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
iSync Story Pulled
In a somewhat atypical move, Apple Legal has threatened ThinkSecret for an article regarding iSync 1.1. The disputed article primarily detailed additional phone support coming with iSync 1.1. Traditionally, Apple has sent Cease and Desist letters to sites housing photographs, screenshots, or similar "trade secrets". Information which...
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Unreal Tournament OS X Port
InsideMacGames is reporting that Ryan Gordon is going to pickup where Glenda Adams left off with the OS X port of the original Unreal Tournament. (Not to be confused with Unreal Tournament 2003 -- which is to be shipping shortly.)
The following is quoted from an Interview with The Gamesome Mac with Mr. Gordon:
We're going to take [Westlake's] codebase, I'm going to look at what we ...
970 Machines Assembled/Sealed?
MacBidouille claims that the first 970 PowerPC machines are assembled, stacked and ready to be shipped to resellers. According to the article, the boxes are also sealed with a tamper proof seal with warnings not to open before June 23rd.
There have been conflicting rumors regarding the availability of 970 machines. This rumor would indicate immediate availability at/after WWDC's...
Panther Location Manager
MacNews.net.tc claims that a revised Location Manager is a part of...
iTMS Competition Ramping Up
This MSNBC article describes other services scrambling to ramp up their music distribution services in response to the early popularity of the iTunes Music Store.
After several years of unsuccessfully trying to convince music fans who download songs for free from Internet file-sharing networks to pay monthly subscription fees for access to digital music, suddenly it's all about the...
A DJ iPod?
This New York Post article claims that Apple is rumored to be developing a "professional" iPod for DJ's:
There's a rumor afoot that Apple may even be developing a new professional version of the iPod, which will allow DJs to change the pitch and speed of the tracks....
New Pro Speakers?
MacWhispers reports that based on their sources, a new Pro Speaker system is in the...
Apple to Sell TiVo's?
One reader notes:
In TiVo's quarterly financial call yesterday, it was mentioned that Apple will begin selling TiVos in some of its retail stores.
TiVo announced their results yesterday, with better than expected numbers. TiVo's Home Media Option allows the sharing of songs and photos from your computer and provides Mac...
AppleOnline.com and AOL 9?
An anonymous submission notes the existance of the domain name AppleOnline.com - which is owned by Apple.
It appears the domain was owned by a 3rd party up until at least April 02 2001. It's unclear when Apple acquired this domain name.
The same submission claims that AOL Beta 9 uses Quicktime. (ed note: I'm not aware of the signficance of this if there is any at...
Safari for Windows?
MacPlus.org reports that Apple may be porting Safari for Windows.
Safari is Apple's own Web Browser, which was released in January - to the surprise of many. Apple has already stated that iTunes 4 will be arriving for the Windows platform by the end of 2003, but has given no indications of porting other applications to the Windows...
QuarkXPress in June?
LoopRumors claims that QuarkXPress 6 for OS X will finally arrive in June, before WWDC:
Sources close to Quark have revealed to LoopRumors that version 6, the Mac OS X version of XPress is complete and ready for distribution...
Safari GM?
ThinkSecret claims that Safari will be hitting Gold Master (GM) in the next month.
Apple's Safari web browser will reach the final "gold master" stage next month, sources say. The company's target to declare Safari gold master (GM) is reportedly near the middle of June, in the weeks before the Worldwide Developers Conference.
ThinkSecret also describes the most recent seed - v78, ...
PPC 970 for Apple... Confirmed?
In what perhaps is the first "official" confirmation that IBM's PowerPC 970's will be used by Apple, BusinessWeek claims that IBM "has confirmed that it's developing a new set of chips for the Mac":
While Motorola has struggled in chips, IBM has soared. Under CEO Sam Palmisano, Big Blue has...
15inch PowerBooks Ready?
PowerPage claims that 15" Aluminum PowerBooks are ready and waiting...
The original TiBook has already migrated to its new Aluminum skin and is just waiting for the existing Titanium models to sell out. Word from a reliable source is that Apple has the new Aluminum PowerBook 15s already boxed and...
PowerMac 970's... Later than Sooner?
Several prominent rumors over the past few months have indicated that we may see shipping PowerMac 970's at or around the WordWide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 23, 2003.
While early rumors have indicated that 970-related announcements/demos will be conducted at WWDC... the most optimistic claims indicate near-immediate availability.
Recent information, however, suggests that...
Limited Safari Seed Program Reinstated
It appears that Apple has reinstated its Safari Seeding program -- at least to a select number of participants.
In an email, testers are warned that discussion of the new Safari seeds and features outside of Apple hosted forums may result in legal consequences to the people involved.
Safari's seed program was terminated in March due to the widespread availability Safari builds amongst ...
15inch PowerBooks?
One submission claims that we could see the 15" PowerBook revision as early as next week. Few other details available, and this info is of unknown...
More Panther Details?
LoopRumors posts a followup to their previous Panther information. Some of the features are rehashed, with possible new information including the return of themes, dock grouping, and voice recognition...
Apple Store Growth
Today marks Apple's second anniversary of the opening of its first retail store in May 2001. This press release reports that 57 Apple Stores have been opened and that 20 new stores are planned over the next 12 months.
Three more prominent locations were announced, including Apple's first international Apple Store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district. The other high profile locations are...
Panther vs. Longhorn?
This Microsoft Watch article by Mary Jo Foley and Matthew Rothenberg provides some preliminary (premature?) comparisons between the two unreleased OS's.
Anticipated Panther features are recapped, starting with rumors of performance boosts in the areas of launch, boot and log-in times. Other features borrowed from XP are also described:
For features, Apple is burning the midnight...
