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Mac Hardware

New iMacs, Mac Pros, Magic Trackpad released

July 27, 2010

Mid-2010 iMac The new Mid-2010 iMacs are out, and they are pretty wonderful. the backlit displays are brilliantly sharp, and are powered by upgraded graphic cards. They have faster processors, too. They also feature Hyper-Threading and in the case of the i5 abd 57 processor models, Turbo Boost. The Intel Xeon processors support Hyper-Threading, which [...]

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Mac Minis upgraded

June 15, 2010

Apple just announced the new Mac Mini, with new features: An aluminum unibody enclosure Up to twice the graphics performance Industry-leading energy efficiency An HDMI port and SD card slot The HDMI port will make the new Mini a very interesting solution for Home Theater installations. Basic configurations are: 2.4GHz with 2GB RAM, a 320GB [...]

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MacBook updated, with longer battery life

May 21, 2010

Apple released the new, updated MacBook portables this week, with a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor, and the Nvidia new GeForce 320M graphics card. Battery life is now listed at 10 hours, a radical improvement from the 7 hours the previous model boasted. The MacBook ships with 2 GB RAM (expandable to 4GB), a 250GB [...]

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External Hard Drives – FireWire vs. USB: Why should we care?

December 24, 2009

More and more external drives are offered with a USB 2.0 interface only, without FireWire. Even MacBooks are sold without a FireWire interface. PCs hardly ever have FireWire avaialble. Why should we care? FireWire is a transfer method designed for data transfer. USB was originally designed for device control. That doesn’t matter so much any [...]

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Apple updates Airport, MacBook, and Superdrive Firmware.

December 9, 2009

Apple has posted a few software and firmware updates, which address issues with airport not able to turn off or on, and drive noise with optical drives. The updates should be available through Software Update, so be sure to check there. Apple AirPort Client Update 2009-002 This update fixes a problem we reported on a [...]

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New Macs, new Mouse released today!

October 20, 2009

Apple’s Press release: Apple today introduced the new wireless Magic Mouse, the first mouse to use Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch technology. Pioneered on iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpads, Multi-Touch allows customers to navigate using intuitive finger gestures. Instead of mechanical buttons, scroll wheels or scroll balls, the entire top of the Magic Mouse is [...]

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Antiglare dislpay available on MacBook Pro 15″

August 11, 2009

Apple is offering a $50 option to provide the matte display they dropped last year. New Mac portables have come with glossy screens only on the unibody models, much to the dismay of a very vocal minority. Apple did retain the option for a matte screen on the 17″ MacBook Pro, and now it’s an [...]

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Lockdown – Secure your Laptop!

July 2, 2009

Lockdown is a free (donation requested) app that will allow customization of detection features that use Mac portable’s motion-sensors, external device sensors, MagSafe sensors and more “to ensure that not even the slightest tap goes unnoticed”. Once triggered, a loud alarm sounds, and the system cannot be muted or put to sleep. Lockdown has the [...]

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MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update adds compatibility for replacement batteries

June 30, 2009

Monday last Apple released a new firmware update for compatible MacBook Air models. If you have a MacBook Air, you can use Software Update to download and install the new firmware. Alternatively, you can go to Apples site and download the update there. SMC Firmware Updates are for the System Management Controller (SMC) found on [...]

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Firmware Update for Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express

June 23, 2009

Apple released a firmware update, version 7.4.2, for Time Capsule and the AirPort Extreme and Express base stations. It’s a recommended update, and can be done easily. AirPort Utility is the tool necessary to install the update, and AirPort Utility 5.4.2 or later is recommended to be installed before updating to Firmware version 7.4.2. Once [...]

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