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Mac Pro owner crafts an example Fusion Drive, shows the fearless how it’s done
Posted On 01 Nov 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Mac fans not keen on picking up a new iMac to get that best-of-all-worlds Fusion Drive might not have to consider a full-on system swap if they're brave enough. Knowing how Apple's approach unites an SSD and a spinning hard drive in a single logical ...
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MacBook Pro with Retina display review (13-inch, late 2012)
Posted On 29 Oct 2012 By Tim Stevens. Under: Uncategorized.
Look down the aisles at any Apple launch event, across the laps of dozens of journalists liveblogging or in some other way documenting the goings-on, and it's inevitable that you'll see MacBooks. A lot of MacBooks. And, since many of those laps are i...
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Apple announces 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display: 2,560 x 1,600 resolution, Thunderbolt and HDMI starting at $1,699
Posted On 23 Oct 2012 By James Trew. Under: Uncategorized.
If the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display was feeling lonely up there on its high-resolution pedestal, it needn't any longer. As expected, Apple just announced a 13-inch version to keep it company. The 2,560 x 1,600 resolution means that 13-inch...
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TweetBot for Mac reaches the Mac App Store, keeps the 3rd-party Twitter client flame alive
Posted On 18 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
When Twitter put out its strict new API guidelines, there was some doubt as to whether or not third-party clients like Tapbots' Tweetbot for Mac would even make the cut -- the user caps and other curbs on unofficial apps potentially made it tough to ...
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Apple releases OS X 10.8.2 update for Mountain Lion: Facebook integration, iMessage fixes and more
Posted On 19 Sep 2012 By Darren Murph. Under: Uncategorized.
Looks like one major software update wasn't enough, as Apple is following its push of iOS 6 with OS X 10.8.2. Weighing in at 697.54MB, it's a pretty substantial update for Mountain Lion users, with that long-awaited Facebook integration chief among t...
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Zorro Macsk review: instantly add touchscreen functionality to your 21.5-inch iMac
Posted On 17 Sep 2012 By Richard Lai. Under: Uncategorized.
Over the years we've come across a few signs that pointed to the possibility of touchscreen-enabled iMacs, but Steve Jobs had already dismissed this as a possibility for current Mac form factors. Quoting the man at the "Back to the Mac" keynote from ...
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7 million upgrades to Mountain Lion sold so far, the fastest-selling version of OS X yet
Posted On 12 Sep 2012 By Mat Smith. Under: Uncategorized.
Kicking off its huge San Francisco event Apple CEO Tim Cook told the packed auditorium that Mountain Lion OS X is the fast-selling operating system it's ever had. He added that the company's family of notebooks have now ranked number 1 in the US for ...
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Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac: Retina Support, Dictation, Instant switching and 30 percent faster performance
Posted On 30 Aug 2012 By Daniel Cooper. Under: Uncategorized.
Parallels 8 has arrived with a raft of tweaks that makes running Windows on your Mac that much easier. The newest version lets you use Mountain Lion's dictation feature in Windows, open any website in Internet Explorer with a single click and you can...
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The Engadget Show 35: EVs in Portland, hacked bicycles and a Tesla Model S test drive
Posted On 28 Aug 2012 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
With a transportation themed episode, it only seemed natural to take the Engadget Show out of our traditional digs -- it was also a great excuse to visit one of our favorite cities in the world: Portland, Oregon. We drove Mitsubishi's i-MiEV EV aroun...
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Apple releases Mountain Lion 10.8.2 build to devs, focuses on Facebook, iMessage and more
Posted On 23 Aug 2012 By Edgar Alvarez. Under: Uncategorized.
Shortly after letting the 10.8.1 Mountain Lion out of the bag, Cupertino's now released the next dotted version of its feline OS X to members of the developer community. According to the seed note, this early release will be focusing on a slew of soc...
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