Tag: pc

Video: Five PC alternatives to the Macbook Air

February 25th, 2008 by Dan Ackerman

Apple's groovy, new ultra-portable laptop isn't for everyone. In this video we take a look at other high-end PC options to find the your perfect portable computer.

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Moving your iTunes library from PC to Mac

June 17th, 2008 by Donald Bell

Here's a relatively painless method to bring your iTunes library with you when you switch from PC to Mac.

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Are PC users diluting the IQ of the Mac community?

January 25th, 2008 by Liam Tung

According to one security vendor, Mac users are at a crossroad this year: will or won't they prove to be as gullible as their PC cousins when it comes to security?

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Apple Tablet PC is real, says Asus

November 7th, 2007 by Rory Reid

AppleSource's sister site Crave hangs with people in high places -- which is how they get exclusives and free food. A few weeks ago over a civilised dinner with Asus and angling for cool stories they were told in a very hushed manner: "Asus is helping Apple build a Tablet PC."

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Mac business software - Why you don't need a PC at work

November 29th, 2007 by Eric Eckel

Windows professionals are often confused by the different applications and programs that target Apple users. Eric Eckel presents a roadmap designed to help get any Windows user quickly up to speed on the various Mac business programs.

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How-to: Sync your iPod to both a Mac and PC

September 24th, 2007 by Donald Bell

You can absolutely set up your iPod to work with both a Mac and a PC. The problem is that while PC-formatted drives (FAT32) can generally be used by both Mac and PC, Mac formatted drives (HFS+) can only be read by Macs. To complicate things, iPods by default will only work with one iTunes library. Making your iPod capable of syncing to both a Mac and a PC requires formatting the iPod as a PC drive, and tweaking its settings to make it compatible with multiple iTunes libraries. Before doing any of this, be sure you have the contents of your iPod backed up somewhere. Reformatting will completely erase the contents of your iPod.

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How-to: Use the iPhone SDK on a PowerPC Mac

March 13th, 2008 by iPhoneAtlas

Though Apple states that the iPhone software development kit requires an -Intel processor-based Mac running Mac OS X Leopard," developers have found that â€" with a little leg-work â€" the SDK also runs on PowerPC-based Macs.

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Times Reader headed to the Mac

May 15th, 2008 by Pam Carroll

The New York Times is bringing its e-reader desktop application to the Mac so users will now be able to read, browse and search the entire publication while offline.

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Picasa's Mac uploader now downloads too

December 11th, 2008 by Josh Lowensohn

Picasa's Mac uploader gets download capability, making it a two-way tool for syncing up your photos.

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Apple grows Australian market share

August 12th, 2008 by Liam Tung

Apple's share of the Australian personal computer market has jumped sharply in the last year, according to statistics released this week by Australia's two largest technology analyst firms.

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