Macworld 2009 preview

Latest rumours round-up


How to… create your own Mac-based digital home

The January 2009 issue of MacFormat magazine has a tutorial on creating a Mac-based digital home, written by yours truly. Here’s just a taster


What’s so special about the MacBook unibody?

You may have noticed that Apple launched some new notebooks this week, but the big news wasn’t their comely shape, glitzy LED screen and complete lack of FireWire 400. It was the unibody. Here’s how you can find out more


The 21 best iTunes 8 add-ons

iTunes 8 may be great, but it isn’t perfect. To help you get the most from it I’ve come up with a list of brilliant add-ons that make the experience even better. Get over for TechRadar.com to find out more


How to set up a graphic design studio

Whatever your interest in graphic design, it pay to have the right hardware and software to do the job - from a desktop or laptop PC to applications like Adobe Photoshop CS3, and even peripherals like graphics tablets, printers and internet access via Wi-Fi. To give you an idea of what you’ll need, we’ve put together three hardware and software packages aimed at newcomers, professionals and small graphic design studios, with budgets pegged at £1,000, £5,000 and £10,000 respectively


Realmac Software raves about MacFormat’s ‘website in a weekend’ feature

Hot on the heels of last month’s excellent review in MacFormat is a great tutorial on how to build a website in a weekend. The articles mentions iWeb and Wordpress, but really focuses on RapidWeaver - it even covers setting up an online shop using PayLoom!”


WWDC 2008: what’s it all about?

When Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) kicks off on Monday 9 June it will be unusually focused on just one product - the already iconic iPhone. But there’s a lot more to WWDC than that


Malware, the Mac and you

Trojans, botnets and rootkits, backdoors, dialers and worms - none of these things mean a thing to your average Mac user. Of course they have heard of them - they’re things that happen to Windows users. And not in a good way. Over here in Mac Land, we do exactly what we want, when we want, where we want. We throw caution to the wind, we don’t use protection. We don’t need no protection. Malware is for other people. Or is it?


Get A Mac adverts on the Wall Street Journal

Apple’s US Get A Mac adverts just keep getting better - for proof check out this one


Apple store goes offline. Again

Yes, Mac fans, the US Apple Store is currently offline, suggesting yet another round of giddying hardware and software updates. Or it could just be maintenance