Apple’s iCloud music locker will not require users to laboriously upload all the music in their iTunes libraries, but will instead rely on “scan and match.”   We all know iCloud is coming at next week’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) — Apple itself pre-announced it. And we already know that iCloud will: Stream songs from the cloud to [...]

Mac OS X has a system of user accounts, similar to that found on Windows machines. Setting up user accounts on your computer is a good idea for all sorts of reasons. Each account is a separate, ring-fenced section of the computer’s system. Stuff that User A does won’t affect stuff belonging to User B. [...]

A reader noticed today that the Microsoft-hosted Australian Channel 9 web portal (kind of like MSNBC in Australia) is mentioning an unreleased version of Messenger for Mac. If you go to ninemsn.com with a Mac and click on the “Messenger” icon on the top right, you’re directed to a page which mentions “Windows Live Messenger [...]

The fifth Snow Leopard maintenance update offers a number of fixes since the release of Mac OS X 10.6.4 in June. The 10.6.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that: – [...]

Just two days after sales began, the epic Steve Jobs (action) figure in the US that promised instant holiday joy for hundreds of Macheads has been halted on command by Apple. The detailed Jobsian likeness, standing upon an Apple logo platform, was originally sold for $79.90 USD. On Tuesday, a law firm representing Apple, Inc. [...]

According to MacStories, Apple is planning on an iOS 4.3 release for Monday, December 13th. However, that might be a little early, because iOS 4.2 had been expected to see an early November appearance, which as most of you know by now, was pushed back to due to various bugs being discovered prior to release. [...]

If you Head on over to the www.Apple.com website you’ll see a new front page teaser! “Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget,” the copy reads, before telling visitors to check back with Apple tomorrow at for an exciting new announcement pertaining to iTunes What the hell could it mean? Some guesses are. [...]

Another key update on the up and coming Mac OS X Lion…… Keeping a low-profile, Apple started accepting app submissions to the forthcoming Mac App Store. Last month, at Apple’s “Back to Mac” event, Steve Jobs unveiled the new Mac-based app store as a shining example of the Mac OS X Lion‘s new features. Snow Leopard users however, [...]

Another update from Apple today. Apple today released iPhoto 9.1, an update to the iPhoto application included in the company’s new iLife ’11 suite. The update restores support for the photo calendars that had gone missing in the initial iPhoto ’11 release, and also fixes several other bugs and introduces new holiday-themed letterpress card options. This update adds [...]

A very interesting update on the mac Pro from Apple toady. One item of interest that was overlooked in this morning’s news that Apple is discontinuing the Xserve is that the company has added a new standard configuration to its Mac Pro lineup. The new “Server” configuration offers an entry-level 2.8 GHz quad-core processor with 8 GB [...]