Peripherals Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Drobo wants Mac users to "Upgrade your RAID"

by Steven Sande (Sep 13th, 2010)

Did you buy one of those "quasi-RAID" storage devices over the last few years? You know, the ones that tried to squeeze a few hard disks into a shiny silver box and call it RAID? In many cases, those devices simply implemented RAID 0 (block-level striping without parity or mirroring) as a way to ...

Griffin confirms PartyDock iPad/iPhone peripheral is on the way

by Chris White (Aug 28th, 2010)

If you're familiar with the Scene It? franchise for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii, you've probably never thought of having a similar model work on an iPhone or an iPad. If you're like me, you may have an "of course" moment when you first see the Griffin PartyDock. Thanks to the FCC posting the ...

SD card reader for iPhone might help bridge the photo gap

by Aron Trimble (Feb 9th, 2010)

It's cool that Apple is getting all cozy with SD cards for the iPad; it helps to sell the idea that the iPad is closer to a MacBook than an iPhone. As useful as an SD card reader is for the iPad, there is one minor hiccup: it probably won't work with the iPhone. ZoomMediaPlus aims to fill that ...

CES Watch: Apple accessories from the show floor

by Mike Schramm (Jan 7th, 2010)

CES 2010 is in full swing in Las Vegas, and while we aren't there, we have been able to scour the webs and bring you the latest, the greatest, and the weirdest new Apple-related peripherals and accessories from the show floor. Griffin has announced a few new devices, including a Display ...

Apple's next mouse may be mighty, but probably not a "Mighty Mouse"

by Ken Ray (Oct 8th, 2009)

Talk around the water cooler (in particularly geeky offices) is that Apple is on the verge of launching a new, touch sensitive mouse to go along with the computers it hasn't announced and the keyboard it hasn't announced. No doubt the company wants the mouse to be mighty, but it's unlikely the ...

Mac 101: Get a PC printer running on a Mac. There's a driver for that!

by Mel Martin (Jul 31st, 2009)

More Mac 101, tips and tricks for new Mac users. While this tip may be old news to tech-savvy folk, I think it might help a lot of recent Mac switchers who want to leverage their existing investment in their Windows-compatible peripherals. I have a friend who has been on Windows forever. He finally ...

TUAW Macworld Video: Griffin Technology

by Steven Sande (Jan 7th, 2009)

Although I'm the veteran of about a dozen Macworld Expos, this is the first time I've attended as a member of the media instead of as "just" a showgoer. Let's face it; the level of attention that you get from companies is a lot greater when you're writing or shooting video about a company's products ...

TUAW Macworld Video: Kensington new product demos

by Steven Sande (Jan 6th, 2009)

Kensington is well-known in the Mac and iPhone space as a provider of peripherals. At Macworld Expo 2009, they've introduced a ton of new products, many designed to help you (in the words of Jim Morrison) keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel. I visited with Olantha Boeker of ...

Sonnet FireWire dongle gives your MacBook Pro the gift of FW400

by Cory Bohon (Nov 26th, 2008)

When Steve Jobs announced the new MacBook Pros, Apple received a lot of criticism for excluding a FireWire 400 port, despite the addition of FireWire 800. While most people were sitting around and griping, one company actually did something to reconcile the situation. Sonnet has created a dongle ...

Blu-ray recordable drive for Macs

by Steven Sande (Jul 1st, 2008)

Is it time to finally put your HD mountain biking documentary on Blu-ray? Apple upgrade vendor MCE Technologies announced availability of a totally Mac-compatible Blu-ray recordable drive for Mac Pro and Power Mac. The $499 (internal) drive is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5.2 and later, requiring no ...

Razer introduces feature-packed keyboard with iPod dock

by David Chartier (Aug 21st, 2006)

Is that plain-jane Apple Keyboard starting to feel a little lax in the feature department? Do you find yourself wanting for, say, 10 programmable hotkeys and dedicated iTunes control keys? How does a built-in iPod dock sound, with an audio line out port for the ultimate in keyboard luxury and ...