Archive: 2010 — page 16
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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.3
Following almost five months of testing Apple has finally released Mac OS X 10.6.3 to the public. Apple began testing Mac OS X 10.6.3 with developers in early December last year , with the final builds surfacing last week . Mac OS X 10.6.3 weighs…
Pre-Ordered iPads Begin Shipping, App Store Previewed in Video
Apple has begun shipping pre-ordered iPads to customers who pre-ordered units towards the early stages of the pre-ordering process, naturally the early shipping doesn't mean that orders will arrive before April 3. The reports come on the same day that an analyst predicted that Apple…
iPad Apps Turn Up in App Store, WSJ Talks Subscription Plans
This week saw the arrival and quick removal of Apps destined for the iPad when it goes on sale on Saturday, April 3. The listings were spotted by PadGadget but were subsequently removed by Apple. The listings show that Apps are beginning to be approved…
Minor Updates Delivered for Aperture and iMovie
Over the last few days Apple has posted two minor software updates. An update to Aperture provides a healthy number of fixes and enhancements and an update to iMovie provides compatibility with the Aperture update. Aperture 3.0.2 - 69.8MB This update improves overall stability and…
iPhone App Review: Sleep Cycle
Something I always look forward to after a long week is sleeping in at the weekend to catch up on all that sleep that I have missed. But like most I have to get up early in the week and I would like this to…
Apple Seeds Third Build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 in 10 Days [Seed Notes]
Apple today released another build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 to developers. The release is notable as the build number differs once again by only one numeric digit. Build 10D573 weighs in at 790MB for the combo update and 725MB for the delta. 10D573 contains…
Apple Invites Developers to Submit iPad Apps
Apple has officially invited developers to begin submitting apps specifically designed for the iPad to the App Store for approval. In an email Apple informed iPad app developers that submissions are now being taken for the inclusion of apps on the grand opening of the…
Apple Readying 27-inch LED Cinema Display, 12-Core Mac Pro for June
Apple is set to release a new model of LED-backlit Cinema Display as well as introduce a major update to its Mac Pro workstations. The report from AppleInsider passing on information from "people familiar" with the matter suggest that Apple is preparing the two products…
Apple Delivers Minor Logic Express and Pro Updates
Apple today published updates for Logic Pro and Express 9. Most notably the updates deliver further 64-bit stability improvements applications alongside other enhancements. The last update which pushed the applications to 9.1.0 added native 64-bit support . Logic Pro 9.1.1 This update delivers improved compatibility…
Apple Drops Second Mac OS X 10.6.3 Build in One Week [Seed Notes]
Apple yesterday dropped the second build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 to developers, just two days after a previous release developers. Mac OS X 10.6.3 build 10D572 is just one increment from the previous build released on Tuesday . The build delivers multiple enhancements and…
Apple Director Jerome B. York Dies [Updated]
Following yesterday's news that Apple director Jerry York had been hospitalised Apple has today said that York has passed away. Jerome York served as an Apple board director since 1997 and was chairman, president and CEO of Harwinton Capital. He was the former CFO of…
Apple Director Jerome York Hospitalised
Apple board director and former chief financial officer of IBM, Jerome York was hospitalised today in critical condition . Jerry York, 71 reportedly collapsed at his home in Rochester, Michigan on Tuesday night and was taken to Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital by ambulance. York's wife states…
Apple Updates iWork.com Beta, Adds iPad Tweaks
Apple has quietly rolled out a series of updates to its iWork.com beta . The updates add new sharing features, and changes to the interface to improve iPad and iPhone usability. Share documents on websites and social networks. iWork.com allows you to share a document…
Mac OS X 10.6.3 Build 10D571 Available to Developers [Seed Notes]
A little under two weeks after Apple previously seeded a build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 the company has released a new seed labelled 10D571. Mac OS X 10.6.3 has been in developer testing since early January and continues to deliver enhancements and bug fixes…
iPad Accessories Hit with Delays [Updated]
The iPad will ship in the United States on April 3 but a lot of the associated accessories will not be available on launch day if the online Apple store is anything to go by. As noticed by 9 to 5 Mac both the iPad…
Five Arguments For and Against the iPad
It doesn't often take much persuading for me to purchase a new Apple product, especially one with such interest and potential as the iPad. But when pre-orders opened late last week I didn't whip out the plastic and checkout my basket. Issues of being in…
Rivalry Between Apple and Google Detailed
The increasing rivalry between Apple and Google has been in the spotlight recently and now The New York Times has published a four page report on the ongoing relationship between to the two mammoth corporations. The article covers many details of the increasing number of…
Estimates Suggest 50,000 iPad Orders in Opening Hours
Estimates from Friday's iPad pre-orders suggest that 50,000 iPad units were pre-ordered in the first two hours with 90,000 at the six hour mark. Members of Investor Village's AAPL Sanity Board put together a spreadsheet to estimate the number of pre-orders based on order numbers…
Rumour Points Towards iPhone OS 4.0 Multitasking
According to a new rumour Apple will silence the critics by bringing multitasking to the next major update to the iPhone operating system. The update will allow "several third party apps to run concurrently and in the background" writes AppleInsider . According to AppleInsider "people…
FCC Receives iPad Submissions from Apple
A pair of filings for the iPad have appeared in the Federal Communications Commission database just a day after Apple made the iPad available for pre-order. The filings discovered by Engadget are for the Wi-Fi (A1219) and the Wi-Fi + 3G (A1337) models of the…