If you recently purchased a 40GB Apple TV unit, now may be the time to start kicking yourself. According to Macworld UK, the 160GB model’s price has been reduced by US$100 to US$229 while the company has discontinued the 40GB model, as seen in the Apple Store. Some, including analysts, had anticipated a new version […]
Month: September 2009
A number of iPhone users have reported that the long awaited MMS feature seems to have been enabled on their devices well in advance of AT&T’s declared September 25th start date according to howardforums.com. The MMS support feature will allow iPhone OS 3.0 users to send pictures, video and audio recordings, contacts, or locations from […]
A recently published patent application filed this week by Apple suggests the company is looking to use the device’s accelerometer to detect possible theft of the hardware. Per AppleInsider, in a application entitled “Acceleration-Based Theft Detection System for Portable Electronic Devices,” Apple describes a system that would analyze movement via a device’s accelerometer to determine […]
On Thursday, Apple released Security Update 2009-005, its consolidated security update containing the four previous security fixes for the Mac OS X 10.4 (“Tiger”) and Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) operating systems. Full details as to fixes and changes within the update can be found here. The updates are also available as regular downloads for […]
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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.1 Update
Late Thursday, Apple released its first maintenance update to its Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”) operating system. Mac OS X 10.6.1, a 71.5 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Compatibility with some Sierra Wireless 3G modems. – An issue that might cause DVD playback to stop unexpectedly. – Some printer compatibility […]