Nowadays people are storing more and more data on their iOS devices. Considering the new iPhones and iPads come with high resolution cameras and the ability to record extremely high framerate video, the BACKUPS of these devices on your computer (when you sync with iTunes) can take up a lot of space. When combined with [...]
After renting movies on my AppleTV for the past few years, I had become used to the movie starting within minutes, even seconds of my completing the rental process. This is how it should be. However, for the past few weeks, renting movies had become an exercise in futility. I would complete the rental, and [...]
Apple recently disclosed an issue that affects certain 64GB and 128GB SSD Flash storage drives in MacBook Air models sold between June 2012 and June 2013. An earlier firmware update downloaded from Software Update can cause issues with the drive, possibly rendering it unreadable. Full information is available in the link at the bottom, but [...]
According to Apple, the Premium Service Provider (PSP) designation means that a company "has demonstrated its commitment to premium service and technical excellence." Recently, Apple changed its performance measurement period for designating PSPs from 6-months to 12 months. As of this morning, Lapin is proud to announce that we have again been named an Apple [...]
Traditional platter-based hard drives have been around since the dawn of the modern computer. The technology has been made smaller, but the concept is the same: a read/write head floats mere microns above a fragile ceramic platter, reading and writing data magnetically from microscopic hills and valleys on the surface. All the while, the platters [...]
After much planning, preparation, and hard work, we are proud to announce our new location at 1547 N Larrabee (at North Ave) in Chicago! DON'T FRET! This is an additional location and our Evanston store will remain fully operational and continue to serve your Mac needs with no interruption in service. For years customers have [...]
With Scott Forstall, former VP of iOS, on his way out, Industrial Design genius Jony Ive will be taking over Human Interface design for Apple, which now puts him squarely in control of just about everything you look at on your Mac — OS X and other Apple Software included. Forstall's other responsibilities will be [...]
Apple released a slew of hardware updates today, including a redesigned iMac with new storage technologies, updated Mac mini, 13" MacBook Pro with Retina Display, updated iPad with LTE wireless service, and iPad mini with 7.9" display! This was a massive refresh event, event by Apple's standards Take a few minutes and check out the [...]
Today Apple released the much-anticipated revision to their flagship product - the iPhone 5. The new device includes, among other things, the new "Lightning" connector for faster and easier connections, new camera, LTE data support, a faster processor, and a larger, more colorful retina display! Apple's official iPhone 5 page: http://www.apple.com/iphone/ The iPhone 5 intro/launch [...]
We retained our Premium Service Provider designation for the January-June 2012 period. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to serve your Mac needs! From Apple: "Your service location has demonstrated its commitment to premium service and technical excellence during January - June 2012, Apple is pleased to recognize Lapin Systems as an Premium Service Provider."