What’s the deal with the iPhone 4s.  It’s not an iPhone 5.  What does that mean? Apple has already sold over 1 million iPhone 4S’s on day 1 of pre-orders.  Is it just a hype?  Or is there something substantial here? Aside from the internal chip, camera, microphone, and antenna boost, iPhone 4S is getting [...]

Intuit has announced Quickbooks 2012 for Mac, the latest vernon of the company’s financial management software for small to medium sized businesses.  This version with be Mac OS X Lion compatible, and is set to ship on 9/26.  It will offer over 50 new features and enhancements. Intuit has released that the primary goal of [...]

Airline pilots have historically used bulky and heavy flight bags that include navigational charts, and other books/maps that they are required to carry on all flights.  United Airlines is the first to embark on a digital revolution, contracting with Apple to purchase 11,000 iPads to replace these heavy bags, reducing the weight of bags and saving fuel on [...]

I recently came across a client who needs 22 TB’s of data sync’d up between 2 locations, both locations housing big and bulky RAID systems, and they are both Macs.  We’ve reviewed products like Dropbox, Box.net, Sugar Sync, etc…, and they are all fantastic, and have a reasonable price tag, if you don’t have enormous [...]

Apple released OS X 10.7.1 a couple days ago, the first maintenance update to OS X Lion. It can be updated via Software update, or by standalone combo installer, downloadable from Apple’s support site. This update is recommended for all users running OS X Lion and features general OS fixes.  These fixes include: (as quoted by [...]

Apple released yesterday a $69 bootable 10.7 Lion install option on a USB Thumb Drive.  This is unprecedented in the industry, and just a fantastic idea in my opinion. The drive comes with free shipping from the online store and can be used on multiple computers.  Coming in at 3.49 GB in size, this thumb [...]

Many of us are of an age that we can remember not having to have an internet password for ANYTHING, because there WAS NO INTERNET!  I can’t even remember this time, but at the risk of dating myself, I do recall learning to type on a TYPEWRITER! However, in this day and age, not only [...]

Apple released IOS 5 Beta 4 on Friday, 7/22, marking the beginning of a new era for iPhone users. With full release of IOS 5, iPhone’s will be able to finally LOSE THE CABLE, and sync and update everything over the air.  Coming in at 133 MB, this update takes about 10 minutes to download [...]

Hey all, How often a day are you digging through your emails, or notes, looking for that password to your bank information, or your favorite consumer site?  Sometimes you just can’t find it, and then  you get stuck in a vicious circle of “forgot password’s” and CAPTCHA’S (you know those ridiculously curvy funny letters you [...]

Hey everyone, So I was able to get my hands on this fancy new Apple OS called LION!  Pretty cool, and I admire Apple’s persistence with the cat names.  Can’t wait for Tabby to come out, for sure! Digging in: Apple 10.7 Lion is fluid and graphically beautifully, with MANY new features that provide ease [...]