The last time Apple updated the Mac operating system-2009's Snow Leopard release-the most noteworthy changes happened under the hood. That's not the case with Lion, the next major version of Mac OS X.
Published on: June 10th, 2011
Macworld Staff
@itbusinessca
On Thursday Apple opened the Mac App Store, releasing a software update for Snow Leopard that allows Mac users to buy software using the same mechanisms they use to buy iOS apps and
Published on: January 7th, 2011
Jason Snell
@itbusinessca
It's easy to never go beyond the basics of Open and Save dialog boxes, despite their being perhaps the most-used feature of the Mac interface. Instead of simply working with the basics, make
Published on: January 5th, 2011
Sharon Zardetto
@itbusinessca
Apple today announced that it would open its Mac App Store on Jan. 6, 2011, beating its self-imposed deadline by several weeks. Earlier reports had incorrectly pegged the opening to Monday, Dec. 13.
Published on: December 17th, 2010
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
When Apple announced the server edition of its popular Mac Mini late in October, I was excited that the company was finally offering a low-cost small-business server at a terrific price point ($999)
Last summer, it looked like Apple was finally going to make its Macs and iPhones enterprise-capable, giving hope to those who wanted a more stable, less failure-prone option at the office. Soon, it
Published on: February 22nd, 2010
Galen Gruman
@itbusinessca
It's almost a pathetic assertion: This year, the Mac will break out of its ghetto and become a mainstream computer for individuals and businesses alike. That unfulfilled desire is foretold every year and
Published on: January 4th, 2010
Galen Gruman
@itbusinessca
Let's play "Simon Says." Simon says Windows 7's design was based on the Mac OS. Ooops. The Simon in question is Microsoft's partner group manager Simon Aldous, who in an interview with tech
Microsoft Corp. yesterday disowned a company executive who said his company's Windows 7 was inspired by Apple Inc.'s Mac operating system, calling his comments "uninformed" and "inaccurate."In an interview published Tuesday, Simon Aldous,
Published on: November 13th, 2009
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
Last week's release of Windows 7 had Microsoft Corp. executives from CEO Steve Ballmer on down confident that this version of Windows is everything Vista wasn't. The launch of Windows 7 followed the
Published on: November 3rd, 2009
Michael DeAgonia
@itbusinessca
The words overclocking and netbook appear in a sentence together about as often as Steve Ballmer is spotted at a Linux convention. Netbooks are all about portability over performance. Overclocking is all about
Whenever Apple releases a new operating system, the first thing creatives consider before updating is whether or not the new OS will play nicely with their existing investments in hardware and software. For
Published on: September 10th, 2009
James Dempsey
@itbusinessca
It's the best of times if you're a lover of operating systems, with the nearly simultaneous release of Apple's Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" (available right now) and Microsoft's Windows 7 (available
Published on: September 1st, 2009
Preston Gralla
@itbusinessca
Apple's latest operating system update, Mac OSX Snow Leopard, rolled out on August 28, and while Apple says the new OS is "refined, not reinvented," it'll become the de facto competitor to Microsoft
Published on: September 1st, 2009
Jared Newman
@itbusinessca
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