In his new book, Ken Segall says that Steve Jobs and his team at Apple explored the possibility of shipping a free, ad-supported version of Mac OS 9. Segall says Jobs was considering the option Continue reading…
Finding the perfect text editor is no small feat, with users particularly specific about their various needs and wants — a fact that makes the 20-year anniversary of the Mac app BBEdit all the more Continue reading…
Thanks in large part to Instagram, camera apps with funky filters are a dime a dozen these days. With that in mind, 1-Bit Camera for iPhone provides something a little different by stripping back all Continue reading…
In an interview with Wired, Linus Torvalds said that around 2000, Steve Jobs offered him a place at Apple working on its Unix-based kernel. "Unix for the biggest user base: that was the pitch," Continue reading…
Most Mac users will by now have at least heard of Alfred, the multifunctional app launcher and search tool that does the jobs Spotlight is usually responsible for, but in a quicker and slicker way. Continue reading…
While Steve Jobs is given a lot of credit for bringing graphical user interfaces to the world of personal computing, the designers that shaped and colored the user's interaction aren't given so much Continue reading…
Apple's Mac OS 10.7 has gone physical today with the introduction of a $69 USB thumb drive. The flash storage stick provides you with a full copy of Lion OS X, but does so at quite a premium relative Continue reading…
They're not consumer-facing features in the strictest sense of the word, but Apple looks like it's trying to appeal to a wider audience with the next generation of Mac OS X Server, calling the Lion Continue reading…
