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Got an old iMac laying around? Turn it into a coffee table!

Feb 27, 2011 - 1 Comment

If you have an extra Bondi Blue, Flower Power, or any of the other candied iMac G3’s laying around, hey, why not turn it into a coffee table? Maybe you could put your iMac typewriter on it? Yup this is real, and yes of course you can buy one for £49.00 (not sure if they … Read More

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Includes a Video & Media Encoder in the Finder

Feb 26, 2011 - 16 Comments

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion includes media and video encoding tools directly in the new Finder. You can access the video encoder by right-clicking on a movie file and then selecting “Encode Selected Video Files” as seen in the screenshot below:

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Space Wallpaper

Feb 26, 2011 - 12 Comments

You guys asked for it, so here it is; the awesome space galaxy wallpaper from Versions in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Developer Preview. Click here or the image above for the full 1920×1080 version. If you’re wondering, the original filename is “NSRevisionsBackground.png” and it’s from the Versions package, unlike the Mac OS X 10.7 … Read More

Mac Setups: MacBook Pro, iPad, & Cinema Display

Feb 26, 2011 - 2 Comments

It’s hard to imagine a nicer looking screen than the Apple Cinema Display, and it fits with this MacBook Pro 15″ and iPad perfectly. Makes you want one doesn’t it? This great Mac setup is from the author of MinimallyMinimal.

Use a Mac at Night? Save Your Eyes & Sanity with Flux

Feb 25, 2011 - 24 Comments

If you use your Mac at night or in the dark, you need to do your eyes and brain a favor by downloading Flux. The idea behind Flux is simple; when the sun is down you shouldn’t be staring at the immensely bright computer screen, whose intensity is made to emit as much light as … Read More

MacBook Pro 2011 Benchmarks are Insane: Faster than Mac Pro!

Feb 25, 2011 - 22 Comments

Benchmarks of the MacBook Pro 2011 refresh are coming in, and they are incredibly fast. Maybe incredibly fast is an understatement: The new top of the line MacBook Pro 2011 is faster than the existing Mac Pro desktop The new ‘low-end’ base MacBook Pro 2011 13″ model is just as fast as last years top-end … Read More

Mac OS X Lion Supports TRIM for SSD’s

Feb 25, 2011 - 14 Comments

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion will support the TRIM function for SSD’s, this should significantly boost the lifespan and performance of SSD drives. Hints for support were first discovered last year by Anandtech, but now HardMac has confirmed that support is included in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Developer Preview. TRIM is important because it … Read More

FaceTime for Mac is on the Mac App Store

Feb 25, 2011 - 3 Comments

Somewhat lost in the hubbub of the MacBook Pro 2011 refresh and Mac OS X Lion 10.7 Developer Preview was the launch of FaceTime HD, which is now finalized and available for all Mac users to download from the Mac App Store. The new version supports 720p video calls, but in order to make 720p … Read More

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Fuji Mountain Wallpaper

Feb 24, 2011 - 14 Comments

Mac OS X Lion debuted to developers with a gorgeous wallpaper of Mt Fuji in Japan as the default desktop background picture. Well, who wouldn’t want that gorgeous picture on their Mac? We know a few of our readers wanted the Fuji wallpaper out of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Developer Preview, so here it … Read More

MacBook Pro 2011 Specs & Prices

Feb 24, 2011 - 10 Comments

The entire MacBook Pro lineup has had it’s first refresh of 2011. The specs and and prices for default builds are as follows:

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Developer Preview is Available to Download

Feb 24, 2011 - 21 Comments

Apple released a Developer Preview of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, included are many features that were seen in the October “Back to the Mac” event, in addition to several new ideas. Highlighted features of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Preview Many Lion features are borrowed from iOS: Launchpad – iOS style app launching and … Read More

How to Hide the Mac Menu Bar in Older Versions of OS X

Feb 24, 2011 - 12 Comments

Want to hide the Mac menu bar? You can do that and set a few more options to automatically hide and show the menu bar with a free utility called MenuEclipse, the end result is pretty similar to the way you can automatically hide and show the Dock. In the screenshot above, I have the … Read More

Happy Birthday Steve Jobs!

Feb 24, 2011 - 6 Comments

Ever wondered when Steve Jobs birthday was? It turns out Steve was born February 24 in San Francisco in the year 1955. Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs turned 56 on the day this was originally published, 2/24/2011, and every one of his birthdays from here on out he will be missed. February 24 is … Read More

iOS Hacked to Run on Meizu M8, Other Smartphones Next

Feb 24, 2011 - 4 Comments

Believe it or not, that’s not an iPhone 3GS you’re looking at, that’s the Meizu M8, a popular Chinese iPhone knock-off that looks practically identical to iPhone 3GS. The only problem of course is that unlike the iPhone, the Meizu doesn’t run iOS at all, it runs Microsoft Windows CE 6. That whole OS problem … Read More

iPad 2 Announcement Date is March 2

Feb 23, 2011 - 3 Comments

Yesterday several rumors floated about that iPad 2 will be released on March 2 and today invites went out to select members of the press to cover an Apple event scheduled for March 2 at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts at 10:00 am. The invite, sent to Jim “The Beard” Darymple, shows … Read More

MacBook Pro 2011 13″ Refresh Specs Leaked: Core i5 CPU, Thunderbolt is Lightpeak, No Case Redesign

Feb 23, 2011 - 7 Comments

Update: The MacBook Pro 2011 refresh is out, check out specs and prices, all Pro models have been updated. The MacBook Pro 13″ 2011 refresh hardware specs have been leaked. Most notable is the addition of Core i5 processors to the 13″ lineup, and the new Thunderbolt (Light peak) high speed I/O port that doubles … Read More

Change Chrome to the Default Web Browser in Mac OS X

Feb 23, 2011 - 6 Comments
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The Mac defaults to using Safari as the default web browser, but what if you prefer to use Google’s Chrome web browser instead? There’s a few ways to change the default browser, but perhaps the easiest if you’re looking to use Chrome is through the Chrome browser itself. With that in mind, here is how … Read More

MineCraft for iPhone Coming Soon

Feb 22, 2011 - 21 Comments

The official version of Minecraft is coming to the iPhone and iOS platform later this year according to developers Mojang. Previously, an unofficial version of the popular game appeared on the app store before being pulled. If you’ve never heard of Minecraft, it’s a sandbox construction game where what you can build is limited only … Read More

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