Tag: Apple Notebooks
Apple Updates 2010 MacBooks EFI Firmware for Internet Recovery
Apple released an update for the EFI Firmware on older 2010 model MacBooks. The update allows users to recover their system using the Internet if they have OS X Lion 10.7 and higher installed. The update also bring other fixes. Users can download the update directly at the links below or by using the Software [...]
Apple Takes Down OSX Updates Due to Stability Issues
Apple sent out Mac OSX Updates last week for OS X 10.7.3 Lion fixing mostly stability issues, but instead caused some problems for updaters. The delta update exited beta testing and hit the average user fixing security problems and some bugs. A delta update replaces only those files that need updating, resulting in a smaller [...]
iTunes Update Syncs New iBooks Textbooks with Your Computer
Along with the new iBooks, iBooks Author and iTunes U app, Apple released an iTunes update taking it to version 10.5.3. The update allows you to sync the new interactive iBooks textbooks on your iPad with iTunes on your computer. There isn’t anything else new in this update. You can get the update by running Software [...]
Quickly Clean Out and Organize OS X’s Launchpad
Launchpad brings an iOS style interface to your Mac, but it also brings app icon clutter to your Mac. Every app you have installed on the computer will have an icon in Launchpad, including those apps you never use. If you regularly use Launchpad, then you have probably spent a long time reorganizing the apps much [...]
Hitachi G-RAID with Thunderbolt Adds 4TB of Snappy Storage to Macs
If you create content for a living, you know the value of fast storage, and just how fast you can fill up a GB of storage space. The new Hitachi powered G-RAID and G-DRIVE external hard drives with Thunderbolt connectivity are aimed at answering this need with a combination of offerings up to 4TB of external storage [...]
Tunesque Unifies iTunes and Mac App Store Search
Tunesque opens up in your Mac OS X menu bar and lets you search both the iTunes Store and the Mac App Store in one quick, ever-present and simple interface. The free utility could be better, but right now it offers a great way to find things in both stores through one interface. Apple really [...]
Microsoft Office 2011 Updated with Security and Bug Fixes
Microsoft offered up an update for Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac that patches some security holes in the office suite. According to the MS website: “This update fixes critical issues and also helps to improve security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with [...]
How to Find a Hackintosh Notebook That Runs OS X Lion
If you want to run OS X, but you can’t bring yourself to buy a Mac, you can find a notebook that is able to run OS X, and hopefully pick up a Mac software experience on the cheap. Be warned, finding a hackintosh notebook isn’t as easy as walking into your local Best Buy. [...]
Apple Pushes Minor Updates to Safari, Keynote & Windows iCloud
Apple pushed out some minor updates this week for the Safari Browser, Keynote (the company’s presentation application) and the iCloud Control Panel for Windows. The updates don’t add any new functionality to the supplications, but they do fix a few minor bugs. The update to Safari includes the following: Addresses issues that cause hangs and [...]
How To Use the Built-in DropBox-Style Sync in Mac OS X Lion
Did you know Mac OS X Lion has a folder that will sync files much like DropBox or SugarSync? Let me show you how to make use of it. If you’ve used DropBox or SugarSync, then you know of the beauty of putting a file in a folder on one computer and having it show [...]
