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Apple Store Announces Reserve And Pick Up Program

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:40:10 -0800

For you pre-Thanksgiving shoppers, the Apple retail store on Friday announced a way to get a jump on your holiday list. The Reserve And Pick Up option will let...

Introducing Speedmark 6

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:15 -0800

Back in August, Apple entered the era of Snow Leopard. Today, Macworld's Speedmark test suite enters the Snow Leopard's den.

XGestures Updated for Snow Leopard

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:40:22 -0800

Brian Kendall has released an updated version of xGestures for Snow Leopard, which allows you to drive your Mac with "mouse gestures"--a particular combination...

Add More Effects to Photo Booth and IChat

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:10:22 -0800

As you know, Photo Booth includes a collection of image-altering effects you can use to distort your photos; just click the Effects button to see the collection...

Upgrade the Mac Mini in Six Minutes

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:50:22 -0800

I've upgraded quite a few Mac minis over the past several years, from the original 2005 model to the latest version, released last week, and some in between...

Switchers Guide: Moving From Windows to the Mac

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:30:31 -0800

[Editors' note: We asked Harry McCracken, the former editor of PC World and the editor of the Technologizer blog, to write a guide to switching to the Mac from...

Switchers Guide: Move Your Files From PC to Mac

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:30:28 -0800

If you've been using a Windows PC but now want to move to a Mac, you likely have files--documents, PDFs, photos, music, and videos--that you want to bring with...

Switchers Guide: Moving Hardware and Software to Mac

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:30:22 -0800

When you're switching from a Windows PC to a Mac, there's one piece of good news: Most of the peripherals you used with your PC--including printers, digital...

Switchers Guide: Run Windows on a Mac

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:30:18 -0800

These days, buying a Mac doesn't mean you have to leave Windows behind. In 2005, Apple started building Macs with Intel processors. Among the other benefits of...

Switchers Guide: Understanding Mac Security

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:30:14 -0800

When it comes to security, using Windows can feel like living in the heart of a big city--the kind of place where you can install all the locks and alarms you...

Mac Developers Band Together for One Finger Discount

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:10:16 -0800

MacHeist threw a curveball this year by offering six Mac apps for free (well, in exchange for your name and email), so other developers got motivated to launch a...

Secrets Pref Pane Updated for Snow Leopard

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:20:00 -0800

Blacktree Software has released Secrets 1.0.6, a Snow Leopard-compatible version of their preference pane which exposes hidden features on your Mac.

MacHeist Offers Six Mac Apps for Free

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:21 -0800

The newest MacHeist bundle is out, at the lowest price ever: free. For the cost of an email address (and not your Twitter account, this time), MacHeist is...

Jitouch Adds New Gestures to Multi-Touch Trackpads

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:21 -0800

I'm a big fan of the Multi-Touch trackpads on Apple's recent laptops; by letting you use various gestures to perform actions, this technology makes the trackpad...

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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:21 -0800

Are You Neglecting Your Windows Key?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:16:00 -0800

A tap of the Windows key takes you to the Start menu, where--in Vista and 7--you can start typing to dynamically search for apps, files, e-mail, and the like.

Steve Jobs Is Fortune's CEO of the Decade

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:30:13 -0800

Steve Jobs has been down this year—the leave of absence, the liver transplant—and he’s been up—his triumphant return, Apple’s continued success. Fortune clearly...

Orb for Mac Lets You Stream Your Media Anywhere

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:50:24 -0800

Mac users can finally join their Windows brethren in using Orb, the media-sharing software from the creatively-named Orb Networks.

Steve Jobs Disliked ‘iMac,’ Had an Appalling Alternative

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:30:20 -0800

Were it not for Ken Segall, you might be going to the Apple Store to buy the new 27-inch FlatMac, the latest in a line of Apple consumer desktops that started...

Novation Launchpad Debuts

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:21 -0800

Novation has unveiled Launchpad, an easy-to-use audio controller that works with Ableton Live 8 performance software to let you create musical compositions.

Studio One Pro 1.0.1

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:20:12 -0800

Recording music is fun, rewarding, and highly creative. But the process of recording can be amazingly technical: you might have cables running everywhere...

21.5- and 27-inch IMacs (Late 2009)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:10:13 -0800

Featuring bigger and better screens and shiny new mice, the physical changes to the aluminum iMac in this update are the most dramatic since it was introduced...

Lenovo Profits Return as Restructuring Pays off

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:20:11 -0800

Lenovo posted its first quarterly net profit in a year, marking gains from a restructuring and strong sales in emerging markets.

Inside the Atari 800

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:01:00 -0800

It's the 30th anniversary of this 8-bit PC classic. We celebrate the occasion as we always do, by tearing the product apart and showing you the pieces.

RemoteSight Turns an ISight Into CCTV

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:40:13 -0800

Do you wish your iSight were more like the unblinking, ever-vigilant Eye of Sauron? Then you might be interested in Ben Software's new RemoteSight, an...

IMac (Late 2009) Benchmarks

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:10:17 -0800

Apple recently updated its popular iMac line of desktop computers to include larger screens, more standard memory and bigger hard drives. Three of the four new...

Mac Mini (Late 2009)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:50:37 -0800

Back in March, when I reviewed the previous Mac mini models--officially called the Mac mini (Early 2009)--Apple's smallest desktop computer had just received a...

Create Pause-zoom-pause Effects in IMovie Stills

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:30:17 -0800

Although I typically use Final Cut Express for my video projects, I recently had a really short project to do for the family, so I thought I'd give iMovie...

Report: Apple Store Headed to Downtown Philadelphia

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:00:15 -0800

It is a pretty good time to be a Philadelphian. The Phillies are in the World Series, the city managed to avoid shutting down all the libraries (woo! reading!)...

PC vs. Phone: Which Matters Most?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:54:00 -0800

Today's cellphones make a compelling alternative to PC. Which one matters most?

Delibar Makes Delicious Bookmarking Easy

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:40:27 -0800

Delicious is a popular social-bookmarking service--so popular that Yahoo bought it--that lets you save bookmarks "to the cloud" (in other words, online). You can...

Sorenson Media Releases Sorenson Squeeze 6

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:40:14 -0800

Sorenson Media has released Sorenson Squeeze 6, an update of its video encoding software package. This version is designed to let users more easily encode and...

Is Spotify the Future of Music Listening?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:36 -0800

For years, we've been hearing about iPod killers, iTunes wannabes, and new music services. We've seen them come and we've seen them go. My colleague Chris Breen...

Google Picasa 3.5

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:14 -0800

When it comes to organizing, editing, and sharing photos, most Mac users know iPhoto. But what happens when you don't feel like plunking down $79 for the latest...

Lenovo, HP Lead Way Into Rural China PC Market

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:40:18 -0800

HP, Lenovo and other PC makers looking to boost sales have increasingly zoned in on rural China, a vast and largely untapped source of new PC users.

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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:40:18 -0800

Power and the International Mac

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:20:17 -0800

Internationalist Paul Carpenter asks a question commonly posed by modern border-crossers. He writes:

Maingear Announces SHIFT "Personal Supercomputer"

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:33:00 -0800

It's a new gaming PC, not a supercomputer.

The Macalope Weekly: Everyone’s Got an Opinion

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:40:12 -0800

Apple will never lack for opinions about how it should be running its business. Unfortunately almost all of it’s bad. Retrevo is still working the netbook thing...

Acorn 2.1

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:22:17 -0800

When I reviewed Acorn 1.0.2 ( Macworld rated 3.5 out of 5 mice ) back in October of 2007, I was pleasantly surprised at its capabilities, but wanted a bit more...

Mac Mini (Late 2009) Benchmarks

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:30:12 -0700

Apple recently released an update to its Mac mini line of desktop computers. The changes include faster processors, more RAM, and Apple's Snow Leopard operating...

Camino 2 Release Candidate Sees Light of Day

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:10:17 -0700

The Camino Project has unveiled a release candidate for Camino 2, a Mac-only Web browser based on the same Mozilla rendering engine that powers Firefox.

Verizon Media Manager Streams Photos, Music to FiOS DVR

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:10:14 -0700

Mac users of Verizon's FiOS TV can sigh less deeply: Media Manager, the software that has allowed FiOS TV users to stream music, photos, or video from their...

iMac Users Grumble About Performance Issues

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:08:00 -0700

According to posts on Apple's support forum, owners of new iMacs are suffering from performance problems, including extremely sluggish playback of Flash-based video.

VHS Capture Tools Compared

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:50:25 -0700

Many people of a certain age have--hidden away among a lifetime of possessions--a large carton brimming with VHS tapes. Like all taped-based media, these tapes...

Man Behind '1984,' 'Think Different,' 'I'm a Mac' Steps Down

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:40:13 -0700

Lee Clow has served as the chief creative officer TBWA/Media Arts Lab, which handles Apple's advertising business, for a long time. Clow is the man behind...

ITunes 9.0.2 Update Adds Apple TV 3.0 Support

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:20:24 -0700

On Thursday Apple updated its iTunes ( Macworld rated 4 out of 5 mice ) music and video jukebox software to support the new Apple TV 3.0 software.

Report: Apple Plans Store Changes for Holidays

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:50:22 -0700

Not to be outdone by Microsoft's recent invasion into the retail space with Apple Store replicas its own stores, Apple is reputedly getting ready to bring some...

Microsoft Cuts the Crud on New PCs

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:33:00 -0700

Microsoft's online and retail stores will offer Windows 7 PCs without any unwanted demo-ware and junk-ware.

Our Tech Holiday Wish List: 10 Cool Gadgets We Really, Really Want

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:00 -0700

Colorful netbooks, personal TV systems, powerful digital cameras, and a potent Webcam: Our list is made, and we're checking it twice.

13-inch MacBook/2.26GHz (Late 2009)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:20:28 -0700

In just three and a half years, the MacBook, targeted at average computer users, students, and PC switchers, has become Apple's best-selling Mac model. In its...

Fake Google Chrome OS Download Makes the Rounds

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:50:19 -0700

For Google fans, trick-or-treat came a bit early. On Wednesday, a brief rash of Twitter posts suggested that the search behemoth had released a preview version...