Mac accessory supplier iFixIt is selling a solution to add two bigger drives inside the well-sealed-up Mac Mini. The concept means cracking the case on this half-shoebox sized computer and replacing the Superdrive with a faster and bigger disk. No more CD/DVD option after this.
Any plan to crack a Mini for this is crackers. The [...]

Retrospect is so aged and unresponsive, after using it for more than 11 years here, that I’m moving away from it for our backups. In 2008 the EMC rep at Macworld said a new version would be out by the fall of ‘08. EMC missed that date, not a good sign for its commitment to [...]

How does Apple make its profits? First off, we’re glad they’re making them. It keeps a vendor healthy and innovative. But since the Apple Store is the new mecca for Mac users, it’s a good place to spy where the profits are being produced. The latest MacBooks have a $200 example of extra profit: Disk [...]

MacBook Pro owners face an eventual failure from their SuperDrive CD/DVD reader-writers. The 2006 batch of MB Pros all shipped with a fouled run of optical drive hardware. User after user complained and found failures in the only device that would load their new applications like Adobe’s Creative Suite or Microsoft’s Office Applications. Read the [...]