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Power Nap Not Available to All Models Announced, but works with Aura

Whenever a new OS, there’s always a feature or two that a lot of people are really looking forward to. With OSX 10.8, lots of MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with retina display (rMBP) owners were excited about the Power Nap feature, which enables software updates, backups, iCloud syncing and a number of other functions while the computer is set...

Lion No Longer Available

When Apple released OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion yesterday, it quietly removed the option of purchasing it’s predecessor, 10.7 Lion. This is nothing really new; once a new version of the software is released, older versions generally are no longer...

MagSafe 2 Power Supplies More Powerful than Previous Models

Along with all the other bells and whistles covered last week, the new MacBook Pro with Retina display and MacBook Airs also sport MagSafe 2 power connectors. It’s a slight redesign on the current models, so your old spare MagSafe...

New 2012 Macs Means New OWC SSD Designs

In my earlier post, I mentioned that the new 2012 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 15" Retina machines are now using two new, different SSD slot designs/connectors not used previously. Here's a few pictures of the new connectors, compared to...

Apple Now Using SandForce-based SSDs in 2012 MacBook Air

An old saying goes, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." It seems as though Apple has decided to follow our lead and base the Solid State Drives in the new 2012 MacBook Air models (model ID MacBookAir5,1 and MacBookAir5,2)...

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