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  Apple has released a new maintenance update for its Mac OS X Lion OS. The third maintenance update squashes some impending bugs as well as adds new language support. In addition to that, the v10.7.3 update also brings improved stability, compatibility and security to the operating system. The 700+MB update is available via Software [...]

  Mark your calendar. Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is set to return on June for a five day event at San Francisco’s Moscone West. While developers will get more than 100 technical sessions by Apple engineers, Apple has also confirmed to reveal “the future of iOS and Mac OS.” The future of course, [...]

  Apple is offering first glimpse of its upcoming Mac OS X Lion to developers. Developers enrolled in the Mac Developers Program can download the new OS through the Mac App Store that is claimed to be inspired from Apple’s iPad. The Lion OS brings in a lot of new features to the Mac OS [...]

  Apple has finally put a date to the Mac OS App Store. Beginning January 6, Mac users will be able install and update Mac apps directly from a dedicated store and even roll out a similar Windows store in the future as well. Apple plans to make the store available in 90 countries with [...]

  Apple has revealed its next-generation Mac OS scheduled to release next summer. The eighth major release of the Mac OS X will be known as Lion and bring in some interesting features. Few features that were highlighted today are: Mac App Store: Similar to the Apps Store, users will now be able to buy [...]

  While Apple is busy revealing new Mac products, the iPhone Dev team has just released PwnageTool 4.1 meant for Mac OS X. The new thing with the tool is that it adds jailbreaking support for Apple TV 2G. Users can now jailbreak Apple TV in addition to iPad, iPhone 3G/3GS/4 and iPod touch 3G/4G. [...]

  Apple has released a new update for its Snow Leopard OS. Snow Leopard users can grab the Mac OS X 10.6.3 via the Software Update that claims to bring loads of fixes and improvements. Few of the fixes are as follows: – improve the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X – address compatibility issues [...]

  It’s not even a week after iPad’s official announcement and we’ve a new rumor claiming that Apple is working on a larger sized tablet. TechCrunch has got hold of a source who claims that this tablet will be released next year and not only it will boast a larger screen, it will also have [...]

  We’ve seen quite a few videos showing Nokia devices running Windows OSes but this seems to be the first time where a Nokia device, in this case N900, running Mac OS. User by the name of toninikkanen uploaded the video who claims to have used PearPC emulator. It took over 1.5 hours just to [...]

  It’s game over for Psystar. The U.S. District Judge William Alsup has put a permanent injunction against Psystar banning them from selling unauthorized PCs loaded with Apple’s Mac OS X. The injunction basically blocks Psystar from what it was doing previously but sparred its Rebel EFI software because Psystar did not elaborate what Rebel [...]

  It was claimed that the 10.6.2 Snow Leopard update would not support Atom processors, effectively killing the hackintosh scene. Now the word is that the latest seed of the update brings back the Atom support. The developer seed 10C535 has enabled Atom support and with that the possibility of installing Mac OS X on [...]

  Hackintoshing or installing the Mac OS X is the best you can do on your otherwise bland netbook. However, this will come to an end once Apple releases 10.6.2 update for its Mac OS. The latest update apparently removes support for Atom processors, which is instrumental for the OS to detect and then install. [...]

  Apple has confirmed the rumored August 28 as the shipping date of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. From this Friday, Mac users will be able to pick the latest Mac OS X iteration at Apple retail stores, authorized resellers and online store. Snow Leopard is claimed to be a 90 percent refinement of [...]

  Add one more to the hackintosh netbook list. It’s the Vaio P that has managed to achieve this little feat albeit without any connectivity (except Bluetooth) or GMA 500 video drivers. If you’re intrigue to try this out – which has one advantage of running faster than Vista – ryuu123 and maccosmo have posted [...]

  Apple also announced the Snow Leopard Mac OS at the WWDC yesterday. Claimed as the most advanced operating system, Snow Leopard has been refined by more than 90 percent in around a thousand features present in Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard is faster in many areas than Leopard, gives extra security because of the support [...]