But, there is one less thing... dealing with Front Row without a remote

by Cory Bohon (Feb 26th 2008 7:00PM)

The MacBook / MacBook Pro update wasn't "major" but it brought about some changes to the Apple line of notebooks. However, one feature that the new 'books are lacking is the inclusion of an Apple remote. The Apple remote is now a $19 accessory. Cu...

TUAW Video Podcast: iMac Core Duo, Part 2

by C.K. Sample, III (Jan 20th 2006 6:00AM)

Here's part two of my video podcast on the new iMac, and this one is super-sized. It is both the longest and largest video podcast we've ever done, weighing in at close to 20 minutes and 109.7MBs in size. Here's a direct link to the file [ctrl click ...

Mac Mini in a Corvette

by Mike Schramm (Aug 14th 2007 4:00PM)

After our little scare with the Mac Mini last week, the little boxen that could is quickly becoming my favorite computer (still can't wait to get one with Leopard on it). So seeing cool applications of it like this one thrills me to no end: Andrew se...

Great things to do with your Mac mini

by Erica Sadun (Jan 11th 2012 10:30PM)

Today, we celebrated the Mac mini's 7th anniversary. As workhorse machines go, the mini cannot be beat. It provides a great deal of computing power along with a small footprint and plenty of ports for devices. Add any monitor, keyboard, mouse, o...

Mac mini Portable - Tablet Edition

by Laurie A. Duncan (Nov 5th 2006 9:45AM)

Peter Green, who introduced us to the Mac mini portable (MMP) - a battery powered Mac mini rig with an 8-inch LCD, has turned out a new MMP: The Tablet Edition. Also known as the Mac Mini Portable MK III (MMP MKIII), based on the Intel Core Solo 1.5...

Petition for Front Row on all Macs

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Oct 14th 2005 5:00PM)

How bad do you want Front Row, the application that turns an iMac into a Media Center Mac, on all your other Macs? Right now, you can buy an Apple Remote, a new Universal Dock— but no Front Row? Well one guy isn't taking this lying down. Nathan...

Ask TUAW: Ripped DVDs in Front Row, Sleeping MacBook, game controllers, and more

by Mat Lu (Oct 21st 2007 6:00PM)

In this round of Ask TUAW we've got questions about viewing ripped DVDs with Front Row, sleep issues with a MacBook Pro, the best game controllers for Mac, saving a Boot Camp partition when installing Leopard, controlling AirTunes while in Front Row,...

iPods and Macs taking over cars

by David Chartier (Dec 23rd 2005 10:00AM)

Woops, I take my "Macs aren't going anywhere" post back, as they're certainly going one place in a big way lately: cars. I have a double dose of iPod/Mac in-car news coming at you from our sibling site, Autoblog. First up: they caught...

TUAW Tips: Send Mac audio to your iPhone for cheap

by Erica Sadun (Sep 23rd 2009 8:00PM)

Earlier this month, I wrote about connecting my old Mac mini to my television . My mini offers a great Apple TV-style lifestyle with none of the Apple TV limitations. It's a real Mac running real Snow Leopard, albeit on an older, admittedly limited m...

Poll results: Would you buy a media center Mac mini?

by Dave Caolo (Nov 30th 2005 8:30PM)

Yesterday, we asked if you'd purchase a souped-up media center Mac mini if such a machine were announced at the upcoming Macworld Expo. In our highly unscientific poll, the majority of respondents (1,198 out of 2,829 of you) answered, "Can I pre...

Front Row performance on the mini takes a dive with Snow Leopard

by Aron Trimble (Sep 1st 2009 10:00AM)

Here's an interesting feature of Snow Leopard that you may or may not (probably not) find particularly useful. Apparently after upgrading to 10.6 several users at the Apple Discussion Forums -- mostly owners of Mac mini or MacBook models with the GMA...

TUAW Poll: Would you buy a media center Mac mini?

by Dave Caolo (Nov 29th 2005 6:30PM)

Considering the rumors that are swirling about today regarding an Intel-based, media center Mac mini, I got to thinking: Would you buy one of these things? ThinkSecret has made it sound extremely appealing: FrontRow 2.0, TiVo-like functionality, a bu...

Showing off a Mac mini media center

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Dec 5th 2005 7:30PM)

This weekend I had some time to kill before going to catch a movie, so I dropped by a friend's house to show him some videos, which were all funny movies off the net, stuff like Wonder Showzen and that one of Chris Pirillo talking about eating his nu...

24 Hours of Leopard: Front Row

by Mike Schramm (Oct 26th 2007 3:00PM)

Feature: Front Row is updated to work just like Apple TV, but on your computer. How it works: To tell the truth, I kind of liked the spinning icons of Front Row (and so did this kitten), but the Apple TV interface is nice, too. You can play all of ...

Turn that Mac mini into a media center - finally

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Apr 14th 2006 7:00PM)

When the mini was announced, about the only person NOT thinking "media center Mac" was Bill Gates. I immediately bought one, and I bought the then-new El Gato EyeTV with that ATI logo on it (the full name escapes me). That El Gato box is ug...