New iMacs await VESA compatiblity
Apple confirms that its recently-released iMacs don't support the company's previous VESA solution.
Apple confirms that its recently-released iMacs don't support the company's previous VESA solution.
"Appletopia: Media Technology and the Religious Imagination of Steve Jobs" is a forthcoming book is expected to arrive on bookshelves (digital or otherwise) this week. The tome looks to bring with it a new level of over-the-top descriptions of computer-human interface, technological innovation and Apple's place in the tech market.
According to an Apple technical note posted on Wednesday, the automatic Software Update software that pushes updates to the masses may not display the EFI and SMC firmware updates released earlier this week.
Cupertino recently updated a security component for OS X. However, company's recommended best practice is still to disable Java in Safari.
The PowerPC alliance Thursday responded to online reports of a bug in its new PowerPC 750 processor. The companies said that while the high-performance chip occasionally displayed a floating-point anomaly during tests, the issue will not occur in real-world operations.
Entourage 2008 is very strict in its blocking of attachments and some users may find its security rules restrictive. However, with a bit of effort, users can tell Entourage to loosen up on various Mac OS X files, Mime content and certain file name extensions. Should they?
Mac software makers must always look over their shoulders, waiting for the moment when Apple will disrupt their business model. With the annual Macworld Expo on the horizon — often the place where such bad news is first heard — what are some of the software categories that may receive Apple's attention?
Yes, there's Unix under the hood of Mac OS X. But plenty of Mac users prefer useful, friendly GUI utilities. This is certainly true of WhatSize, a program that lets users find what's what and how much on their drives.
Mac fans will point out that almost every computing niche is covered by some Mac-native software and that Mac applications are often "better" or certainly more elegant than the Windows alternative. But what are the missing Mac apps?
One of the most heated complaints about Mac OS X Leopard concerns the new Stacks navigation feature and the new behavior of folders on the Dock. A number of small applications recently surfaced to fix the "problem."