Tag: Apple Notebooks
NaNoWriMo: Best Notebooks For Writers
Week 4 of NaNoWriMo is about to begin. The home stretch is upon some of us, while others of us are still behind… Anyway, at this point you’re probably either happy with your primary writing computer or are hating it for not being what you need. Maybe your laptop is too heavy to carry around [...]
How to Claim Your MacBook Power Adapter Settlement Cash
Back in the day, Apple made MacBook and MacBook Pro power adapters with a T-shape. Unfortunately, these T-shaped Mac power adapters had a habit of fraying and breaking. Specifically, there were problems with “Strain Relief Damage” which includes,” fraying, melting, straining, sparking, weakening, discoloration, bubbling, overheating and/or separation of the Adapter’s strain reliefs” Many users [...]
How to Set Up iTunes Match on All Your Computers and iOS Devices
Apple finally released iTunes Match, which lets iTunes check all the music you have on your computer and then lets you access it from iCloud for a yearly fee. Setup isn’t complicated, but I want to show you the steps and warn of a snag or two, so you can take full advantage of the [...]
New Lion Installations Down According to Web Stats
After a quick surge in the initial weeks after Apple’s new Mac OS X 10.7 Lion operating system appeared in the Mac App Store, the numbers of new Lion installations have slowed a little bit, according to numbers from ad firm Chikita. The number of visitors that the online advertiser sees in sites displaying their [...]
Java Update from Apple for Lion and Snow Leopard
Apple posted a new Java update that brings compatibility and security fixes for versions running on Mac OS X Lion 10.7 and Snow Leopard 10.6. The update info window reads, “Java for Mac OS X 10.7 Update 1 delivers improved compatibility, security and reliability by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_29.” Of course on a [...]
Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 & Premiere Elements 10 in Mac App Store
The popular Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 and Premiere Elements 10 photo and video editing apps for consumers showed up in the Mac App Store this week for $79.99 each. That’s the going upgrade retail price for each app when purchased individually either at stores or from Adobe. However, if you buy them both in the [...]
New Trojan Turns Off OS X Malware Detection
A new vulnerability has appeared on OS-X, exploited by a Trojan (a program that pretends to be another, safe piece of software to socially trick users into giving it a system password) that turns off the built in malware detection system. This piece of software will disable Apple’s XProtect system, which automatically and quietly downloads updates [...]
New MacBook Pro Models Bring Speed, Storage and GPU Updates
Apple has updated the MacBook Pro line of notebooks with a number of small, but appreciable upgrades to speed, storage size and graphics. The new MacBook Pros have the same look as the previous models, but have updated specs, something we had expected. Updating the specs, and leaving the exterior unchanged is common at this [...]
4 Lion Update Changes You Might Not Have Noticed
Last week when OS X Lion received an update to make it compliant with iCloud and the new iPhone 4S, Apple also made a few under the hood changes and three very minor interface changes. They might have gone unnoticed by most, but here they are. LaunchPad Icons Bigger If you’re like me, you wouldn’t [...]
How to Protect Your Notebook in Case You Lose It
I lost my MacBook Air this week. Fortunately, I got it back when someone turned it into the manager of the restaurant where I left it. I was fortunate, but what if the finder decided to be a keeper? What if she also found a way to crack my system password, access my email, bank [...]
