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A small number of Apple TVs eligible for replacement due to Wi-Fi issues

by Steven Sande (Apr 16th, 2013)

Apple has emailed a note to Apple Store and AppleCare employees as well as authorized resellers stating that a small number of third-generation Apple TVs have an issue with Wi-Fi and are eligible for replacement free of charge up to two years ...

Apple fixes 'spam hole' issue affecting legitimate messages

by Steven Sande (Mar 22nd, 2013)

Recently, TUAW received several emails from users who were attempting to send developers logs for troubleshooting purposes. Those emails, all sent via iCloud email addresses (.mac, .icloud, .me) would vanish before arriving at their destination. ...

Users unhappy with no Apple response to NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 kernel panic issue

by Steven Sande (Mar 4th, 2013)

There's nothing more frustrating to a computer user than to have a software-related problem exist for more than a year without it getting fixed by the manufacturer. In this case the users are owners of early 2009 iMacs using the NVIDIA GeForce GT ...

The curious case of the persistent image

by Steven Sande (Feb 18th, 2013)

The other day I was working on some blog posts, and when I pulled up an image in Preview to edit it, I noticed something odd. It looked like the Preview window was transparent, and that I was seeing a window through it. I thought nothing of it ...

Institutional users get around restrictions with iOS 6 bug

by Steven Sande (Feb 15th, 2013)

iOS 6 added a feature that allows users to set "Don't Allow Changes" for an account on an iOS device. This setting was handy for schools and enterprises that want to keep devices tied to a certain account and prohibit users from installing ...

Flaw in iOS 6.1 lets users bypass the iPhone's lockscreen password (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 14th, 2013)

A security flaw in iOS 6.1 allows a person to easily circumvent a lockscreen password and access contact information on an iPhone. The bypass method was demonstrated by YouTube user videosdebarraquito and reported by Gizmodo UK. To bypass the ...

Apple rolls out firmware update to revive old, troubled batteries

by Mike Wehner (Jan 31st, 2013)

Yesterday, Apple rolled out a trio of firmware updates for MacBook users to help address a rare issue that can cause the batteries to malfunction. The update targets the System Management Controller in the MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, ...

DND bug: Apple will only disturb you until the 7th

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 2nd, 2013)

A rapid but odd response came today in the form of a support doc from Apple about the Do Not Disturb bug in iOS 6 that cropped up on New Year's Day (or Hogmanay, if you're Scottish). Apple published a KB article which is pretty brief on ...

Australian government could be source of Apple Maps bad info

by Steven Sande (Dec 11th, 2012)

Remember the story earlier this week about police in Mildura, Australia issuing a warning to motorists about Apple Maps when it was found that the app was taking people into the heart of the bush? Apple fixed the issue, pointing the pin for the ...

Pixelmator announces big bug with OS X 10.8.2

by Steven Sande (Dec 7th, 2012)

Ouch. You know it's a bad day for Pixelmator Team when they have to publicly announce a major bug in their marquee app. The bug causes some Macs to "restart when intensively using Pixelmator" -- like right when you're in the middle of a major ...

Apple TV users report issues after updating

by Steven Sande (Nov 20th, 2012)

The latest Apple TV Update (version 5.1) is causing headaches for some users. According to a report on Apple Insider citing a thread on the Apple Support Communities website, many of the popular small iOS-based Apple TVs are getting bricked ...

OS X Launchpad bug is annoying, pretty

by Steven Sande (Nov 15th, 2012)

Tyler Lee over at Ubergizmo pointed out an interesting OS X bug that affects the way that the Launchpad window is displayed. It's an annoying bug, but strangely enough it's also quite beautiful. The bug doesn't apply the blur effect when ...

Messages compacts MP3 audio

by Erica Sadun (Nov 12th, 2012)

TUAW reader Ryan B wrote us over the weekend, asking if we could confirm a behavior he'd observed when transferring files over iMessage. "A friend and I noticed today that when you send .mp3 files through iMessage on Mac, the quality of the MP3 ...

NimbleBit holding a fall sale, first episode of Tiny Tower Shorts out now

by Mike Schramm (Nov 8th, 2012)

NimbleBit sent along an email announcing that the company was holding a fall sale, and it made me do a double take: how does a company whose games are all free hold a fall sale? Surprisingly enough, NimbleBit found a way. From this Friday ...

Hard drive recall emails going out to owners of 1TB iMacs

by Michael Rose (Oct 20th, 2012)

Apple's extension of the iMac 1TB Seagate hard drive replacement program was mentioned last Sunday, and late this week customers began receiving email reminders to schedule a drive replacement. If you're an iMac owner but not certain your machine ...

Apple extends Seagate drive replacement program for iMacs

by Michael Rose (Oct 14th, 2012)

As noted by MacRumors, Apple's extended service program for iMacs with 1TB Seagate internal hard drives was updated late last week to include iMacs manufactured as far back as October 2009. The program, launched in the summer of 2011, originally ...