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Twelve South releases PlugBug Duo accessory, adds two USB ports to MacBook charger

This qualifies as both useful and nifty. Accessory maker Twelve South has expanded upon its PlugBug lineup with the PlugBug Duo. The PlugBug Duo function as a replacement for the outlet plug on your MacBook and MacBook Pro MagSafe or USB C charger that includes two USB-A ports for powering up other devices like your […]

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Apple releases OS X 10.8.5 Supplemental Update 1.0 for late-2013 iMacs

Better this came out now than wait a while… On Friday, Apple released its OS X Supplemental Update 1.0 for its late-2013 iMac lineup. The firmware update, a 17.9 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Fixes an issue that may cause external drives to be ejected after the computer goes to sleep. […]

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Hack: 2013 11-inch MacBook Air owner deciphers means of using adapters to access external graphics card, improve performance sevenfold

It ain’t pretty, but it apparently works really well. Per MacRumors and Mac|Life, TechInferno contributor Larry Gadea was able to hook up a powerful graphics processor to his 11-inch MacBook Air with the help of several adapters. Gadea first used a Thunderbolt to Express Card adapter which was then connected an Express Card to PCI-Express […]

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iFixIt Disassembles iPod Shuffle, Posts Report

The uber-geeks of iFixIt.com have completed a full teardown and report of Apple’s recently-released third generation iPod Shuffle music player and discovered the following items of interest, as mentioned over on the Apple Core: Normal headphones can be used without any adapters, except that the user cannot do anything except play music (no pause or […]