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2022 posts filed under Apple News
How to accurately determine your iPod battery life
An article has appeared on the internet pointing towards an Apple support page containing detailed instructions on how to determine your iPods battery life. Apple describe the page with the following paragraph; If you feel you aren't getting the most out of your iPod battery…
Apple Extends PowerBook G4 Warranty Extension
Customers who bought their PowerBook G4 between January 2005 and April 2005 displaying serial numbers W8503xxxxxx and W8518xxxxxx with the following symptoms maybe be eligible for replacement even though their warranty may have ran out the symptoms include, failure to start up, typically followed by…
Logic Pro 7 Demonstrated on Intel
Taking place right now in Anaheim, California is NAMM, a music show that Apple is attending. Today Apple reps have been showing off Logic Pro 7.2 which runs natively on Intel machines and is due for release in February. The application is said to run…
Apple Updates Podcasting Spec
Apple has sent an email to podcasters letting them know that it has revised its Podcasting guidelines. "Since you’ve got an active podcast listed in iTunes, we would like to let you know about a few valuable new resources: First, the technical spec has been…
Apples Q1 Financial Results
Todays conference call has finished, announcing Apples Q1 Financial results, the last 14 weeks have been the best in Apples history. 14,043,000 iPods sold, 207% growth over the year ago quarter. 1,254,000 Macintosh computers sold, 20% growth over the year ago quarter. Revenue of $5.75…
Apple Intel Ad Not a Copy After All
It's been a big story over the last few days, Apple's new Intel ad was supposedly the same as some music video, well it appears the reason they look similar is because they are by the same Director. Sarah Moody of Sub Pop Records had…
Apple Denies Plans to Use UK Tax Loophole
Yesterday we reported on a story about Apple UK possibly using a VAT loophole that would allow the iTunes Music Store to sell VAT free songs. Apple has today denied this report by saying; "This report is not true"
Final Cut Products no Longer Stand Alone
AppleInsider is reporting that from March Apple will no longer sell its Final Cut products, such as Soundtrack, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro and others as stand alone products but will instead only be selling the Final Cut Studio which encompasses them all. Naturally…
Intel Macs Have Support for 802.11a
Introduced around 2001 the 802.11a standard was thought up as an alternative to 802.11b, at the time 802.11g was being ratified and due to its compatibility became the mainstream standard in computers from that point onwards. Three years ago Greg Joswiak of Apple said "802.11a…
Jobs to Reap Stock Rewards
Already a billionaire from owning stock in Pixar, Steve is set to receive another set of stocks from Apple. "Jobs exchanged worthless options on a split-adjusted 55 million shares for 10 million shares of restricted stock three years ago. The shares, Jobs's entire stake in…
Mac OS X 10.4.4 Available
As announced in todays Keynote Apple have released 10.4.4. As promised the new widgets are included along with the following fixes:
iPod radio Remote
Apple describes the remote as: Listen to FM radio on your iPod and control everything with a convenient wired remote. You also get a set of earphones with a shorter cable that's a perfect fit for the remote. Compatible with iPod nano and iPod with…
iLife, iWork ‘06, New .Mac
iLife '06 is now featuring a new program called iWeb, making publishing all your media to the net very easy. iPhoto has introduced Photocasting and Garageband now has the facility to create your own video Podcasts. iWork has seen updates to its Keynote and Pages…
First Intel Mac Shipping
In another shock announcement Apple announced its first Intel Desktop as the iMac. The iMac features are identical the recent revision expect it boasts Intel's Core Duo. 17 inch - 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo - $1299 20 inch - 2GHz Intel Core Duo - $1699
Apple announces MacBook Pro
Apple today announced in a shocking Keynote that it will ship a brand new MacBook Pro in February, the first Intel processor laptop from Apple. The books will come in the following specs: 1.67GHz InteL Core Duo - $1999 15.4-inch TFT display with 1440x900 resolution…
15″ Aluminium PowerBook Battery Update
We're not sure which revisions this applies too but its definitely updated some new PowerBooks. The update weighs in at 820KB and is described with the following sentence; " aids the 15-inch Aluminum PowerBook battery in performing at full capacity."
1GB shuffle Back in Stock
A few weeks ago the 1GB shuffle disappeared off the radar and everybody shouted "update" well now its back, although its carrying lead times of 3-4 days. The question is are Apple putting up that message to hold people off for a few more days…
Airport Express Firmware Update
This new AirPort firmware update contains versions 5.7 and 6.3 for the Extreme and Express base stations, respectively. It addresses reliability and resolves issues with AirTunes, AirPort compatibility, and issues with some third party Routers. Fixes: -Resolves issue with Audio dropout when playing to AirPort…
Apple Adds More Content to iTunes
Apple is today adding further content to the iTunes Music Store, the content comes from the following networks, ABC Entertainment, Touchstone Television, ABC Family, ABC News, Buena Vista, SOAPnet, Disney Channel and some Walt Disney feature animations. In particular the addition of ESPN and ABC…
Bluetooth Firmware Update for 10.4.3
Apple has today released Bluetooth Firmware Update for 10.4.3 which improves performance and reliability issues. The update is available in Software update or via the Apple Support website. The update weighs in at about 1.5MB.