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
Apple Using Exclusive 3GHz Xeon from Intel?
MacNN reports that the 3GHz Xeon (Clovertown) processor that was introduced in the 8-core Mac Pro is a currently unannounced model.
According to comments by Intel's Bill Kircos: "We are indeed shipping a 3.0GHz Xeon version [and] expect to see faster gigahertz speeds for our high-end [Core 2] Extreme PCs very soon, too. For now, the product is in limited production and Apple has chosen to...
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Patent: Multi-Sized Icon Interface for Mac OS X?
Appleinsider points to a recent patent application published from Apple which explores the use of different sized icons within one window. The relative size differences in the interface are said to reflect the relative importance of each icon.
Right now, users can globally change icon sizes in Mac OS X in all windows, but with the newly described system icon sizes could be used to adjusted...
Google Desktop for Mac
Google has released a beta of Google Desktop for the Mac. Google's Mac Blog provides some details about the release from Mike Pinkerton.
Google Desktop is a software download that brings Google's search engine to your Mac. You have lots of information on your computer, and you see a lot more on the web. With Google Desktop, you can quickly and easily find all this stuff right when you need it, ...
Apple Discounts Cinema Displays [Updated]
Alongside the released of the 8-core Mac Pro today, Apple quietly discounted their Apple Cinema Displays. The new prices are as follows:
$599 - 20" Cinema Display
$899 - 23" Cinema Display
$1799 - 30" Cinema Display
The new prices represent $100 discounts for the 20" and 23" and $200 discounts on the 30" Display. Apple last updated the Cinema Displays in August with price drops and...
Apple iPhone Email: Talk to you soon.
Apple sent out teaser emails to individuals who signed up for more information from Apple about the iPhone:
Apple writes:
Talk to you soon.
Thanks for signing up. You'll be the first to hear the latest about iPhone-- coming this June. That gives you just enough time to think of ways to break the news to your current phone....
EU iTunes Antitrust Probe
AP News reports on a possible probe into Apple's online music store: The Financial Times said Apple and several major music companies had been sent a "statement of objections" alleging that the deals underpinning the sale of music through iTunes in Europe might violate competition rules.
The charges are centered around the fact that iTunes limits sales to country-specific borders, rather than one ...
Reactions to the Apple / EMI Announcement
Yesterday's joint announcement from Apple and EMI remains the big news. To recap:
- EMI's Music will be sold without Digital Rights Management restrictions through iTunes
- These new songs will be higher quality (256kbps) and sell for $1.29/song individually
- DRM-Restricted songs at the lower quality settings (128kbps) will still be sold for $.99
- Albums will be in the new higher...
Details Behind the Apple-EMI Deal
Gizmodo offers some additional details behind today's announcement that EMI would be selling their music without Digital Rights Management.
A few of the more interesting tidbits from Jeanne Meyer, EMI's Senior VP of Corporate Communications: EMI approached Apple about DRM free tracks, not the other way around.
EMI is cool with any other music store doing DRM-free tracks. This is not an...
Mac OS X Leopard, iLife, and iWork Coming in June 2007?
ThinkSecret reports that Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) will ship in June 2007. This would bring it just within Apple's official "Spring 2007" release date.
The rumor site hints that Leopard will indeed include some surprises, but no details are available: "Leopard is shaping up to be a more significant release than anyone expected, with much more to come than any of the developer builds have led...
Steve Jobs and EMI Press Conference on Monday - No More DRM [Updatedx2]
Macworld.co.uk is reporting that Apple and EMI will be hosting a joint announcement on Monday, April 2nd.
The press invite reads: Please join EMI Group CEO Eric Nicoli at EMIs headquarters on Monday 2 April at 1pm London/8am New York time to hear about an exciting new digital offering, with special guest, Apple CEO Steve Jobs."
A special live performance from an unannounced artist will also...
Happy April Fools: April 1, 2007
Today is April 1, 2007 and represents April Fool's Day -- so readers should be wary of hoaxes and claims at both news and rumor sites today.
Today also represents Apple's 31st Anniversary. Last year's April Fools' was met with much of anticipation. Many were certain that Apple would celebrate their 30th anniversary with some form of announcement. No announcements were made.
Enjoy the...
Apple TV Running Full Mac OS X
AppleTVHacks posts a tutorial showing how to boot full Mac OS X on the Apple TV, along with keyboard and mouse support.
At this time, the 14 step hack requires opening the Apple TV, installing Mac OS X on the hard drive, and modifying some Operating System files.
It does, however, represent the ability to convert a $299 Apple TV into (what appears to be) a full Mac OS X machine. They also...
Apple iPhone to be Released on June 11th?
CNet's Gadgets Blog claims that Cingular has confirmed the release date of the Apple iPhone. Now Cingular is confirming that the release date will be June 11. A customer service manager at Cingular (we called 800-947-5096 and were transferred to sales) gave us that date late Thursday, but, alas, said he didn't have any additional information beyond that.
While Cingular Customer Service is not...
Apple: Quad-Core Processors in New Macs [Updated]
MacTechNews.de notes an interesting blurb on Apple's Creative Suite 3 promo page:
In it, Apple claims: Every new Mac features powerful dual-core or quad-core Intel processors, the world's most advanced operating system, and more.
At this time there are no Quad-Core Intel processors being used in any Macs, however, they may simply be referring to Quad-Core Mac Pros, which do contain two...
New iTunes Features: My Alerts and Complete My Album
Apple introduced two new features in iTunes today.
My Alerts (iTunes Link)
A custom page on iTunes which lists "recent releases from artists whose work you've purchased on iTunes." Apple also allows you to sign up to receive Email notifications of these alerts.
Complete My Album (iTunes Link)
Perhaps more exciting is the "Complete My Album" feature which was previously rumored late...
Apple Releases Boot Camp 1.2 with Vista Support
Apple has posted a new version of Boot Camp today. Boot Camp 1.2 brings several updates, including Windows Vista support.
Boot Camp allows owners of Intel-based Macs to dual-boot their Macs into Windows and Mac OS X. The new version offers these features:
- Support for Windows Vista (32-bit)
- Updated drivers, including but not limited to trackpad, AppleTime (synch), audio, graphics,...
Apple TV Automator Actions Revealing of DVR? No.
SeekingAlpha points to some Automator actions (New Video Capture, New Audio Capture) first posted by TechRestore as evidence of possible future DVR capabilities in the Apple TV. This conclusion is wrong.
Looking back, TechRestore's original article is a list of what files can be found on the Apple TV hard drive. The Apple TV contains a stripped version of Mac OS X 10.4.7. Amongst other...
Apple Added to Bluetooth Patent Lawsuit
Bloomberg reports that Apple Inc, Dell Inc, Sony Corp and five other technology companies were added to an ongoing lawsuit over patents covering Bluetooth technology. The suit threatens the ability of the computer and device makers to deliver wireless capabilities to customers. The companies are accused of infringing four patents covering technology that lets users exchange data among mobile...
Meet the New Macs? No.
Macsimumnews publishes an Apple Seminar email which claims "Meet the New Macs" on April 17th. Macsimumnews speculates that this may coincide with new Mac releases at NAB.
The truth, however, is that these seminars run year around with the exact same title.
A quick search reveals other "Meet the New Macs" as soon as March 29th (Thursday). Another "Meet the New Macs" event took place 3 days ...
iPhone Spotted at CTIA Wireless, Chairman of FCC
The Apple iPhone was seen at the CTIA Wireless 2007 trade show and caught the interest of Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. According to this news article: "He spent more time with it than I did," Stephenson said in an interview afterward. For a minute, "It seemed like he wouldn't give it back," Stephenson joked.
AT&T's Chief Operating Officer demoed the device...
