It would appear that a small number of both 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMacs sold between May and July this year, may have shipped with defective 1TB Seagate hard drives. As a precaution, Apple have issued a replacement program which will allow affected customers to get the drives replaced for free.
Apple launched its eighth major release of Mac OS X yesterday in the form of Lion, an operating system that aims to take cues from iOS with over 250 awesome new features. Having installed the new OS on your Mac, however, you may have noticed problems with your Adobe software.
The MacBook Air wasn’t the only hardware to get a refresh today, Apple also released new Mac minis with Intel Sandy Bridge processors and high-speed Thunderbolt I/O ports. They also removed something from the previous generation – the optical disc drive! The new models, which are available to order today, range in price from £529 ($599) for the base model, to £849 ($999) for a server version.
As expected, Apple today updated their MacBook Air lineup with Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O ports, and quite possibly one of the most requested features by users – backlit keyboards! The new models, which all feature Intel 3000 graphics, range in price from £849 ($999) to £1349 ($1599), and are available to order today.
Since OS X Lion’s new features were teased at WWDC back in June, it feels like the wait for Lion’s official public release has been a great deal longer than it actually has. However, as promised, Apple’s latest operating system hit the Mac App Store today, and is now available to download.
Apple have just announced financial results for their third fiscal quarter of 2011 – during which, they achieved all-time record revenue and earnings. In the announcement, which was done via a conference call, it was also confirmed that OS X Lion will be released tomorrow!
Ever since Apple confirmed that OS X Lion will be available exclusively via the Mac App Store, there has been much speculation regarding how users might troubleshoot non-booting Macs, or perform clean installs of the OS – without a physical disc. A leaked AppleCare document may just shed some light on the situation.
Rumors about new product launches and upgrades typically come from (alleged) Apple employees, parts manufacturers and research analysts. They don’t usually come from Apple themselves, but that appears to have happened yesterday, when images of a new Cinema Display briefly appeared on their site, and then disappeared.
We’ve been impatiently awaiting Apple’s next-generation operating system since it was first unveiled, and its teasers at WWDC this year have only made us even hungrier for its release. However, those of us who are lucky enough to live in the U.K. may be the first to get our mitts on Mac OS X Lion.