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
Logic Control from Apple?
One anonymous report claims that Apple will be creating a new Control Surface (hardware) for both Final Cut Pro and eMagic's Logic. (example)...
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PowerMacs NOT (Shipping) at WWDC?
The Mac rumor scene has been quite active over the past few days, with rumors of significant hardware announcements coming at WWDC.
AppleTurns, however, provides a small blurb with some doubt regarding the possibility of PowerMac updates at WWDC:
Meanwhile, we're hearing the faintest rumblings that the Power Mac G5 may actually not be ready for a WWDC introduction after all....
iTunes for Windows Soon? [Correction]
The New York Post claims Apple's iTunes for Windows project is due sooner than previous expected:
Apple is developoing [sic] a PC/Windows Media version of iTunes, which the company plans to have ready by the end of the month.
iTunes for Windows was said to be due by year's end according to Steve Jobs at the April 28th Special Event introducing the iTunes Music Service.
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1 Infinite Cantina
Appleinsider.com posts a story detailing upcoming rumors for WWDC....
....including case designs, laptop updates, and possibly confirming (or repeating?) some older rumors (here, here)....
WWDC: 'Biggest Ever'?
MacUser.co.uk posts a brief summary of the rumors leading up to WWDC on June 23, 2003. MacUser adds their own source into the mix:
A MacUser.co.uk source reports that WWDC will be the 'biggest ever' and will feature significant hardware announcements
Traditionally, hardware announcements have not been considered "typical" for WWDC's, as the focus of the conference is developers...
Apple Legal on the Move
MacBidouille is the latest site which has been approached by Apple Legal to remove certain information on their website.
English Translation by ZeeOwl:
We have, once again, recieved an eMail from Apple's lawyers requesting that we pull certain news items published on the site.
The message was fairly vague on exactly what news should be pulled, so we complied on the items...
QuarkXpress 6 OS X
Apple.com now features QuarkXPress 6 for Mac OS X.
The long awaited application is now available for preorder from Apple's online store for $899.95. Rumors of the release of this software was initially slated at Jan, 2003. The software is expected to be available "next week", according to...
Microsoft Music Store?
LATimes reports other big players are in the wings with Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon, AOL, and even MTV looking to compete against Apple's iTunes Music Store in the coming weeks.
Microsoft is even reported to be demoing their version to record execs:
Microsoft has recently shown its version of a downloadable music store to executives at several record companies. Sources said Microsoft...
PowerBook 970s at WWDC?
MacWhispers updates with notes regarding upcoming PowerMac and PowerBook revisions.
Of interest, MacWhispers is the only site claiming that 15.4" PowerBook 970's are currently in the works at this time. According to the site, 970 PowerBooks are just beginning production, suggesting they are soon to be released and inventory will be "substantial" by WWDC.
They also offer notes on...
Music Execs, iTMS, and Albums
The New York Post reports that some disagreement about music distribution may be preventing certain "big-time" artists from being offered via the iTunes Music Store:
But many big-time artists - including Madonna, the Foo Fighters and the Dave Matthews Band - still balk at making their music available to Apple because of the computer maker's demand that the artists allow single tracks to...
Security Update 2003-06-09
In your Mac OS X Software Update:
Security Update 2003-06-09 addresses a potential security issue when the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) is used to reshare a Network File System (NFS) mount. This update also addresses a situation where LDAP bind authentication requests may be improperly sent when using Kerberos authentication.
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64-Bit Jaguar and 970 PowerMacs
eWeek provides some corroboration of rumors floating around regarding the upcoming release of 970 based PowerMacs:
Sources said that the IBM chip will make its first appearance in a new Power Mac known internally as Q37. However, sources said, Q37 won't ship with a 64-bit version of Mac OS X, limiting OS performance gains in the initial release. Instead, Q37 will launch with a special...
Motorola Looking to Sell PowerPC?
Silicon Strategies reports that Motorola's semiconductor unit is "still up for sale" but with no interested buyers.
In recent months, rumors were running rampant that STMicroelectronics Inc. would acquire Moto's chip unit. Both companies denied those rumors even though it was common knowledge that Moto's troubled semiconductor division was (and still is) on the block.
The Register...
Safari v80 Leaked?
It appears that Safari v80 has been leaked with one thread on FunMac.com posting a small review of the new build.
Safari v80 is said to incorporate a preference for .Mac bookmark Syncronization as well as "Autotabs" allowing you to open a folder of bookmarks into a set of tabs at once.
Another report indicates that the install process has been modified -- with the upgrade package...
Apple to Buy Roxio?
LoopRumors claims that reliable sources indicate that Apple is looking to purchase Roxio.
Roxio currently produces Toast for the Mac as well as CD-R software for the PC. In addition, Roxio has recently acquired Napster as well as Pressplay. ...
MacRumors IRC Channel (#MacRumors)
For the past few major Apple events, we've opened Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels to accomodate the additional traffic and discussion, with our last event in April, drawing a record crowd.
The channel will remain open year-round.
For those with their own IRC Clients, the MacRumors channel is on irc.krono.net on channel #macrumors.
For readers who are new to IRC, we...
Low PowerMac 1.42 Stock
Distributers have very low to no stock of PowerMac 1.42GHz machines. Restock dates rate from late June to early July. ...
Notes from Apple's Meeting with Indies
On June 5th, Apple met with independent labels to discuss adding their content to the iTunes Music service.
CD Baby! provides some very interesting notes from the meeting. According the site, approximately 150 representatives attended and received a 2 1/2 hour session on the iTunes Music Service.
The current rate of sales of the iTunes Music Store is 500,000 songs a week, with a...
PowerBooks Updates?
And unconfirmed/anonymous submission claims that the Powerbook line will see speed bumps on June 24th @ 9am at North Beach (@ WWDC).
That timeslot is available and scheduled as 'To Be Announced", but would be an unusual time for such an event... as Jobs' keynote is the day before at...
