MacRumors Archives - August 2009

• Amazon Begins Accepting Pre-Orders for Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Saturday August 1, 2009 7:50 am PDT by Eric Slivka 454 comments

• Google CEO Eric Schmidt Resigns From Apple Board of Directors

Monday August 3, 2009 5:42 am PDT by Eric Slivka 197 comments

• Apple Tablet Seen by Analyst While Competitors Hold Off to Wait for Details?

Monday August 3, 2009 7:35 am PDT by Eric Slivka 220 comments

• Federal Trade Commission to Continue Investigation of Corporate Ties Between Apple and Google

Monday August 3, 2009 1:26 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 64 comments

• Netflix Video Streaming Coming to the iPhone?

Monday August 3, 2009 2:35 pm PDT by Marianne Schultz 117 comments

• Apple Releases GarageBand 5.1 [Updated]

Monday August 3, 2009 4:11 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 18 comments

• Apple Releases Two New iPhone Ads: 'Share' and 'Travel'

Monday August 3, 2009 8:15 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 24 comments

• Apple Considering Turning iTunes Store Accounts into PayPal Competitor?

Tuesday August 4, 2009 7:29 am PDT by Eric Slivka 111 comments

• Apple Executives Headed to China for iPhone Negotiations?

Tuesday August 4, 2009 8:13 am PDT by Eric Slivka 19 comments

• Apple Launches iTunes Store in Mexico

Tuesday August 4, 2009 8:19 am PDT by longofest 40 comments

• 'iGO My Way 2009' Navigation App Comes to the App Store

Tuesday August 4, 2009 8:57 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 63 comments

• Apple Investigating a Range of Tablet Screens From 4 to 12 Inches?

Tuesday August 4, 2009 10:40 am PDT by Eric Slivka 103 comments

• Apple Bans Developer with 800+ Apps from App Store

Tuesday August 4, 2009 12:16 pm PDT by Marianne Schultz 117 comments

• New 'iProd1,1' Reference Found in iPhone OS 3.1 Beta Configuration File

Tuesday August 4, 2009 1:45 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 159 comments

• Apple's Share of Cellphone Industry Profit Estimated at 32% for First Half of 2009

Wednesday August 5, 2009 6:53 am PDT by Eric Slivka 191 comments

• Palm Hires Another Former Apple Employee for its Management Team

Wednesday August 5, 2009 7:17 am PDT by Eric Slivka 26 comments

• O2 iPhone Exclusivity in the UK to End October 9th?

Wednesday August 5, 2009 7:52 am PDT by Eric Slivka 37 comments

• Banned App Store Developer Had Been Trying to Auction Off Business

Wednesday August 5, 2009 8:33 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 43 comments

• Apple to Launch 8 GB iPhone 3GS?

Wednesday August 5, 2009 10:10 am PDT by Eric Slivka 153 comments

• UK Retailer Offering TomTom Car Kit for Pre-Order

Wednesday August 5, 2009 10:51 am PDT by Eric Slivka 73 comments

• Apple Censors 'Ninjawords Dictionary' iPhone Application

Wednesday August 5, 2009 12:07 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 109 comments

• Apple Alerts Customers About Upcoming 'Sales Tax Holidays'

Wednesday August 5, 2009 12:24 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 38 comments

• Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.8 and Tiger Security Update 2009-003

Wednesday August 5, 2009 1:08 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 653 comments

• Apple Rejecting All e-Book App Store Submissions? [Updated]

Thursday August 6, 2009 7:27 am PDT by Eric Slivka 164 comments

• Apple Researching Methods to Detect 'Consumer Abuse' in Portable Devices

Thursday August 6, 2009 8:01 am PDT by Eric Slivka 294 comments

• Phil Schiller Comments on 'Ninjawords Dictionary' iPhone App Rejection

Thursday August 6, 2009 10:08 am PDT by Eric Slivka 176 comments

• App Store Highlight: TuneTweet

Thursday August 6, 2009 11:55 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 17 comments

• Microsoft Releases Office for Mac 2008 Updates to Address Open XML Bug

Thursday August 6, 2009 12:50 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 34 comments

• New Analyst Mockup and Sales Estimates for Apple's Tablet

Friday August 7, 2009 6:28 am PDT by Eric Slivka 247 comments

• Google CEO Eric Schmidt Accepted No Salary or Stock for Apple Board Service

Friday August 7, 2009 8:01 am PDT by Eric Slivka 56 comments

• Next-Generation iMac to Offer Two 'Compelling' New Features?

Friday August 7, 2009 10:21 am PDT by Eric Slivka 892 comments

• KT to Offer iPhone in South Korea

Friday August 7, 2009 1:04 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 10 comments

• iTunes 9 to Include Blu-ray Support and iPhone App Organization?

Saturday August 8, 2009 5:39 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 354 comments

• Rogers Wireless Web Page Appears to Confirm 8 GB iPhone 3GS [Updated]

Sunday August 9, 2009 8:45 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 66 comments

• Apple and Google Had Informal Agreement Not to Poach Each Others' Employees

Monday August 10, 2009 6:47 am PDT by Eric Slivka 67 comments

• Bank to Offer Check Deposits Through iPhone App

Monday August 10, 2009 7:06 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 66 comments

• Sex Offender iPhone Applications Address Legal Constraints

Monday August 10, 2009 8:40 am PDT by Eric Slivka 30 comments

• CourseSmart Brings 7,000+ Textbooks to the iPhone and iPod Touch

Monday August 10, 2009 12:19 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 112 comments

• Apple Working on Software Update for MacBook Pro Hard Drive Issues

Monday August 10, 2009 12:46 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 97 comments

• TomTom Special Media Event on September 22nd?

Monday August 10, 2009 1:09 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 87 comments

• More Details on iTunes 9's Social Media Integration? [Updated]

Tuesday August 11, 2009 6:13 am PDT by Eric Slivka 87 comments

• Apple Again Offers Matte Display Option on 15" MacBook Pro

Tuesday August 11, 2009 6:23 am PDT by Eric Slivka 370 comments

• SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 to Bring DISH Remote Access, Widescreen Viewing

Tuesday August 11, 2009 7:10 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 21 comments

• Duke Nukem 3D Now Available in App Store

Tuesday August 11, 2009 8:30 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 61 comments

• Music Labels to Offer Enhanced Album Format to Compete With Apple's 'Cocktail'?

Tuesday August 11, 2009 10:34 am PDT by Eric Slivka 79 comments

• Microsoft Releases Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0.1

Tuesday August 11, 2009 11:06 am PDT by Eric Slivka 24 comments

• Mac OS X Snow Leopard Build 10A432 Designated 'Golden Master'?

Tuesday August 11, 2009 12:15 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 392 comments

• Apple Releases Safari 4.0.3

Tuesday August 11, 2009 1:17 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 169 comments

• Apple Releases Multi-Touch Trackpad Update 1.1 for Windows

Tuesday August 11, 2009 1:58 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 34 comments

• Phil Schiller Addresses More App Store Concerns

Wednesday August 12, 2009 5:16 am PDT by Arnold Kim 166 comments

• Apple Releases AirPort Client Update for MacBook and MacBook Pro

Wednesday August 12, 2009 6:29 am PDT by Eric Slivka 38 comments

• Apple Shoots Commercial for Unreleased Product?

Wednesday August 12, 2009 6:51 am PDT by Eric Slivka 74 comments

• T-Mobile Sidekick Data Plans Now Off-Limits for iPhone Users

Wednesday August 12, 2009 8:34 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 53 comments

• Push Notifications Come to eBay iPhone App

Wednesday August 12, 2009 9:07 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 17 comments

• iPhone Share of Smartphone Sales Continues to Increase

Wednesday August 12, 2009 9:09 am PDT by Eric Slivka 99 comments

• Future Versions of Adobe Creative Suite to Drop PowerPC Support

Wednesday August 12, 2009 12:35 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 85 comments

• More Evidence From Rogers Wireless of 8 GB iPhone 3GS

Wednesday August 12, 2009 12:52 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 38 comments

• Apple Releases Security Update 2009-004 for Leopard and Tiger

Wednesday August 12, 2009 1:24 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 61 comments

• OS X Snow Leopard Installation Process Changes Described?

Wednesday August 12, 2009 2:07 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 194 comments

• Apple Seeds Rumored Golden Master Mac OS X 10.6 (10A432) to Developers

Wednesday August 12, 2009 7:28 pm PDT by Arnold Kim 579 comments

• China Unicom Purchases 5 Million iPhones to Go on Sale Next Month?

Thursday August 13, 2009 7:15 am PDT by Eric Slivka 52 comments

• OS X Snow Leopard 10A432 Installer Tweaks, Public Launch on August 28th?

Thursday August 13, 2009 7:37 am PDT by Eric Slivka 202 comments

• Microsoft Details Shift From Entourage to Outlook for Next Major Release, Announces Office 2008 Business Edition

Thursday August 13, 2009 8:28 am PDT by Eric Slivka 184 comments

• Apple Tablet to Offer Webcam Option, Serve as Touchscreen Input Device for Macs?

Thursday August 13, 2009 8:56 am PDT by Eric Slivka 131 comments

• Apple Keynote Event Scheduled for Early September?

Thursday August 13, 2009 10:22 am PDT by Eric Slivka 150 comments

• No Apple Tablet Introduction at September Keynote Event?

Thursday August 13, 2009 12:56 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 213 comments

• Apple Board of Directors to Meet Next Tuesday to Discuss Schmidt's Replacement

Thursday August 13, 2009 5:24 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 51 comments

• Microsoft Attempting to Recruit App Store Developers for Zune HD?

Friday August 14, 2009 6:45 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 488 comments

• Qik Video Sharing App Now Available in App Store

Friday August 14, 2009 7:23 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 29 comments

• China Unicom Denies Reports of iPhone Deal

Friday August 14, 2009 9:55 am PDT by Eric Slivka 8 comments

• iPhone 3GS Trumps Palm Pre in Satisfaction Survey

Friday August 14, 2009 10:46 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 83 comments

• 'CoPilot Live' Turn-by-Turn GPS App Debuts in App Store

Friday August 14, 2009 11:56 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 93 comments

• Images of Next-Generation iPod Touch Surface? [Updatedx3]

Friday August 14, 2009 12:09 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 387 comments

• Borders Online Survey Cites Apple 'iPAD' Device

Friday August 14, 2009 8:56 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 46 comments

• Questionable Tablet Images from Unreliable Source

Saturday August 15, 2009 10:02 am PDT by Arnold Kim 84 comments

• Photos of Snow Leopard Disc and Retail Packaging?

Saturday August 15, 2009 6:05 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 989 comments

• TomTom for iPhone Appears in New Zealand App Store [Updated: Also Australia, Western Europe, U.S., Canada]

Sunday August 16, 2009 5:43 am PDT by Eric Slivka 665 comments

• Apple Attempts to Suppress Steve Jobs Profile Article

Monday August 17, 2009 8:35 am PDT by Eric Slivka 235 comments

• TomTom Car Kit to Be Compatible With iPod Touch and Other GPS iPhone Applications?

Monday August 17, 2009 9:15 am PDT by Eric Slivka 97 comments

• 32 GB iPhone 3GS Ranks as Top Selling Mobile Phone in Japan in July

Monday August 17, 2009 11:00 am PDT by Eric Slivka 44 comments

• 'NPR News' App Now Available in App Store

Monday August 17, 2009 12:14 pm PDT by Marianne Schultz 13 comments

• Apple Releases Final Cut Studio Add-Ons

Monday August 17, 2009 1:02 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 16 comments

• iPhone Becomes Most Popular Camera for Flickr Photos

Monday August 17, 2009 1:43 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 39 comments

• Apple Media Event Scheduled for September 9th? No Tablet Announcement?

Monday August 17, 2009 5:15 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 245 comments

• Analyst: Apple to Sell 80+ Million iPhones in 2012, Snag 5.7% of Total Mobile Phone Market

Tuesday August 18, 2009 6:31 am PDT by Eric Slivka 56 comments

• iTunes Share of U.S. Music Sales Reaches 25%

Tuesday August 18, 2009 7:15 am PDT by Eric Slivka 96 comments

• 'Wikipedia Mobile' Official App Now in App Store

Tuesday August 18, 2009 8:37 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 45 comments

• Apple Digging into Accounts of iPhone Explosions in Europe

Tuesday August 18, 2009 9:29 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 163 comments

• Apple Releases iPhoto 8.1

Tuesday August 18, 2009 10:00 am PDT by Eric Slivka 30 comments

• Analyst Claims Two Apple Tablets Coming, One With 6-Inch Screen

Tuesday August 18, 2009 10:38 am PDT by Eric Slivka 214 comments

• Discovery Channel App Hits App Store

Tuesday August 18, 2009 12:39 pm PDT by Marianne Schultz 17 comments

• Apple's North Carolina Data Center to Focus on Cloud Computing?

Tuesday August 18, 2009 1:06 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 120 comments

• Rumors of The Beatles Coming to iTunes Renewed Yet Again

Wednesday August 19, 2009 7:21 am PDT by Eric Slivka 155 comments

• More Purported iTunes 9 Screenshots Surface [Updated]

Wednesday August 19, 2009 8:25 am PDT by Eric Slivka 112 comments

• iPhone in Short Supply in Canada and Australia

Wednesday August 19, 2009 10:09 am PDT by Eric Slivka 48 comments

• Snow Leopard Box Set Briefly Appears in Apple Online Store [Updated]

Wednesday August 19, 2009 1:19 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 224 comments

• Apple Releases Fix for MacBook Pro Hard Drive Issues

Wednesday August 19, 2009 1:58 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 138 comments

• Apple Releases Bluetooth Firmware Update 2.0.1

Wednesday August 19, 2009 2:06 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 43 comments

• Palm Reportedly Rejected Jobs' Proposal Not to Poach Each Others' Employees

Thursday August 20, 2009 6:37 am PDT by Eric Slivka 120 comments

• iPhone 3GS Capable of High-Definition Video Playback?

Thursday August 20, 2009 9:25 am PDT by Eric Slivka 105 comments

• Apple Selling Refurbished First-Generation 5 GB iPods

Thursday August 20, 2009 11:42 am PDT by Eric Slivka 151 comments

• Apple TV Set by 2011?

Thursday August 20, 2009 12:00 pm PDT by Doctor Q 148 comments

• Apple Begins Training Support Staff for Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Thursday August 20, 2009 1:18 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 160 comments

• Apple Releases Apple Remote Desktop 3.3 Updates

Thursday August 20, 2009 1:58 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 20 comments

• Apple's UK Online Store Lists August 28th Ship Date for Snow Leopard Up-to-Date Program [Updated]

Thursday August 20, 2009 5:47 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 343 comments

• Apple Begins Shipping Logic Express 9

Thursday August 20, 2009 6:59 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 14 comments

• SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 Appears in App Store

Thursday August 20, 2009 7:10 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 33 comments

• Sirius XM to Release iPhone Accessory Receiver Next Week?

Thursday August 20, 2009 7:31 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 48 comments

• Comments on Google Voice Rejection Filed Today, Google Under Scrutiny for Similar Actions?

Friday August 21, 2009 7:47 am PDT by Eric Slivka 133 comments

• Apple Publicly Responds to FCC Inquiry, Comments on Google Voice App Status

Friday August 21, 2009 3:02 pm PDT by Marianne Schultz 355 comments

• Mac Mini Purchaser Receives Snow Leopard Restore Disc? Up-to-Date Orders "Prepared for Shipment"?

Saturday August 22, 2009 11:27 am PDT by Eric Slivka 781 comments

• Apple Announces August 28th Availability of Snow Leopard

Monday August 24, 2009 6:02 am PDT by longofest 1604 comments

• Rhapsody Coming to the iPhone?

Monday August 24, 2009 7:11 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 26 comments

• Apple Retail Stores Continue to Buck Economic Sluggishness

Monday August 24, 2009 8:51 am PDT by Eric Slivka 51 comments

• Qik App Updated, Wi-Fi Restriction Removed

Monday August 24, 2009 9:02 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 9 comments

• First Look: TomTom Navigation App for U.S. and Canada

Monday August 24, 2009 9:40 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 43 comments

• Analyst: Apple Likely to Sell 5 Million Copies of Snow Leopard This Quarter

Monday August 24, 2009 12:50 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 111 comments

• Steve Jobs Almost Entirely Focused on Tablet Project?

Monday August 24, 2009 6:32 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 202 comments

• Apple's Latest Ads Continue to Respond to Microsoft's Campaign

Monday August 24, 2009 7:24 pm PDT by Arnold Kim 419 comments

• Parallels Introduces 'Switch to a Mac' Edition

Tuesday August 25, 2009 6:46 am PDT by Eric Slivka 126 comments

• 'Chipotle Ordering' Back in App Store

Tuesday August 25, 2009 8:13 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 54 comments

• Apple Releases New iPhone 3GS Ad: 'Avid'

Tuesday August 25, 2009 8:25 am PDT by Eric Slivka 18 comments

• MacBook to See Design Refresh in Near Future?

Tuesday August 25, 2009 10:16 am PDT by Eric Slivka 220 comments

• Apple Details Snow Leopard's Substantial Package of Enhancements and Refinements

Tuesday August 25, 2009 12:25 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 213 comments

• OS X Snow Leopard Retail Disc Contains Build 10A432

Tuesday August 25, 2009 5:42 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 620 comments

• Adobe Creative Suite 3 Unsupported on OS X Snow Leopard

Wednesday August 26, 2009 7:24 am PDT by Eric Slivka 398 comments

• Snow Leopard Antimalware Feature Gaining Publicity [Updated]

Wednesday August 26, 2009 9:57 am PDT by Eric Slivka 159 comments

• Sirius XM Introduces 'XM SkyDock' Satellite Radio Adapter for iPhone and iPod Touch

Wednesday August 26, 2009 11:37 am PDT by Eric Slivka 173 comments

• Photoshop Project Manager Clarifies Position on Creative Suite 3 Compatibility With Snow Leopard

Wednesday August 26, 2009 5:29 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 130 comments

• Vonage iPhone Application Submitted to Apple

Wednesday August 26, 2009 5:48 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 26 comments

• Snow Leopard Reviews Begin Rolling Out

Thursday August 27, 2009 6:13 am PDT by Eric Slivka 292 comments

• iPod Touch, Nano, and Classic to Receive 3.2-Megapixel Cameras at September Media Event?

Thursday August 27, 2009 7:06 am PDT by Eric Slivka 140 comments

• App Store Market Worth Nearly $2.5 Billion Per Year?

Thursday August 27, 2009 7:43 am PDT by Eric Slivka 66 comments

• China Unicom to Announce iPhone Deal Tomorrow?

Thursday August 27, 2009 11:38 am PDT by Eric Slivka 9 comments

• Apple Approves Spotify Music Subscription Application for iPhone

Thursday August 27, 2009 11:57 am PDT by Eric Slivka 48 comments

• Yelp iPhone Application Adds Augmented Reality Easter Egg

Thursday August 27, 2009 1:28 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 110 comments

• Apple Releases Aperture 2.1.4

Thursday August 27, 2009 1:59 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 20 comments

• Facebook 3.0 Now Available in App Store

Thursday August 27, 2009 2:34 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 116 comments

• Snow Leopard Application Incompatibilities Compiled

Thursday August 27, 2009 6:09 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 163 comments

• Apple Forces Removal of 'Free Memory' Functionality From iPhone Applications

Thursday August 27, 2009 7:02 pm PDT by longofest 130 comments

• Apple Releases Snow Leopard-Compatible Printer Drivers

Thursday August 27, 2009 7:03 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 43 comments

• China Unicom Announces 3 Year iPhone Deal

Friday August 28, 2009 2:04 am PDT by Arnold Kim 41 comments

• Apple Working on 10-, 13-, and 15-Inch Tablets?

Friday August 28, 2009 6:03 am PDT by Eric Slivka 258 comments

• 'Convertbot' App Update Rejected Over Too-Similar Time Icon

Friday August 28, 2009 6:48 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 85 comments

• Apple Claims 'Exploding' iPhones Due to Screen Pressure, Not Battery Issues

Friday August 28, 2009 8:59 am PDT by Eric Slivka 62 comments

• TomTom Car Kit Details Revealed by FCC

Friday August 28, 2009 9:57 am PDT by Marianne Schultz 72 comments

• Mac OS X Snow Leopard Officially Launched Today

Friday August 28, 2009 10:26 am PDT by Arnold Kim 664 comments

• Microsoft Declares Office 2008 Ready for Snow Leopard, Most 'Spaces' Issues Fixed

Friday August 28, 2009 11:21 am PDT by Eric Slivka 66 comments

• Apple Resellers Report iPod Stocks Dwindling, All SKUs Being Discontinued

Friday August 28, 2009 11:55 am PDT by Eric Slivka 120 comments

• Apple Releases Network Registration Update and ODBC Administrator Tool

Friday August 28, 2009 2:00 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 6 comments

• A Closer Look at Snow Leopard's Wake on Demand Feature [Updated]

Friday August 28, 2009 2:37 pm PDT by Arnold Kim 157 comments

• Apple Releases Server Admin Tools 10.6

Friday August 28, 2009 5:14 pm PDT by Eric Slivka 7 comments

• OpenCL Benchmarks and Support for Both MacBook Pro GPUs

Sunday August 30, 2009 9:51 am PDT by Arnold Kim 226 comments

• Analyst Offers Thoughts on iPhone Success, Multi-Carrier Business Models, iTunes Video Content

MacRumors Story Archive - August 2009

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Working Apple 1 Computer Sells for Record Auction Price of $671,400

Apple Removes Download Options From Quicktime Trailers Website

iPhone Urinalysis App Draws U.S. Government Scrutiny

Apple Slashes Prices on Refurbished iPad Mini and iPad 4 Models

More Details on Jony Ive's Flat iOS 7 Design: Heavier on Black and White

AT&T's GoPhone Prepaid Brand to Gain iPhone and LTE/HSPA+ Support Tomorrow

Apple Posts New iPhone TV Ad 'Music Every Day'

Microsoft Inaccurately Depicts Windows Tablet as Larger than iPad in New Comparison Ad

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