Lure of Mac

Through the new iHome IBN10 Speaker, Apple tried to mix together a radio clock with a smart device and they have succeeded. Although its main purpose is to be a speaker, having not one or two but four actual speakers integrated into it, there is so much more than meets the eye when it comes […]

Swype for iPhone is an intuitive keyboard designed so that you can reply to instant messages in the blink of an eye. As you may have guessed from the title of the app, this little gadget enhancing wonder provides swipe texting for everyone! If you don’t know what swipe texting is, then you are about […]

If you browsed through various reviews about the MacKeeper software program, including our own MacKeeper review, you will see that the software is generally very poorly reviewed. The internet is full of discussion forums and review sites that basically say that MacKeeper is not safe at all. If you are in need of a system […]

Backup and restore iPhone data fast and easy. Although it may seem like you have nothing to worry about, data can be lost or damaged. It’s better to be safe than sorry. And it will save you a lot of headaches just in case your phone fails or gets stolen. This is why we now […]

The iPhone 7 concept has fueled a host of speculations. We are all looking for the next best thing, the rumors are flowing at a rapid pace, and the bloggers concerned with gadgets have already laid out several designs for how the latest iPhone might look and work. The only certainty that is upon us […]

Mac users rejoice – there is hope for reducing the load on your computer! It’s called the Activity Monitor for Mac and it can do so many things, it can give the standard, ctrl-alt-delete Task Manager of Windows computers a run for its money. Yet how do you use this feature on a Mac? What […]

Click To View Years: 1984 – 1993 | 1994 – 2003 | 2004 – 2014 https://lureofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Apple-Macintosh-original-ad-remastered-1984-20th-Anniversary-2004.mp4 2004 was all about, well, 1984… again.  The only new Mac related television commercial that ran during the entire year was a re-digitized version of  1984.  Makes you wonder if 2014 will bring the same at this years gigantic football game that you’re not […]

There are some really confusing articles on the web regarding the Apple Lightning to HDMI adapter. Endless discussions about whether the picture is either laggy or filled with video artifacts. Misconceptions regarding if it outputs native or upscaled 1080p, or if the iPad Mini can or can’t possibly mirror anything on a big screen TV. We’are […]

Click To View Years: 1984 – 1993 | 1994 – 2003 | 2004 – 2014 https://lureofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Apple-Power-Mac-ad-The-Future-Robots-1994.mp4 10 years after Apple became a household name, the Power Mac ad came out.  This campaign tried to show some of the futuristic and technological “coolness” of the Power Macintosh. 1995 : It Runs PC Disks https://lureofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Apple-Power-Mac-ad-Business-Serious-Computer-1995.mp4 Many executives weren’t willing to purchase Macintosh […]

Apple Emojis are adorable, but we seriously need some sort of search tool on iOS so we can better find them. Cue in a conspiracy theory – Apple Emojis are actually driving people to update their devices and the company is in the know, but more on this later on. I have no idea when […]