A Concept Of A Future IMAC Pictures (Transparent Screen and Keyboard)

The full wireless system features a 30� LCD screen that is transparent when not in use. We are not sure whether it’s touch-sensitive or not, however, not to mention it must be. The keyboard too is transparent and is ergonomically designed for the kill embellished with light sensitive illuminated keys. Source

A transparent IMAC has the potential to really be a hit if/when it hits stores. The concept was designed by Adam Benton, and is extremely well done. A transparent screen might take a little getting used to, but im sure the sheer amazingness of the idea would outweigh the learning curve. The transparent keyboard might be equally as cool; just imagine setting one of these babies on your desk! Im getting sick of the generic black screen sleep mode just thinking of the possibility of a transparent feature.

A Look At A Real Life Mac Pro (Pictures)

Thanks to Laslo Panaflex at the MacRumors Forum for sharing these pictures!

Apple Time Machine: Automatically Backing Up Your Mac

Automatically backs up mac, you change a file, it automatically backs up photos, music, documents, files folder, everything then you can restore everything.

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This is a major advance in the world of computers, the Apple “Time Machine” could possibly save you hours of frustration. Sure the new Mac Pro is awesome, and Xserve is huge, but the “Time Machine” is something that could be revolutionary. Gone are the days of saving a file over the wrong file accidentally. Time Machine allows you to retrieve those files by traveling through a time line on the right hand side of your document. The Time Machine can go back a day or two, and is impressing developers! It is extremely easy to find what you want to restore, and restore it. The Time Machine works in Iphoto as well, which is nice feature. Works best in finder, but also can work with 3rd party applications. Supposedly the Iphoto demo working with Time Machine was extremely impressive! Overall this could change the game in terms of backing up files!

Hasta La Vista, Vista (Picture)

Apple wants to make sure that everyone knows how great Leopard is going to be, and how horrible Vista is going to be. Well a nice bold statement was made by Apple today, and this picture is worth a thousand words. Hasta La Vista, Vista:

Rumor: Itunes To Raise single price of .99 cents to 1.69?

This screen shot was taken by a digg user last night. He stated that the prices were $1.69 when he was not logged in, but when logged in, the prices were at the normal $.99 a song. There is a chance there was some sort of slip up or bug that allowed this user a “sneak preview.” Hopefully it is all a sham, but it is something to think about.

Apple IChat Mobile Video Update

Earlier this week a video on Youtube came out “previewing” the new Apple IChat Mobile. The video created some buzz within the Internet community, here is why:

Well a new video has just been released to kill the buzz. If you thought the new Apple IChat Mobile video was real, check this out:

That was fun while it lasted, but it is nice to have the rumor dispelled.

Apple T Shirts From The 80’s

Steve Jobs and Co. have come a long way since the 80’s. Apple has transformed from the corny multi colored logo to the sleek black and white design, and the results couldn’t have been better. Honestly, it would be fun and “cool” to wear that shirt now, but mostly for a laugh.

“Be the apple of everyone’s eye in these comfortable, eye-catching t-shirts.”

I guess eye-catching is the best way to describe these shirts!

An Origami solution to the Apple MacBook TrackPad “squishy” Button Problem

More and more Apple MacBook users are complaining of a “squishy” or unresponsive trackpad button. Some of the Apple Macbooks have a very crispy and responsive feel when you click down the button on the trackpad, however some Apple Macbook owners are unfortunate to be stuck with a button that doesn’t press down quite right.

A recent visit to the Apple Genius Bar proved to be a completely unhelpful. After waiting 15 minutes past the time my appointment was scheduled for, an Apple “Genius” looked at my issue.

After I explained the issue to the Apple “Genius”, he proceeded to rather vigorously push down on my Macbook’s trackpad button repeatedly. After performing this 10 seconds test, it was his professional decision that there was nothing wrong with my Macbook. He asked me to show him how it was not working. I tried to explain to him that it felt different, and that it didn’t “click” quite like the rest of the MacBooks I had played with. Once again, he starts to push down on the button repeatedly, and finally tells me that it feels just right to him, just like the rest of the MacBooks.

This was my only experience with the Apple Genius Bar. I felt like it was a complete waste of time, as the “Genius” didn’t bother to try to understand my problem. I felt very rushed, and the whole experience was very unprofessional and disappointing.

Now, on to the custom solution to this annoying problem. Screw you Apple, we figured it out ourselves!

Someone on the Apple discussion forums posted a solution. Place a piece of paper underneath the battery cover, where the trackpad button is.

After testing this solution out with various lengths and widths of paper, I believe we have found the perfect solution.

Step #1 – Cut a piece of paper about 1/8 of an inch wide, and 4 inches in lenth.

Step #2 – If you want to be creative, take this piece of paper and follow these steps to make an Origami Paper Star (Thanks Erik!). Make sure to skip the last step. Alternatively, just fold the piece of paper in a square.

Step #3 – Unlock the battery with a coin, and remove it.

Step #4 – Place your Origami Star or square in the middle, as you see illustrated in the picture. Make sure it’s as centered as much as possible, and carefully put the battery back in and lock it.

Now, go test out your trackpad button. You should have a nice crisp click, almost anywhere you click. It should feel very responsive.

Feel free to play around with the size of the paper. If you want a tighter click, make it a little thicker. If you want a looser click, make it thinner.

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Apple MacBook Pro magsafe melt problem

A couple of months ago, an Apple MacBook Pro user, posted images on his Flickr account of a burned magsafe connection. Apple had him remove the images of the magsafe, after they dealt with the issue.

Now it seems that other people are staring to encounter this dangerous problem. A post form a MacBook pro user in a forum message, explains that his magsafe started to burn and melt while he was using the notebook computer in bed.

Maybe it’s time for Apple to issue a recall on the magsafe connectors for the MacBook Pros?

More Apple MacBook Pro Woes – Swollen Battery Issue

The picture on the left is of an Apple MacBook Pro. The swollen battery seems to be a side effect of the heat issues which burden the MacBook Pro owners.

This seems to be a severe case of the problem, as the swelling is very significant. The Apple MacBook Pro in the picture cannot run on battery alone any longer, as it shuts down when the battery swells out more. Other, non-severe cases do not seem affect the MacBooks as much. However, there have been reports of keyboard and/or trackpad functionality sometimes being affected, due to the components being pushed on by the swollen battery casing.

Apple is replacing these defective batteries on an individual basis.

Source: MacFixIt