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Latest Mac OS X Brings Bug Fixes Plus Mac App Store

January 6, 2011 Apple Inc.

Aside from the list of fixes the latest version of the Mac OS X (v 10.6.6) finally enables the highly anticipated Mac App Store. You can either get the update from Apple Software Update or you can download the Combo Updater from Apple’s Support site. You can read Apple’s Knowledge Base article on the list [...]

Purchasing Apple Products from Overseas?

July 27, 2010 Apple Inc.

Many people are tempted by the low cost of Apple products in Hong Kong compared to all other countries around the world, including USA. They are most attracted to the factory SIM-unlocked iPhones sold through official Apple resellers and Apple HK store online. So they are tempted to purchase one or more of these products [...]

Mac OS 10.6.4 Now Available

June 16, 2010 Apple Inc.

As promised Apple just made available Mac OS 10.6.4 for download. There are two Knowledge Base articles to describe what have changed in this latest OS X release. The first is “About the Mac OS X v10.6.4 Update” and the other is an “About the security content of Security Update 2010-004 / Mac OS X [...]

Kindle for Mac NOW Available

March 18, 2010 Apple Inc.

Just now Amazon quietly launched the Kindle for Mac. The new applicaiton is a very basic that fucntions exactly what you expects a Kindle application on the Mac does. It downloads your purchased Kindle books from Amazon, so you can read them on your Mac. The application also use Whispersync to synchronize the spot in [...]

OS 10.6 aka Snow Leopard Software Compatibility Chart

August 27, 2009 Apple Inc.

As all of you know the pending release of Apple’s latest version of OS X, version 10.6 (aka Snow Leopard), will be available this Friday, August 28th. To help you decide whether to purchase this upgrade, or more precisely, whether the applications, utilities and plugins you’re using are compatible with OS 10.6. There is a [...]

Do Not Install Safari 4 [Updated]

June 9, 2009 Advice

If you rely on 1Password daily and does not want to use beta class software, I would NOT recommend installing the final release of Safari that Apple released last night (HKT). The Safari 4.0 final version broke the 1Password plugin for Safari and the previous hack does not work. The 1Password veresion that works with this [...]

Happy Birthday!!

January 24, 2009 Opinion

Twenty-five years ago Apple released the Macintosh computer. With its original (arguably) approach to computing and Human Interface, it immediately changed the personal computer market, and introduced the concept of GUI. Ever since that day Apple continued to innovate, coming up with original approaches to product design and User Experience. For that, I had been happily [...]

WARNING: Mac OS 10.5.6 Breaks Hacked iPhone

December 16, 2008 Hack

Apple released Mac OS 10.5.6 update on Monday (US PST). As always I would suggest everyone follow the instructions on the release notes plus use the Combo Upgrade to upgrade your Mac. Although, if you are the millions who owns iPhones that had been jailbroken and/or Unlocked, you need to stay AWAY from this Mac [...]

My Views on the New Late 2008 MacBooks

October 15, 2008 Apple Inc.

MacBook MacBook Air MacBook Pro 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB DDR3 Memory 160GB 5400rpm Hard Drive Super Drive NVIDIA GeForce 9400M video card 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB DDR3 Memory 250GB 5400rpm Hard Drive Super Drive NVIDIA GeForce 9400M video 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB DDR3 Memory 120GB 4200rpm Hard Drive NVIDIA [...]

Apple’s 2008.10.14 Event

October 15, 2008 Apple Inc.

This morning at 10:00 (PDT) in Cupertino, CA, USA, Apple held an event to announce the new MacBook Pro, MacBook and speed bumped the MacBook Air. The entire line of MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air are now using the same construction method, where the case is created from a single block of Aluminum. Making the [...]

Problem with Mozy [October 4 Update]

October 4, 2007 Review

After 5 months of testing, back and forth with Mozy support and eventually being assigned a Mozy Macintosh developer to resolve my issues encountered I was finally able to backup my selected files to the Mozy server automatically. This was all accomplished with version 0.6.2.4 of Mozy Client for Macintosh. Today Mozy informs me that [...]

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