Apple today announced that their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place on June 11th through June 15th. All eyes will be on the Moscone West in San Francisco for news surrounding iOS and Mac OS X. Will we see a preview of iOS 6? Tickets are on sale now at developer.apple.com/wwdc. … [Read more...]
According to MacGasm, Apple has been reaching out to MobileMe users who are slow to upgrade on OS X, and giving them a free copy of Snow Leopard to nudge them over to iCloud. The above message was apparently sent to MobileMe users, offering them a free copy of Snow Leopard, which usually runs … [Read more...]
Today, Apple announced the next version of OS X will be called Mountain Lion, and is live as a developer preview. While, strictly speaking, desktop OSs aren't really what we cover on this blog, Mountain Lion is going to bring some features from iOS onto the desktop, making it within our purview. … [Read more...]
iOS 5 is available, and now you can hammer Apple's servers even more by downloading the boatload of other things that they've released simultaneously. Chief among them is Mac OS X 10.7.2, which has iCloud support baked in, allowing you to sync with iOS 5. It's available over Software … [Read more...]
When Apple announced that Lion would be available for purchase through the Mac App Store, it left many wondering what would happen if there was a problem with our Macs. In the past, you could always count on inserting a CD or DVD, allowing you to boot up in times of trouble. Lion is a different … [Read more...]
Yes, we know that Mac OS Lion has a strong iOS influence, but Jefferies & Co analyst Peter Misek thinks that Apple will actually kill off OS X for iOS in the near future. Say what? He says “we believe Apple is looking to merge iOS (iPhones/iPads) with OS X (Macs) into a single platform for … [Read more...]
Generally on this blog, we focus on iOS and not Mac OS, but the release of a new big cat is worth covering. Mac OS X Lion is now available on the Mac App Store, and at $29.99, this is the cheapest OS X has ever been. Lion is a major overhaul from Mac OS 10.6, and brings a raft of new features. In … [Read more...]
At today's WWDC Keynote, Steve Jobs arrived to thunderous applause, and started with some light banter with the audience. He claimed his love for the crowd, and mentioned that 5200 had signed up for the WWDC, with tickets selling out in two hours — and this is the largest venue they can get. He … [Read more...]
Apple was the first to produce a mass-market tablet and the success achieved by the iPad was nothing short of amazing. They set the bar for which all tablets are to be judged. Next week, Apple will introduce the iPad 2. It’s a safe bet that we’ll see a thinner, faster iPad. It will likely … [Read more...]
9 to 5 Mac have gone nosing through various source codes and whatnot, and have managed to pull together a bunch of information about the upcoming Mac App Store. From their info we can see that: You need to sign in through a login page to get into the App Store — but can use an Apple account, … [Read more...]
