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Opinion: And Apple Taketh Away...
Apple retail stores currently offer a great program called One to One training . Here is the description from the Apple site: As a One to One member, enjoy a year’s worth of personal training sessions for just $99. Sit down for in-depth, face-to-face sessions…
Update: iWork 09 9.0.2
iWork '09 9.0.2 - 42.75MB This update improves reliability when saving some iWork documents and when playing some presentations more than once per Keynote session. This update is recommended for all users of iWork '09.
Update Addresses MacBook Pro Fan Behaviour [U]
Apple today released an SMC update for 15 and 17-inch MacBook Pros which addresses fan behaviour under high workload. This SMC Firmware update adjusts the fan behavior in MacBook Pro systems (15-inch and 17-inch) when running under high workload conditions. MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update…
MacBook Displays Quietly Updated
Mac Rumors and Computerworld are both reporting that Apple appears to have increased the quality of displays used in its unibody 13-inch MacBook notebooks sometime towards the end of April. The Computerworld article which cites discussions and photos posted on the Mac Rumors forums points…
Back to School Promotion Begins in UK
Just one day after Apple kicked off the US based Back to School promotion the UK has followed suit. Offering savings up to £145 on an iPod students of an higher education institution can save up to £157 on a Mac. The promotion which will…
Apple Plans Remodel of 100 Retail Stores
Apple's senior vice president of retail Ron Johnson said Wednesday that Apple intends to remodel 100 of its retail stores this year and open another 25 brand new stores. The interview with Johnson which comes via USA Today also reveals that Apple plans to open…
In Brief: Jobs "Energetic" Prior to Apple Return
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently had a chance to talk with Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Wozniak commented from the "All Things D" hosted by the Wall Street Journal saying that Jobs sounded "healthy" and "energetic". Wozniak said that Jobs "doesn't sound like he's sick," but…
Apple Kicks Off US Back to School Promo
As with every year Apple has today begun the US based Back to School promotion . The promo offers rebates up to $229 for students on all iPods when purchased with a qualifying Mac. Some caveats apply to the deal, the Mac mini is no…
Polycarbonate MacBook Quietly Bumped
The only remaining polycarbonate MacBook model saw a minor update this morning. The previous model which was updated in January 2009 had a 2.0GHz processor, 2GB of 667MHz RAM and a 120GB hard drive. The new model which is available to view on Apple's online…
Apple Plans Massive $1 Billion Server Farm
North Carolina lawmakers are reportedly promising massive tax breaks for Apple if the company goes through with plans to build a server farm in the state. To receive the breaks Apple would have to invest an estimated $1 billion over a nine year period and…
Push Notifications in Action
Following the news that Apple had begun high volume testing of Push Notifications on the iPhone this week, MyAppleGuide has published several screenshots showing notifications in action. The images show the settings available for Push Notifications as well as the results. For example "alerts" appear…
Telecom New Zealand Speaks of Third-Gen iPhone
On Tuesday evening a strange message was posted on the official Twitter stream for Telecom New Zealand. The "tweet" which was in response to a customers enquiry about the upcoming iPhone launch read: "We are in negotiations with Apple... we are very focused on the…
Apple Tests iPhone OS 3.0 Push Notifications for Prime Time
In an email sent to iPhone developers today the company notified those wishing to test Push Notifications that "We have selected a pre-release version of the Associated Press app for iPhone OS 3.0 to create a high-volume test environment for our servers." The application will…
Apple Begins Offering iPhones Online With Free Shipping
Apple has begun selling the iPhone 3G online through its US website and also offering free shipping in an effort to clear inventory. It is unknown when the Apple online store changed to accommodate the new offering but customers can now "order directly from the…
Apple Scoops Up OLPC Exec
In another high profile hire by Apple the company has snagged Ivan Krstic, former security architect for One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) . Krstic reveals on his blog that he has begun work for Apple this week but does not reveal any further details. But…
Phil Schiller To Kick Off WWDC on June 8
From Apple's press release Apple will kick off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. A team of Apple executives, led by Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the…
Security Update 2009-002 and Safari 3.2.3 Released
Security Update 2009-002 Security Update 2009-002 is for users of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Security Update 2009-002 (Tiger Intel) - 165 MB Security Update 2009-002 (Tiger PPC) - 75 MB Security Update 2009-002 (Server Universal) - 203 MB Security Update 2009-002 (Server Tiger PPC)…
Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.7
Apple has today released the long awaited Mac OS X 10.5.7 update. The update which had been in testing since late February contained several hundred bug fixes and enhancements in its last seed over the weeekend. The 10.5.7 Update is recommended for all users running…
Apple Halts Snow Leopard API Changes
Although not originally mentioned in World of Apple 's coverage of the latest Mac OS X Snow Leopard seed over the weekend. AppleInsider reports on the importance of the following line of text included with the Snow Leopard seed notes: "No further API changes are…
New Snow Leopard Build Brings Chinese Handwriting Recognition [Seed Notes]
Apple this weekend offered developers a new build of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, build 10A354 comes not long after the previous build and shows sign of less adding of features and more tweaking and bug fixing. Notable in the latest build is the…