You’d think that after nearly 14 months, updates for Tiger would settle down, but alas that’s not to be. On Tuesday afternoon, yet another update, rather a substantial one, appeared in the Software Update preference panels. As usual, the liner notes only indicate a fairly modest number of changes, but a Knowledge Base document is […]

Night Owl Rating: After spending roughly 10 days with Apple’s latest professional desktop, my opinion stands: This is a superb note-book computer and desktop replacement. But let’s look at the details. Apple’s transition to Intel processors is moving at a fever clip, and the biggest MacBook Pro shipped roughly three weeks after the 15.4-inch version. […]

There are lots of tiny fixes, but nothing earth-shattering to report in the latest Tiger update that appeared in Software Update Monday afternoon. And, no, this isn’t the hoped for 30th anniversary surprise from Apple. But as usual, the enhancements may or may not apply to you, and even if they seem to, you’ll want […]

Whether Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows has less than 90% of the browser market or around 85% depends on which survey you’re looking at. Regardless of which stats are correct, it’s certainly true that both Mac and Windows users have a generous choice of browsers. But I’ll only worry about Macs, as usual. First, of […]