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By Dan Nosowitz The 10.6.2 update for Snow Leopard didn't include Atom chipset support, so it wouldn't work on hackintoshes—but didn't keep enterprising hackers from finding a workaround. They promised it last week, and now they've delivered: Atom support is back, although apparently implementing th...

By Dan Nosowitz Motorola Droid: Sure, Matt may have called the Droid "the second best smartphone you can buy," the best being the iPhone 3GS, but Apple haters will find plenty to love about the Droid—and plenty to loathe about the iPhone. I won't rehash our review (or Verizon's intimidating "Droid Does" a...

By Devin Coldewey Apple has a history of spoiling hackers’ fun. In fact, they’ve almost made a business model out of it. But hackers won’t be kept down, and a little netbook running OS X is too tempting a gadget to give up on. So when Apple nixed Atom support in an recent update (strictly out of spite), [...]

By Adam Frucci Apple told The Little App Factory to change the name of their popular app iPodRip, as it had the word iPod in it. The CEO sent a passionate letter to Steve Jobs, and he got a response. Here's the letter he sent: Dear Mr. Jobs, Best, John Devor And Steve replied: Steve Sent from my iPhone

By Liam Cassidy Apple’s Chief of iPod/iPhone Marketing Greg Joswiak once said the iPhone originally didn’t include (amongst other things) MMS functionality because it wasn’t high on the list of features customers wanted from their mobile phones.

By Andrew Bednarz These two headlines are actually the same story, a fact that was made quite apparent by a popular direct iPhone-to-iPhone messaging App called Ping!. On Ping!’s Facebook Page, the developer announced that the much-anticipated version 1.2 of Ping! has been rejected by Apple:

By Arik Hesseldahl He's maintaining his overweight rating on Apple stock and his $277 price target based on a multiple of 25 times Apple's estimated FY 2010 GAAP earnings per share of $11.10. This morning Apple is trading down nearly $4 or nearly 2% at $202.50.

By Jesus Diaz The Apple I was the first Apple computer. The two Steves started to sell it on July 1976. The price then was $666.66. At the time all computers needed to be assembled, but the Apple I was a motherboard—assembled by themselves at Jobs parents' garage—was ready to connect to a keyboard, monitor, a...

By Tom Johansmeyer Once upon a time, Mac users could brag they were much safer from malicious electronic attacks. After all, in the days before Google (GOOG), when Microsoft (MSFT) was the only uber-player in town, Windows was the perpetual malware target. Phishers, however, aren't discriminating; they'...

By Darrell Etherington It’s also technically fair, since Apple has said all along that private APIs are off-limits. The published reason being that Apple can’t confirm that said APIs will remain stable from release to release of the iPhone OS, meaning that something based on them might break every time an updat...

Apple released new and updated Mac OS X 10.6 printer and scanner drivers for several devices on Monday. The update included compatibility fixes and additional drivers for products from Brother, Canon, Epson, HP and Lexmark.

By editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Publishing) We may not be quite up to Thanksgiving here in the United States, but all the stores have been displaying their Christmas decorations and displays since Halloween was over. We don't entirely approve of starting the holiday season so early, but we need the time to collect all the reader-dri...

By Brian X. Chen Hello, Chair submitted Appsaurus to Apple this week and nervously awaits Apple’s approval. The team is hoping it does not face the same outcome as Podcaster, an app Apple rejected in September 2008. The Podcaster app enabled the iPhone to download podcasts and listen to them on the fly. Appl...

By news@ilounge.com (Charles Starrett) Apple has released software version 1.0.2 for the fifth-generation iPod nano. According to the release notes, the new firmware fixes normal/slower/faster audio podcast playback, allows Genius Mixes to now work with Nike+iPod, and fixes an issue with Voice Over and the headphone contro...

By Chris Ziegler Verbiage on Verizon's site suggests that swaths of its 3G network are still running at EV-DO Rev. 0 speed: false. In fact, 100 percent of Verizon's 3G coverage has been Rev. A since 2007 -- the wording refers to 1xRTT, which is the transport technology in use where EV-DO hasn't been deployed.Yo...

By editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Publishing) For anyone who is perplexed by their iPhone or iPod touch, or who feels that they'd get more out of it if only they understood it better, two new Take Control ebooks are now available and ready to help. Much as we wanted to release these ebooks shortly after Apple released iPhone OS 3 and the iPh...

By Darren Murph TomTom's probably still dizzy from the hit that Google laid on it just a few days ago, but it has somehow managed to get its bearings long enough to announce that a slew of gratis updates are incoming for its highly-hyped iPhone navigation app. Following in Navigon's footsteps, the outfit h...

By editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Publishing) Paris, which has been my home since mid-2007, has pretty much everything anyone could want in a world-class city: outstanding restaurants, famous museums, striking architecture, fantastic public transportation, and a rich history that stretches back thousands of years. Besides be...

By Jon Buys Now I think that the three functions of iTunes are tied together because of the iTunes store. Since Apple used the same distribution model that had been successful with music for movies and TV shows, adding the functionality to iTunes and the iTunes Store offered the path of least resistan...

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Apple today began notifying purchasers of its iTunes LP offerings that updated versions compatible with the new Apple TV 3.0 software are now available for download. Apple delivered the Apple TV 3.0 software update to users last week, bringing a num...

By Wilson Rothman 5. Photos Still Require a Sync I don't quite understand this quirk of Apple TV: While music and movies I don't sync to the local drive still appear as long as they're in iTunes on my Mac, the photos that live on that same Mac are off limits unless I physically sync them. The alternative is to share...

By John Herrman iPhone OS is already a superpower with massive adoption, a huge app store and a bright future. They're not going anywhere. They learned their lessons about the importance of volume and apps when I was still a kid. But what about the other two smartphone players that consumers really love? You...

Apple posted a new Knowledge Base article late on Tuesday that shows step-by-step how to install RAM in the new 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac.

By editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Publishing) Recently, TidBITS reader "Rene Belloq" alerted us to a large and growing thread on Apple's Support Discussion forums (currently at over 20,000 views and nearly 300 replies). The thread details various user encounters with an iPhoto '09 bug that prevents the Faces feature from recogniz...

Apple today released a pair of software updates targeting Final Cut Studio and Snow Leopard Server users. Pro Applications Update 2009-001 (243.23 MB) offers an update to a number of components of Final Cut Studio.Pro ...

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By Liam Cassidy Scrolling is achieved by sliding, or swiping, a finger along the surface, rather like you would on an iPhone or iPod touch. Magic Mouse even senses the speed at which you ‘scroll’ — Apple calls this “momentum scrolling.” Scrolling is also supported horizontally and also through 360 degree...

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By Peter Burrows Also, the firm did a cost-benefit analysis on whether Apple should not only end exclusivity in the US, but also spend the money to develop and support a version of the iPhone that runs on the CDMA network technology used by market giant Verizon (which doesn't support the current iPhone, wh...

Apple today released Performance Update 1.0, addressing hard drive pauses affecting a "small number of customers" on a number of different Mac models. The update is available in Snow Leopard (300 KB) and Leopard (322 KB) versions.Th...

By editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Publishing) At first I had been inclined to propose a theory that maybe some external force, such as a bad scripting addition, might be messing things up somehow. This was a reasonable guess, because the Snow Leopard transition to 64-bit has in fact caused existing 32-bit scripting additions to becom...

By Jesus Diaz At last, Apple has released a much-needed patch: iPhone OS 3.1.2 is out and it solves the sleep issue—in which the iPhone refused to wake up—brought in by the previous version. There are other fixes too: It weighs 241.7MB. Go get it in iTunes. After the update—which is also available for the iPod T...

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By editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Publishing) In what may be an industry first, an operating system is shipping earlier than announced. Apple had previously promised Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard for September, but today Apple announced that Snow Leopard will become available on 28-Aug-09. Normally, it's pretty good money to bet on the la...

By John Herrman to show it's real. If you look at the board, it states Apple 2009 very clear. The 2nd gen AKA iPod touch out now, has 2008 on it. They haven't revised the 2008 touch. I will compare them in pic in a sec. I acquired this from a guy that I buy parts phones and iPods from. I believe he's a recycler in *********...

By John Biggs So that’s that. Apparently the Tapplet will look like a big iPod and act is sort of an MID device between the Macbook and the iPhone. I wouldn’t think it’s like Palm’s Foleo but more like a more powerful iPhone. “The device, which I’ve held mock ups of, is going to have a 10 inch screen, and when I sa...

By Sang Tang Who knows, I may be wrong. Perhaps CES is the event where Apple unveils that much rumored 10-inch touchscreen tablet. In any case, it certainly would be an interesting sight to see Apple amongst the CES crowd, if indeed it chooses to make an appearance there. But, just as the first couple of sea...

Sanford tried to explain all this to Apple, but to no avail. He submitted PasswordWallet three times, each time upping the rating after being rejected. For the final attempt, he gave PasswordWallet the highest possible rating, since each rejection took 8 to 10 days, and he couldn't afford...

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By Peter Burrows But the technology that enables app developers to offer subscriptions could also help Apple offer a music subscription service, for people who want to pay a monthly charge for access to the full iTunes library. Such a billing option isn't all Apple would need to do this. It would also need to...

By Darrell Etherington Apple today released an update for iTunes, bringing the version number to 8.1.1. jkOnTheRun: Will Palm Pre Software Updates Be Free?jkOnTheRun: iTunes Plus — fool me twice, shame on meWebWorkerDaily: Apple iPhone OS 3.0: A Web Working Perspective

By Jason D. O'Grady Apple’s Scott Forstall mentioned that Gizmodo has posted a tutorial on how to enable the hidden 3G data tethering in the developer builds of iPhone OS 3.0. It’s as simple as installing a 36KB file called “ATT_US.ipcc” on the iPhone (running 3.0) then flipping a new “Internet Tethering” swi...

By Brian Lam Time Capsule is $500 for a 1TB and $300 for 500GB of storage. That's not a ton of storage for high-end machines these days, and multiple machines will almost certainly require the 1TB setup if you want to keep a moderately detailed history of your computers' data changes. As you'd expect from...

blogger Rick Broida shows you how to customize Apple iTunes to make it easier to use and speed it up. A couple months back I came up with a few tips for getting more out of Apple's iTunes--including how to add missing album art and convert ...

By Jesus Diaz If you want to install cool apps on your iPhone or iPod Touch for free, easily, breaking Apple-imposed limitations without breaking your warranty or Applethingie, here is the how-to guide for Mac and...

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By glenn@tidbits.com (Glenn Fleishman) My first reaction to Steve Jobs's announcement at the Macworld Expo keynote that Apple would offer downloadable rentals was, oh, good, my wife and I can finally give up on the pretense that we actually watch movies via our Netflix subscription, rather than simply let the discs gather dus...

Recipe for Apple Butter Spice Cake  NC - How about a cup of fat-free apple butter instead? Health-conscious bakers have been using applesauce to cut fat for a long time, but the delightful ...

By Matthew Yi Apple Computer Inc. turns 30 on April Fool's Day. It was three decades ago when a pair of prank-loving college dropouts, who also shared an interest in electronics, created computer circuit boards in a Cupertino garage, named the product Apple I and sold it to a local computer store. To get th...

Apple on Thursday issued a version 1.1 revision to the Security Update 2006-002 patch released earlier this week. Apple's Web page about the update provides very little information, other than to say that it's only for Mac OS X v10.4.5 users, as a reader pointed out in the comments. Thanks to Ma...

By David Chartier The review probably isn't anything the typical Apple fan hasn't heard about already, but it's still awesome that a site like CNET has given Apple a good mark for a great product. via Digg] ReadPermalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Ads by Google