWDC · iDevice Platform OS 3.0 · iDevices · iMac · iPhone · iPod

Apple to announce its quarterly financials in just over two weeks

April 6th, 2009 · Comments

With both the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference in Las Vegas (Sunday the 19th) and Apple’s second quarter financial results announcement/conference call (Wednesday the 22nd) coming up in about two weeks’ time, excitement and speculation are running high over what might be unveiled this month.

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Tags: Apple Employees · Apple Events · Apple Hardware · Apple Inc. · Apple Retail Stores · Apple Software · Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" · Macs · OS X · Quarterly Financial Results · Steve Jobs · iDevice OS/Firmware · iDevices

Why the Mini has 2 different video ports

March 3rd, 2009 · Comments

Mac lovers are still excited that the Mini has finally been updated, but now the questions start to trickle in. Why 2 different video ports? Why Mini DVI?

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Tags: Apple Hardware · Intel · Mac Mini · Macs · nVIDIA

Apple updates iMac, Mini today with nVIDIA chipsets instead of Intel

March 3rd, 2009 · Comments

In a move that surprised even some of our sources and was in several key ways quite (but not entirely) contrary to our published projections as to the iMac’s specs, Apple announced new iMacs and Mac Minis today.

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Tags: ATi · Apple Events · Apple Hardware · Apple Inc. · Apple Software · Core i7 "Nehalem" · Core i7 Xeon "Gainestown" · GPUs/Graphics Cards · Intel · Intel Integrated GPUs · Mac Mini · Mac OS X 10.5.7 · Mac Pro · Macs · OS X · iMac · nVIDIA