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Mac News: Speculation on the next Mac Pro    The Mac Pro seems like a ridiculous computer in the age of quad-core laptops. Even I thought so when I switched to a MacBook Pro last fall. But I had some major issues that have only been partially resolved. And in many other ways that I didn’t expect, this setup is far more complex, less elegant, and less reliable than a…

Mac News: Wunderkit Finally Hits the MacIf you spend any time at all with your nose in the realm of productivity software (and you know we do), then you’re probably aware of the splash that 6Wunderkinder made when they finally opened their super-secret new web app, Wunderkit, to public beta just a mere few weeks ago. By building on the success of Wunderlist (which many would agree is one of…

Mac News: OS X Messages App Lets You Send Files Of Any Type To iOS Devices Via iMessageThe beta release of Apple’s new Messages app for the Mac may have a hidden secret, and it’s one that could make getting files onto an iOS device as easy as 1,2,3. Apple recently made the beta release of its new Messages app available to the public, with the beta tag offering a…

Mac News: Firmware updates enable Lion Internet Recovery for more Mac modelsOne of the not-so-glamourous but very useful features introduced with Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) was Lion Recovery, where the Lion installer creates a small, invisible, bootable partition on your hard drive that lets you repair your drive or even reinstall Lion if you have a problem.Read full story => MacWorld Technology News: Forget transparent aluminum: researchers make iron…

Mac News: Free iPad Notes – Handwriting, drawing, typing, audio recording and speech to text!The folks from Nuance Communications, the provider of Dragon voice recognition, have released their free iPad notes app – PaperPort Notes. A notes app that has a little bit of something for everyone. The app is light enough to be happy with it if you where to only use one notes capture method while still offering…