Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955. Today would have been his 69th birthday, had the co-founder of Apple Inc. had not succumbed to…
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Apple discontinues sales of last macOS install DVDs
Apple has officially ended sales of its last DVD installers for older Macintosh operating systems including OS X Lion 10.7 and…
Today is the 68th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ birth
Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955. Today would have been his 68th birthday, had the co-founder of Apple Inc. had not succumbed to…
Today is the 67th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ birth
Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955. Today would have been his 67th birthday, had the co-founder of Apple Inc. had not succumbed to…
Scott Forstall celebrates the 20th anniversary of Mac OS X
The macOS operating system — née Mac OS X — turned 20 years old on March 24th. Former Apple VP Scott Forstall used his Twitter account…
The best $400 million Apple, or any other company, ever spent
In the late 1990s, Apple was in big trouble. Thankfully, Apple’s CEO Gil Amelio made the best business decision he’s ever made…
Today is the 65th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ birth
Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955. Today would have been his 65th birthday, had the co-founder of Apple Inc. had not succumbed to complications…
Unix at 50: How the OS that powers iOS and Android started from failure
Maybe its pervasiveness has long obscured its origins. But Unix, the operating system that in one derivative or another powers nearly all smartphones…
Being ‘Mac-like’
Mac OS X shipped to consumers in 2001. It had taken Apple four years to find the new ‘Mac-like’, and this is the template Mac OS X has followed ever since…
How to make your Mac’s Launchpad actually useful
With a change and some tips, Launchpad can be a decent app launcher…
Today is the 64th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ birth
Today would have been Steve Jobs’ 64th birthday…
‘Donald’ debuts on ‘Top 100 Worst Passwords of 2018’ list
Bad habits die hard, according to SplashData’s eighth annual list of Worst Passwords of the Year…
Is it legal to build a hackintosh?
A Hackintosh involves any type of desktop or notebook computer (non-Apple) that has…
For almost 11 years, hackers could easily bypass 3rd-party macOS signature checks
For almost 11 years, hackers have had an easy way to get macOS malware past the scrutiny of a host of third-party security tools…
OS X/macOS is now older than Classic Mac OS
Older readers might still remember when Macs made the transition to OS X…
5 jaw-dropping graphs detail Apple’s march to $1 trillion
Before Oct. 23, 2001, Apple’s key products had been a mix of Mac computers and ‘other’ service revenue…
Apple’s iMac turns 20
The iMac launched on May 6th 1998…
Steve Jobs: These are 2 essential ingredients for success
Steve Jobs is an entrepreneurial legend…
Former Apple engineer rejected for job as Apple store Genius after he applied following retirement
The Apple engineer who switched Macs to Intel processors was rejected from a job at the Genius Bar…
$329 HacBook channels Psystar; Will Apple’s lawyers pounce?
An outfit called ‘HacBook’ is channeling Psystar, offering Mac OS laptops for US$329…
The world’s first website went online 25 years ago today
On this day 25 years ago the world’s first website went live to the public…
Say goodbye to OS X on your Mac
Apple products have gone through a series of name changes through the years…
Wish list for Apple’s OS X 10.11
Siri for Mac…
OS X: Back to the beginning
It’s hard to believe that 14 years have elapsed since OS X was born…
An essential OS X Mavericks problem-solving guide
Mac emergencies don’t happen often, but when they do it helps to know what to do…
Why Mac users still use OS X Snow Leopard, released in 2009
Macs running Snow Leopard still account for around 25 percent of active Macs…
Steve Jobs reportedly offered to let Sony VAIO PCs run Mac OS X, but Sony blew it
Most of Sony’s executives spends their winter vacation in Hawaii and play golf…
Apple signals end to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard support
Apple has apparently decided to kill support for OS X Snow Leopard…
How the U.S. NSA secures its Macs from snoopers
The U.S. National Security Agency’s “Hardening Tips for Mac OS X” manual…
Apple’s operating system guru goes back to his roots
Like the iPhone and the Macintosh, Apple’s revolutionary iPad revolves around a core piece of software…
Beleaguered BlackBerry to offer free BBM messaging for iPhone, announces ‘Q5’ phone for emerging markets
Beleaguered BlackBerry announced plans on Tuesday to offer its instant messaging system on iPhone…
Five overlooked OS X system tweaks
If you like to find new ways to tweak OS X, you sometimes need to look…
Apple in deadline crunch mode for WWDC as Jony Ive’s team works on ‘deForstallization’ of iOS 7
iOS 7 is so significant a re-imagining of Apple’s mobile operating system that…
Apple Macintosh owns 45% of PC market profits
The Windows PC market is contracting. The market data has been showing unit shipment declining…
Securing Macs in the enterprise
If you’ve ever consulted with a computer security expert…
Mac OS X Snow Leopard stubbornly rejects retirement
Apple’s OS X Snow Leopard, which shipped in August 2009…
How to use Spotlight and Smart Folders in OS X (with video)
On your Mac, Spotlight is also used in an amazing and useful feature you may not be familiar with: Smart Folders…
15 tweaks to make when moving to OS X Lion or Mountain Lion
In the last two iterations of OS X, Lion and Mountain Lion, Apple…
Switcher to Mac tells what’s wrong with Windows
I expect that Mac sales will likely hit yet another new mark driven by switchers…
5 quick fixes to common Mac problems
As Mac users we’re used to not having to frequently troubleshoot our computers, but…
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion takes OS X crown in half the time 10.7 Lion took to pass 10.6 Snow Leopard
Mac OS X 10.8.x, known as Mountain Lion and the current release of the operating system…
Ballmer: Gee, maybe should have moved quicker on tablets, but we’re innovating on a seam or something
Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer defended his company…
