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How to breathe new life into a dying Mac Pro

By Peter Cohen, Monday, May 20, 2013 a 3:59 pm

I'm targeting this at a very select group of readers: those of you, like me, who have Apple's most neglected Mac model. The red-headed stepchild of the Mac family. The Mac Pro. If you're limping along with an ever-aging Mac Pro, what's the best way to get some more life out of the old beast? Let's take a look.

Apple encouraging MobileMe users to switch to iCloud with free Snow Leopard upgrade offer

By chrisoldroyd, Thursday, Apr 19, 2012 a 9:16 am

Apple is trying to encourage users of its MobileMe service to switch over to iCloud by offering a free Snow Leopard upgrade DVD. Snow Leopard usually costs $29 from the Apple Store. In order to use iCloud on your Mac, it has to be running Lion. Apparently, some percentage of MobileMe users are still running on Leopard and haven’t upgraded to Snow Leopard which is needed before you can upgrade to Lion.

Daily Tip: How to update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to iOS 5

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 a 11:50 pm

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Want to upgrade your iOS device to iOS 5? iTunes makes the process of upgrading painless. And it's just like checking for upgrades and updating any other firmware version in iTunes. The best part is once you're on iOS 5 you can start to receive OTA updates after your initial update to iOS 5.

How to sell your old iPhone before upgrading to the iPhone 4S

By Andrew Wray, Friday, Oct 7, 2011 a 12:34 pm

So you're getting an iPhone 4S, you've chosen the carrier and decided on the storage size, and now you need to figure out the ins and outs of how to sell your old iPhone (or other smartphone) before upgrading? If you don't want to keep it around as a spare, or as an iPod touch, or hand it down to a family member or friend -- if you're looking to get some cash back -- then there are a few things you can do, and a few things you need to know before getting started.

Today we're going to show you how to cash out the old and bring in the new using a number of great services!

Should you get an iPhone 4S?

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Oct 6, 2011 a 10:40 pm

Should you upgrade from whatever you have now to an iPhone 4S? The answer to that depends entirely on what exactly you have now, or whether any of the features of iPhone 4S are compelling enough to makes it worth upgrading regardless of what you have now.

Read on for the full breakdown.

AT&T not allowing upgrade prices for early iPhone 4 adopters?

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Oct 4, 2011 a 5:56 pm

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As of right now, it appears as though AT&T will not be honoring upgrade prices for the iPhone 4S to early iPhone 4 adopters. In the past, early adopters have been able to purchase the new iPhone at the upgrade price even though their account wasn't technically available for an upgrade yet.

I purchased the iPhone 4 on the day of release, but when checking my availability for the iPhone 4S from Apple's website, I'm presented with the following prices:

Before November 25, 2011:

Daily tip: How to enable iOS4 features on a iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G with WhiteD00r [Jailbreak]

By George Lim, Tuesday, Jul 5, 2011 a 9:22 pm

Still have a working original iPhone 2G or iPhone 3G (or an iPod touch 1 or 2) and wondering how to get iOS4 features like Multitasking, Folders or Tethering? If you're willing to Jailbreak with WhiteD00r, you can enable most of these new features with a simple install. We'll show you how after the break!

Cydia 1.1 update now live!

By Allyson Kazmucha, Saturday, Mar 26, 2011 a 3:11 pm

The new Cydia update we've all been anticipating for a while now is ready for your jailbreaking entertainment! Cydia 1.1 can be had by simply launching Cydia and letting the packages refresh. It should then notify you that an upgrade is available. Simply select complete upgrade and let it do its thing!

The new features of Cydia 1.1 are as follows:

Speed improvement, such as with “Loading Changes”
Memory usage has decreased
Much improved search algorithm
Lets iOS run Activator, libstatusbar, and SimulatedKeyEvents while Cydia is running

All you jailbreakers out there, get your Cydia on and let us know what changes you're noticing in the comments!

Should you upgrade from the original iPad to iPad 2?

By Georgia, Monday, Mar 7, 2011 a 10:06 pm

We posted our iPad Buyers Guide earlier today but have since gotten quite a few emails asking whether or not original iPad owners should upgrade to iPad 2? There are only a few big differences between the original iPad and iPad 2 so the question comes down to whether or not any one (or more) of them are compelling enough to warrant an upgrade.

We'll take a look at them and help you decide after the break!

Average age of iPhone users, 16GB or 32GB?, Jailbreak, AT&T upgrade date - From the Forums

By Jeremy, Saturday, Jan 29, 2011 a 4:28 pm

The TiPb forums are naturally a great place to talk, commiserate, celebrate, get help, and offer advice to your fellow iPhone users. In order to create a new thread of your own or reply to any of the existing threads, you must be a registered member. Becoming a member is easy and free so if you haven’t already, head on over and register now!