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Microsoft introduces Explorer Touch, a Lion-compatible mouse

by Mike Schramm (Jul 19th, 2011)

Despite what people may think, here at TUAW we do try to be pretty objective about Apple and its many products and services. Yes, they've made a lot of awesome stuff (and sure, they've made some big mistakes), but that doesn't mean that we can't give props to other companies every so often. ...

TUAW's Daily Mac App: Moom

by Samuel Gibbs (Jun 30th, 2011)

Window managers are numerous on the Mac, with most relying on keyboard shortcuts or edge snapping. Moom is different. Moom integrates into the existing Apple UI by providing a pop-up menu when you hover your mouse over the green "maximize" button in the top left-hand corner of your window. ...

Malcom Gladwell discusses Steve Jobs with NPR

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 17th, 2011)

If you missed Malcolm Gladwell's article, Creation Myth: Xerox PARC, Apple, and the Truth about Innovation, in the May 16 issue of The New Yorker, then you should tune into a recent episode of NPR's All Things Considered. In this seven-minute interview, Gladwell talks about Steve Jobs and his now ...

Certain USB hubs could cause system instability on Macs

by Chris Ward (Mar 10th, 2011)

Stumble up to your Mac first thing in the morning, tap the keyboard to wake it up and -- what? I incorrectly disconnected my Time Machine backup drive? I never touched it, I swear! Turns out, this is not my fault for once. Apple has just released a support note explaining how, in a certain ...

Apple patent suggests multi-touch keyboards might be in the future

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 24th, 2011)

A new Apple patent uncovered by MacRumors showcases the work of FingerWorks, which Apple purchased in 2005. FingerWorks, best known now for being the base of today's gesture-recognition technology, produced the TouchStream multi-touch keyboard early last decade. However, as demonstrated in ...

Become a creative multitasker with IOGraph

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 5th, 2011)

Ever feel like spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations weren't your true calling? Do you yearn to have a more creative side but can't find the time with all your office commitments? I've got just the thing for you. IOGraph is a fun little app for Mac OS X and Windows that turns all the starts, ...

Mac 101: Adjusting your mouse and trackpad speed

by Michael Jones (Dec 6th, 2010)

More Mac 101, our series of tips and tricks for novice Mac users. If you've ever used the trackpad on a PC laptop connected to an external monitor and noticed how many times you have to swipe your finger across the pad to get the mouse cursor from one screen to the other, the end result can be ...

Magic Mouse draining Bluetooth keyboard batteries

by Dave Caolo (Jan 2nd, 2010)

There's a group of users on Apple's Discussion Boards who claim that their Bluetooth keyboards have been devouring batteries since they started using a Magic Mouse. Despite switching to rechargeable batteries and running all pertinent updates, the problem persists. Most of the thread's participants ...

Magic Mouse doubles Apple's mouse market share

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 29th, 2009)

AppleInsider is reporting that in only eight weeks since its release, the Magic Mouse has helped Apple double its mouse market share. NPD Group sales data shows Apple garnered over 10% of the mouse market in November. I can personally attest to how popular the mouse is. I ordered one from Apple's ...

Hands-on with the Magic Mouse

by Joachim Bean (Nov 3rd, 2009)

Well, I got my Magic Mouse a few days ago, and I've been using it for my everyday tasks for a few days (and I'm still using it), and here are my impressions. Packaging: This packaging is clear, showing the actual Magic Mouse, just like the packaging that Apple has been using recently for ...

The Apple tablet that wasn't

by Mike Schramm (Oct 29th, 2009)

TechCrunch has posted pictures of what they're calling an "unlaunched Apple tablet." In 1990, as the story goes, Apple was supposedly working on a pen-based touchscreen tablet called the Pen Mac that was actually extremely small for the time -- just about an inch thick, with a screen the same size ...

Apple's newest peripheral is the Magic Mouse

by Joachim Bean (Oct 20th, 2009)

As rumored, Apple has just introduced a new mouse called the Magic Mouse. This mouse will bring Multi-Touch capabilities to desktop Macs for the first time, something that the iPhone has had since its release in June 2007 and the MacBook Air since it was released in February 2008. It loses the ...

Ask TUAW: Joystick as mouse, remote access, PC friendly zip files, and more

by Mat Lu (Oct 14th, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about using a joystick as a mouse, remotely accessing a Mac from a PC, creating zip files without the Mac-specific metadata, replicating certain Windows features, and more. As always, your suggestions ...

New Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse show up in FCC database

by Joachim Bean (Oct 2nd, 2009)

We've been hearing a lot about a new mouse from Apple lately, and earlier today images and additional documentation about a new Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse (using Bluetooth) showed up in the FCC database. The new keyboard has a model number of A1314, while the mouse has a model number of ...

Here it comes to save the day: New Mighty Mouse

by Dave Caolo (Oct 2nd, 2009)

"Twenty five years after introducing the world to mouse-based computing, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is now hoping to deliver significant advances to the input device by applying the company's extensive research and development in multitouch technologies," AppleInsider reports. In other words, "new ...