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
Matador Records and Independent Labels in iTunes?
One reader notes that this thread/post from Matador's site indicates that there is interest in license music to Apple's new iTunes Music Store:
The short answer is Apple hasn't asked to license Matador music yet, and it's not because we were barking up the wrong tree for the last couple months. I think it was probably all Apple could do given the resources they made available for this...
Read Full Article • 64 comments
New iPods after 6pm, and iPod Software 2.0
Despite possibly receiving iPods sometime this week, it appears that stores are limited from selling iPods until after 6pm on May 2nd. A significant stock of new iPods is expected to be in place by this time.
Apple retailers will be holding special retail events on May 2nd to promote the sales of the new iPods.
This page on Apple's site reports the retail events well run from...
Panther Screens Fake?
Of interest, Panther has not yet seeded outside the development team. As a result, it seems unlikely that the "leaked" screenshots were legitimate.
(In additional speculation... while I hate to encourage speculation based on a lack of Apple Legal action. Apple has traditionally pursued legal action against pre-release Screenshots, Movies, and...
Bluetooth Mouse?
LoopRumors.com claims that Apple is "near completion" on cordless Bluetooth...
Apple Music Stations
Spymac reports that Apple will be featuring their new music service in special kiosks at Apple Stores:
Although the iMac-powered kiosks will double as information and showcase displays, customers will be able to purchase music and take it home with them, provided they bring along an iPod or purchase a disc to burn.
Payment details are unknown at this...
iTunes Music for International Users Petition
Someone started a petition to request that Apple's music service be opened to international users.
In his speech, Jobs stated that "For now" the new music service is available in the United States only. ...
iTunes for Windows is Coming
Apple has already reported that they would be introducing their Music Download service for Windows later this year... and Forbes has already suggested that iTunes is coming to Windows.
As confirmation, Apple has posted a job listing on Monster.com for a Senior Software Engineer for iTunes for Windows:
Apple Computer is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design and build...
iTunes Music Store Digital Rights Summary
This is a brief summary of Apple's Digital Rights Management System based on available information. Please send in corrections or further observations/experiences.
For the purposes of this article:
DRM = Digital Rights Management.
Protected AAC = AAC purchased from Apple's Music Store.
Apple introduced their new iTunes Music Store which features AAC formated files...
iTunes Authorization
This KnowledgeBase article describes the process in Authorizing and Deauthorizing your computer to play "Protected" AAC's (ie. AAC's bought through the iTunes Music Store, personally ripped AACs are not protected)
The process appears relatively simple - with protected songs played for the first time, requiring your Apple ID/Password to play. Subsequent plays on the same computer are...
Apple's Music Event Webcast
In the days before the event, there were small hints that Apple workers were busy behind the curtain -- updating Apple's Streaming site so the mac faithful could view the announcements in real time.
In the hours before the event, a small slip (presumably) accidently revealed the Webcast url, and allowed it to be posted on this site... sadly, the stream may not have been able to handle the...
iTunes for Windows... and AOL?
Fortune Magazine was apparently given an exclusive on the new iPods and Music Service.
They published a series of articles on Apple's new offerings, and provides some details and industry opinions of the planning and execution of the new service.
Of particular interest mentioned in the article are the economics of the endeavour -- with Apple paying the record companies an average of...
Apple 'Singing' Ads Posted
Y105sucks.com and Apple.com posted Apple's new iTunes Music Store commercials that aired during the Media Event.
Regular readers will remember the Casting Call posted April 12th that sought out people of all ages were "are not afraid to sing their favorite song with lots of energy. No need to be good singers. No shy people allowed."
The commercials were shot between April 18 and...
New iPods, New Apple Music Service, iTunes 4
Apple's Media Event has completed and brings us many of the rumored updates:
A play-by-play of the speech is provided: MacRumors Coverage. As well, an IRC transcript is available here - with updates provided by N30.
In brief, Apple introduced:
- iTunes 4
- iTunes Music Store: AppleMusic.com
- New iPods (10, 15, and 30GB) - with Dock and redesigned face.
A more...
Apple Event Info
Apple's "Music to your Ears" Media event takes places today at 10am Pacific Time (1pm Eastern Time) and can be followed at the following locations:
By Satellite:
Ku-band
Telstar 5/Transponder: 25 K
Orbital Slot: 97 degrees west
Uplink Frequency: 14444.0 MHz
Downlink Frequency: 12144.0 MHz...
New Apple Mouse and Keyboard... Soon
According to reliable sources, Apple is planning on introducing a minor revision to the current Keyboard and Mouse.
Despite rumors to the contrary, the new devices will not bring more exotic features to the Apple accessories. According to reports, the new items will not support Bluetooth and the mouse will still only sport one button.
Updates may come alongside eMac updates --...
Mac-TV.de Rebroadcast Request
In an interesting email, (joerndyck at mac.com) is requesting the following from a Satellite equiped user:
I'm from Germany and responsible for a mac-magazine. In europe there is no satellite broadcast for the special presentation. You could earn some money if you help us to offer an audio broadcast via Quicktime stream. If you don't want to do this, maybe one of your reader wants to...
Panther Screenshots?
Apple-x.net claims to have screenshots of Panther.
(Screenshots: Picture 1, Picture 2)
Note: This story was originally posted to Page 2 but due to interest has been moved to the main site. Accuracy of screenshots are still...
Phone/Mouse/HD Combo
LoopRumors.com posts an odd design sketch of an iPod/HD/Phone device supposedly coming from...
Apple Webcast?
joed reports that Apple's streaming website had reflected the Monday Event (at least temporarily) and stated:
"Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs present announcements from the Moscone Center in San Francisco that will be music to your ears. See the MPEG-4 webcast presentation right here exclusively in QuickTime . It's an event you don't want to miss."
The url no longer brings...
Apple Patents: Rotary Mouse
MacObserver notes that Apple has filed a patent for a mouse with a rotary wheel. The rotational wheel would provide the user with the a scroll mechanism as well as a button.
The patent describes the disadvantages of the traditional scroll wheel mouse:
Unfortunately, the mouse described in FIG. 1 [Traditional Scrollwheel mouse] has several drawbacks. For example, the scroll wheel...
