Eric Slivka
Eric is the Editor-in-Chief of MacRumors and has been writing for the site since 2008.
An avid swimmer and former biophysicist, Eric has been using Apple products for over 35 years and has been interviewed for pieces by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Reuters, BBC, CNBC, and other publications.
Eric's current primary role involves day-to-day oversight of the editorial operations at MacRumors, but he also contributes occasional news and review articles while handling various other duties related to the site's operation.
An avid swimmer and former biophysicist, Eric has been using Apple products for over 35 years and has been interviewed for pieces by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Reuters, BBC, CNBC, and other publications.
Eric's current primary role involves day-to-day oversight of the editorial operations at MacRumors, but he also contributes occasional news and review articles while handling various other duties related to the site's operation.
Eric Slivka's Articles
Mac App Store to Offer Unbundled iLife and iWork Applications?
Several MacRumors readers have pointed out that Apple's promotional materials for its forthcoming Mac App Store show that the company may be planning to offer applications from its iLife and iWork suites on an individual basis. Supporting that notion is the demo offered by Apple's Craig Federighi during yesterday's media event in which he showed how a user could purchase and install Pages from...
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AT&T Joins Apple's Record-Setting Quarter With 5.2 Million iPhone Activations
AT&T today announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2010, revealing that it activated a record 5.2 million iPhones during the quarter. The number was significantly higher than the previous record of 3.2 million activations set last quarter. AT&T's third-quarter integrated device growth included 5.2 million iPhone activations, the most iPhone activations ever in a quarter. This is...
Video Stream of 'Back to the Mac' Media Event Now Available
Apple has posted the full video from today's "Back to the Mac" media event as a podcast on iTunes, and the stream is also available via a direct link to the .mov file. The stream was initially available for users on Safari for Mac OS X 10.6 and iOS, but users on other platforms now have options for viewing the broadcast.
Apple should also be making the stream available in multiple formats...
Apple Releases Java Updates for Snow Leopard (Version 3) and Leopard (Version 8)
Apple today released a pair of software updates bringing new version of Java to Macs running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Leopard. The updates deliver improvements to compatibility, security, and reliability.
- Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 (74.30 MB, Requires Mac OS X 10.6.4) Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 delivers improved compatibility, security, and reliability by updating Java SE 6 to...
Apple Releases Software Update for New MacBook Air, ProKit 6.0
Apple today released MacBook Air (Late 2010) Software Update 1.0, a minor update for users of the company's just-revamped MacBook Air. This update fixes a few graphics issues including:
- Resolves an issue where the system becomes unresponsive while playing back a movie trailer in iMovie.
- Resolves an issue where the system becomes unresponsive after waking from sleep when an external...
Aperture 3.1 Released to Support iLife '11
Apple today released Aperture 3.1, bringing compatibility with the new iLife '11 suite as well as a host of bug fixes and improvements. This update improves overall stability and performance, and addresses compatibility with iLife '11. It also includes a number of specific fixes in the following areas:
- Performance when opening large libraries
- Performance when exporting heavily-adjusted...
Initial Hands-On Impressions of the New MacBook Air
Those in attendance at today's media event on Apple's campus had the opportunity to spend some time with the new MacBook Air models, and early hands-on impressions and reviews are beginning to roll in.
Ars Technica calls both the 13.3-inch and 11.6-inch models "incredibly thin and light" and is particularly taken with the smaller version. Both devices are incredibly thin and light, but the...
15-Inch and 17-Inch MacBook Pros Receive 2.8 GHz Core i7 Option
Alongside Apple's other announcements today, the company also quietly added a new option to its 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pros, allowing customers to configure the machines with a 2.8 GHz Core i7 processor. The upgrade comes as an additional $200 charge on top of the 2.66 GHz Core i7 processor that had been the top-of-the-line...
Apple to Offer Live Video Stream of Today's Media Event
Following Apple's live video stream of its September media event to introduce new iPods, iTunes 10, and a revamped Apple TV, many observers have been disappointed that the company does not appear to be offering a similar feed of today's "Back to the Mac" event.
That may be changing at the last minute, however, as several European outlets are reporting that they have received word from their...
Live Coverage of Apple's 'Back to the Mac' Media Event
Banner at Apple's Cupertino headquarters (Source: setteB.IT)
Apple today is holding its "Back to the Mac" media event, where it is expected to introduce several new and updated products. The event is scheduled to kick off at Apple's corporate headquarters in Cupertino, California at 10:00 AM Pacific Time / 1:00 PM Eastern Time, or just about an hour and half from now.
Just about two hours...
Google and TweetDeck Executives Respond to Jobs' Anti-Android Comments
In the wake of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' lengthy comments on Google's Android and other competitors during the company's earnings conference call yesterday, executives from Google and app developer TweetDeck have offered brief public responses disputing Jobs' assertions.
TechCrunch notes that Google's vice president of engineering Andy Rubin, who heads up the Android project, was inspired by Jobs...
Research Firm Raises iPad Sales Projections Through 2012 to Over 120 Million
Despite Apple reporting lower-than-expected iPad sales in its quarterly earnings release yesterday, research firm iSuppli has once again raised its projections for iPad sales through the end of 2012 to over 120 million, up over 20 million from its July projections.
iSuppli has increased its iPad sales estimates from 12.9 million to 13.8 million for 2010, from 36.5 million to 43.7 million for ...
Sales of Revamped Apple TV Pegged at Over 250,000
During today's earnings conference call, Apple CEO Steve Jobs noted that the company has sold over 250,000 units of the revamped Apple TV that was unveiled at the company's September 1st media event and began shipping at the very end of September.
Responding to a question about how the device is performing in the marketplace and whether users can expect Apple to shift to a streaming model...
iPhone 4 Variation Hits Final Field Testing Stage? iPhone 5 at 'Engineering Verification Test' Stage?
Boy Genius Report claims to have received information from a source who reports that a tweaked version of the iPhone 4, known internally as "iPhone3,2", as entered the final field testing stage before production, indicating that a release may be coming in the next several months. One of our solid Apple sources has just let us know some pretty interesting (and exciting) information surrounding...
Apple Reports Q4 2010 Profit of $4.31 Billion on $20.34 Billion Revenue, Best Quarter Ever
Apple today announced financial results for the third calendar quarter and fourth fiscal quarter of 2010. For the quarter, Apple posted revenue of $20.34 billion and net quarterly profit of $4.31 billion, or $4.64 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $12.21 billion and net quarterly profit of $2.53 billion, or $2.77 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 36.9 percent,...
'Advertising Age' Names Apple 'Marketer of the Decade'
Advertising Age today announced that it has selected Apple as its "Marketer of the Decade", removing the company from the running for its annual "Marketer of the Year" award to present it with a first-ever award recognizing Apple's prominence over the last ten years. It seems fitting: Apple kicked off the aughts in 2001 with the iPod, an electronic device that went on to disrupt and forever change ...
Amazon's German Site Notes October 20th iLife Ship Date [Updated x2]
As noted by 9 to 5 Mac, the page for iLife '09 on the German Amazon site has been updated to list an availability date of this Wednesday, October 20th, the day of Apple's "Back to the Mac" media event.
It is frequently difficult to assess the reliability of Amazon's item listings for unreleased Apple products, as the company frequently posts placeholders and other estimates based on its...
HyperMac to Halt Sales of MagSafe Charging Cables
Engadget notes that Sanho, maker of the popular HyperMac line of external batteries for Apple notebooks, will halt sales of the MagSafe charging cables required for connecting its batteries to Apple's machines as of November 2nd. The move comes as the company attempts to work out a licensing agreement with Apple to offer the MagSafe interface. As part of our ongoing comprehensive licensing...
More Claimed MacBook Air Specs: 8-10 Hour Battery, NVIDIA 320M, Upgradeable RAM and SSD
Cult of Mac's mockup of next-generation MacBook Air
Cult of Mac weighs in with claims from a new source regarding the new MacBook Air that has been receiving considerable attention in the days leading up to Apple's media event on Wednesday. The new report corroborates many of the claims coming from other sources, but also offers a few new details on what we might expect in the new machine.
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iPad Makes Its Way to the Farthest Reaches of the Earth
With the booming popularity of Apple's iPad, it is no surprise that the device is making its way to markets around the world, both as Apple expands its own distribution and as private citizens go to sometimes-great lengths to obtain the device in areas Apple hasn't yet reached.
iPad with anchor of the Bounty
It is in that spirit that we share the story of Andrew Randall Christian, a...
