Articles by Cormac Moylan

Cormac is the head honcho behind MacTrast. Based in Cork, Ireland, his first foray into the Apple world was way back in 2006 when he purchased an iMac followed by a Macbook around 4 weeks later. He currently owns a Macbook Pro, iMac, Mac Mini, iPhone 4, iPod Touch, Apple TV, and has more than 30 pairs of shoes. He is also the Head of Digital at VisiTravel - a company that lists hotels in Ireland on their GoIreland site and offer cheap car hire through NovaCarHire.

Brazilian iPad 2s Hitting Stores In December

Posted on 14/09/2011 by Cormac Moylan

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iPad 2s produced and assembled in Brazil will be hitting stores in December. Aloizio Mercadante, the Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology, confirmed the news with a Brazilian based news site.

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GameStop Want Your Old iPhones, iPods, & iPads For Cash

Posted on 13/09/2011 by Cormac Moylan

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Rather than cashing in on your out of date PS3 and Xbox games, you can now ship your old iPhone at your nearest GameStop. The video game retailer is now in the market for buying old versions of iPhones, iPods, and iPads. iDevice owners that have left over gadgets will receive cash and/or credit in return for pawning their unused or out of date gear.

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How To: Create A Bootable DVD Disc For OS X Lion

Posted on 12/09/2011 by Cormac Moylan

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Disappointed not to have a shiny OS X Lion DVD disc? Fear not. Follow our simple tutorial and you can easily create your own OS X Lion DVD disc that you can then use to install or reinstall OS X Lion on your Mac.

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More Hints From Sprint About The iPhone 5 Launch Date

Posted on 12/09/2011 by Cormac Moylan

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I can picture Tim Cook looking at Sprint and wondering what they’ll do next!

The US based carrier isn’t exactly being coy about the possibility of an iPhone 5 arriving in October. Check out the below internal notification for Sprint employees that informs them of a “black out” due to a possible release of a major phone.

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5 Chrome Apps & Extensions To Make It More Safari Like

Posted on 12/09/2011 by Cormac Moylan

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We take a look at a few Chrome extensions that make browsing with Chrome a bit more like Safari. For me, Safari is the most feature rich and developed browser available but recent performance issues have seen me move over to Chrome. Read on to find out how to keep that same Safari experience but on Chrome.

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Fresh Rumor: Apple Tried To Buy DropBox For $800 Million

Posted on 12/09/2011 by Cormac Moylan

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It’s long been speculated that Apple has its sights on Dropbox – a popular multi-platform service that syncs and shares files using Cloud technologies. Fresh rumors indicate that Apple had an $800 million acquisition attempt turned down by Dropbox.

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MacUpdate Bundle: 11 Quality Mac Apps For Only $49.99

Posted on 07/09/2011 by Cormac Moylan

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MacUpdate have a super bundle for Mac users. How about 11 top quality Mac apps for only $49.99? Normally you would pay close to $500 for these apps but MacUpdate is offering you a massive 90% discount.

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Screeny.app Is FREE Today

Posted on 07/09/2011 by Cormac Moylan

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Popular screen recording app Screeny is free for today only. Normally priced at $14.99, Drew Wilson, the developer of Screeny, has mysteriously priced his app at the grand old price of $0.00 for today only.

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Facebook Updates iPhone App To Version 3.5

Posted on 07/09/2011 by Cormac Moylan

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Facebook today launched version 3.5 of their iPhone app. The update brings groups and added privacy controls to the mobile experience. One of my own personal criticisms of the Facebook iPhone app is the inconsistency between the mobile and web experience. It looks like 3.5 has taken a giant leap in bridging that gap.

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New iPad Ad – Learn

Posted on 01/09/2011 by Cormac Moylan

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Apple released a new iPad advert called Learn that focuses on the educational benefits of using an iPad to effortlessly learn a new language, broaden your scientific understandings, or simply master something new.

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iOS 5 Beta 7 Released

Posted on 01/09/2011 by Cormac Moylan

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Apple released iOS 5 beta 7 to developers late yesterday evening. The new update is available to download from the download center and also as an OTA (over the air) update within Software Update on iOS devices that are already running iOS 5 beta.

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Financial Times Apps Removed From App Store Over Dispute

Posted on 31/08/2011 by Cormac Moylan

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iPhone & iPad Apps for the Financial Times are no longer listed in the App Store. The FT and Apple had previously clashed over in-app subscriptions that would see Apple take a 30% cut of The FT’s sales from subscribers though their iPhone and iPad apps. The two giants were not able to find a middle ground and The FT’s apps are no longer listed in the App Store.

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