Hardware

Oct 31 2011

Automatic Time Zone Detection in iOS 5, Cause of Battery Drain?

iPhoneDownloadBlog has an articleiPhone 5 Announcement that details how to turn this setting off and how it’s draining your battery.  While not an official bug as of yet, the problem is connected to this function constantly checking location through GPS and keeping the GPS circuitry active all the time which is a huge battery drain.  Perhaps Apple should talk with Garmin, I have a eTrex that runs weeks off a pair of AA batteries.

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By Corey • Hardware, iOS • 0 • Tags: , ,

Oct 9 2011

A Macbook Pro Dock That Does Not Bite, Byte-Dock

Techne Industries Ltd. has come up with what I consider an improvement over other docking stations.  The Byte-Dock is a docking station for your MacBook Pro’s in all sizes.  It features all the ports you need such as front USB and audio in/out ports, and on the rear there is FireWire, DisplayPort/Thunderbolt, Ethernet, and USB.  It is very stable even with a 17″ MacBook Pro which I tested by smacking it around some until it was about to go over.  It felt sturdy enough for those in California that they don’t have to worry about the shaking sending their precious MacBook Pro into the floor.  Insertion and taking the unit out worked great and was easy for anyone, and the best part (It’s Black!) it matches your AV equipment.  Unless you’re some white freak who has managed to come down with a  full set of Apple white products of course.

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By Corey • Accessories, Hardware • 0 • Tags: , ,

Sep 1 2011

Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update

This update adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’11:

  • Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200
  • Olympus PEN E-P3
  • Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G3
  • Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF3
  • Samsung NX11
  • Samsung NX100
  • Sony Alpha NEX-C3
  • Sony Alpha SLT-A35

 

For more information on supported RAW formats, see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4757

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Aug 5 2011

Magic Mouse Gone, Then Back Again

According to Cult of Mac the Magic Mouse may be getting an update with BlueTooth 4.0 and updated gestures for Lion.  You can read up about it here.

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Aug 1 2011

Add Second Hard Drive To 2011 Mac Mini Server

If you’re not looking to pay extra for a second drive in your 2011 Mac Mini then Slyseekr over at MacRumor’s forums has posted a writeup on how to do it and where to get the parts from.  Head on over and check it out.

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By Corey • Hardware, How To • 0 • Tags:

Jul 18 2011

OWC Announces Their Products Compatible With Lion

OWC aka MacSales has published on their blog that all of their products will work with Lion.  This will be welcome news to anyone who owns a large number of their products including this Mac user.  You can read the announcement here.

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Jul 8 2011

OWC Drops Prices On Qx2 Raid Array

The OWC Mercury Elite Pro Qx2 is a High-Performance RAID Solution for your high-capacity needs of up to 12.0TB and can be configured in RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 or non-RAID SPAN modes easily. The Qx2 features a “Quad Interface” allowing you to connect via FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB2, or eSATA.

So if you like to edit large sets of video or photos this is a great deal for an external scratch disk/storage solution.  Also great if you need reliable storage for a large Time Machine backup.

Click Here to find out more.

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Jun 23 2011

OWC Mercury Extreme 6G SSD Fastest

The guys over at Legit Reviews has posted a rundown of OWC’s latest Mercury Extreme SSD’s.  Showing that it beats if barely the OCZ Vertex III series and prices are in line with those same line of drives.  If you’re in the market for a SSD for you Mac then you need to go read the article.

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Jun 21 2011

New Airport Extreme Base Stations and Time Capsules Imminent

According to 9to5Mac they are reporting new model numbers and claiming lower prices of Airport Extreme Base Stations and Time Capsules to arrive any day now.  I’ve checked the Apple Store and it still shows ships in 24 hours so no clues there.  It is thought that today will be the day these release, however I also wonder if it will coincide with a MacBook Air refresh which could feature 450Mbps wi-fi that’s been included in the new MacBook Pro’s and iMac’s.

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By Corey • Hardware, Rumors • 0 • Tags: ,

Jun 19 2011

Mac Pro and Mac Mini Refresh in August

MacRumors has a report that the Mac Pro’s and Mac Mini’s will see a hardware refresh along with sandybridge etc at the end of July or the first week of August.  You can read up on it here.

By Corey • Hardware, Mac Mini, Mac Pro • 1 • Tags: , , ,

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