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Apple Updates First Generation iPod Shuffle Reset Utility

Apple Computer has recently released version 1.0.1 of its Reset Utility for the first generation of its iPod Shuffle music player. The utility, when activated, erases all music and data from the iPod Shuffle and installs version 1.1.4 of the software. The software, a 2.1 megabyte download through VersionTracker.com, applies only to the first generation […]

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Software

CoolBook Tester Beta Released

Magnus Lundhold, creator of CoolBook, a battery testing and configuration utility for Intel-based MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops, has released a beta version of a dynamic frequency stepping utility called CoolBook Tester. Once installed, CoolBook Tester can experiment with different parameters such as voltage and temperature settigns. Users can easily install and uninstall the new […]

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: Top 10 Stories of 2006

It’s almost the end of the year so I thought that it would be a good time to recap your favorite stories from The Apple Core in 2006.

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News

MacHeist Raises Over $190,000 for Charities

MacHeist, creators of the MacHeist Bundle (a bundled combination of software from 10 different developers) has announced that their MacHeist event is over and that the firm was able to raise over $190,000 for charity. The effort, which sold the bundle (worth over $356 if the items were bought individually at full price) for $49, […]

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Sighting

Comcast Tech Mistakes Power Cable, Destroys PowerBook

An article over at MacWork.com describes the full story of a PowerBook being destroyed back in November when a Comcast cable technician arrived to install a broadband connection, mated a rooftop power cable with a similar-appearing coaxial cable. The resulting explosion, which the user described as a “bright flash of light accompanied by a very […]