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Start Time for iPhone 5 Pre-Orders is 12:01AM PST on September 14

Sep 13, 2012 - 2 Comments
iPhone 5 pre-order start time

iPhone 5 pre-orders are starting at 12:01AM Pacific Standard Time (3:01 Eastern) on September 14 – midnight tonight. The pre-order date was previously announced for Friday, September 14, but the beginning time was uncertain until now. Since then, MacRumors notes that both Verizon and Sprint have come forward to announce the midnight ordering, and presumably … Read More

Watch the iPhone 5 Keynote [Video]

Sep 12, 2012 - 4 Comments
iPhone 5 event video now online

Apple has posted the keynote video to the iPhone 5 launch event. If you’re a fan of Apple’s event videos it’s well worth watching, you’ll see the usual cast of Apple all-stars unveiling the iPhone 5, new iPod touch, iPod nano, review iOS 6 and some great new apps and features, a discussion of iTunes … Read More

Apple’s iPhone 5 & iPod Event Summary

Sep 12, 2012 - 3 Comments
iPhone 5 event

Apple event days and announcements can be a blur, so here’s a quick summary of everything that was released today at or after the September 12 event. iPhone 5 launched with 4″ display and LTE, prices start at $199 iPhone 5 pre-orders announced for Friday September 14, release date a week later on September 21 … Read More

iOS 6 GM Available for Developers to Download

Sep 12, 2012 - 1 Comment
iOS 6 GM

The Golden Master build of iOS 6 is now available for registered developers to download through the Apple Dev Center. Device compatibility is the same as the final version, with firmware files being available for the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 4th gen, iPad 2, and iPad 3rd gen. Xcode 4.5 GM … Read More

iTunes 10.7 Available for Download to Prepare for iOS 6 & iPhone 5

Sep 12, 2012 - 11 Comments
iTunes 10.7

Apple released a minor update to iTunes today for both Mac OS X and Windows. Versioned as iTunes 10.7, the update is intended as a compatibility release for the upcoming iOS 6, and devices that will run iOS 6 such as the new iPhone 5 and iPod touches. Download iTunes 10.7 directly from Apple Unchecking … Read More

iOS 6 Release Date Set for September 19

Sep 12, 2012 - 11 Comments
iOS 6 release date set for September 19

Apple will release iOS 6 as a free download on September 19. The new version of the mobile operating system features a variety of new features, including Siri support on more devices, an all new Maps application with directions, FaceTime over cellular, iCloud synced Safari tabs, and a lot of subtle refinements to the core … Read More

New iPod Touch & iPod Nanos Released

Sep 12, 2012 - 5 Comments
New iPod touch

Apple revamped the iPod touch and iPod nano today, alongside the hotly anticipated iPhone 5. Both are pretty impressive additions to the iPod lineup, here’s a quick overview of both: New iPod Touch 4″ Retina display, same as iPhone 5 88 gram weight A5 CPU 40 hours of music playback, 8 hours of video 5 … Read More

iPhone 5 Pricing: $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB, $399 for 64GB

Sep 12, 2012 - 41 Comments
iPhone 5 pricing

iPhone 5 with it’s 4″ display, LTE networking, and improved camera has been launched and will be released on September 21 with pre-orders starting earlier on September 14, but what will it cost you? The same as existing iPhone prices of course! The full pricing breakdown for iPhone 5 in all available sizes and the … Read More

iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Start September 14 for Release Date of September 21

Sep 12, 2012 - 2 Comments
iPhone 5 pre order and release dates

Unless you live under a rock you know the iPhone 5 launched earlier and naturally, we all want one with it’s gorgeous 4″ display, super fast 4G LTE networking, dramatically improved camera, and all the other great features. The good news is we only have a few weeks to wait, with the official iPhone 5 … Read More

iPhone 5 with 4″ Display & LTE Launched

Sep 12, 2012 - 5 Comments
iPhone 5 launched by Apple

iPhone 5 has been announced by Apple! Yes, it’s called iPhone 5, and yes it looks just like the leaked images that surfaced a while back. Made entirely out of glass and aluminum, it’s a technical marvel and beautiful piece of machinery that has some very impressive features. Here’s what we know: 4″ Retina display … Read More

Pre-Orders for iPhone 5 to Start Friday, September 14?

Sep 11, 2012 - 4 Comments
iPhone 5 mockup

The iPhone 5 may be available for pre-order as soon as this Friday, September 14. This potentially exciting news comes from MacRumors, who notes that Apple is bumping up sales staffing to begin early Friday morning: MacRumors is now hearing that pre-orders may not begin tomorrow following the media event and that they may instead … Read More

Type the Degree Symbol on iPhone with iOS Keyboard 0 Key

Sep 11, 2012 - 9 Comments
How to Type the Degree Symbol on iPhone

Ever wondered how to type the degree symbol on the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch virtual keyboard on iOS? I did too, but not to worry, typing the universal symbol for temperature is really quite easy, this article will show you what you need to do to access the degrees symbols on iPhone and iPad.

Official YouTube App for iPhone & iPod Touch Released, Grab It Before iOS 6

Sep 11, 2012 - 6 Comments
Official YouTube app for iOS

Google has released a dedicated official YouTube app for the iPhone and iPod touch, just in time for the soon to be released iOS 6. If you’re thinking to yourself “but my iPhone already has YouTube” then you’d be right, but the iOS 6 update removes the long-bundled YouTube app that came from Apple. That … Read More

Always Play Movie Trailers in 1080p HD Video on iPad & iTunes

Sep 10, 2012 - 2 Comments
Always play HD Video in Trailers for iPad

If you frequently watch movie trailers with the Trailers app for iPad or from the desktop with iTunes in OS X or Windows, you can force any of them to always load high quality 1080p HD video rather than automatically choosing based on bandwidth: Always Play 1080p HD Video in iTunes From the OS X … Read More

How to Enable PHP in Apache for Mac OS X Yosemite & Mavericks

Sep 10, 2012 - 12 Comments
Enable PHP in Mac OS X

OS X Mavericks comes with PHP 5.4.30, and OS X Mountain Lion ships with PHP 5.3.13 preinstalled, though if you start the built-in Apache server, you will find PHP isn’t enabled by default. Changing this is easy, and if you’re a web developer and want PHP running on your local Mac with OS X 10.8 … Read More

How to Invert the Mac Screen Colors in Mac OS X

Sep 10, 2012 - 9 Comments
Invert the screen colors in OS X Mountain Lion

Inverting the colors of a Mac display is a fairly common accessibility feature, and it’s also pretty handy for when you’re reading at night because it puts most screen text into a white on black mode like iOS.

3 Easy Ways to Share Files Between Macs

Sep 9, 2012 - 20 Comments
Mac File Sharing

There are a variety of different ways to transfer or share files between Macs, and we’ll cover the three easiest methods that are applicable for just about movement of files. AirDrop is unique to newer versions of Mac OS but is by far the simplest, iMessages lets you send files to another Mac over the … Read More

Open a File with Any App Directly from Quick Look in Mac OS X

Sep 9, 2012 - 5 Comments
Open Files with any other app from Quick Look in OS X

Quick Look is one of the most handy features in Mac OS X to quickly get a preview of files, but you can also use it as an application launcher of sorts to quickly send a file to the file types default app, or even launch the file into another compatible Mac app. Used this … Read More

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