What’s the deal with the “i”? Why does Apple call everything i-something (iMac, iCal, iPhone), and when did that start? To understand where the “i” in Apple’s product names comes from, we need to take a stroll back to 1998. Mac|Life was known as MacAddict, and Apple had just hired Steve Jobs back as interim [...]

This week we’ve been looking at Apple’s new lightweight marvel, the MacBook Air, as well as the new K1 Android Honeycomb tablet from Lenovo. We’ve also looked at a new 42-inch Smart TV as well as a new Blu-ray player for Sony. And that’s just for starters – there’s plenty more below. New MacBook Air [...]

Apple’s offered the gift of Lion Server to anyone who’s willing to drop an extra $50. Previously, you could only get OS X Server bundled on your Mac mini Server or Mac Pro, or pay $499 for Snow Leopard Server. By lowering the price, now more end users can afford Apple’s server offerings. In this [...]

Apple’s new starter machines run the gamut from sexy to predictable Add the MacBook to the long list of things Apple has killed off. Toss it on the pile, alongside floppy drives, ADB ports, and (soon, we’re betting) optical drives. While the death of the MacBook was shocking at first, what’s even more shocking is [...]

Not long ago, some of our customers asked if there was a good screen recorder for Mac OS Snow Leopard. A screen recorder is a program that records the screen shot (an image of your computer desktop or an active window). Recording screenshots sometimes can be very useful, especially when the employer wants to figure [...]

When it comes to internet security for Macintosh (Mac) computers, the subject is an increasingly controversial one. Some believe in the necessity for protection and some don’t. Some feel that the Mac OS X operating system is the most secure operating system on the planet. While others feel OS X is ripe with exploits that [...]

One of the best cases for the MacBook Pro 13 available today is the Speck SeeThru 13. In giving you some history and background on the case, you will see for yourself why it is considered to be one of the best. The SeeThru 13 case is manufactured by Speck. Speck has been in business [...]

If there is one question that still surprises people, it is “do Apples get viruses”. This is one myth that has been successfully perpetuated for more than a decade. In short, any piece of software can be hacked, the Apple operating system included. There a number of different reasons that this myth is considered to [...]

Something inside my beloved MacBook went terribly wrong the other day. I typed in my account password, and got that angry, shaky, “no way, you’re not getting in here” login window. But it was 7 AM, and mistakes happen. I wasn’t worried. I retyped it again. No go. And again–nothing. I switched gears, and tried [...]

Steve Jobs is a very powerful man. With a single word, he has been known to lay waste to inferior products and technologies. Okay, maybe that’s not true. Look at Windows, it’s been around for ages and Steve hasn’t exactly been quiet about how much better the Mac OS is to Windows. Still, that hasn’t [...]