Archive for the ‘Mac’ Category

Following the WWDC keynote, Apple released Safari 5, claiming once again the title of fastest web browser. The company’s own benchmarks demonstrate performance gains over Google Chrome, which shares use of the WebKit HTML5 engine. More surprisingly however, Apple issued a security update for the latest Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) branch of Safari. Version [...]

Adobe has updated their “Gala” preview Flash Player release for Mac. The updated version of Adobe Flash is a superset of their ongoing Flash 10.1 Preview Release cycle. Specifically, it adds support for Apple’s new hardware acceleration for non-QuickTime video codecs. This support was added to the operating system, apparently, specifically for Adobe to tap [...]

Google today took the beta label off of Chrome for Mac. The popular WebKit-based browser has been in final form for Windows since version 5.0, however, the company encourages users to try out newer, beta builds of the version 5.0 branch. The download is free, and Google continues to offer a beta of 5.0 for [...]

We take a look at NewerTech’s 11 Piece Portable Tool Kit. NewerTech says it has all the tools you need to work on iPhone, iPod, and Mac. Does it? We’ll tell you after the break.

Here are Apple’s battery warranty standards, as clear as Apple Media Relations has confirmed to date. These are based on prior media reports, sources, as well as Apple’s battery information web pages. Apple rates that all MacBooks with built-in batteries should last 1,000 charge cycles or 5 years (whichever comes first). However, that is not [...]

Apple today released updates for all three models of MacBook Pro. The 15-inch and 17-inch models have been upgraded with Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, respectively. In addition, the 13-inch MacBook Pro received faster Core 2 Duo processors, as well as a custom NVIDIA 320M graphics chipset. The Core i5 and i7 upgrades for [...]

Apple has re-released Mac OS X 10.6.3 for a small set of customers. The update, 10.6.3 v1.1 is only necessary for users who upgraded from 10.6.0 directly to 10.6.3, using the Combo Updater. The update was missing some files that were already updated in 10.6.1 and 10.6.2. Users do not need to install 10.6.3 unless [...]

Following on the heels of iTunes 9.1 and Mac OS X 10.6.3, the company has updated several other software components ahead of the release of iPad. Apple has issued an update to iPhoto ’09. Version 8.1.2 fixes various sync errors with Apple TV and iPhone OS devices. The company has also issued QuickTime 7.6.6 for [...]

After weeks of seeding developer builds, Apple has begun to roll out the latest update to Snow Leopard in 10.6.3 via Software Update. The update features reliability improvements and fixes for QuickTime X, OpenGL-based applications, Mail, Rosetta application, fixes file copying to Windows servers, performance improvements in Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 in [...]

Valve today announced Steam for Mac. The announcement ends years of Valve’s absence from the Mac platform. Originally, Valve went all-in with a Mac port of the original Half-Life. However, shortly before its release, similar to their Dreamcast port, the game was cancelled with few reasons given. Gamers have been playing both generations of Half-Life [...]