The original prediction had it that Apple’s brand spanking new Mac App Store would arrive at Noon Eastern Thursday, but it went live hours earlier, in sync with the arrival of the Mac OS 10.6.6 update. I assume, for the moment, that most of you who are using Snow Leopard did see signs of that […]

Apple has gotten a bad rap for high OS upgrade prices. It all started in the early days when you could download the latest and greatest Mac OS free of charge, or just get your blank floppies copied at a local dealer or user group. If you wanted the full package with all the user […]

There was plenty of anticipation ahead of Apple’s recent all-too-brief demonstration of some of the sexier features for 10.7 Lion. After the media assumed Apple was largely focusing on the iOS, to the detriment of the Mac OS, you had to wonder whether we’d see any compelling upgrades for Apple’s venerable product in the near […]

Predictably, Apple has taken the iOS experience to heart in crafting Mac OS X Lion. In the first preview of 10.7, Apple focused on four major features, or “tent poles,” if you want to use the label applied to the initial demonstrations of iOS 4 earlier this year. In keeping with that tradition, the first […]