Tag Archives: MacBook

Stealth feature on new MacBooks reminds you that Apple is “boss”

By mtc | Published: October 15, 2008
The iPhone headphones, with integrated microphone, now work with the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros for use with iChat, Skype, etc. Plus, as commenter Ian quoting from MacWorld over on TUAW: Yes, it’s true—these new MacBooks work with your iPhone headphones. If you click the button on your iPhone headphones, iTunes pauses. Click again, and [...]
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I’ve been tinkering… Apple Airtunes is pretty slick

By mtc | Published: June 10, 2008
Many folks are familiar with Apple Airport Express and Airtunes. It provides the ability to send iTunes audio from a PC/Mac to speakers that are connected to the Airport Express (which has both a Toslink and a line-level output). I’ve been playing with the latest variant. With Airport Express w/ wireless N, they’ve added the [...]
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USB microphone problem on Mac OS X 10.5.2 Leopard

By mtc | Published: May 7, 2008
Apple.  Please help fix this problem.  It is causing issues on many USB headset devices.  Unfortunately it has been raised as an issue on some of our wireless headset products, basically users complaining about robotic voice, or scratchy voice, or even muffled voice quality.  In doing some research, it is clear that this is a [...]
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MacBook Air. Engineering marvel, yes. Product I need, no.

By mtc | Published: January 16, 2008
I get how hard this thing was to build. I worked in the PC business long enough to know what all has to be integrated into very tight spaces, and the thermal engineers I am sure are still sweating bullets… But really… …all that effort and all we get is thin??? Come on! Who cares [...]
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