Macman

Steve Jobs hated iMac, wanted to call it 'MacMan'

Emily Price Instead of an iMac, you might have a MacMan — if it wasn’t for Kevin Segall.

Macman: ease the burn with back-up

fire

Garry Barker Robert Black lives and works in bushland on the edge of Melbourne. In the summer bushfire season he might lose his house but the insurance documents are kept safe and retrievable quickly in digital...

Macman: taking shortcuts

Computers

Garry Barker Some use technology to save themselves time, effort and perhaps nasty outbreaks of RSI. For them, it is all about shortcuts.

Macman: cloud cover

Apple iPhone showroom

Garry Barker On almost every cybercorner of the web these days, you are likely to find someone talking about cloud computing.

Macman: stay vigilant on viruses

mac computers.

Garry Barker Of all the attributes of the Macintosh platform that rub salt into the often-sensitive hides of rival platforms, it is the Mac's resistance to viruses, worms, trojans and all the other horned evil...

Macman: fingers the best cursor control

iphone

Garry Barker A little button on the tab-bar of Firefox's latest browser, version 3.5, has kindled a new flame in the hoary debate on whether it is quicker to use keyboard shortcuts rather than a mouse.

Macman: Some privacy, please

Firefox browser.

Garry Barker Last week there came to light an improved private browsing feature in Mozilla's Firefox 3.5, the latest, substantially upgraded version of the popular web browser.

Wisdom shared in tribal lore

(From left) Judy Young, Ivan Radywonik, Isabel Collins and Dick Johnson belong to AUSOM, which was formed in 1979 and has more than 700 members.

Macman Clubs continue to thrive as forums for sharing the love of Apple products.

Apples and oranges

The latest iMac's launch last year was overshadowed by the zeal accompanying the new iPad Mini.

Macman The new iMac desktop gives users more freedom of choice than ever.

Apple puts eye into iDevices

David Woodbridge relies on apps such as VoiceOver and Light Detector at work and home.

Macman Mobiles and Macs lead the way in providing accessibility for the visually impaired.

Life with the Mountain Lion

OS X Mountain Lion operating system.

Macman Apple's latest operating system improves on many aspects of its previous incarnations.

Conference shines the apple

The new Macbook Air Pro.

Macman Expect sleeker MacBooks, desktop and mobile integration and maps to rival Google's.

Turning a boring PowerPoint into something incredible

Scott Forstall

Macman EVERY minute of every day on this suffering planet, someone is running a PowerPoint presentation, such is the ubiquity of the computer program that has stirred more criticism and sent more people to...

Three core releases

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the event introducing the new  iPhone 4s.

Macman A new(ish) iPhone, a new iOS and iCloud - Apple's set for a busy week.

Counterfeit to the Apple core

Tony Thomas.

Garry Barker A suspicious microprocessor was the first sign something fraudulent was afoot.

Might of the Mini

Mac mini

garry barker Now everyone can network with Apple's little server that could.

MacBook entry-level specs impress

Macbook.

Garry Barker The MacBook is Apple's entry-level notebook computer yet it is surprisingly close in its specifications to the more expensive MacBook Pro line.

Macman

Masterpiece for the mantelpiece

New iMacs: Better, faster and cheaper.

Garry Barker Apple has done it again — and it costs less. By Garry Barker.

An Apple a day

Students at Coburg Senior High School.

Garry Barker There is one school in Melbourne, Coburg Senior High School, where computers — in this case, all of them are Macs — are integral to an educational project that is rare in the world, maybe even unique.

Apple techno babble

Apple CEO Steve Jobs uses Apple software to great effect in his presentations.

Garry Barker Because Windows has always dominated the business world, PowerPoint ruled the presentation firmament, a fact that has settled a pall of boredom over millions of people all over the globe.