Per the cool cats at Free Patents Online, Apple is apparently investigating new ways of interacting with devices, such as using hand gestures to navigate and control a video recording system without touching anything. Apple’s interest in hands-off control of a device like an iPhone, iPad or Mac was revealed this week in a new […]
Day: October 27, 2011
Late Wednesday, Apple released EFI firmware updates for both its 2011 MacBook Pro and MacBook Air notebooks. The updates, which weigh in at a 4.1 megabyte download and a 4 megabyte download, respectively, fix several issues to improve the stability of Apple’s mid-2011notebooks. The update includes fixes that enhance the stability of Lion Recovery from […]
Late Tuesday, Apple released its Thunderbolt Software Update 1.1 firmware upgrade for its Thunderbolt-equipped Macs running Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”). The update, a 72.53 megabyte download, provides support for the Apple Thunderbolt Display and bug fixes for Thunderbolt device compatibility. In addition to the direct download, Thunderbolt Software Update 1.1 is available through Mac […]
Along with almost everything else, Apple released iPhoto 9.2.1 on Thursday, the latest version of its image organization and editing application. The update, a 357 megabyte download which can be be snagged directly or via Mac OS X’s Software Update feature, offers the following major fix: – Addresses an issue that could cause iPhoto to […]