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Dear Aunt TUAW: My Lion-only MacBook just died. Help! (Updated)

by Erica Sadun (Aug 1st, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, The hard drive in my late 2006 black MacBook died this week. I purchased a new hard drive for it, used my OS X 10.6 install CD and then updated. I then went to the Mac App Store and found I can no longer download Lion, even with trying to hold the Option key down. What can I ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Why can't I get a Retina display on an Air?

by Erica Sadun (Jun 14th, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I'm in love with the new MacBook Pro Retina but it's way too expensive for my wallet. Why can't I just get a Retina display on an affordable MacBook Air instead? Your loving nephew, Jim J. Dear Jim, Although a lot of consumers would benefit from a consumer Retina ...

New MacBook Pros announced with Ivy Bridge processors, up to 2.7GHz quad-core i7s.

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 11th, 2012)

Apple has announced a new line of MacBook Pros at WWDC today. The machines will have third-generation Ivy Bridge processors, up to 2.7GHz quad-core i7's. You can turbo-boost them to 3.7GHz. There will be up to 8 GB of 1600MHz memory and 60% faster integrated graphics from a Kepler GeForce ...

Apple movie/TV product placement is on the rise

by Steven Sande (May 14th, 2012)

Does it seem like every TV show or movie you've watched recently has a MacBook, iPad, or iPhone in it? There's a reason for that; the cool factor of Apple's product line is resulting in more placements of its products on the big and little screens. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that Apple ...

No Comment: MacBook perfume project smells like new unboxing

by Erica Sadun (Apr 20th, 2012)

It may just be an art installation and not a commercial product, but what Apple fan wouldn't want to buy a bottle of scent offering the essences of, ink, paper, foam, sticky tape, and a hint of glue? For the enthusiast who has everything, who has ransacked the Mothership store for wardrobe, the ...

You're the Pundit: Are the MacBooks about to merge?

by Erica Sadun (Apr 15th, 2012)

When it comes to evaluating the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is the MacBook. Rumors have abounded recently suggesting that Apple will merge its MacBook Pro and Air lines into a single ...

You're the Pundit: What's your MacBook timing strategy?

by Erica Sadun (Apr 12th, 2012)

When it comes to evaluating the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is buying Apple portables just as the speculation is warming up for model refreshes, new processors and all that ...

Apple prepping London stores for 2012 Olympics

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 10th, 2012)

TUAW has learned that Apple has quietly begun making preparations for the "onslaught of journalists" that are set to arrive in London for the 2012 Olympics, which are less than four months away. A high-level Apple retail employee here in London told me today that the company is planning to ...

DIY external MacBook battery

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 3rd, 2012)

Evan Rodgers took a CCTV battery, a third party MacBook car charger, and some soldering tools to create a do-it-yourself external MacBook battery. As he points out in his post on The Verge, a little elbow grease and electronics know-how will save you from having to buy a costly commercial ...

Use the MacBook Air SuperDrive with (almost) any Mac

by TJ Luoma (Apr 2nd, 2012)

The Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive is only officially supported on the MacBook Air or Mac Mini, but what if you have another Mac that you want to use it with? Turns out you can make it work by editing one text file and then rebooting your Mac. The MacBook Pro shown above is mine. The story ...

Apple tops 2011 mobile PC sales if iPad is included

by Steven Sande (Feb 23rd, 2012)

According to an NPD DisplaySearch report, Apple was the top mobile PC vendor for the fourth quarter of 2011 and the rest of the year -- if you consider iPads to be mobile PCs. In the fourth quarter, Apple shipped almost 23.4 million MacBooks and iPads, and over 62.8 million for the entire year. ...

How to dye a MacBook

by Steven Sande (Feb 14th, 2012)

For Easter this year (which is on April 8), here's a wonderful idea for making your old white MacBook match up with your Easter eggs. "The Brain" at BrainDeadlockLabs decided to do a dye job on his MacBook to give it a bright orange finish that's more at home with Halloween than Easter, and ...

MacBooks benefit students in Mooresville, N.C.

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 13th, 2012)

Schools are adopting technology in the classroom, handing out Macs and iPads to students as young as kindergarten. Its not the devices, but their usage in the classroom that's important says a recent New York Times article. The report chronicles the success of the Mooresville, N.C. school system. ...

Apple now offering education model 13-inch MacBook Air for $999

by Chris Rawson (Feb 10th, 2012)

Almost immediately after discontinuing the white plastic MacBook once and for all, Apple has replaced it with a MacBook Air designed for educational sales. The 13-inch model costs the same US$999 as the MacBook it replaces. This 13-inch MacBook Air, which will only be sold to educational ...

Rumor: MacBook Pro line getting revamped with MacBook Air style designs

by Mike Schramm (Feb 10th, 2012)

There's rumors of a shakeup going around in Apple's laptop lines. AppleInsider claims, according to "people familiar with Apple's roadmap" (cute -- it's Friday, so we'll let that through), that Apple is aiming to completely revamp its notebook lines sometime this year, basically making the MacBook ...