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Years after it was first announced and several delays later, the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock has finally launched. The multi-function dock promises to both expand a Mac’s capabilities as well as facilitate easy docking on a clean desk. We’ve spent the last few days putting the device through its paces to see if it was worth the wait. Box Contents One of the first things you’ll notice about the Thunderbolt Express Dock is its surprisingly large box. Although the product’s…
Keep Tabs on Your MagSafe 2 Adapter with KeyBit
When Apple introduced the MacBook Pro with Retina Display last year, the company unveiled MagSafe 2, a thinner and longer connector for Apple’s innovative magnetic power cord. The company said that the reduced height of the new MacBook design simply didn’t allow enough space for the standard MagSafe connector that powered the MacBook lines since 2006. Users were happy to have a thinner Mac, but frustrated by the fact that their existing power cords, and the power cord that comes…
Clipboard Manager Clipr Can Paste Text to Your Phone via SMS
Clipboard managers are nothing new, but a new app from developer Eric Mann introduces an interesting new feature: the ability to send your Mac’s clipboard contents to your phone via SMS. Clipr, available now on the Mac App Store, manages your Mac’s clipboard via a simple menu bar item. Using the app is fairly straightforward; once it’s installed and running, head into Clipr’s preferences and tell it how many items it should remember and how large the preview for each…
Apple’s WWDC 2013 Sells Out in Less Than 3 Minutes
Apple changed the way that it sold tickets to this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) by pre-announcing their availability, but that only led to a record-breaking sellout. After going on sale at 1:00 p.m. EST, Apple informed developers by 1:03 p.m. that tickets had sold out. As Apple’s consumer base has grown, and as mobile iOS application development has become more important to the industry, interest in the company’s annual developer event has grown exponentially. In 2010, it took Apple…
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Falcon Ridge Thunderbolt 2 Coming End of Year With Twice the Speed
Thunderbolt, the ultra-fast Intel-developed interface, will soon double in speed. Intel demoed the Falcon Ridge Thunderbolt controller Monday at NAB, the annual National Association of Broadcasters’ trade show in Las Vegas. The new design, named Thunderbolt 2, promises to double Thunderbolt’s current speeds from 10 Gbps to 20 Gbps, which equals a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 2,560 megabytes per second. The jump in performance is necessary to accommodate the video production industry, which is quickly moving to 4K resolutions…
Apple Starts Developer Testing of OS X 10.8.4 With Build 12E27
Apple on Monday began developer testing of the next version of OS X Mountain Lion by seeding the first beta build of OS X 10.8.4. The build, number 12E27, comes just over two weeks after the public release of the long-tested 10.8.3. The build’s seed notes ask developers to focus on testing Safari, graphics drivers, and Wi-Fi, but lists no known issues. Interestingly, these focus areas are identical to those included in the final 10.8.3 beta builds. While Apple works…