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2022 posts filed under Apple News
Apple Updates Camera RAW Compatibility
Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 2.3 - 4MB This update extends RAW file compatibility for Aperture 2 and iPhoto ’08 for the following cameras: Canon EOS 50D Nikon D90 Sony DSLR-A900 Nikon Coolpix P6000 It also addresses issues related to specific cameras and overall stability.
Opera Browser Confusion Settled
Last week it was reported that the software company responsible for creating the Opera web browser had submitted a version of Opera mini to the App Store and had it turned down. The story eventually snowballed into a debate about how Opera should have known…
iPod Chief Leaves Apple, Papermaster Confirmed As SVP
Apple has today officially announced that Mark Papermaster will join the company as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering, reporting to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Papermaster, who comes to Apple from IBM, will lead Apple’s iPod and iPhone hardware engineering teams. Papermaster has 25…
Apple Denies Product Updates Before New Year
Despite rumours that Apple would be updating the iMac and Mac mini sometime in November, Apple has today denied any such plans. In a statement made to Macworld.com , Apple spokesman Bill Evans told the publication that, "Our holiday line-up is set." It was recently…
IBM Employee Moves to Apple, Miffs IBM
CNET is reporting that a former IBM employee by the name of Mark Papermaster has accepted a job at Apple. The article is mainly targeted at a lawsuit which IBM has started against the former employer for joining Apple. Papermaster was IBM's Vice President of…
Opera Browser Banned from iPhone
In an article from the New York Times on the Opera Software company it is revealed that Apple is not allowing the company to distribute a version of its web browser for the iPhone. Mr. von Tetzchner said that Opera’s engineers have developed a version…
Apple Details MobileMe Changes
Apple has posted a support document which uncharacteristically details many changes the company has recently made to MobileMe. Apple explains why it is being so open by saying: Since server-side updates are a bit more innocuous than a standard software update to Mac OS X…
Updates: iPhoto 7.1.5, Airport Extreme Update 2008-004
iPhoto 7.1.5 - 9MB This update improves the printing quality of books, cards and calendars ordered via the iPhoto printing service. Airport Extreme Update 2008-004 - 2MB This update is recommended for all Intel-based Macintosh computers running Mac OS 10.5.5 and resolves some issues with…
Mac OS X 10.5.6 (9G21) Seed Notes
Late last week Apple seeded the first build of Mac OS X 10.5.6. The update will be the sixth update to Leopard since its retail release in October of 2007. The update which is expected to be one of the largest updates to Mac OS…
Latest Snow Leopard Build (10A190) Now Available [Seed Notes]
This weekend Apple has made the latest build of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard available to developers. As was rumoured earlier in the week , the seed notes accompanying build 10A190 of Snow Leopard confirm that the Finder is "partially rewritten in Cocoa". Snow…
Apple Seeds iPhone OS 2.2
It is being reported by numerous sites that Apple seeded a new build of iPhone OS 2.2. Beta 2 is said to add no new features that weren't in Beta 1 but Google Street View is said to be fully enabled. The accompanying notes also…
Apple Publicly Opposes Prop. 8
Apple has used its Hot News feed to publicly oppose proposition 8 which seeks to eliminate same-sex marriage in the state of California. Apple has also donated $100,000 to the "No on Prop 8" campaign . Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a…
Apple Updates iPhone NDA
As promised earlier in the month Apple has posted a revised iPhone non-disclosure agreement. Two agreements appear to be in place, one is a public agreement ( PDF ) the other is only available to registered iPhone developers ( PDF ). The new NDA continues…
iTunes UK Glitch Inadvertently Censors Song Titles
The BBC is reporting that a temporary error on the UK iTunes Store today has caused many non-offensive song titles to become censored. Searching through the store it appears that bands such as Hot Chip and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers were also censored. A…
QuickTime 7.6 in Developer Testing
Apple has released a build of QuickTime 7.6 to some of its developer community this week. Downloads of QuickTime 7.6 are available for Windows, Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard. The builds reportedly deliver improvements in multi-channel encoded audio tracks, in addition developers have been…
AT&T Reports 2.4M iPhone 3G Activations
AT&T reported on Wednesday that its third quarter profits were boosted by a larger number of iPhone activations that was initially predicted. The US iPhone carrier reported a 5.5 percent rise in profits to $3.23 billion and EPS of $0.55. AT&T also noted that it…
Notes of Interest from Q408 Conference Call
On Tuesday Apple held its fiscal fourth quarter conference call to discuss its financial results for the past quarter. The call which featured a rare and surprise appearance from company CEO Steve Jobs. Macs Sold 2.61 million Macs, best quarter ever. Of those sales 936,000…
Apple Sells 6.9 Million iPhones in September Quarter
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 fourth quarter ended September 27, 2008. The Company posted revenue of $7.9 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion, or $1.26 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $6.22 billion and net quarterly…
Looking Ahead to Apple's Q4 2008 Earnings Call
Later on today Apple will be holding its fourth fiscal quarter conference call to discuss the companies performance during the September quarter. The conference will begin at 2pm PT/5pm ET/10pm BST. A QuickTime stream of the conference call can be listened to at the following…
Update: Aperture 2.1.2
Aperture 2.1.2 - 48MB The Aperture 2.1.2 update improves the printing quality of books, cards and calendars ordered through the Aperture printing service. The update is recommended for all customers using Aperture 2.