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Mac 101: Navigating OS X with your keyboard

by Michael Jones (Feb 26th, 2010)

Let's face it: unless you're just casually surfing the Internet or playing a game, chances are pretty good that your hands are on the keyboard most of the time when you're at the computer. Sure, the mouse is only a few inches away, but wouldn't it ...

Mac 101: 3 volume control tips

by TJ Luoma (Feb 25th, 2010)

Adjusting the volume on your Mac via the keyboard is pretty easy: there are 3 buttons, one for Volume Down, one for Volume Up, and one for Mute. When you adjust the volume, a sound is played to help you determine when it is loud enough or quiet ...

Switch 101: A guide to using OS X

by Aron Trimble (Feb 24th, 2010)

As the resident Mac expert for my family and friends, I often find myself fielding questions from the recent switchers in my life. A lot of those questions come in the form of "how do I <insert random Windows task here>?" Apparently Apple's ...

Apple OS and the new A4 chip could be headed to new gadgets

by Mel Martin (Feb 23rd, 2010)

Apple appears to have plans for the iPhone OS beyond the iPhone, and iPad. A report in Computerworld notes a new Apple job posting for an Engineering Manager that can bring the iPhone OS to new platforms. The Core Platform team within Apple's Core ...

Apple seeds another build of 10.6.3 to devs

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 18th, 2010)

Apple seeded another build of OS X 10.6.3 today. This latest build number is 10D558. This is just nine days after Apple seeded build 10D552. iPhoneinCanada is reporting that the current build focuses on Apple Filing Protocol, AirPort, Graphics ...

MaComfort brings a little Mac back to your PC

by Mike Schramm (Feb 4th, 2010)

Let's face it -- as much as we love our Macs, sometimes you've got to use a PC, whether that be for work or at a friend's house, or just for playing some games. But when you absolutely must use Windows, maComfort can make the transition easier. It's ...

Sikuli can automate any UI by taking screenshots

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2010)

This is pretty impressive --of course there are already lots of ways to automate actions on your Mac, and odds are that you may have messed around with scripting or Automator more than once before. But Sikuli is a new app that makes automating as ...

How to "clean install" Snow Leopard

by Lauren Hirsch (Jan 30th, 2010)

A friend's MacBook had slowed down to a snail's pace. Despite looking everywhere for the issue, streamlining everything I could, and yelling at it, it failed to accelerate to usable speed. So I recommended we start from scratch and build it back up ...

Adobe speaks up about Flash on the iPad

by Chris Rawson (Jan 28th, 2010)

The iPhone and iPod touch haven't run Flash natively in the years since their respective debuts, and it's pretty clear based on Steve Jobs's presentation yesterday that the iPad won't run Flash, either. When scrolling through the New York Times's ...

All of the news from today's iPad announcement

by Mike Schramm (Jan 27th, 2010)

What a day it's been. The tablet is finally out. That's right, the tablet we've been waiting years for is real and will be on sale soon, only it's called the iPad, and it's pretty similar to the iPhone. Just in case you missed something today, ...

Mac OS X 10.6.3 out to devs

by Steven Sande (Jan 25th, 2010)

The third major update to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is getting closer to appearing in Software Update. A new beta of Mac OS X 10.6.3 (build 10D538) was released to a limited number of Apple developers last Friday. The Friday beta includes an ...

Hints found of OpenGL 3.0 support in 10.6.3

by Mike Schramm (Jan 12th, 2010)

News is bouncing around today that the current test version of Mac OS X 10.6.3 has OpenGL 3.0 installed in it, and while it's not completely working yet, developers are hopeful that this means Apple is pushing to have full OpenGL 3.0 support in ...

Tablet OS "has a good bit of new sexy to it"

by Steven Sande (Jan 7th, 2010)

Dan Frommer over at The Business Insider had a nice, juicy tidbit to send out to anyone who is interested in Apple tablet rumors: he's apparently heard from someone who has seen the tablet's operating system, but not the actual device. There were ...

Mac OS 10.6.3 to bring many fixes

by Dave Caolo (Jan 7th, 2010)

The release of Mac OS 10.6.3 moves closer as Apple has begun widespread testing of build 10D522. According to AppleInsider, this update focuses on stability and core components like AppKit, CoreMedia, Desktop Services, FileSync, Fonts, HIToolbox and ...

Apple's top technical feats of the decade

by Mike Schramm (Jan 4th, 2010)

We're well into 2010 (OK, 4 days), but there's still a few more lists and "top tens" of the last decade to clean up. One of the more interesting Apple-related wrapups is this list by Fraser Spiers, showing off Apple's best technical feats of the ...

Apple tablet team in a "cone of silence", 10.7 to be previewed

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 1st, 2010)

Electronista summarizes John Gruber's report that a "cone of silence" exists surrounding those developing the tablet and virtually no information comes from those directly involved. Many of the tablet team are reportedly the same as those that ...