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Articles Archive for August 2011

Mac, Software »

[31 Aug 2011 | No Comment | 828 views]

Fish gotta swim and geeks have to benchmark, and now they can do it on a wider range of old and new Macs, including Sandy Bridge models. And, of course, OS X 10.7 Lion compatibility is baked into this update, …

Mac, Software »

[31 Aug 2011 | No Comment | 1,398 views]

Where do open source and free meet? That’s become an increasingly sticky question. In this case, it’s someplace down the road a bit. But, if you’ve got $10, or already paid this year, NeoOffice has fresh OS X 10.7 features …

Games, Mobile, Reviews, how to »

[31 Aug 2011 | No Comment | 962 views]

Whether or not NFL players and owners reconciled, Madden NFL 12 would have arrived to scratch that itch. To date, the reviews have positive, very positive — more plays (2,500), better gameplay + graphics and expanded franchise management. Is it …

Apple luv »

[30 Aug 2011 | 2 Comments | 2,126 views]

Abdulfattah John Jandali is Steve Jobs’ 80-year-old biological father, a political science PhD and Syrian immigrant. He says he didn’t know the Edison of our age was his son until a couple years ago and now he’d like to “have …

Mac, Software »

[30 Aug 2011 | No Comment | 1,083 views]

It’s one of the more polished and refined clean, repair and optimize OS X utilities. And, as promised back in July, Maintain has delivered an OS X 10.7 compatible version of Cocktail that also offers update features, as well as …

Apple luv »

[29 Aug 2011 | No Comment | 584 views]

When you’re at Apple, everything you do will be compared to the master, all the more so if you’re the one stepping into his shoes. That notion behind us, Tim Cook was speaking from the heart during his May 14, …

Mac, Software »

[29 Aug 2011 | One Comment | 877 views]

Reading books on your Mac is still a poor third to mobile (iPad, Kindle, iPhone) and, quite frankly, an actual physical book. However, it is an option and one that I keep handy and there’s an update to help keep …

Apple luv »

[29 Aug 2011 | No Comment | 701 views]

Back in the day, there were two ways to get your Mac on a corporate network: get IT to help (near zero chance) or figure it out for yourself (default approach). Thereupon, one of the best and easiest ways to …

Deals, Mobile »

[27 Aug 2011 | No Comment | 1,348 views]

Back to school buying has reached a fever pitch, but the one thing you won’t find at a discount is the iPad 2. Until now that is. Although Walmart’s mark downs are tiny, the bundles and cheap accessories on offer …

Deals, Games, Mac »

[26 Aug 2011 | No Comment | 606 views]

It’s that time of year. Whether or not you’re in school, there are great prices to be found at MacConnection, consistently one of the highest rated Apple resellers on the web. However, you will not find bundles or rebates, just …