Warning! This song WILL get stuck in your head

May 11th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Ah HA! See?! All of you who pissed on our giving away a copy of Office 2008, look how creative you can be with Word if only you put your mind to it!

This video for “Again & Again” by the Bird & the Bee was made by filmmaker Dennis Liu using only the Leopard interface […]

Video proof of Bigfoot er… Psystar’s Open Computer running Mac OS X

April 24th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Well, here you go. Video proof that the oft-maligned Psystar has made at least 3 computers – at least 1 of which can run Mac OS X Leopard.

To rub a little salt in Apple’s wounds, Psystar claims they edited the video using Final Cut on an Open Computer running Leopard. Ouch!
Now, if only they […]

Apple swapping out defective x1900 XT cards for (some) Mac Pro owners

April 21st | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

And this is why I love Apple…
A while back I lamented how ever since upgrading to Leopard, my Mac Pro had been exhibiting some odd graphical glitches, mainly in the form of odd lines that would run across various windows in the Finder and apps. I eventually found that the problem was somewhat widespread, at […]

Why you probably shouldn’t check this box

April 7th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Ever since getting my MacBook, my Mac Pro has been sitting in the basement, a bit neglected. Its sole job these days is to record Howard Stern off Sirius and throw bookmarkable audio files into iTunes for me. I use Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba to handle the recordings, and I had read last […]

Where’s the 500 GB external hard drive?

January 14th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Very cute commercial, and it actually explains Time Machine fairly well in 30 seconds. Although, simply saying “It comes on every Mac” sort of glosses over that you need to buy a $200 external drive in order to actually use Time Machine, but we’ll assume the 40 second “Director’s Cut” does.

Pretend you’re cool with the Leopard Server Blue Aurora Wallpaper

January 6th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Not available in any stores! (Well, actually I guess it IS…) Deviant Art user jawnx108 has posted the default desktop background found in OS X Leopard Server 10.5 for all to download (we’re taking his word for it, as we don’t have Leopard Server handy). Now you can impress your friends by showing off […]

Is Panther Apple’s most stable OS?

December 7th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Last night, faithful Macenstein reader TheWarpedOne wrote us asking what to call that gray screen that appears when a Mac running OS X crashes – you know, the one that appears like a descending curtain, telling you in no uncertain terms (and in a half dozen languages) that you’re screwed, and now have to reboot […]