Mac Os X

Apple set to focus on "power users" with 10.9, but whither the regular folks?

By Peter Cohen, Monday, Apr 29, 2013 a 6:29 pm

WWDC will bring with it the first developer's looks at new versions of OS X and iOS; Apple VP Phil Schiller said so when the company announced WWDC's dates. According to Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac, OS X 10.9 will tout features geared toward "power users," among them better Spaces management for multi-monitor systems, tabbed browsing and more.

Notification Center comes to Mac with OS X Mountain Line

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 a 10:15 am

Keep track of all your mail, message, twitter, and other alerts on your Mac as easily as you do on your iPhone or iPad

Notification Center will be making its way from your iPhone and iPad to your Mac with the release of OS X Mountain Lion. It was one of the most eagerly awaited features of iOS 5 and aims to do the same now for Mac -- bring all your alerts to you in one place, including mail, reminders, calendar, messages, Twitter, and more.

Secret Apple project worked to port Mac OS X to iPad-style ARM processors

By Jack Perry, Monday, Feb 6, 2012 a 10:52 pm

In 2010, Apple’s Platform Technologies Group (a subdivision of the CoreOS department) spent some working on a previously-embargoed project to port the Mac OS X Darwin kernel to the ARMv5 chipset architecture -- the same family of chipsets that currently powers iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad.

Here's a snippet from the project Porting Darwin to the MV88F6281, subtitled ARMing the Snow Leopard:

Apple posts iBooks Author instructional video

By Andrew Wray, Thursday, Jan 19, 2012 a 1:26 pm

Following up on the education event in New York, Apple has posted an instructional video for the new iBooks Author app available in the Mac App Store.

Apple posts iBooks Author FAQ

By Andrew Wray, Thursday, Jan 19, 2012 a 12:47 pm

No doubt there will be a lot of questions about iBooks Author, and in anticipation of many of those, Apple has posted an FAQ in their knowledge base to address some of the most common. Entries include:

Daily Tip: how to create free iPhone ringtones in GarageBand (Mac only)

By Allyson Kazmucha, Monday, Aug 29, 2011 a 9:15 pm

On a Mac and wondering how to get free ringtones for your iPhone? We all know you can purchase or create ringtones in iTunes but... they can be limited in functionality or selection. Luckily GarageBand, which is part of the the iLife suite, has the ability to create ringtones built right in.

The process isn't too difficult and you can fine tune them however you like; including fade ins, fade outs, splicing sections together, and more.

Daily Tip: How to subscribe to Apple iCal calendars [Mac only]

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Jul 21, 2011 a 12:53 am

Trying to figure out how to easily add holidays and sports schedules into the iPhone or iPad Calendar app? Lucky for us Apple actually solved this problem quite a while ago for Mac iCal users. Simply subscribe to Apple's already built calendars and you'll be all set. Read on to find out how!

Mac OS X Lion is here!

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jul 20, 2011 a 8:31 am

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is here. OS X, the desktop counterpart to Apple's mobile iOS, has taken iPad innovation "Back to the Mac" with this release, including the iPad home screen-like LaunchPad for app management, automatic save and resume, etc.

Head of Mac OS X software, Bertrand Serlet is leaving Apple

By Georgia, Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011 a 5:08 pm

Apple has announced that Bertrand Sertlet, Vice President of Mac Software Engineering, is leaving to pursue scientific interests.

“I’ve worked with Steve for 22 years and have had an incredible time developing products at both NeXT and Apple, but at this point, I want to focus less on products and more on science,” said Bertrand Serlet, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “Craig has done a great job managing the Mac OS team for the past two years, Lion is a great release and the transition should be seamless.”

He'll be replaced by Craig Federighi, current VP of Mac Software Engineering. While this represents a change to the Mac group and not the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad group run by SVP of iOS Software Engineering, Scott Forstall, Apple has a history of bringing technology from Mac OS X to iOS X and vice versa. Also, since iOS and Cocoa Touch are based on Mac OS X and Cocoa, and Serlet played a pivotal roll in in the development of both, his contributions even to Apple's mobile efforts have no doubt been immense.

Everyone at TiPb wishes Serlet a successful future! Video memories after the break!

[Apple PR]

Ninja tip: How to re-enable network AirPrint on Mac

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Nov 12, 2010 a 10:42 am

Using the release version of Mac OS X 10.6.5 and curious how to re-enable network AirPrint for your iPhone or iPad? Apple seems to have us in limbo as to whether or not this feature will actually work when the final version of iOS 4.2 ships, but if you have the current iOS 4.2 GM software and aren't afraid to get your geek on, you can get it working now. Follow on after the break to find out how...