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temper4iPhone emulates Turbografx-16 on the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (May 28th, 2008)

The guys at Touch Arcade are at it again -- this time, ZodTTD has ported temper, a TurboGrafx-16 emulator, to the iPhone, and as you can see above, this means something amazing: Bonk on the touchscreen. Sounds like the audio has a few little glitches, but seems like the controls and graphics are ...

Update Tuesday continues with Firmware Restoration CD 1.6

by Cory Bohon (Apr 8th, 2008)

With three other software updates out the door today already, you could have forgiven Apple for not providing a fourth. However, Apple has also released an updated Firmware Restoration CD (version 1.6) for for a number of Mac models: Xserve (Early 2008) MacBook (13-inch Late 2007) iMac ...

Firmware Restoration CD 1.5

by Cory Bohon (Mar 29th, 2008)

Yesterday, Apple released an updated Firmware Restoration CD (version 1.5) for all Intel Mac models. The Firmware Restoration CD is used to restore the firmware on an Intel-based Macintosh in case of an emergency (such as an interrupted firmware install). You can download the Firmware Restoration ...

DiscTop

by Cory Bohon (Jan 11th, 2008)

This is probably one of the coolest freeware applications on the Mac that I've seen in a while. Have you ever placed a disc in your Mac's drive, only to shut it down with the disc still in there? I know I have a couple of times. Now you will never do that again, thanks to DiscTop. When you load a CD ...

This Old Mac: Icebooks

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 1st, 2007)

Remember when Apple ditched the clamshell iBooks and created the sleeker "icebook" form factor? My wife calls them Chiclets. Well we have 3 of them: a 500 MHz G3 from 2001 with a 10GB drive, a 800MHz G4 with a 60GB drive but a busted optical drive, and a 1.2GHz G4 with a 30GB drive but working ...

TrueDisc promises damage-resistant 'master copy' burning

by Brian Liloia (Mar 6th, 2007)

TrueDisc is a new CD/DVD burning application that features "master copy" burning capabilities, for the creation of discs that are highly resistant to damage. TrueDisc (yes, the company shares the same name as its software) claims that up to 90% of a disc's data can be damaged before its software is ...

Disco hits 1.0

by Brian Liloia (Feb 12th, 2007)

Everybody's favorite funk-inspired disc burning application, Disco has hit version 1.0 and features a wealth of new enhancements and additions. With improved disc naming, a beefed-up Discography function, and minor interface enhancements, Disco 1.0 has seen a wealth of improvements to warrant the ...

Hack your Mac Pro SuperDrive for fun and profit

by Dan Lurie (Oct 7th, 2006)

It's not uncommon for computer manufacturers to swap and switch out various components for similar or near-identical parts during a production run, and Apple has been known to partake in this practice in the past. That being said, occasionally a manufacturer will use a part which has a slightly ...

Burn - an OSS alternative to Toast

by David Chartier (Sep 22nd, 2006)

Toast is great, and Mac OS X can handle burning a few types of CDs and disk images natively, but what if you need something in between Toast's $80 price tag and Mac OS X's basic burning abilities? Burn might just be the answer you need. This open source app can handle CDs, DVDs, VCDs, various data ...

Delicious Library Gambler's Sale enters fourth and final week

by David Chartier (Jul 17th, 2006)

You'd better get out those credit cards boys and girls, as the Delicious Monster Gambler's Sale has entered its fourth and final week. For those not familiar with this type of sale: Delicious Monster set aside a secret number of Delicious Library licenses and put the app on a four week sale. Each ...

Trade your CD's in for an iPod

by Scott McNulty (Dec 29th, 2005)

Getting a brand new iPod for the price of your old CD's sounds like it is too good to be true, but Millennium Music of Charleston is doing just that. 45 CD's will get you a 512 Shuffle, 110 nets a 4 gig Nano and 175 are needed for a 60gig iPod. Now, before you go off and buy 175 used Yanni CD's for ...