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Finding Steve's recovery partition: Solving an Apple mystery

by Erica Sadun (Feb 13th, 2013)

Yesterday, fellow blogger Steve Sande hopped into the TUAW backchannel all fussed. As part of some iMovie troubleshooting he was doing with Apple's support wizards, he was trying to get his new iMac to boot into the recovery partition and was getting nowhere. Holding down the Option key during ...

Daily Update for February 4, 2013

by Steven Sande (Feb 4th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

iMac ship times lengthen in Europe

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 4th, 2013)

Ship times for Apple's latest generation iMac slipped to four to six weeks for the 27-inch model and three to four weeks for the 21.5-inch model in some European Apple Stores. As noted by MacGeneration, these changes first appeared in France on Monday. A quick check of other European stores ...

Apple not sure it can meet iMac demand this quarter

by Randy Nelson (Jan 23rd, 2013)

It's no secret that Apple has been having difficulty meeting demand for some of its key products as of late, something that directly corresponded to a 17% drop in Mac sales for the first quarter of 2013. Apple CEO Tim Cook mentioned during today's earning call that while the company will ...

21.5-inch iMac ship times increase to 2-3 weeks

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 21st, 2013)

Usually, the longer you wait after an Apple product introduction, the shorter the ship time becomes. That's not the case with the new 21.5-inch iMac. When it first went on sale shipping times for all but the first-day buyers were quoted as seven to 10 days. Shipping times remained at seven to ...

Caturday: iMac beds and hairless heads

by Michael Rose (Jan 19th, 2013)

There are plenty of ways to celebrate Caturday, and one good one is to recognize clever ways to enhance and improve a cat's favorite activity. (That'd be napping, in case you were wondering). This converted blue iMac G3 turned catnap corner posted on Fab.com wins the reuse/recycle award of ...

New 27-inch iMac's HDD, SSD and Fusion Drive options benchmarked

by Randy Nelson (Jan 15th, 2013)

The folks at Bare Feats have put together a handy look at the performance of four of the five storage options available when custom-ordering a new 27-inch iMac through Apple. These include a 1 TB and 3 TB hard disk (a 7,200 RPM Seagate Barracuda), 768 GB solid state drive and 1 TB Fusion Drive. ...

Fusion Drive now available on entry-level 21.5-inch iMacs

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 7th, 2013)

Over the weekend, Apple began offering the Fusion Drive as an option on the entry-level 21.5-inch iMac. The Fusion Drive is a hybrid traditional HHD/SSD combo, which allows the faster write speeds of SSDs while offering the larger storage capacity of HHDs. Previously the Fusion Drive was only ...

Apple releases 2012 MacBook and iMac firmware updates

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 18th, 2012)

Apple has released an EFI firmware update for 2012 iMac and 13-inch MacBook Pro models. The updates are available via Software Update or direct download at the links below. Here are the details: MacBook Pro Retina EFI Update v1.1 This update is recommended for all 13-inch MacBook Pro ...

Fast, quiet, and skinny: A quick look at the new 27" iMac (Late 2012)

by Steven Sande (Dec 14th, 2012)

When Apple announced the new iMacs a few months ago, I paid attention. My "old" iMac was three years old and was in need of either a total reload of Mountain Lion, or an exorcism. The old machine was acting pokey, probably due to numerous OS and app installs and uninstalls, and there were those ...

Daily Update for December 10, 2012

by Steven Sande (Dec 10th, 2012)

New 27-inch iMacs are shipping

by Dave Caolo (Dec 10th, 2012)

MacRumors readers and TUAW editor Steve Sande are reporting shipment notifications for the spiffy new 27-inch iMacs. A quick check reveals credit card charges have gone through (ouch) and the delivery status has been changed to "preparing for shipment." Additionally, the cancellation window has ...

My Mac mini is my 2012 tech boyfriend

by Erica Sadun (Dec 6th, 2012)

As 2012 draws to a close, I'm happy to report that I am totally in love with my new Mac mini. It boots like a dream. Its Fusion drive seamlessly and invisibly manages my data, keeping the files system snappy and responsive. Even Xcode, bane of my existence, crashes faster and more smoothly than ...

Daily Update for December 4, 2012

by Steven Sande (Dec 4th, 2012)

Fortune calls new iMac 'best ever'

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 4th, 2012)

Fortune has officially said what many of us who have already gotten our hands on Apple's newest computer are thinking: the latest iMac is the "best ever." If you haven't played around with one yet, get down to an Apple store and see one for yourself. The images you've seen dancing around the ...