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MacBook Pro News Software

How-to: How to get around “Black Screen of Death” on dual-GPU MacBook Pro notebooks

Ok, this could be useful. Per the mighty Topher Kessler of CNET, a workaround has been found for MacBook users who noticed a pretty annoying black-screen bug on their systems, in which the computer would appear to be running but would not show any output on the display. To get around this issue, people were […]

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Apple patent allows potential automatic skipping of commercials for radio, television devices

This could be interesting. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent that allows users to skip unwanted audio and video broadcast segments such as commercials with on-device content like songs, podcasts or other media, possibly hinting at technology headed to the battle for the living room. Apple’s […]

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iPhone News

Additional iPhone/Daylight Savings Time errors reported

If you had problems with your iPhone’s clock around daylight savings time, you’re not alone. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, this past weekend, as clocks were turned forward for Daylight Savings time in the US, some users were still having issues of varying kinds, from clocks changing when they weren’t supposed to, to alarms not […]

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Accessory iPhone News

Apple to ship universal bumper case for GSM, CDMA iPhone 4 handsets

If you’re hankering for a Verizon iPhone and worried about needing a bumper case, Apple may be a step ahead of you. Per Engadget, Apple has apparently worked around the problem of needing two versions of its Bumper case with the pending launch of the iPhone 4 on Verizon’s network by creating a universal Bumper. […]

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MacBook Pro News Software

gfxCardStatus utility allows dynamic switching between MacBook Pro graphics cards

Although Apple’s current MacBook Pro notebooks allow you to switch between graphics processing units in order to optimize performance and battery life, Apple doesn’t really provide an easy way to manage the different GPUs on the system, and if you like to tinker you may find the utility gfxCardStatus useful, both for newer and older […]