Newer MacBook Airs Receive Power Nap Update, Retina MacBook Coming Soon

After releasing OS X Mountain Lion and a slew of supporting application updates on Wednesday, you'd think Apple would have taken a break -- but instead, new MacBook Air owners received a firmware update to enable the new Power Nap feature.

Apple posted a support document which details the Power Nap feature of OS X Mountain Lion, noting "an SMC update is required to gain all the functionality" with this hot new feature. For now, there are only three MacBook models supported -- and for one of them, the feature is still MIA.

The mid-2011 and mid-2012 MacBook Air models received the required SMC update on Wednesday night, so users who have updated to OS X Mountain Lion can begin taking advantage of the operating system's stealth-like features, even while the notebook is asleep.

So what gets done while a notebook is Power Napping? Ironically, almost everything. The support document details an extensive list that at first glance might have you believing the Mac isn't going to sleep at all, which includes receiving new messages in Mail, new invites or calendar updates in Calendar, changes made elsewhere in Contacts, Reminders or Notes and even Photo Stream updates.

Apple claims that Power Nap is even more impressive while your Mac notebook is plugged into AC power, where it's also capable of downloading software updates, making backups via Time Machine, performing Spotlight indexing and even updating Help Center.

About the only bad news in this support document is that the swanky new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display has no required SMC update available -- at least not yet. It's still listed as "coming soon," but given how busy Apple has been this week, we can probably forgive them for being tardy on this one thing.

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Baby Alpaca Sifts Through Photos on a MacBook Pro, Makes Us Squee

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News is kind of slow as we're waiting for Mountain Lion to launch. So, here's a little something to help you pass the time: An adorable baby Alpaca sifting through her photos on a MacBook Pro.

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Grab $926 Worth of Mac Software for $50, Enter to Win a Retina MacBook Pro

Although many feared that the Mac App Store might crush those sweet software bundle deals, it seems like there's more of them than ever before. One of the biggest has to be the iStack Mac Bundle, which nets buyers $926 worth of awesomeness for a mere $49.99 -- not to mention a chance to win one of those sweet MacBook Pros with Retina Display.

If you like your Mac software deals sliced thick and dripping with juicy goodness, look no further than our very own Deals section, which is now stocked with the $49.99 iStack Mac Bundle.

This awesome bundle of 10 Mac apps includes MacLife.com favorites like Parallels Desktop 7 (normally $80 on its own), Snagit ($50 alone) and iGlasses 3 ($20), which would almost be a bargain on its own.

But that's not all! The deal also ladles in Elasty, Hands Off!, Clarify, PaintSupreme, Disk Drill Pro and TextSoap to sweeten the deal. But that's still not all! The first 5,000 buyers will also receive the iOS App Development Video Course absolutely free, which is a $497 retail value all on its own.

Collectively, the deal is worth $926, but MacLife.com users can grab it for a whopping 95 percent off. Even if you already own all of these great apps, you can share the deal with friends and get a nice free bonus with Breeze, a simple window manager for Mac that's normally an $8 value on its own.

And last but not least, iStack Mac Bundle is offering up a swanky new MacBook Pro with Retina Display to one lucky winner who enters their giveaway simply by submitting their email address. Be sure to read all of the official rules -- you'll need to be 21 years of age or older to win.

That particular guy or gal we'll all be envious of will be announced when the bundle ends in just under 10 days (at 11:59pm CDT on July 30, 2012), so grab these deals while you can!

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MacBook Pro with Retina Display Named Editors’ Choice

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WWDC 2012:8 Dinge zu berücksichtigen, bevor Sie das MacBook Pro mit Netzhaut kaufen

Möchten Sie einen neuen iMac oder Mac Pro kaufen? Sie müssen warten, bis nächsten Jahre WWDC Apple Design Award Gewinner (aktualisiert) 2012: WWDC 2012: was wir wissen über OS X Mountain Lion bisher (aktualisiert) alle Mac Artikel

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Apple Updates MacBook Air and Current Generation MacBook Pro

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Apple Introduces All-New MacBook Pro with Retina Display

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Spec Sheet Leaks for 13-Inch MacBook Pro, No Retina Display to be Found?

By this time next week, we’ll already know what Apple has up its sleeve for the WWDC 2012 keynote -- but in the meantime, all we have to go on are leaks such as the one pictured here, which is reportedly the spec label from a new 13-inch MacBook Pro.

The Verge is reporting that specs have been leaked from what’s assumed to be a spec label on the box of a forthcoming 13-inch MacBook Pro. The good news is that Intel’s Ivy Bridge processor and USB 3.0 ports are present and accounted for, but the bad news is there doesn’t seem to be a Retina Display in sight.

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Report: Geekbench Results Reveal New MacBook Pro, iMac Models

Given that it’s mid-May and there has yet to be a new Mac introduced in 2012 thus far, it should come as little surprise to see rumors ramping up about new MacBook Pro and iMac computers. But could they be closer to release than we think?

MacRumors is reporting on a pair of curious benchmark results that have turned up in the last several days on Geekbench, which could be the best evidence yet that Apple is inching closer to releasing new MacBook Pro and iMac models this summer. While it’s important to note that Geekbench results can be faked with relative ease, the benchmarks fall in line with what pundits are expecting from the 2012 models.



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Rumor: New 15-Inch MacBook Pro Features USB 3.0, Retina Display, Thin Design

Most of the recent rumors about a new MacBook Pro have been focused on it being as thin as a MacBook Air -- but that may be wishful thinking, according to trusted sources who are spilling the beans on the forthcoming 15-inch model.

9to5Mac has donned its tin hat again and filed an extensive report on what may be coming with this year’s 15-inch MacBook Pro. Those of you hoping for an ultra-thin design like the MacBook Air may be disappointed, but let’s face it: That was probably a pipe dream anyway.

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Analyst Predicts End of the Line for 17-Inch MacBook Pro

Apple is a bit tardy with new MacBook Pros, with rumors swirling that the beefed-up notebooks are going to become more like the MacBook Air, and at least one analyst predicting the death of the super-sized 17-inch model.

MacRumors is reporting that research analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted a bleak future for Apple’s 17-inch MacBook Pro. According to a new report on Monday from KGI Securities,

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