1. Headphone jack. The new iPhone will have a flush headphone jack. This means you can plug in any standard headphone or speaker device without a $10 adapter. You know, the adapter you discover you left at home just after you get to the airport. 2. 3G. Well, this is a given. You should get [...] (more...)

Live Updates, local San Francisco times: 10:05 — Steve Jobs takes the stage as the keynote speaker. Al Gore is in the audience (Apple board member). 10:08 — Announced that the new version of Mac OS X will be called “Snow Leopard.” 10:10 — Talking about iPhone 2.0, starting with the success of the SDK beta program. 10:10-10:25 [...] (more...)

One of the rumors for next week is a re-launch of .Mac, Apple’s ISP-like service. While there isn’t much fuel behind this rumor, it does make sense as .Mac is ripe for change. So, basically, here is what .Mac currently does: Email: Use a @mac.com email account. Web Hosting: Set up your own Web site, blog, podcast, [...] (more...)

We’ve mentioned and reviewed products from OtterBox at MacMost before. I like them, not just because their product protects my iPhone on a daily basis, but also because they are located just north of Denver, the home of MacMost. You’ve probably heard of the tornadoes we had last week. Nasty. And not too far from [...] (more...)

After blogging about a music video that used the Mac OS interface, MacMost viewer Ian wrote in about Scientific American’s 60 Second 60 Second Science video podcast which also uses Mac OS in an interesting way. (more...)

Most of the news in the Apple world in the last few days has been about the iPhone being out of stock both online and in Apple stores. The general wisdom points to this being an indicator of a new iPhone model coming out soon. For weeks now, there have been rumors that a [...] (more...)

Here’s a fun music video someone made completely using images from the Mac Desktop like Dashboard Widgets, iMovie, iTunes, text windows, and so on. The song is “Again & Again” by The Bird & the Bee. The artist that made the video is Dennis Liu. I particularly like how the video ends. (more...)

I was thinking about the new Pystar Apple clone computer. I guess the only advantage I can think of for buying this machine is price. Nothing is offered that you couldn’t get from Apple for a few more bucks. And the price is only marginally better. I think the low-end machine is about $400, [...] (more...)

Sometimes it is useful to know what IP address you appear to have to the outside world. For instance, to use Leopard screen sharing, you usually need to know the IP address of the machine you wish to connect to. Or, someone may restrict access to a Web site or file sharing service to [...] (more...)

It’s no big revelation that Mac fans love rumors. There are several sites dedicated to Apple rumors that get more traffic than sites dedicate to actual Apple news. I guess we just like to daydream about the computers and gadgets in our near future. But this obsession with rumors makes it easy for lots of [...] (more...)