Arnold Kim
Arnold is the Editorial Director of MacRumors and founded the site in February, 2000.
Arnold was also a practicing physician but gave it up in 2008 to focus on this website. He has been writing about Apple for over 20 years, and has been profiled by the New York Times, and interviewed by various news publications about his knowledge of Apple.
He continues to run MacRumors, and provides editorial oversight as well as business direction.
Arnold was also a practicing physician but gave it up in 2008 to focus on this website. He has been writing about Apple for over 20 years, and has been profiled by the New York Times, and interviewed by various news publications about his knowledge of Apple.
He continues to run MacRumors, and provides editorial oversight as well as business direction.
Arnold Kim's Articles
Boxes of MacBooks Arrive at Apple Stores
We've heard multiple reports that shipments of MacBooks have made their way to Apple Stores with specific instructions that they are not to be opened. While it was originally presumed that these new MacBook shipments simply represented MacBooks with Leopard pre-installed, the instructions not to open the boxes raises some questions.
We've heard various (conflicting) claims that they represent ...
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Steve Wozniak on Apple, Leopard and Jailbreaking the iPhone
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, was interviewed by LaptopMag.com about various topics surrounding Apple.
Wozniak provides his insight into Leopard, Mac Marketshare, as well as some disappointment at the direction computers have gone: Early on with the first Apples, we had these dreams that the computer would let you know what you wanted to do. .... The real dreams of how it will work for...
Intel Mobile Chips in Short Supply? Update on MacBook.
IDG News reports on comments by Taiwan's Asustek Computer that Intel was unable to keep up with the high demand on mobile CPUs. Laptop sales are expected to hit record highs this year, and so is demand on Intel's mobile CPUs. "The biggest shortage in notebook components is in CPUs, Intel CPUs. Intel isn't meeting demand," said Jerry Shen, president of Asustek, answering questions at an investors ...
Steve Jobs Interested in Wi-Fi Sharing
AppleInsider reports that Steve Jobs recently met with founder Martin Varsavsky about FON, a company that is trying to provide "WiFi for Everyone". Steve Jobs was reportedly "very interested" in FON's technology and service.
FON is described as the largest WiFi community in the world and works by offering users a community WiFi router that allows individuals to securely share their internet...
Apple Sells Two Million Copies of Leopard in First Weekend
Apple announced today that they sold over two million copies of Mac OS X Leopard on its opening weekend. "Early indications are that Leopard will be a huge hit with customers," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Leopard's innovative features are getting great reviews and making more people than ever think about switching to the Mac."
According to ArsTechnica, it took Apple a month to sell 2 million...
T-Mobile and Apple Announce iPhone Germany Rate Plans
Apple and T-Mobile announced rate plans for the iPhone in Germany today.
The plans start at 49 euro/month and include unlimited data plans, Visual Voicemail and access to T-Mobile's over 8,000 W-Fi Hotspots in Germany. "We're thrilled to be partnering with T-Mobile and can't wait to start selling the iPhone in Germany in just a few short weeks," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice...
NBC's iTunes Alternative Launches Private Beta
NBC and Universal's joint venture Hulu.com has launched in private beta. The new video service will feature premium video content delivered over a Flash-based web interface, and is already being syndicated to sites such as video.aol.com. First impressions have been positive, and Hulu allows you to embed content into other websites. As a...
One Click Jailbreaks for iPhone and iPod Touch
Over the weekend, a couple of one-click web-based Jailbreak solutions were published for both the iPhone and iPod Touch.
One that received a lot of attention, and provides some answers to common questions is published at http://www.jailbreakme.com/. Before you visit the site with your iPhone or iPod Touch, read on.
The features list is as follows: 1. Jailbreaks iPhone/iPod Touch on 1.1.1
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In Depth Mac OS X Leopard Review
ArsTechinca's John Siracusa posts an in depth review of Leopard, which refreshingly goes beyond the typical superficial glance at features. In fact, portions of the review may be too technical for the many readers, but does point out several under-the-hood improvements in Mac OS X 10.5 that may not be immediately obvious. Indeed, Siracusa summarizes the 17 page review: As I've learned more about...
Apple Limiting iPhone Sales to Two Per Person. Credit Only.
Last week, Apple instituted new limits on iPhone sales, reportedly in an effort to limit unlocking/resale of the iPhone.
Apple is no longer accepting cash for iPhone purchases and now limits sale of the cell phone to two per person. The policy was enacted on Thursday according to an Apple spokeswoman. "Customer response to the iPhone has been off the charts, and limiting iPhone sales to two...
iPhone in Canada on December 7th?
BoyGeniusReport posts an image which supposedly represents a leaked flyer promoting the iPhone for launch on December 7th in Canada.
The ad is for Rogers network, and claims that pre-orders start on November...
New Apple MacBook on Tuesday? GMA X3100?
According to sources, the wheels are in motion for Apple to deliver new MacBook updates as early as this Tuesday. While an exact date has been hard to determine, MacBook updates are expected within the next week, with evidence pointing to Tuesday.
This confirms previous rumors from ThinkSecret that Apple would introduce a new MacBook by "the first half of November". Sadly, few details on...
Adobe on Leopard Compatibility
Adobe has posted a Leopard Support PDF which outlines the compatibility between their line of products and Apple's Mac OS X Leopard. The information is summarized by MacCentral: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Contribute CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks CS3, Flash Player 9, GoLive 9, Illustrator CS3, InCopy CS3, InDesign CS3, Bridge CS3, Version Cue CS3, Device Central CS3 and Acrobat ...
Apple Posts iPod Touch Television Ad
Apple has posted a Quicktime of the new iPod touch television advertisement that started airing tonight. The ad was inspired by a student made advertisement posted to Youtube by Nick Haley.
The advertisement was made "broadcast-ready" by Apple's advertising agency, TBWA/Chiat/Day, but remains remarkable faithful to the original version....
Star Wars Hologram Effect for iChat and PhotoBooth
Forum user, elbows, took some time to try to recreate the missing iChat Star Wars hologram effect that didn't make the final cut of Leopard. OK here it is. Like I said its not quite right yet, probably need some effects to make the image look grainy etc. And the preview is messed up and it doesnt seem to work in PhotoBooth, just iChat, but give it a try anyway.
You simply copy the .qtz file...
Mac OS X Leopard Support Issues and Cool Features
The launch of Mac OS X Leopard has generated a lot of discussion in our Forums resulting in 8015 new posts on Friday. This comes second to the previous one-day record of 8143 posts that was achieved on iPhone launch day.
To organize this volume of posts, we've split the Mac OS X forum into:
Mac OS X
Mac OS X Help and Troubleshooting
Mac OS X...
Leopard Now Shipping with New Macs, Drop Ins at Retail
Perhaps it goes without saying, but Apple has updated their product pages (iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mac mini) indicating that Mac OS X Leopard is now shipping with new Macs. All desktop images on Apple.com now use the new Leopard desktop background. Curiously, the Mac Pro is the only product page that does not explicitly say that it is now shipping with Leopard, though we assume it does.
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Apple Seeds Mac OS X Leopard (9A581) to Developers
With the launch of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to customers, Apple has finally seeded the Gold Master version of Mac OS X Leopard (Client and Server) to developers. It represents the same version of Leopard that is shipping to customers.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (9A581) is now available to Select and Premier developers. Apple had last seeded build 9A559 to developers on September 21st, 2007.
Some...
Apple Releases Backup 3.1.2
Apple has released version 3.1.2 of the .Mac Backup software in Mac OS X Software Update: Backup 3.1.2 is highly recommended for all users of Backup 3. This update includes reliability improvements and improves compatibility with Leopard and iWork '08....
Mac OS X Leopard Launch Events
Tokyo, Japan
Apple Leopard launch events kicked off today, and have made their way around the globe. Macitynet.it posts a gallery from the Leopard launch in Rome. Pictured above is the line for the Apple Store in Tokyo, Japan.
As of this writing, the east cost of the U.S. is about to hit 6 p.m. as people line up for their free T-Shirts and copies of Leopard. While many received their...
