http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:58:38 -0700 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:53:06 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Psystar-resumes?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner Psystar's Open(3) system [Source: Psystar] Psystar, the rowdy and cantankerous Apple wannabe is at it again, after withdrawing from a bankruptcy. In case you were unaware of Psystar, these fun-loving individuals decided that they would bring Apple's... Opinionated Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:53:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Psystar-resumes?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d9-MacAlly-readies-slim-new-Bluetooth-keyboard?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner [Source: MacAlly]It wasn't that many years ago that I said Bluetooth was going to die an untimely death. Boy, was I wrong! Bluetooth is now everywhere and it has become a standard on even the cheapest of mobile phones. It also comes on every Mac. I'm... Useful Things Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:29:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d9-MacAlly-readies-slim-new-Bluetooth-keyboard?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d4-Apple-rolls-out-MacBook-Air-SMC-Updater-12?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner If you have an Apple MacBook Air and you have not yet received this update, you should get it. In fact, I'll take a moment to step aside and push really hard about performing regular updates to your Apple systems. By default, your Mac should check th... Useful Things Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:27:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d4-Apple-rolls-out-MacBook-Air-SMC-Updater-12?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d4-DOOM-Resurrection-3D-shooter-released-for-iPhone?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner [Credit: Escalation Studios]If you dig gaming on your pocketable laptop... er, iPhone... you may be interested to learn that Escalation Studios, a division of id Games, has rolled out DOOM: Resurrection for the iPhone and iPod Touch devices. Escalat... iPods & iPhones Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:56:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d4-DOOM-Resurrection-3D-shooter-released-for-iPhone?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d4-Plex-Media-Center-trumps-Apples-own-Frontrow?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner [Updated: The Dork fixed the link to the XBMC project. -TCR]Its not often that some group of developers can come along and get Apple right where they live, but the guys who run the Plex Media Center open source project seem to have done just that. Fo... Useful Things Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:30:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d4-Plex-Media-Center-trumps-Apples-own-Frontrow?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d4-Steve-Jobs-returns-to-work-as-planned?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner Apple has reported that Steve Jobs has returned to work starting on Tuesday, June 30th. It was this past January when Apple announced that Mr. Jobs would be taking a 6 month leave of absence from helming Apple to deal with personal medical issues. Th... Apple Stories Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:42:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d4-Steve-Jobs-returns-to-work-as-planned?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d3-One-thing-to-do-with-your-unused-iPod-iPhone-or-Apple-laptop?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner If I were to take the time to list all of the options you had for dealing with your own personal gadget mothball fleet, this would be one long article. I'll spare you that, at least this time. I just came across one service, however, which makes a ne... Useful Things Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:45:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m7d3-One-thing-to-do-with-your-unused-iPod-iPhone-or-Apple-laptop?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m6d9-Whats-the-deal-with-the-new-MacBook-Pros-Apple?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner Apple, oh Apple. What hath thou done. Fine, I realize that I'm being a little over-dramatic, but I think its very well worth knowing that Apple has gone and taken the Pro out of the MacBook Pro line-up. Not by word, have they done this, but by act. A... Opinionated Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:10:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m6d9-Whats-the-deal-with-the-new-MacBook-Pros-Apple?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m5d7-Mac-101-How-to-create-an-ISO-using-Disk-Utility?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner There's nothing easier than using a Mac for a wide range of very complex tasks, that's for sure. The Mac, however, doesn't do everything graciously, and sometimes it literally hides the fact that it can deal with certain things. This thankfully small... Mac 101 Thu, 07 May 2009 13:55:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m5d7-Mac-101-How-to-create-an-ISO-using-Disk-Utility?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m4d29-ActyMac-helps-miserly-managers-monitor-Mac-miscreants?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner If you manage anyone and they are on Macs, then you're likely working in some kind of creative capacity. With that said, its not unlikely that you have a wildly creative if unruly staff. Creative types often spend a lot of time doing what they want, ... Useful Things Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:33:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m4d29-ActyMac-helps-miserly-managers-monitor-Mac-miscreants?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m4d25-MCE-offer-BluRay-hardware-for-Mac-Pro-Power-Mac-systems?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner MCE is fostering that ever growing march towards Blu-Ray dominance by offering a Mac OS X compatible Blu-Ray drives which allows users to burn Blu-Ray media. The drives can be installed into Mac Pro and Power Mac G5 systems and does not require softw... Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:11:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m4d25-MCE-offer-BluRay-hardware-for-Mac-Pro-Power-Mac-systems?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m3d11-Apple-rolls-out-new-smaller-iPod-Shuffle?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner Image Credit: Apple Inc. Well, Apple's still at it with product line refreshes, this time with the iPod Shuffle. As you can see, the new Shuffle is very, very small. It now only comes in a 4GB flavor in either black (shown) or white. Apple claims th... iPods & iPhones Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:11:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m3d11-Apple-rolls-out-new-smaller-iPod-Shuffle?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m3d9-OmniGroup-announces-four-applications-now-available-for-free?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner In case there weren't enough free web browsers available for Mac OS X now (right now there's Safari, Firefox, Camino, Opera, Shiira, and Flock, and if your want to go all out there's ELinks, Lynx, and Lynxlet for your CLI folks) OmniGroup has an... Headlines Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:05:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m3d9-OmniGroup-announces-four-applications-now-available-for-free?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m3d5-Apple-Refreshes-iMac-MacPro-Mac-Mini-Lines?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner Without going into ridiculous amounts of detail, Apple has today announced a range of product line refreshes for the iMac, Mac Pro, and Mac Mini. The general theme of the refresh has been to migrate all of these lines up to the latest and greatest of... Headlines Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:33:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m3d5-Apple-Refreshes-iMac-MacPro-Mac-Mini-Lines?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m3d3-Mac-Bundle-Box-gives-you-a-steal-of-a-deal-on-13-Mac-apps284?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner Apple computers, be they Macs or MacBooks, are great, but they don't do literally everything out of the box. In order to get new capabilities you'll need to invest in some software. Sure, there's plenty of freeware out there, but there's not always a... White Hot Deals Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:06:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m3d3-Mac-Bundle-Box-gives-you-a-steal-of-a-deal-on-13-Mac-apps284?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m2d23-Mac-101-How-to-share-your-wireless-connection-with-other-computers?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner There are a ton of great features built into Mac OS X, and one of my favorites is being able to share internet access in a wide variety of forms. You can share your Ethernet connection to a network over wireless, you can share your wireless, Bluetoot... Mac 101 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:03:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m2d23-Mac-101-How-to-share-your-wireless-connection-with-other-computers?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m2d18-Word-processors-for-Mac-OS-X--Early-2009-Edition?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner The great thing about the Mac is its a computer. Yes, a Mac can do everything a Windows machine can and often better. This includes one of the world's most performed functions of a computer; word processing. Heck, I'm doing it now in one of the word ... Safety In Numbers Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:42:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m2d18-Word-processors-for-Mac-OS-X--Early-2009-Edition?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m2d15-Mac-101-Using-Spotlight-to-start-applications?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner Apple is all about convenience and ease of use, and Apple's Spotlight technology, introduced in Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" as a replacement for Sherlock and improved in Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard", is a big part of that ethic. Spotlight ma... Mac 101 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:46:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m2d15-Mac-101-Using-Spotlight-to-start-applications?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m2d15-Apple-Stories-Tyler-Regas?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner First, I'd like to welcome you to the first of a new series of articles I will be writing, the Apple Story. Yes, the name is a play on the name of Apple's now ubiquitous series of retail outlets, and in that it is where I intend to find my subjects (... Apple Stories Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:17:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m2d15-Apple-Stories-Tyler-Regas?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m2d13-Is-Los-Angeles-the-center-of-the-Apple-universe?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner Having been using Apple equipment since the late 70's and being on the front lines to watch Apple's fortunes rise, fall, and rise again (the detail of which is for another article) I've come to a conclusion which is not, mind you, affirmed by actual ... Opinionated Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:44:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3701-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner~y2009m2d13-Is-Los-Angeles-the-center-of-the-Apple-universe?cid=exrss-LA-Apple-Gear-Examiner