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This guy got his 23-year-old Macintosh Portable to run OS X

by Mike Beauchamp on November 20, 2012 in Gadgets

Tired of your sleek, slim MacBook Pro? Bored with your new Windows 8 ultrabook? Embarrassed by your big, plastic, bulky Toshiba? This hipster has the computer you need! You won’t find this on store shelves, though. He soldered every last key on the keyboard, then mapped them to the correct function, turning this 23-year-old Macintosh Portable shell [...]

Next Version of OS X to Include Apple Maps and Siri?

by Mike Beauchamp on November 20, 2012 in News, Rumors

Apple is expected to integrate Siri and Maps into its next Mac operating system, OS X 10.9. If history is to be followed, we’ll have details in February. Yesterday, 9to5Mac reported that reliable sources indicate Apple’s next version of OS X, version 10.9, will include Apple Maps and Siri. Details are few and far between so [...]

Need an OS X recovery disk? Here are some sleek, cheap, and fast flash drives to match your Mac

by Morgan Williams on July 27, 2012 in Gadgets

When you install Lion or Mountain Lion, you need a network connection. Because some networks can be unreliable, you may want to set up a thumb drive as a restore disk. When I reinstalled Lion on my old MBP, the estimated install time was 78 hours because my network was having problems. To avoid problems like that, you’ll [...]

Apple May Release Mountain Lion Release Tomorrow

by Caleb Hicks on July 23, 2012 in News

Apple’s Mountain Lion operating system upgrade is slated for a release in ‘July’. With less than 2 weeks remaining in the month and with the release of a ‘Gold Master’ of the software to developers, the update will hit virtual shelves any day. 9to5Mac reports that day could be July 25th, after an scheduled retail [...]

3 More Features Mountain Lion Is Taking From iOS (via @jkhowland)

by Joshua H. on June 17, 2012 in Apps, New Technology

There are a few more features Mountain Lion is taking from iOS. Dictation Dictation on the Mac works just like the iPhone. It lets you speak into the built-in microphone and converts it to text. In fact, if you say ‘comma’ or ‘exclamation point,’ Dictation will punctuate for you. Dictation is likely using the same [...]

Will Siri crush our usage of search? (via @jkhowland)

by Joshua H. on June 15, 2012 in Apps, New Technology, News

One of the best things about an upgraded operating system is that you get more from the features you already know and love. Siri is the feature that seemed to pick up the most in iOS 6. Some updates make a single feature better. Some updates make one feature so useful that another seems worse. [...]

WWDC Keynote: Mountain Lion with Reminders, Notes and Messages (by @jkhowland)

by Joshua H. on June 13, 2012 in Apps, New Technology, News

One of the best things about Apple’s iOS and Mac operating systems is that they’re bringing the best features of each to the other. Documents in the cloud is bringing iOS 6 the ability to better manage files on your iPhone and iPad. Reminders, Notes and Messages are making it easier for you to use [...]

WWDC Keynote: Apple getting more social. Even in Notification Center (via @jkhowland)

by Joshua H. on June 12, 2012 in Apps, New Technology, News

It’s getting easier Facebook and Twitter sharing are easier than ever in iOS 6. Twitter integration in iOS 5 was a big deal. It’s been very helpful, and stemmed quite a bit of growth for the online social network. In iOS 6 they’ve updated the integration so that: “There’s no need to leave your app [...]

Take control of Mac OS X Lion’s Launchpad

by Joshua H. on May 20, 2012 in Apps, New Technology, Product Reviews

So, you think iOS would be a good paradigm for Mac. You like all of the features moving over from iOS to Mac. And now you’d like to maximize the most blatent of those features: Launchpad. Here is a quick video, an overview, and my favorite tip below. Basic concept Launchpad is based on the [...]

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2 Ways to Revert Lion, and 1 Way to Take Advantage (via @jkhowland)

by Joshua H. on May 18, 2012 in Apps, News

Lion hasn’t been my favorite operating system. However, as always, with Apple, if you don’t keep up you’ll get left behind. I really do run my computer as fresh of an install as possible. Dashboard Changes I try not to make too many changes. But I don’t want Dashboard as a space. When I found [...]