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
Last Chance to Get VLC for iPhone/iPad? Likely to be Pulled from App Store? [Updated]
If you haven't yet downloaded the VLC Media Player for iPhone/iPad, now's a good time to do so. A formal copyright complaint has been issued against the software by one of the individual contributors to the VLC project. As a result, it seems likely that Apple could pull the app from the App Store: Today, a formal notification of copyright infringement was sent to Apple Inc. regarding...
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Steve Jobs: USB 3 Not Taking Off At This Time
if Steve Jobs' latest customer email is to believed, it seems Mac users will have to continue to wait for USB 3, According to an email response inquiring about USB3 for Mac, Steve Jobs reportedly wrote: We don't see USB 3 taking off at this time. No support from Intel, for example.USB 3 has been previously rumored to be coming to the Mac Pro and iMac lines, though the latest email casts some...
Apple Sues Motorola Over Multi-Touch
In early October, Motorola announced that it had filed suit against Apple over alleged infringement of a number of patents by a broad range of Apple products, including the iPhone, iPad, "iTouch" (presumably iPod touch), and certain Mac computers.
Late Friday, in a seemingly retaliatory move, Apple filed suit against Motorola over the potential infringement of six Apple patents covering...
Apple Releases iPhoto 9.0.1 to Address Data Loss
Apple has released a version update (9.0.1) for iPhoto that should prevent the possibility of data loss when upgrading to iPhoto '11. This update addresses issues that, in extremely rare cases, could result in data loss when upgrading a library from an earlier version of iPhoto.A support document walks...
256GB SSD Upgrades for New MacBook Air Announced
Taiwanese company Photofast has announced the first 3rd party SSD storage upgrade kit for the new MacBook Air. (via Engadget) The new MacBook Air is the first Apple laptop to use a special SSD card rather than a traditional hard drive enclosure. While the new SSD storage card allows Apple to further reduce the size of the MacBook...
Apple Almost Acquired 'Halo' Developer Bungie in 2000
It seems Steve Jobs had good reason for his angry reaction to Microsoft's acquisition of game developer Bungie in 2000. It wasn't just because Microsoft had managed to swipe up a prominent Mac developer. Apparently, Apple had also been working to acquire Bungie at...
Speculation of an Apple Acquisition Drives Sony's Stock Price Up
Reuters reports that Sony Corp's stock rose nearly 3 percent on Tuesday due to reports of a possible Apple acquisition of Sony. Speculation about Apple making a major acquisition has been in full force since Apple's latest financial results revealed a cash stockpile of $51 billion. Steve Jobs also hinted that he anticipates using the cash for strategic opportunities in the future: "We strongly...
Apple's Seeding of Mac OS X 10.6.5 Betas Accelerates
Apple has accelerated Mac OS X 10.6.5 developer builds with build 10H563 being delivered only 4 days since the last one (10H562). The build number was incremented a single digit and incorporates no known issues.
The previous build included a new Combo updater suggesting they are preparing for release. Apple has previously been seeding Mac OS X 10.6.5 builds as quickly as one-week intervals....
Mac OS X Lion Notes: iOS Scroll Bars, Any Corner Resizing, Dock Changes
During last week's media event, Apple demoed a few early features of Mac OS X Lion which will be released in 2011. While Apple focused on a few particular features (Mac App Store, LaunchPad, and Full Screen Apps), readers have noticed a few other user interface changes coming to Apple's next operating system.
One rumor that was posted ahead of the event predicted that Mac OS X 10.7 would ...
Apple Planning on Doubling Their Just Completed NC Data Center?
DataCenterKnowledge posts an aerial video of Apple's near-complete North Carolina Data Center. The Data Center is said to begin operations "any day now" according to local officials.
The video was posted by a local realtor who reports that Apple is rumored to already be expanding the newly completed data center. There is a rumor that Apple will...
iPad OS 4.2 'Orientation Lock' to 'Mute Switch' Change Permanent
One of the controversial changes in the upcoming iPad OS 4.2 was the change in functionality of the iPad's Orientation locking switch to a Mute switch. ...the physical switch on the iPad's side for locking the screen orientation has been repurposed as a mute switch. The change has been...
Steve Jobs Comments on Apple's Java Discontinuation
Apple's announcement that they would be ceasing future development of their version of Java for the Mac has generated concern amongst Java developers. Apple posted developer documentation Thursday stating that they would not be supporting Java for Mac OS X in the future: As of the release...
New MacBook Air Doesn't Ship with Adobe Flash
Engadget revealed today that Apple's new MacBook Air doesn't ship with Adobe's Flash plug-in. Amusingly enough, you know what's missing from the new MacBook Air models? Adobe Flash Player. While preloaded on Apple's past hardware, out of the box here it just says missing plugin, with no click to install option. To be fair, Flash doesn't come standard on a lot of machines, even for Windows, but ...
And So It Begins... Flight Control HD Coming to Mac App Store
With the announcement of the upcoming Mac App Store just a few hours old, Australian game studio Firemint has already announced that they will be delivering their award-winning game Flight Control to the Mac. They released the above...
Mac App Store Very Promising But With Restrictions
The most surprising news coming out of today's media event was the revelation that Apple would be launching a Mac App Store for Mac OS X. From the short preview that was given, the Mac App Store appears to be structured similarly to the popular iOS App Store. App sales and upgrades are all managed through the App Store, itself. Like the iOS App Store, Apple splits revenues with the...
iLife '11, MacBook Air, and Possible New Product Revealed by Apple [Updated x2]
Some clever exploring of Apple's discussion forum has revealed several new products that are believed to be part of today's announcements. Spidersweb.pl found that by typing in certain category numbers manually, you could find these placeholder categories:
Category 277 - Reserved 10 20
Category 278 - iMovie '11
Spoiler Free Back to the Mac Event [Updated]
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It seems Apple will not be offering a video feed for this event. We've created this spoiler free page for readers who prefer watching the keynote themselves without knowing the outcome. Apple will likely post a recorded QuickTime stream a few hours after the keynote ends.
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Some More Details about the 11.6-Inch MacBook Air?
Engadget claims to have details from a trusted source that claims to have knowledge of Apple's upcoming MacBook Air announcement.
- 11.6-inch display
- 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- 2 USB Ports, Mini DisplayPort, SD card reader
- Trackpad similar to MacBook Pro
- Black power key on top right of keyboard
No word on graphics card or SSD storage capacity. A 2.13GHz processor could be the...
Leaked Photos of Prototype N92 Verizon iPhone?
Previously unheard of site RichyRich claims to have some photos of a prototype N92 iPhone. N92 is the iPhone code number that is believed to be Apple's Verizon-compatible CDMA phone. This is from August, 2010: But I do know that engineering-wise, the wheels are turning on N92, the CDMA variant of the iPhone 4. It's certainly not in production yet, and hasn't reached DVT status (device...
Aspyr Media Officially Announces Civilization V for Mac
Aspyr has officially announced that they will be publishing Sid Meier's Civilization V for the Mac this fall. Developed by Firaxis Games, Sid Meier's Civilization V reinvigorates the classic turn-based strategy genre with an astonishing new engine built from the ground-up for this flagship edition of the Sid Meier's Civilization franchise. Players are introduced...
