StackSocial Offers 'Ultra-Premium' Bundle of 8 Mac Apps for $39.99

Wednesday February 18, 2015 12:06 PM PST by
StackSocial began offering eight Mac apps in its "Ultra-Premium" bundle today, which includes Cultured Code's Things 2, an Apple Design Award winner, and Realmac Software's Typed, which was just released in December. The bundle is priced at $44.99, but StackSocial is offering MacRumors readers a $5 discount with coupon code MRULTRA5, bringing the price down to $39.99. The total retail value...

EA's 'The Sims 4' Now Available for Mac

Tuesday February 17, 2015 9:00 AM PST by
As promised in January, the newest game in the EA-owned Sims franchise, The Sims 4, is now available for purchase on the Mac. The Sims 4 initially launched for PC back in September of 2014, but it's taken several months for the company to ready a Mac version of the game. Like other games in the franchise, The Sims 4 tasks players with the creation and control of the lives of virtual...

Seagate Seven Review: Hands-On With a 7mm Thick Portable Hard Drive

Wednesday November 14, 2018 2:58 PM PST by
Seagate debuted several new products at CES this year, including the candy-colored Seagate Wireless portable hard drive and the Seagate Personal Cloud, a NAS (network attached storage) option for home users, but the company's most attention-grabbing offering was the Seagate Seven. Described as the world's thinnest 500GB portable hard drive, the USB 3.0 Seagate Seven is only 7mm thick, as its...

Buyer's Guide Valentine's Day Edition: Discounts on iPad, iPhone, Apple Accessories, and More

Thursday February 12, 2015 10:34 AM PST by
With Valentine's Day on the horizon, retailers are offering some decent discounts on the iPad and the iPhone, and there are some deals on the MacBook Air and the Retina MacBook Pro. Many online sites are also giving customers limited time site wide deals on a range of Apple accessories in honor of the holiday, so if you need a last minute gift, make sure to check out this week's Buyer's Guide. ...

Tim Cook Expected to Arrive in Israel Next Week for Inauguration of Herzliya-Based Offices

Thursday February 12, 2015 8:17 AM PST by
A new report out of Israel-based business newspaper Calcalist [Google Translate] claims Apple CEO Tim Cook is planning to make a trip to Israel next week to coincide with the grand opening of the company's newest office space in the country. The plans are, however, yet to be finalized. The project, housed in the beachfront district of Herzliya Pituach, has been ongoing since the middle of...

LaCie Mirror Review: Hands-On With LaCie's Latest Designer Hard Drive

Wednesday November 14, 2018 2:57 PM PST by
At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Seagate-owned hardware company LaCie debuted its newest design-focused hard drive, the $280 USB 3.0 LaCie Mirror Portable Hard Drive, which has recently become available for purchase. MacRumors met up with LaCie at CES, and we managed to get our hands on one of the company's new hard drives to share with our readers. LaCie has a history of producing "...

Award-Winning Dystopian Adventure Game 'République' Coming to Mac and PC

Wednesday February 11, 2015 8:17 AM PST by
Indie studio Camouflaj today announced its hit episodic stealth game République is being ported to PC and Mac and will be available to download on February 26 via Steam, GOG, and the Humble Store. The team says the new edition of the game has been "rebuilt from the ground up" to access the power of the Unity 5 gaming engine. They also tout that the Remastered edition is the first commercial...

Parallels Desktop 10 Update Brings Windows 10 Technical Preview to Macs

Wednesday February 11, 2015 6:33 AM PST by
Parallels today announced an update to Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac, the company's software for running non-Apple operating systems safely on a Mac. The new update brings "experimental support" for Windows 10 and Office Preview for Windows 10 - including the expected Word, Excel, and PowerPoint programs - into Apple's OS X Yosemite ecosystem. With the update available as a download within...

Apple to Open Massive $850M Solar Farm in Monterey, California

Tuesday February 10, 2015 12:21 PM PST by
During today's Goldman Sachs conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple is planning its "boldest, biggest, most ambitious project," yet in the form of a 1,300 acre solar farm in Monterey County, California. The solar farm, which puts out enough power for almost 60,000 California homes, will provide enough renewable energy for Apple's new campus, every other office it has in...

Buyer's Guide: Deals on Retina MacBook Pro, iPad Mini 2, Apps, and Apple Accessories

Friday February 6, 2015 1:04 PM PST by
Deals continue to be a bit hard to find as we head into February, but there are still some discounts to be had on the Retina MacBook Pro, older now-discontinued higher-capacity versions of the iPad Air, some current iPad mini 2 tablets, and the MacBook Air. We've also got deals on several apps and bunch of Apple accessories ranging from Mophie battery packs to the Jawbone UP fitness tracker....

Apple Forces Users to Upgrade to Newest Adobe Flash Player to Patch Vulnerabilities

Friday February 6, 2015 11:38 AM PST by
Apple yesterday posted a new support document and sent an email to its security mailing list noting that it is now requiring all OS X users to upgrade to the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player plug-in for Safari to address potential security vulnerabilities. The company is blocking all older versions Adobe Flash Player prior to 16.0.0.305, and users with an out-of-date version of the...

'ControlAir' App Brings Finger Gesture Controls to Mac

Friday February 6, 2015 6:23 AM PST by
Earlier this week, gesture recognition technology company eyeSight introduced ControlAir, an app that uses a Mac's camera to read finger-based movements, allowing users to control various media applications without needing to physically interact with their computers. The app, which is free to download, works with many popular Mac-based entertainment apps like iTunes, Spotify, Rdio, Netflix,...

'Tweetbot 2' Yosemite Update in the Works, Will Be Available for Free

Wednesday February 4, 2015 11:59 AM PST by
Tapbots, the company behind the popular Tweetbot Twitter client, today tweeted a tantalizing preview image of Tweetbot 2 for Mac, which has received a Yosemite-style redesign. Based on the photo, Tweetbot 2 adopts many stylistic elements from Yosemite, allowing it to blend in well with the updated operating system. It features a flatter look with redesigned icons, plus a translucent navigation ...

Universal Pictures to Release Steve Jobs Movie on October 9

Wednesday February 4, 2015 10:56 AM PST by
Universal Pictures will release the long-anticipated Steve Jobs movie on October 9, according to CNBC. The upcoming biopic, based on Walter Isaacson's official biography of the late Apple co-founder, is directed by Danny Boyle and stars Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs and Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak. Universal took over the film in November. The filming of the movie began last month in the...

Apple Planning to Raise Reported $5 Billion in Bond Sale [Updated]

Monday February 2, 2015 6:06 AM PST by
Apple today filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hoping to sell $5 billion worth of new debt according to reports. Managed by Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank, the offer's monetary specifics haven't yet been revealed by Apple, but the company says the money will be used to cover "general corporate purposes, including repurchases of our common stock and payment of...

Apple to Open New Retail Store in Tianjin, China on February 7

Monday February 2, 2015 3:09 AM PST by
Apple today announced on its Chinese retail website that it will be opening its brand new store in Tianjin, China this Saturday, February 7. The store will be located within the Nankai District and follows Apple's other recently opened locations in Zhengzhou, Hangzhou, and Chongqing. Last month, Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts noted that Apple would be opening five new retail stores...

Apple Releases New Version of 'The Song' Ad for Chinese New Year

Monday February 2, 2015 2:20 AM PST by
Apple today released a new version of its holiday ad "The Song" to coincide with the Chinese New Year holiday, using new actresses and showing a variety of Apple products throughout the video. Like the original version, the Chinese version of "The Song" centers around a girl who comes across a vintage record sung by her grandmother as she secretly learns the notes and vocals to put together ...

Apple Shares Reach New High Point Following Record-Breaking Quarter

Friday January 30, 2015 7:01 AM PST by
After opening Friday morning, shares of Apple stock briefly grazed the $120 per share mark, setting a new record high for the company in the market (via AppleInsider). AAPL is currently trading around the $119 mark as of writing, giving the iPhone maker a nearly $700 billion market cap. Apple announced its earnings for the first fiscal quarter of 2015 on Tuesday, reporting $74.6 billion...