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
iOS 4.3 to Launch on March 11th
Apple announced today during their iPad 2 keynote, that iOS 4.3 will be arriving on March 11th with a number of new features. iOS 4.3 includes a faster Safari browser, iTunes Home Sharing, AirPLay enhancements, iPad side switch preference (rotate or mute), and the Personal Hotspot feature for iPhone 4. "With more than 160 million iOS devices worldwide, including over 100 million iPhones, the...
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Apple to Launch a White iPad 2?
Apple is holding its iPad media event in just a couple of days. The rumors to date have been relatively modest for the iPad upgrade. The general consensus seems to be that the new iPad will be thinner, faster, and with improved (but not Retina display).
If the latest Chinese iPad parts are to believed from iFixyouri/9to5, then Apple may be considering creating a white iPad 2 as well. ...
Apple's Jonathan Ive Considering Moving Back to England?
The Sunday Times reports that Apple designer Jonathan Ive and the Apple's board of directors are at an impasse about his future. The British designer is said to want to spend more time in the UK while Apple's board seems unwilling to allow that. The report comes by way of The Daily Mail and Cult of Mac as the original article appears to behind The Sunday Times' paywall.
Ive has reportedly ...
Mac OS X Lion's Safari is Snappier and More Stable Thanks to WebKit2
Starting in Mac OS X Lion, we've learned that Apple has started utilizing WebKit2 in their Safari web browser. The advanced version of Apple's Webkit engine was first announced in April of 2010. WebKit2 is described as a new API layer for WebKit that offers both speed and security improvements: WebKit2 is a new API layer for WebKit designed from the ground up to support a split process model, ...
Mac OS X Lion: Drops PowerPC Emulation, Adds QuickTime Pro Features, Much More
As developers delve into the early build of Mac OS X Lion 10.7, a large number of smaller features are being revealed. One discussion thread seems to be compiling these findings. There seems to be a lot of nice new features being described. A couple of particular interest include:
- PowerPC (Rosetta) emulation is no longer offered. That means if you have any PowerPC applications they won't...
Apple Simulcasting iPad Event to Reporters at BBC Television Center on March 2nd
Crunchgear posts the invite to UK reporters about their March 2nd event. Apple is hosting a simulcast of the event at the BBC Television Center.
While the simultaneous event is generating some speculation, we've...
Mac OS X Lion: 'Classic' Mail View Available, Video of Finder
We've compiled a couple of more notes of interest on the Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
- Classic Mail: While Apple is pushing the new iPad-inspired Mac OS X Lion Mail application, we've learned that Apple also offers a "Classic Layout" checkbox in the Mail settings which reverts the interface back to the familiar Mail interface.
- Finder: AppleInsider posts this video which shows ...
iPhone 5 Part Shows Larger Screen, Thinner Bezel?
The front bezel of what is claimed to be an "iPhone 5" part has reportedly been posted to by iDealsChina. The image was first discovered by 9to5Mac. iDealsChina writes: China's 1st iPhone 5 photo has surfaced! From this photo it seems that the screen size will be larger than iPhone 4. There has been a lot of specualtion about a larger screen and maybe this will be one of the upgrades we will...
Notes of Interest on Thunderbolt and New MacBook Pros
Yesterday, Apple and Intel introduced a new cabling system called Thunderbolt into the new MacBook Pros. As with any new technology, there are a lot of new questions and issues that are raised. Tested.com offers a good overview of the new technology, and Macworld offers a good Frequently Asked Questions about Thunderbolt. We've compiled some of the more interesting notes here.
- First,...
Apple //gs Emulator with Best of FTA on App Store
This one's going to be for only a select audience. Old Apple //gs owners who enjoyed graphical demos by the Free Tools Association (FTA) will be surprised to find that they have released a "Best Of" collection for the iPhone: To celebrate the 20 years of the *Free Tools Association*, here comes a collection of the best programs developed by the members of the FTA team : Nucleus, Modulae,...
New MacBook Pro Benchmarks Show Massive Improvement
PrimateLabs has compiled GeekBench results for the new Sandy Bridge MacBook Pros released just yesterday, and the results are impressive. The results show GeekBench results ranging from 5900 to 10164 across all models. What makes this particularly impressive is that the new low-end 13" MacBook Pro (2.3GHz Dual i5) scores near last year's top-end 15"/17" MacBook Pro (2.8GHz Dual i7)....
iPad 2 (A5, 512MB RAM) and iOS 5 Revealed Next Week?
Photo by Kiel Oleson (@kielo)
A week ahead of Apple's iPad media event, Engadget revises its claims about we can expect to see from Apple at Yerba Buena.
Engadget's previous claims included an SD card slot and a "super high resolution" display for the next iPad....
Mac OS X Lion Building in Support for Super High Resolution 'Retina' Monitors
Today, Apple seeded Mac OS developers with the first preview of Mac OS X Lion. Apple has outlined a number of new features such as new Mail client, document Versions, and much more.
But one particularly interesting under-the-hood change that we've learned about is an evolution of Mac OS X's "resolution independence" features. Resolution independence has been a long talked about feature...
Apple Launches $0.99 Mac FaceTime App on Mac App Store
Apple has launched the FaceTime for Mac App on the Mac App Store for $0.99: FaceTime for Mac makes it easy to talk, smile and laugh with friends and family on their iPhone 4, iPod touch or Mac. Getting started is quick and easy -- simply enter your Apple ID and you're ready to go. Whether you're talking to someone on an iPhone or on another Mac, video calls with FaceTime look great. There's no...
Apple Launches MacBook Pros with Thunderbolt, Quad Core CPUs, AMD GPUs
While not all the rumors leading up to the launch were true, many of the last minute leaks were accurate, and Apple still managed to sneak in a few surprises.
Apple launched the new MacBook Pros this morning after much anticipation. For the first time ever, Apple has included Quad Core CPUs into their notebooks. The 15" and 17" models offer Quad Core CPUs using the Intel 2.2GHz Quad Core...
15/17-Inch MacBook Pro Specs: AMD GPU, Quad Core i7 CPUs
Apple Stores are down for updates. Here are leaks of some of the new 15" and 17" MacBook Pros. These images are from Mac-TV.de but have been confirmed. Apple has included Quad core CPUs into the 15" and 17" MacBook Pros for the first time.
1. 17" Display. 2.2Ghz Quad i7. 4GB 1333MHz RAM. 750GB 5400 RPM HD. AMD 6750 1GB. 1920x1200
2. 15" Display. 2.0GHz Quad i7. 4GB 1333MHz RAM....
MacBook Pros Moving from NVIDIA to AMD/ATI Graphics?
While we've heard a lot about Apple's new low end 13-Inch MacBook Pro, there's been hardly any information about the upcoming 15" and 17" models. CNet provides a rundown of what they've heard about today's announcements.
First, as we've heard, Light Peak is officially being branded as "Thunderbolt". We've seen the photos already showing it on the 13" MacBook Pro. Thunderbolt is a new...
Apple Preps Yerba Buena for Next Week's iPad Event
Andrew Stern provided this photo of Apple already preparing the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts a week ahead of schedule. Apple just today invited select media to an event on March 2nd at 10 a.m. Pacific. While Apple is expected to release the new MacBook Pros tomorrow (Thursday), Apple is not holding a special media event for that launch.
The image doesn't match up with the invite which ...
Intel to Launch 'Thunderbolt' on Thursday? MacBook Pros to Follow?
CNet reports that Intel's media event starts at 10 a.m. Pacific on Thursday, February 24th. CNet believes that Intel will be unveiling final details of Light Peak. [Light Peak is] a transmission technology designed by Intel that promises to bring 10-gigabit-per-second speeds for data transfers to and from external devices, besting recently introduced solutions like USB 3.0. Intel's broader...
Closer Look Photo of Thunderbolt (Light Peak) Port
Early this morning, a couple of sites posted specs from the upcoming low end 13" MacBook Pro and revealed that Apple will be incorporating Light Peak into the new machines under the name "Thunderbolt". We've confirmed that these specs and photos are legitimate, but only for the low end 13" MacBook Pro model. We still haven't seen the specs for the mid-range and high-end model.
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