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Apple announces free iBooks Author OS X app

Apple has announced iBooks Author a free OS X app to create iBooks textbooks, cookbooks, history books, picture books, and more for iPad. All you need is an idea and a Mac. Start with one of the Apple-designed templates that feature a wide variety of page layouts. Add your own […]

Splashtop Remote Desktop for Mac OS X

Splashtop Inc., the worldwide leader in cross-device computing, today announced the release of its Mac client for Splashtop Remote Desktop to be demonstrated at MacWorld Asia 2011, Beijing, China, September 22-25. Now Mac users can enjoy Mac-to-PC and Mac-to-Mac remote access from a private network or across the Internet. Currently […]

OS X Lion USB Sticks Now Available

Apple’s OS X Lion USB thumb drive sticks are now available online, for $69. “OS X Lion is available on a USB thumb drive for installation without the need for a broadband Internet connection. Just plug the drive into your USB port and follow the instructions to install. OS X […]

Apple Releases Lion Recovery Disk Assistant

Apple has released Lion Recovery Disk Assistant a utility that lets users create a Lion recovery partition on an external drive or USB key. “Built right into OS X Lion, Lion Recovery lets you repair disks or reinstall OS X Lion without the need for a physical disc. The Lion […]

Apple’s New Mac Server Strategy

Mac OS X Lion Server represents a shift toward supporting fleets of iPhones and iPads on business networks writes Tom Yager on Infoworld. “The first app made for Lion to hit the App Store is a real eye-opener: Mac OS X Lion Server, costing $49, a tiny fraction of Snow […]

Apple to Sell Mac OS X Lion on USB Thumb Drive

Apple Insider reports, “Mac OS X Lion will be available on USB thumb drive for $69 in August” Apple Insider is saying that the USB OS X upgrade “later this August” will come at the cost of $69.99, or more than double the amount of downloading through the app store. […]

OS X 10.7 Lion and Lion Server Released

Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system with more than 250 new features, is available today as a download from the Mac® App Store™ for $29.99. Some of the amazing features in Lion include: new Multi-Touch® gestures; system-wide […]

OS X Lion Client Version Allows Virtualization

Apple is allowing owners of OS X (client version) to run multiple virtual copies on the same machine, reports MacRumors. “Previously, Apple extended this ability to Mac OS X Server only. Running separate instances of Mac OS X should be possible under virtualization solutions such as VMware Fusion and Parallels. […]

Do Not Track Tool for Safari in Mac OS X Lion

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has added a “do-not-track” privacy tool to the latest test version of their web browser Safari found in Mac OS X Lion. “The tool is included within the latest test release of Lion, a version of Apple’s Mac OS X operating system that […]

OS X 10.7 Lion Features New WiFi Diagnostics tool

Apple OS X 10.7 Lion features a new WiFi Diagnostics tool, to monitor the performance of wireless networks, record events, capture raw network frames, and log diagnostic data that can be sent to Apple by users for troubleshooting, according to AppleInsider. “The new app is in the hidden /System/Library/CoreServices folder, […]

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Gets Voices

Apple has added a very realistic new voice named Alex for text to speech features, reports AppleInsider. “People familiar with the matter report that individual voices range from about a third to more than a half gigabyte each, and that Apple will supply the voices as downloadable options that can […]