Buttons, VoiceOver, and playlists. Five colours. Hundreds of songs.

Introducing the new, colourful, clip-and-go iPod shuffle. Its buttons give you an easy way to play your music. With a press of the VoiceOver button, you can hear the song’s title and artist, playlist menu, or battery status.¹ And it holds hundreds of songs, multiple playlists, and Genius Mixes, so you can always have the perfect music for every mood.

• Small and wearable
• Polished anodized aluminum design
• Built-in clip
• Easy-to-use control pad for playing your music, audiobooks, and podcasts
• VoiceOver button to hear the song title, playlist menu, and battery status¹
• Support for multiple playlists and Genius Mixes
• 2GB of storage²
• Available in silver, blue, green, orange, and pink
• For Mac and Windows
• Includes Apple Earphones and iPod shuffle USB Cable

The new iPod nano with Multi-Touch.

Redesigned for music and Multi-Touch, iPod nano is smaller and lighter than ever. You can clip it to your sleeve, jacket, or running shorts and keep your favourite songs at your fingertips—along with the Genius feature, a built-in FM radio, pedometer, and more. And the anodized aluminum finish in six bright colours makes this new design even more brilliant.

• 1.5-inch Multi-Touch colour display with 240-by-240-pixel resolution
• Innovative Multi-Touch user interface
• 46 percent smaller and 42 percent lighter
• Built-in volume controls
• Built-in clip
• Built-in FM radio with Live Pause
• Built-in pedometer
• Up to 24 hours of music playback
• New anodized aluminum colours: silver, graphite, blue, green, orange, pink

Now with FaceTime, Retina display, HD video recording, and Game Center.

See friends while you talk to them with FaceTime.¹ Shoot, edit, and share stunning HD video. Play games against friends, or unknown foes, with the new Game Center. And do it all on the Retina display—the highest-resolution screen on any mobile device. It makes graphics and text look even more amazing. The new iPod touch. It’s state-of-the-art fun.

• Available in 8GB, 32GB, and 64GB capacities¹
• New design
• FaceTime video calling²
• Brilliant 960-by-640 Retina display
• HD 720p video capture with built-in mic
• Apple A4 chip
• Front- and back-facing cameras
• iOS 4.1 software
• Game Center
• Voice Control
• Multi-Touch touchscreen interface
• Ambient light sensor, gyroscope, and accelerometer
• Built-in volume controls and speaker
• Built-in Bluetooth
• Built-in Wi-Fi and Nike + iPod support
• Buy music, movies, TV shows, and audiobooks from the iTunes Store via Wi-Fi³
• Rent movies and TV shows from the iTunes Store via Wi-Fi³
• Download games and apps from the App Store via Wi-Fi³
• Surf the web, view email, and more
• For Mac and Windows

iPod classic is the take-everything-everywhere iPod.

The iPod classic comes with 160GB of storage in the same compact size. It holds up to 40,000 songs, 200 hours of video, 25,000 photos, or any combination.¹ The Genius playlist feature creates an on-the-fly playlist of songs in your library that go great with the song you’re listening to. You can even rent a movie from iTunes and watch it on the go.²

• Up to 40,000 songs, 200 hours of video, 25,000 photos, or any combination¹
• Sleek, anodized aluminum and polished stainless steel enclosure
• Genius playlists and Cover Flow
• Up to 36 hours of audio playback or 6 hours of video playback²
• Available in silver or black
• For Mac and Windows

iTunes brings you music, movies, TV shows, apps, podcasts, audiobooks, and more. And with iTunes Ping, you can follow your favourite artists and friends. Find out what music they’re listening to, talking about, and downloading. With hundreds of millions of people using iTunes every day, it’s about to become the largest community of music fans in the world. And now you can rent your favourite HD TV shows for just 99¢ per episode. iTunes is home to everything that entertains you.

• iTunes Ping. Artist and friend profiles. Recent Activity. Concerts and events near you. Now your music is more social.
• HD TV show rentals. Now your favourite TV shows are available to rent—commercial free and in HD.
• AirPlay. Play music wirelessly with AirPlay-enabled speakers and accessories.
• Improved syncing. Now you have more ways to feed your iPod, iPhone, or iPad and see how much space you have left in real time.

iTunes 10 is available as a free download from Apple at http://www.apple.com/itunes/

The simplest way to stay in sync. Purchase MobileMe with an Apple computer, iPad, or iPhone and receive $30 via mail-in rebate.

MobileMe is the service from Apple that stores your important information online at me.com and keeps it in sync and accessible on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and PC. New email, contacts, and calendar items are automatically pushed over the air to your devices, so you always have the latest information at your fingertips. You can share photos and access important files from anywhere. And if you ever lose your iPhone or iPad, MobileMe can even help you find it.*

How it Works:

1. Buy a qualifying product and MobileMe retail box.
2. Fill out the rebate coupon.
3. Submit proof of purchase.
4. Submit UP labels.
5. Mail in the claim

*After mail-in rebate. Terms and conditions apply. Visit www.apple.ca/promo for the Mail-in-Rebate form, and for full details.

Direct links to the current mail-in-rebate forms:
English: http://www.apple.com/ca/promo/mobileme/

This video demonstrates the Magic Trackpad gestures.  As with the Magic Mouse and multi-touch trackpads on the MacBook and MacBook Pros, the preference pane for the Magic Trackpad features video demonstrations of the gestures and swipes for each of the features.

Apple today updated their iMac line with a host of new processors, graphics cards, and option of having both a normal SATA hard drive and Solid State Drive in the 27″ models.  All models are shipping as of today.

The 21.5″  and entry level 27″ iMacs now feature the Intel dual-core Core i3 (3.06GHz and 3.2GHz) and Core i5 (3.60GHz) processors, while the high-end 27″ iMac features faster quad-core Core i5 (2.8GHz) or Core i7 (2.93GHz) processors.

All models ship with 4GB RAM (2 x 2GB 1333MHz DDR3 PC10600 SoDIMMs) and are upgradable to 16GB (4 x 4GB).

Upgrades to the graphics cards see the entry level 21.5″ getting the ATI Radeon HD 4670 with 256MB GDDR3 RAM or ATI Radeon HD 5670 with 512MB GDDR3 RAM, with the 27″ shipping with either the ATI Radeon HD 5670 with 512MB GDDR3 RAM or the unbelievable ATI Radeon HD 5750 with an amazing 1GB of GDDR5 RAM

The 27″ iMacs are now customizable to ship with up to a 2TB SATA hard drive as well as an 256GB Solid State Drive (SSD) with blazing fast data transfer speeds perfect for professionals.

Also available today is the option to purchase your iMac with the new wireless Magic Trackpad (either on its own or in addition to a Magic Mouse).

The new 21.5-inch 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,299 (CAD), includes:

• 21.5-inch 1920 x 1080 LED-backlit display;
• 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 processor with 4MB shared L3 cache;
• 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM expandable to 16GB;
• ATI Radeon HD 4670 discrete graphics with 256MB GDDR3 SDRAM;
• 500GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
• slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
• Mini DisplayPort for audio and video output (adapters sold separately);
• AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
• iSight video camera;
• Gigabit Ethernet;
• four USB 2.0 ports;
• one SDXC SD card slot;
• one FireWire 800 port;
• built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
• Wireless Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse.

The new 21.5-inch 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,599 (CAD), includes:

• 21.5-inch 1920 x 1080 LED-backlit display;
• 3.20 GHz Intel Core i3 processor with 4MB shared L3 cache;
• 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM expandable to 16GB;
• ATI Radeon HD 5670 discrete graphics with 512MB GDDR3;
• 1TB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
• slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
• Mini DisplayPort for audio and video output (adapters sold separately);
• AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
• iSight video camera;
• Gigabit Ethernet;
• four USB 2.0 ports;
• one FireWire 800 port;
• one SDXC SD card slot;
• built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
• Wireless Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse.

Configure-to-order options include a faster 3.6 GHz Core i5 processor, 2TB hard drive and up to 8GB of RAM.

The new 27-inch 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,799 (CAD), includes:

• 27-inch 2560 x 1440 LED-backlit display;
• 3.20 GHz Intel Core i3 processor with 4MB shared L3 cache;
• 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM expandable to 16GB;
• ATI Radeon HD 5670 discrete graphics with 512MB GDDR3;
• 1TB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
• slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
• Mini DisplayPort for audio and video input and output (adapters sold separately);
• AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
• iSight video camera;
• Gigabit Ethernet;
• four USB 2.0 ports;
• one FireWire 800 port;
• one SDXC SD card slot;
• built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
• Wireless Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse.

Configure-to-order options include a 3.6 GHz Core i5 processor, 2TB hard drive, 256GB solid state drive (SSD) and up to 16GB of RAM.

The new 27-inch 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 iMac, for a suggested retail price of $2,099 (CAD), includes:

• 27-inch 2560 x 1440 LED-backlit display;
• 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache;
• 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM expandable to 16GB;
• ATI Radeon HD 5750 discrete graphics with 1GB GDDR5;
• 1TB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
• slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
• Mini DisplayPort for audio and video input and output (adapters sold separately);
• AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
• iSight video camera;
• Gigabit Ethernet;
• four USB 2.0 ports;
• one FireWire 800 port;
• one SDXC SD card slot;
• built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
• Wireless Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse.

Configure-to-order options include a 2.93 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 processor, a 2TB hard drive, 256GB solid state drive (SSD) and up to 16GB of RAM.

Announced today and coming in August is the very, very long awaited update to the Mac Pro line. While the design of the machine remains the same, the Mac Pro now features the option of either 4, 6, 8, or 12 cores of processing power and a performance boost over previous models of up to 1.5x.

From Apple.com:

The new Mac Pro offers two advanced processor options from Intel. The Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processor is available in a single-processor, quad-core configuration at speeds up to 3.2GHz. For even greater speed and power, choose the “Westmere” series, Intel’s next-generation processor based on its latest 32-nm process technology. ”Westmere” is available in both quad-core and 6-core versions, and the Mac Pro comes with either one or two processors. Which means that you can have a 6-core Mac Pro at 3.33GHz, an 8-core system at 2.4GHz, or, to max out your performance, a 12-core system at up to 2.93GHz.

The graphics card has been updated as well offering three (yes, 3 now!) video ports (2 miniDisplayPort and 1 dual-link DVI) on either the ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5 RAM or the ATI Radeon HD 5870 with 1GB GDDR5 RAM.

For storage the Mac Pro still features the same RAID options but configurations have been updated to allow for up to four 512MB solid-state drives!

Pricing and availability to be announced.

The much rumoured Magic Trackpad ($69 CAD) was finally announced  and began shipping today.  The Magic Trackpad bring the same multi-touch functionality previously only available on Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro line to your desktop (or more comfortable positioning for your notebook).

From Apple.com:

Desktop users, your time has come. The new Magic Trackpad is the first Multi-Touch trackpad designed to work with your Mac desktop computer. It uses the same Multi-Touch technology you love on the MacBook Pro. And it supports a full set of gestures, giving you a whole new way to control and interact with what’s on your screen. Swiping through pages online feels just like flipping through pages in a book or magazine. And inertial scrolling makes moving up and down a page more natural than ever. Magic Trackpad connects to your Mac via Bluetooth wireless technology. Use it in place of a mouse or in conjunction with one on any Mac computer — even a notebook.

Magic Trackpad is just like the trackpad on the MacBook Pro — but bigger. It’s made with the same advanced touch-friendly and wear-resistant glass surface. But with nearly 80 percent more area, it’s the largest Multi-Touch trackpad made by Apple. So there’s even more room for you to scroll, swipe, pinch, and rotate to your fingers’ content. And since the entire surface is a button that clicks, you can use it in place of a mouse.

Magic Trackpad features the same sculpted aluminum design as the Apple Wireless Keyboard, and side by side the two sit flush at the same angle and height. Go from typing to gesturing in one motion, or do both at the same time. How perfect is that?

Magic Trackpad works using Bluetooth technology, so you don’t have to deal with an annoying cable that dictates where you place it. Once you pair Magic Trackpad with your Bluetooth-enabled Mac, you’ll enjoy a reliable, secure connection up to 33 feet away. Magic Trackpad detects periods of inactivity, and it’s equipped with an on/off switch. Together these features help to conserve battery life, so you can keep gesturing for months at a time.

The entire surface of Magic Trackpad is one large button, so you can click and double-click anywhere. Magic Trackpad also supports a full set of gestures, including two-finger scrolling, pinching to zoom, rotating with your fingertips, three-finger swiping, and activating Exposé or switching between applications with four fingers.

Apple today introduced the 27″ Cinema Display, the perfect companion for your MacBook Pro, iMac, mini, or Mac Pro! Available in September the new 27″ Cinema Display will retail for $999 USD (Canadian pricing not yet announced).

Connect your Mac with Mini DisplayPort to the LED Cinema Display for a panoramic viewing experience unlike any other. You get a huge 27-inch glossy widescreen display with a cinematic 16:9 aspect ratio and an astonishing 2560-by-1440 resolution. With 60 percent more pixels than the 24-inch LED Cinema Display, the 27-inch LED Cinema Display gives you even more room for all your windows and applications.

With the 24-inch Apple LED Cinema Display, you can turn your new MacBook into a desktop in three easy connections. The universal MagSafe connector charges your notebook. A new Mini DisplayPort connector makes attaching an external display even easier and faster than before. And a USB connector provides access to three USB 2.0 ports. There’s also a built-in iSight camera, microphone, and speaker system that provide a true desktop experience. Made of aluminum and glass, the LED Cinema Display is the perfect companion for the new MacBook family. And it’s now compatible with Mac desktop computers that have a Mini DisplayPort: Mac Pro, Mac mini, and iMac.

From http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3351

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Symptoms

Some Time Capsules sold between approximately February 2008 and June 2008 may not power on or may shut down unexpectedly after starting up.

Resolution
Affected Time Capsule models

Some Time Capsules with serial numbers in the following range may be affected:
XX807XXXXXX – XX814XXXXXX

How to find the serial number on your Time Capsule.

If your Time Capsule falls within serial number range above and it does not power on or shuts down unexpectedly after starting up, it may be eligible for repair or replacement.

Contact the Apple representative most convenient for you:

• Apple Authorized Service Provider. Find one here.
• Apple Retail Store. Set up an appointment with a Genius (available in some countries only).
• Apple Contact Center. Find the phone number for your region.

If Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider confirms that your Time Capsule is affected, Apple will repair or replace it free of charge.

Note: If you need to retain the data that is on your affected Time Capsule, Apple provides options depending upon where you live.

If you live in the U.S. or Japan and want to retain the data on the affected Time Capsule, contact Apple to arrange for mail-in service. Turnaround time for mail-in service will be 3 to 5 days.

In all other countries, an Apple Retail Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) can transfer your data from the affected Time Capsule to a replacement Time Capsule if desired. Your Retail or AASP representative can provide specific turnaround times for this service.

If you believe that you paid for a repair or replacement Time Capsule due to this issue, contact Apple regarding a refund.

As always, Apple recommends that you back up your data. Learn more about other back up options while you are without your Time Capsule. Apple is not responsible for data loss.

This program covers affected Time Capsule models for 3 years from their original date of purchase. Apple will continue to evaluate the service data and will provide further updates to the program if needed.