We have heard much controversy over the past month between two dominating tech companies: Adobe, and Apple. Since around 2007 with the introduction of the iPhone, Apple has made a greater stand against  the use of Adobe Flash on its’ products. Apple was very quite about the use of Flash on its’ new iPhone mobile device. They knew that openly derogating the value of Flash would cause a web-wide uproar, which caused Apple to more secretly despise the format. More recently with the introduction of Safari, Apple made repeated comments that the number one cause of Safari crashes were triggered from flash applications. We also heard during the introduction of Snow Leopard that Flash causes unnecessary CPU spikes which reduces battery life. It seems that every day, Apple grows bolder in its’ fight against the mighty Flash and Adobe behemoth.

Most recently, after the introduction of the Apple iPad, Steve Jobs has been quoted as saying many nasty things towards Flash. He also openly said that HTML5 is likely to replace Flash altogether, therefore no action is necessary towards creating Flash experiences on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. With all these means things that Apple has done to our poor friend Adobe, is there anyway that they can kiss and make-up? The answer is: ”Yes, Maybe”.

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Mac observer.com has released some leaked photos of the upcoming apple tablet glass. The photo also puts the tablet to scale for the first time by showing it on top of a macbook keyboard. It is about the same size as the keyboard verifying the notion of a 10″ tablet screen.

In addition, the photos also show us that the tablet truly appears to be nothing more than an oversized iPhone. We can see the menu button hole in the photos. The black outline around the screen also seconds that idea.

The photos are cryptic and low quality. We don’t know if they are real or not, but they do provide some added speculation to the mystery around the tablet device that is to be released this wednesday. Mac Observer says that they are from a “trustable source”, but doesn’t really clarify who that is.

All in all, the truth will come out in only 2 days. Let’s continue to hold our breath.

It is no secret that Apple isn’t a big fan of the standard mouse and keyboard interface that most of us use everyday. During the keynote for the introduction of the iPhone, Steve Jobs admitted that Apple is “constantly searching for new methods to improve the ways in which we interact with out devices”, he then continued on to introduce the most advanced touch screen ever. This week Apple has filed a new patent for what could possibly be the next form of interactivity with next-generation macs: head-tracking.

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Anyone that has purchased an app within the past few hours, or even someone who browsed the app store looking for say… free games (Appvent Calendar: free iphone game every day until christmas) will notice a new look in the app store. Apple has just released this new look and is starting to make the change to all of the apps. Not every app shows these changes just yet, but the greater part does.

So what’s the big deal? What is new? Am I even going to notice? Yes! These are big changes, and you will notice them. Read the rest of this entry »

It has taken over a year for the elusive browser to make its’ way to mac. Ironic, only because the engine behind Chrome is WebKit, which was actually designed by Apple, for macs (specifically Safari), but nonetheless, you can download the browser starting today, in public Beta. Simply visit http://www.google.com/chrome.

There are many exciting features coming our way with this new browser, sadly as well, some features from Chrome in windows, will not be carried over to Mac. Read the rest of this entry »

One thing I have always enjoyed about my Mac is the high amount of free little applications that are available for it. For some reason, the mac community tends to scratch each other’s backs and create various little applications, that add functionality that you probably never thought you would want. I have ran across a countless number of these “mini apps” over the years and it is now my pleasure to present to you the top 5 mini mac apps that you never knew you needed. Once you start using these, you will probably never be able to live without them again. At the bottom of the article you will be able to give your own ratings for each application. No sign-up is necessary so be sure to vote.

5 Mini Mac Apps That You Never Knew You Needed

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#5 – Caffeine

I guarantee no one ever thought that installing an app would solve this problem. But we have probably all felt the pain of life without it. Have you ever been watching a movie, presenting a keynote, or just plain staring at your computer when it all of a sudden dims or goes to sleep? We all know the solution… and we all go through the same process. It starts off by jiggling the mouse to wake it up again. Then we realize how annoying that could be, but go straight on working. A few seconds later it does it again. Now we are sort of upset, so we go to system preferences to change the screensaver settings, but then pause when we realize that we will probably forget to change it back again and will eventually come back to our macbook down the road and it will be dead because it didn’t auto-dim or auto-sleep. So we close system preferences and resort to jiggling the mouse every 30 seconds. However, every time we jiggle that mouse we think to ourselves, “I wish there was a better way”. Well now there is, load your computer with caffeine and it will never sleep again (well, until it wears off). Read the rest of this entry »

Yes, yes I know. We have promised The Mac Coach for several months now, and despite valiant efforts on our parts and ALOT, ALOT of overtime working on it, it is still not up. You might wonder what is going on behind the scenes. How can it take so long to launch this site. Why would someone make a promise that they couldn’t keep?

Well, hopefully all these answer will receive responses in this post today. First of all, I want to talk about The Mac Coach and what we plan to offer in the coming months to our users.

The Mac Coach’s desire, is to spread the love of Apple products worldwide (yes, we already have an international audience, welcome everyone) and to help consumers of all levels become more affluent with these products. We are geared towards all levels, however the first parts to launch will be designed more for beginners, but worry not… more is on the way for everyone else. Read the rest of this entry »

Good Question… there is a whole lot of great new stuff going on for the new MacBook.

Of course first glance shows the new body shape. The MacBook has been redesigned from the ground up as far as body and structure is concerned. The body is a bit more trim and light than the previous models. It is also a unibody like the macbook pro, which increases strength and durability. It also allows Apple to design it thinner. The screen also received the LED backlit technology which is not only a nicer screen, but on a laptop it also equals better battery life. In conjunction with its’ new battery… we are talking some serious battery life, up to 7Hrs! The new battery in the MacBook is similar to the Pro 13″. It is embedded in the casing which means no more hot-swapping batteries (downside) but also means that you can trim weight and increase battery size. This means that now we are holding the equivalent of about 2 (previous version) batteries with us at all times.

Then there is the nice new Glass Trackpad. This makes the MacBook the first laptop from Apple to receive the glass trackpad. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, we don’t want to say, “I told you so”…… But we kinda did. Anyway, we were just as excited as you to hear that new macs were released and what it meant. So… let’s take a good look at the lineup.

We will be talking about each of these individually in upcoming posts. But let’s take an overview.  First of all, as seen above is the Magic Mighty Mouse. Something that we will see shipping with new iMacs and also available individually. Read the rest of this entry »

The feature is nothing new nor extraordinary, however it will be something that could lead to an increase in Free apps on the app store. Put simply, starting immediately, iPhone app developers will be able to create add-on content that users can purchase from within the app, even if it is a free app. This was possible before, albeit on the paid apps.

What does this mean for users? Well, we may now see more “lite” games or apps that offer upgrades throughout the program. For example, maybe a game that will allow you to download more levels after you have completed the first 3 that came included on the “lite” version. We could see the commencement of trial apps, that we download for free, and then upgrade later, maybe even apps that have full software options, but that expire after a 30-day period, which then require an in-app purchase to unlock. Read the rest of this entry »