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Hardware iMac Rumor

Leaked part photo suggests thinner next-gen iMac

The upcoming iMac: It may, in fact, be thinner AND snazzier than the current design. Per Chinese web site WeiPhone.com and MacRumors, a picture out of the Far East shows what is claimed to be the logic board and internal components for a new, thinner iMac set to be released by Apple in the near […]

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Apple extends warranty for 2009 iMac, cites known hard drive issue

There’s nothing like a quiet warranty extension to put your mind at ease. Per MacRumors, Apple on Friday quietly extended its iMac 1TB Seagate Hard Drive Replacement Program coverage back two years to include models sold from October 2009, effectively adding almost two years to the initiative which previously included machines sold between May and […]

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How-To iCloud News

How-To: Remote lock, remote wipe and restore data to a Mac via iCloud

You might want to take a gander at this. Following last week’s news that Wired journalist Mat Honan had his Mac remotely wiped as part of a devastating attack by hackers, a lot of interest has been focused on how to both remotely wipe your Mac’s data via iCloud as well as restore your data […]

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Crucial unveils solid-state drives for older Mac notebooks

You should add more solid-state drives to more things, as they are awesome. Per Macworld, accessory provider Crucial today announced a new solid-state drive (SSD) targeted at users who want to upgrade older computer systems with a flash drive that boasts a price well under US$1 per gigabyte of capacity. Crucial’s new v4 SSD, which […]

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MacBook Pro Rumor

Analyst states that next-gen MacBook Pro could use NAND storage system

The components found on the next generation of MacBook Pro notebooks could be that much more interesting. Per AppleInsider, analyst Ben Reitzes of Barclays Equity Research said that the adoption rate of Apple devices using SSDs, along with a continuing move to cloud computing, will push consumer notebook demand toward flash-based storage. Perhaps the single […]