Daniel Drew Turner

Users, developers and Mac bloggers have confirmed a serious bug in Apple’s recently released Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Moving folders or files between network volumes, or even between volumes on the same disk, can result in total data loss on both the target and originating locations if there is a disruption of the connection. […]

These things usually happen on Tuesdays, but Apple quietly refreshed its MacBook and MacBook Pro laptop lines Nov. 1. So quietly, in fact, that the company didn’t even bother to post a press release about it on its Web site. The new MacBooks get a significant architectural boost, moving to Intel’s “Santa Rosa” platform, which […]

Though few users will likely take note of a majority of the 300 listed new features in Apples Leopard edition of the OS X operating system, theres one interface change thats drawn the ire of some long-time Mac users who say it is a step backward. Stacks, which change the behavior of folders parked in […]

Few analysts, if any, short the Apple companys stock any more and fewer still were surprised the PC maker posted positive, and record breaking, quarterly PC sales figures, which were announced Oct. 22. But few expected the pace Apple is making in PC sales. The manufacturer moved 2,164,000 Macs in the third quarter of 2007, […]

Apple is the No. 3 seller of PCs in the United States. Apple owns 8.1 percent of the PC market, according to the latest quarterly PC shipment report, released Oct. 17 by Gartner. Apple trails Dell, which has 29.1 percent of the market, and Hewlett-Packard, at 25.7 percent, but is ahead of Toshiba and Gateway. […]

The Center for Environmental Health says it plans to file a lawsuit against Apple, claiming that the levels of a certain toxic chemical in the iPhone violate California law. The Oakland, Calif.-based CEH stated in a press release Oct. 15 that the level of phthalates—chemical compounds used in the creation of PVC (polyvinyl chloride)—in the […]

Apple on Oct. 17 announced that it will provide a software development kit for third parties to create applications for the companys popular iPhone and iPod Touch. “We want native third-party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third-party […]

After weeks of speculation, Apple has confirmed that it will release Mac OS X 10.5, also known as Leopard, on Oct. 26 at retail Apple stores as well as through authorized resellers. Apple also began accepting pre-orders online as of Oct. 16. Although the operating system was originally scheduled for a “Spring 2007” or June […]

The latest iMac Software update, 1.1, is causing random operating system freezes, requiring restarts, the company conceded Oct. 8, but users will have to wait for the end of October for relief. An Apple representative confirmed to eWEEK that it recognized an issue affecting some of the companys latest “aluminum” iMacs, introduced in August, but […]

Developers have received from Apple a “ZFS on Mac OS X Preview 1.1” package, which offers preliminary support for the ZFS file system, originally developed by Sun Microsystems for their Solaris OS. Currently, the Mac OS is based on the HFS+ file system, but leaked screenshots of earlier versions of Leopard showed options for formatting […]