Faster Forward Archive: Mac
Apple ships second major patch for Snow Leopard
Yesterday afternoon, Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.2, its second maintenance update to the Snow Leopard operating system it shipped in late August. Like most of Apple's decimal-point updates, this large download -- 157.7 megabytes -- installed without any problems, but didn't offer any obvious improvements either. If you haven't...
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November 10, 2009; 11:44 AM ET |
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A second look at Apple's Snow Leopard
It's now been almost two months since I reviewed Apple's Snow Leopard version of Mac OS X -- enough time for Apple to have shipped its first major patch to that operating system, and enough time for any new-release shininess to have dulled. Granted, Snow Leopard (aka, Mac OS X...
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November 2, 2009; 11:59 AM ET |
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Apple's no-price-cuts-needed recipe for success
Meet your next computer: It's no cheaper than the model it replaced, and its new features consist of processor and memory upgrades you probably won't notice and some design refinements you've lived just fine without until now. In that light, the rather pricey new desktop and laptop computers Apple introduced...
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October 20, 2009; 6:00 PM ET |
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Tuesday Tidbits: Little Things That Could Count
Not all of the important news in technology is heralded by 32-point headlines. Three developments over the past few days didn't land on any front pages, but each amounts to a significant -- and in one case, not necessarily pleasant -- change to the tech business. Bloggers Must Cite Ties...
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October 6, 2009; 12:55 PM ET |
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Apple's Snow Leopard: A Revision, Not a Revolution
As I was working my way through today's review of Apple's new Snow Leopard edition of Mac OS X, I noticed that words such as "unremarkable," "boring," "invisible" and even "yawner" began appearing in my notes. Don't get me wrong; exciting isn't always good in operating-system upgrades. Microsoft's Windows Vista...
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September 4, 2009; 11:12 AM ET |
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Google Shows Street-Level Traffic On Some City Maps
Yesterday, Google added the latest in a long list of new features to its online mapping service: street-level traffic data in major cities. On both its full-size site and its mobile-phone applications, you're no longer limited to seeing that, say, the Dulles Toll Road is running slow between Spring Hill...
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August 26, 2009; 11:38 AM ET |
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