Many around the OWC offices have been waiting with bated breath for today’s iPhone announcement. Like most Apple announcements, there have been a lot of rumors swirling around this event: the iPhone 5, iPhones on Sprint, iPod Touch spec bumps,...
Here's Part 2 of Dr. Robert Bruce Campbell's explanation of how he built his water-cooled, Octo-Core MacPro 1,1. If you haven't already (or if you just want a refresher) we suggest reading the first part for a little background. Considerations...
As part of its big day of releases yesterday, Apple refreshed the MacBook Air line. For the most part, it’s what was expected from this update: a faster processor and a Thunderbolt port, the latest OS, and a backlit keyboard....
Before we get started talking about TRIM and why you should or should not enable it, let’s just grab a little background, so everybody is roughly on the same page. When you simply “delete” a file on a traditional hard...
Apple released the OS X 10.6.8 update last week. According to the Knowledge Base article on this update: The 10.6.8 update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance...
Apple released Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5 and Compressor on Tuesday. If you follow that sort of thing, you’ve probably already seen plenty of reviews and walkthroughs of the new features, new layout and overall performance enhancements of Apple’s “professional” video editing...
Considerations in Application of a GeoThermal Heat Exchange for Environmental Comfort Following the Upgrade of a MacPro1,1 with Two Over-Clocked Intel X5350 Engineering Samples that Necessitated the Addition of a Water Cooling System or “How I Learned To Stop Worrying...
Other World Computing announced today its MaxRAM Certified Triple-Channel Memory Upgrade Kits are the industry’s first 16GB module based upgrades to provide up to 96GB for all Apple Mac Pro 2009 (Nehalem) and 2010 (Nehalem and Westmere) models. These new 16GB...
Since we first looked at a potential fix for problems with SATA 3.0 operation in the main bay of the 2011 MacBook Pros on April 15, we've learned much more. It’s not so sweet at this point, but I will...
