Apple Spring Forward/March 2015 Event

Apple’s “Spring Forward” event for March of 2015 is set to start in about 10 minutes (10am Pacific, noon CST, 1pm EST). Of course, the Apple Store is down ahead of the event. Obviously, Apple’s Watch is going to be the main focus, with pricing, new apps, and release information … Read more

TUAW Ceasing Publication on Tuesday

TUAW Another bit of sad news to bring you – TUAW, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, is ceasing publication this coming Tuesday, February 3, 2015. The parent company, AOL (yes, that AOL) is folding TUAW and the video games-oriented Joystiq into their larger properties (Engadget and Tech Crunch):

We have a large, loyal following of readers and we still have the fire in us when it comes to our passion for Apple products. However, TUAW is a small cog in a big machine — AOL — and our niche offering did not fit in with the corporate direction for larger content providers such as Engadget and TechCrunch.

The corporation is doubling down on all of the large properties, and the resources — however meager — being expended on sites like TUAW and Joystiq are being reallocated to fuel that big machine.

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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Available in App Store Now

It’s $19.99 at Apple’s Mac App Store and it weighs in at 4.08 GB. Update: Fall, 2017 – macOS High Sierra – Apple is now the current system, however if you have purchased Mountain Lion through the App Store, you should still be able to download it (through your Purchases … Read more

Reminder: WWDC 2012 Today, New Hardware Expected

Apple’s 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference is today, and there are lots of exciting things for Mac and iOS users expected to be revealed today. We should hear about the following: – OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (with a nearing release date) – iOS 6 – An upgrade to most of … Read more

Mac OS X 10.7.4, Safari 5.1.7 Released

If you are running OS X 10.7 ‘Lion’, you’ve probably already received the notice, but if you haven’t, check your Software Update in the Apple (?) menu. Highlights of Mac OS X 10.7.4 – Resolve an issue in which the “Reopen windows when logging back in” setting is always enabled. … Read more

Apple’s New iPad, iPhoto Updates

By now you know that Apple’s new iPad has been officially announced. We won’t see it in stores until the 16th of March, but it’s a very nice update and in some ways better than expected. It’s being called their new iPad – not iPad 3 or iPad HD as … Read more