Category: macbook

A dirty, dusty macbook

The Secret To Fixing Your Hot, Slow Macbook Pro (For Free)

Your Macbook Pro is dirty. The inside is packed with dust and lint, clogging your fan and your air vents, and weighing it down. And it’s slow, and hot, and miserable. Many computer whizzes out there would tell you to grab a can of compressed air, and a Pentalobe P5 screwdriver and clean out your Macbook yourself. There are plenty of tutorials for cleaning your...

5K 27 inch iMac 2014

What you need to know About Today’s Apple Event: What and Why

Today’s Apple event was about closure. What started at WWDC in June, teasing for new operating systems, and new devices, and new services, was brought to full fruition over today’s, and last month’s event. Mac Today, Apple released a brand new, 5k display iMac. That’s about 7x the pixels found in an HD TV. The new iMac also has a faster refresh rate –...

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Guide: What’s Happening at WWDC 2014 (3 minute Read)

I’m going to do something very unusual in the age of quick journalism. I’m going to admit that I have very little clue what’s happening at tomorrow’s WWDC. Still, given my experience, my guesses are usually more accurate than most. Usually I’m pretty forthcoming with my predictions for WWDC (WorldWide Developer Conference), Apple’s big yearly developer conference, but it’s almost conference day, and I’ve...

Applecare Pays for itself Three Times Over

This month has been a horrible one for my mac. Both the logic board, and the battery failed, and my charger broke down as well. But thanks to Apple’s fantastic extended warranty program – Applecare – my computer is better than ever, and it didn’t cost me a cent. Here’s the tale of my nightmare, and how Apple made it as painless as possible....

2013 Retina Macbook Pro Update Preview: What To Expect

The 15 and 13 inch Retina Macbook Pros are (likely) receiving an update on October 15th, and tons of people have asked me “Will the Retina Macbook Pro have…?”. Based on these requests, and the quantity of misinformation out there, I’m releasing a guide as to what to expect for the retina macbook pro, which should be confirmed on the release date, of October...