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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.5 build 10H571, refines focus area for developers

Late Friday, Apple released an additional beta of its forthcoming Mac OS X 10.6.5 update. Per World of Apple, the beta, labeled build 10H571, arrived 5 days after Apple released an internal “pre-release build.” According to the release notes, developers who installed Thursday’s Mac OS X 10.6.6 beta will need to revert to 10.6.0-10.6.4 in […]

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iPad iPhone News retail

Apple internal memo surfaces, cites dead pixel/replacement policies for hardware

A leaked memo dictating Apple’s internal policy on replacing devices with dead LCD pixels surfaced last week, revealing that the company will replace an iPhone if it has just one dead pixel, while an iPad must have at least three to qualify. Per Boy Genius Report, the loose guidelines employees must follow when a customer […]

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User Group

Appearance: PPUG meets Saturday in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia PowerBook User Group (PPUG) meets Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at the Manayunk Brewing Company along the beautiful Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, PA. I’ll be on had with Bob Snow, Youngmoo Kim and David Berg to talk about the new MacBook Air, Mac OS 10.7 Lion, iOS 4.2, iLife ’11 […]

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MacBook Air News

Internal memo: Apple acknowledges second-gen MacBook Air graphics issue, fix apparently in the works

An internal memo allegedly leaked from Apple seems to support display issues experienced by some owners of the new MacBook Air notebook as well as indicate that an upcoming software update will fix the problems. The purported memo, obtained by Boy Genius Report, acknowledges that Apple is aware of the issue and is “working on […]

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MacBook Air News Software

New tests yield additional battery life in absence of Adobe Flash

It’s had a good run. Hell, it’s had a great run. Still, Apple has ceased bundling Adobe Flash on its new Macs, ostensibly so users could obtain the latest, secure version themselves with vastly increased battery life seems to be another leading reason for this change. According to the mighty Ars Technica, the new MacBook […]