Discontinued Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iOS developer toolchain will bid farewell to the iPhone 3G

by Mike Schramm (Aug 8th, 2012)

Cocoanetics has noticed something that's become apparent to most iOS developers already: with the advent of iOS 6 in a few weeks, Apple is essentially phasing out support for iOS on the iPhone 3G. Apple is slowly deprecating frameworks that iPhone 3G-compatible apps require from Xcode and app ...

White MacBook reaches end of life, education sales to cease

by Chris Rawson (Feb 8th, 2012)

Although discontinued for consumer sales last July, the plastic MacBook remained available for sale to educational institutions as a (relatively) low-cost option for schools seeking portable Macs for students. If you were wondering how long that would last, wonder no longer; seven months later, ...

Freeverse discontinues several Mac games following Lion's release

by Chris Rawson (Jul 23rd, 2011)

Although more recently famed for its extensive lineup of iOS games, Freeverse has also produced several games for the Mac. Following the release of OS X Lion, however, Freeverse has decided to discontinue several of its older Mac games. According to Freeverse, "Some of our Mac titles have not ...

Say Goodbye to the White MacBook (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 20th, 2011)

Update: The MacBook will continue to be available to educational institutions, Engadget reports. With the launch of the new Sandy Bridge MacBook Air models, Apple has sent its US$999 MacBook to the graveyard. All links for the older white MacBook model are gone from Apple's website and now ...

Final Xserve orders won't reach customers for two months

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 28th, 2011)

With the Xserve's end of life arriving in just three days, the Apple Store is listing both the Quad-Core and 8-Core Xserves as shipping in April. So, if you've been wondering whether or not to pull the trigger on an Xserve purchase, now is the time to do so. 160 GB, 1 TB and 2 TB drive modules ...

Rest in peace, Adobe Media Player... you will not be missed

by Matthew David (Dec 15th, 2010)

After today, Adobe Media Player won't be available for download from Adobe's site. Adobe Media Player was a solution looking for a problem, so I'm not surprised to see that today will be the player's last day. Sometimes great ideas are looking to solve a problem that does not exist. Adobe's Media ...

Apple compact wired keyboard gets discontinued

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 2nd, 2010)

AppleInsider notes that Apple has quietly discontinued its compact wired keyboard. The keyboard, which has the part number MB869LL/A, has been removed from Apple's online store, yet is still available (presumably, while supplies last) on Amazon for US$46.99. Apple originally introduced the ...

Apple's Xserve hits end of life, order yours before Jan, 31

by Sam Abuelsamid (Nov 5th, 2010)

Farewell, Xserve. While the G5 version was once the server behind one of the world's fastest parallel supercomputers, Apple's powerful but slow-selling line of rack-mount servers has now reached the end of its life cycle and will no longer be offered after January 31, 2011. As an ...

Apple will discontinue .Mac HomePage viewing Nov. 8

by Matt Tinsley (Oct 8th, 2010)

Apple has given final notice to those publishing content through the old .Mac service. A note was sent to MobileMe members today stating that as of November 8th, Web pages published using the obsolete .Mac service will become unavailable. Those publishing via iWeb will not be affected. If ...

Jumsoft offering 50% off Money for Cha-Ching customers

by Mike Schramm (Aug 12th, 2010)

Yesterday, we posted that Intuit was basically discontinuing Cha-Ching after hiring the developers and purchasing the app, and it was a little disappointing that they weren't offering any upgrade plan. While Mint.com is free (and some of the Cha-Ching know-how was going to go into the Mint.com ...

Wave goodbye to the iPhone 3G

by Chris Rawson (May 24th, 2010)

Update: Engadget also points out that Walmart is now selling the iPhone 3GS for $97, a sure inventory-clearing move. According to Boy Genius Report, the iPhone 3G is very likely to be discontinued. Apple has reportedly stopped supplying AT&T stores with the 8 GB iPhone 3G. Additionally, the ...

iSight prices on eBay skyrocket - will there be an encore?

by David Chartier (Feb 15th, 2007)

Apple's stand-alone FireWire iSight may have recently gone end-of-life, but people's interest in the devices is still going strong, so sayeth eBay. While the iSight's retail price was $129, I'm seeing actual bids ranging from $152 all the way up to $280 as of this writing, with Buy It Now sellers ...