They may not be scientific tests, but they prove a point. Per the intensely cool cats at The Mac Observer, a set of tests published on Monday claim to show significant a boost in MacBook battery life using a new developer build of OS X Mountain Lion, with the latest beta showing an 85-minute increase […]
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Come the OS X 10.8.1 update, your Apple notebook’s battery life could improve significantly. Per Softpedia, substantial improvements were discovered by an unnamed developer after installing OS X 10.8.1. Previously, the developer’s MacBook was reportedly showing a battery life of 4 hours and 5 minutes after a full charge, but installing the beta software increased […]
On Thursday, Parallels released version 7.0.15106 of its Parallels Desktop virtualization software. The new update, a 306 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Resolves an issue with installing Parallels Desktop in Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 or later. – Resolves an issue with opening third-party virtual machines in Parallels Desktop. – Resolves […]
This is kind of interesting. Per the United States Patent Trademark Office, Apple has applied for a patent in which a Smart Cover unit would take power from a connector on the side of the iPad to drive a flexible display in one of the cover segments for adding extra icons, controlling media playback, or […]
This could be helpful. On Wednesday, Apple released its MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Update 1.0 for its 2012 notebooks. The update, a 76.6 megabyte download, fixes an issue that can lead to increased CPU power consumption, and it improves compatibility with some USB devices. As always, the update can also be found and installed […]