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Safari users seeing random '404 not found' on valid support.apple.com pages

by TJ Luoma (Feb 2nd, 2012)

For the past few weeks, I have run into a problem with links to Apple.com coming up 404 "not found." Specifically, these have all been links to pages on http://support.apple.com/. For example, this morning I did a Google search for 10.7.3 combo. One of the first results was a link to ...

Apple becomes UK's #2 online retail store

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 21st, 2011)

Apple.com has become the second most trafficked online retail site in the UK, according to a report by website tracking firm Experian Hitwise and IMRG. The #2 spot puts Apple.com only behind Internet retail juggernaut Amazon.co.uk and ahead of retail discounter Argos.co.uk. Experian Hitwise ...

Apple.com's Downloads page being updated again

by TJ Luoma (May 5th, 2010)

There are signs of life at Apple's Download page. If you look at the list on the right Hot Plan 1.5.1, Screenflick 1.6.13, and Volumetrix 2.0.1 were all added on May 4th. Before that, Pasteboard Recorder was updated on March 26th. If you look at the All Categories: Most Recent list, you will see ...

Downloads aren't gone from Apple.com, just less visible

by TJ Luoma (Mar 16th, 2010)

We've had a few concerned readers contact us, worried that Apple has deleted or otherwise discontinued the "Downloads" section of its Web site. Fear not, gentle reader, they are still available in the same place as always: http://www.apple.com/downloads/. What caused the confusion was the ...

Apple's iTunes Affiliates site briefly subjected to image swaps

by Josh Carr (Nov 3rd, 2009)

Our friends over at OS X Daily passed along their story noting that Apple's site for iTunes Affiliates was vulnerable to a cross-site URL trick, letting you substitute your own images for the ones normally displayed on the page. Since the site is intended to let websites display a custom top banner, ...

It's Friday afternoon, and the online Apple Store is down

by Joachim Bean (Oct 16th, 2009)

Well, this seems a little unexpected; it looks like the online Apple Store is down. Could we be seeing the new Mac mini, iMac or MacBook models that have been rumored to come out soon? When the store comes back up, we'll let you know of any changes. What do you think could come when the store is ...

Apple adds Questions & Answers to its online store

by Joachim Bean (Oct 11th, 2009)

Over the past week, something new on the Apple Store went somewhat unnoticed and unreported in the Mac media. Apple has added a new Questions & Answers feature to most of the product listings on its online store. This new feature allows customers to interact with each other; however, this is ...

Apple redesigns its start page

by Cory Bohon (Oct 31st, 2008)

Many Safari users will note that Apple's Start Page (set as Safari's default homepage) was redesigned today. This page is used by Apple to let customers know of any changes, updates, or product revisions. The page now shows four dynamically changing tiles at the top: a movie trailer section, hot ...

Apple posts "Find out how" tutorials

by Cory Bohon (Jan 29th, 2008)

Today, Apple added a new "Find Out How" section to their website. This new page features video tutorials of the following aspects of the Mac: Mac OS X Photos Movies Web Music Documents This information is no doubt welcome to many new switchers, or potential switchers, who want to ...

Found Footage: Apple.com, this is your life!

by Dave Caolo (Jan 29th, 2008)

This is fun. A couple of years ago, we pointed out a nice archive of Apple's homepage. Today, the folks at Macenstein have collected similar images from Flickr user Kernel Panic into a video history. Some of the really old stuff isn't represented, but it's still a fun way to waste a few minutes. ...

Apple sites worldwide gain the new metal look

by David Chartier (Aug 9th, 2007)

We're receiving reports that Apple sites around the world have been updated to the new 'metal look' that the US site received last June at the start of WWDC '07. Since I live in the US, I'm less familiar with Apple's international sites. However, TUAW reader Graham points out apple.com/nz/ which ...

Apple creates iPhone-specific trailers site

by David Chartier (Jul 1st, 2007)

For as long as I can remember, apple.com/trailers has been a great, ad-free place to see all the latest movie trailers in the one of the best video formats available on (and off) the web. During my ceaseless tinkering, I just noticed that Apple has created a sub-page at apple.com/trailers/iphone ...

Apple leads in website traffic in computer hardware category

by Brian Liloia (Mar 15th, 2007)

According to a study by internet traffic analyst comScore, Apple currently leads in website traffic in the computer hardware category, attracting more than 36.7 million unique visitors this year as of February. Compared to last year, Apple garnered 24.2 million visitors in the same amount of time, ...

Apple updates OS X Downloads page design

by Scott McNulty (Jan 9th, 2007)

Apple has refreshed the look of the OS X Downloads page. It is a much cleaner design, and highlights a number of RSS feeds (Top 20, Just Added, and Staff Picks). Listed on the right side of the page are the Top Widgets, and the top iTunes + iPod downloads. Do we see shades of a possible new UI in ...

Widget Watch: Delivery Status

by Scott McNulty (Nov 27th, 2006)

I am on my Mac for about 80% of my waking day, and I drift to sleep thinking of cool things I could do with my Mac. That means that I purchase many things online. It is convenient and usually cheaper, but you do have to wait for the package to show up. Enter Delivery Status, a very cool widget from ...