P ARIS, FRANCE – Apple dealers are being told that flat-panel iMac G5s will be in very limited supply until late-November, early-December. Apple introduced the new iMac today to cheering crowds during the Apple Expo keynote in Paris, France. Independent dealers say that the flow of new iMacs will be a "trickle" when they initially…
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Danish Mac User Makes An Apple Table
Thereis not much of a story accompanying the images, but it appears as if the Dane posting the images made the table for his (or her) own use. We thought it cool enough to show you, and so: cbaynis Apple logo table
Targus Announces Mac Notebook Accessories & Peripherals
The Ultra-Mini Optical Mouse, at US$50 features the familiar white coloring and silver accents, wireless RF technology, a compact, lightweight design, a three-button scrolling wheel, 800-dpi optical resolution, a thumb-sized USB receiver, and a carrying pouch. The three-in-one Mobile 70 Universal AC/DC Adapter at $120 powers and charges iBooks and PowerBooks from a standard AC…
First Mac Academy Opens in Sydney
The first Mac Academy in Sydney’s inner city suburb of Darlinghurst has opened, according to ARN News The goal of the new facility is to provide customers with high-tech learning and support on Apple products, as well as those of its vendor partners, including Microsoft, Macromedia and Adobe. Apple Centre Taylor Square director, Ben Morgan,…
August 15-21: Luxo Jr., iMac Ships, eMachines Sued
Many people know about great Pixar movies like Finding Nemo and A Bug’s Life, and almost everyone who has been to a movie in the last 10 years has seen the cute lamp that bounces around on Pixar’s logo before Pixar movie trailers. What some people might not know, however, is that this lamp is…
M-Audio Brings 5.1 Surround Sound To a Mac Near You
M-Audio has introduced a new 5.1 surround card for PCI Macs. The new card is called Revolution 5.1, and is based on M-Audio’s Revolution 7.1 technology. Revolution 5.1 offers Mac users 5.1 surround sound out from their Macs that have a PCI slot. M-Audio says the product supports games, DVD, and other products that offer…
Computing with Bifocals - Hints & Tips For Mac Apps
In today’s column I am going to share some of my favorite hints and tips for using some of the basic OS X applications — Mail, Safari, Address Book, and iPhoto. Then, for good measure, I’m throwing in one for Microsoft Word for Mac. Sending Mail to a Group of People at The Same Time…
Computing with Bifocals - Hints & Tips For Mac Apps
In today’s column I am going to share some of my favorite hints and tips for using some of the basic OS X applications — Mail, Safari, Address Book, and iPhoto. Then, for good measure, I’m throwing in one for Microsoft Word for Mac. Sending Mail to a Group of People at The Same Time…
July 18-24: Last 68k Mac, OS 8, Be
This week in Apple history (July 18-24), Apple introduced the last Mac based on the 68k processor family that had powered the Mac product line for 10 years. The Quadra 630 was powered by a 33 MHz processor, and shipped with Mac OS 7.1. Do you miss those days? Three years later, in 1997, Apple…
Virtual PC 7 to Ship in October; More Delays Possible
A spokesperson for Microsoftis Mac Business Unit told The Mac Observer Thursday that plans are on track for an October delivery date. “We anticipate that Virtual PC 7 with Win XP Professional and Home will release to manufacturing in September and be on store shelves by early October,” a company statement said. “Virtual PC 7…
Oppenheimer: iMac Delays Due to G5 Problems at IBM
Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer revealed during a quarterly earnings conference call with analysts that the new iMac that will begin shipping in September will be powered by the PowerPC G5 processor, but that an IBM chip shortage was behind the delay of the new consumer Apple desktop not being released sooner. Mr. Oppenheimer…
MacVault 2.0 Beta Version Released
Chronopath, Inc., today, has released MacVault 2, a new upgrade to its data organization app. MacVault is an application designed to let you effortlessly organize your serial numbers, passwords, credit cards, or any other information into different categories. This version of MacVault is rewritten in Cocoa from the ground up. It also features an improved…
IBM Points The Way To Mobile G5s
One of the items most mobile Mac users have on their wish list is a G5-powered PowerBook. Such a device, thus far, seems many months away, to say the least. The current crop of G5 processors, exclusively produced by IBM, require hefty heat management in the form of heat sinks and liquid cooling that can’t…
Dr. Mac: Rants & Raves - Drum Machines on Your Mac: Not for Drummers Only
When it comes to creating drum tracks, GarageBand kinda sucks. Sure you can use loops and many of them sound fantastic, but if you want to record drum tracks from scratch, your choices are as follows: Record real drums one track at a time, which is both difficult and tedious. Record Software Instrument drums using…
Default Folder X Updated With Dialog Synchronizing
St. Clair Software is happy to announce the availability of Default Folder X 1.9.4, the latest revision of its Eddy Award-winning utility for enhancing Open and Save dialogs. Default Folder X 1.9.4 now offers the option to keep Open and Save dialogs "synchronized" so they always point to the same folder, and gives users control…
Ihnatko - I Love AppleScript Studio
Studio Sessions Boy, the more I work with AppleScript Studio, the more I love the thing. I don’t use any commercial apps to maintain and manage my weblog. When I started YellowText in 1995, the word "blog" didn’t even exist. A simple script to automatically upload an HTML file to my webserver became a…
Apple Announces 2.5 GHz Dual G5 Power Macs
Apple announced today a long-awaited and much anticipated update to the Power Mac G5 product line. The company has announced a new lineup that includes 1.8 GHz, 2.0 GHz, and 2.5 GHz units, all with dual processors. The dual 2.5 GHz unit includes two independent 1.25 GHz front-side busses that Apple says supports data throughput…
iPontificate: The Mac is Dead, Long Live iPod!
The Mac is Dead, Long Live iPod! That’s the word from a lot of so-called Mac pundits concerning the news last week that Apple is creating a separate iPod division within the company. Once again, these guys must be in need of a boost in readers, because we all know that the easiest way to…
A Low-Cost Graphic Card Solution For Old Macs
E arlier this year, I wrote an article for TMO entitled, "Low-Cost Graphic Card Solutions For Macs." In it, I mentioned my "quest" to find a replacement graphic card for my G4 Sawtooth model. This is a great little machine and I hope to get 2 or 3 more years of use from it, especially…
TMO Scoop - Mac Office 2004 Ships (W/Screen Shots)
T MOis Devilis Advocate, John Kheit, received notice from the Apple Store yesterday that his copy of Mac Office 2004 had shipped, and it did indeed arrive last night. TMO contacted Microsoft to verify that the product was shipping in wide release, and a spokesperson confirmed that the newest Mac Office was in stores. An…
May 1 - 8: Big Blue Becomes Cloner, The iMac is Born!
[Authors Note: Owen and I are still behind in this series, but we are committed to getting caught up by Macworld Boston. Look for a blast of This Week in Apple History installments during the next two weeks. – Bryan] Do the Floppy Shuffle! Ah, remember the good ol’ days of constantly switching out floppy…
SGI To Sell Maya Maker Alias, Mac Version To Continue
< A href="http://www.sgi.com/">Silicon Graphics Inc. has agreed to sell its Alias Systems unit, makers of the Maya 3D animation and effects software, to Accel-KKR for US$57.5 million, the companies jointly announced Thursday. Alias President Doug Walker said the sale will be good for the overall future of Alias Systems. “This exciting new partnership enables Alias…
Austrailian Government Office Switches To Macs
By many accounts, Apple’s Switch campaign has been a success. Apple claims that as much as 50% of Mac sales in its retail stores can be attributed to people new to the Mac platform and ex-Windows users. Apple still has a section of its Web site dedicated to convincing those considering making the move to…
Apple Rolls Out 1.25 GHz eMac At US$799, US$599 For Education [Updated]
[Update: We have updated this story with information on Apple’s education eMac models – Editor] Apple Computer announced today a speed bump for its eMac desktop models, starting at US$799 for the low-end, 1.25 GHz model. The two models include a new and faster ATI Radeon graphics chip and a jump from USB 1.1 to…