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lion× 2318
marketed as Lion by Apple
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osx× 2210
Pronounced "OS Ten", the Macintosh operating system runs computers as well as formed the base for iOS. Hardware questions should not use this tag.
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iphone× 1930
Apple's touchscreen-based smartphone.
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itunes× 1115
a proprietary digital media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The application is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's iPod and…
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ipad× 1066
A line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc.
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ios× 963
Apple's operating system crafted specifically for mobile devices.
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macbook-pro× 840
Apple's line of Macintosh portable computers, first introduced in January 2006.
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mac× 685
short for Macintosh, a brand of computers created and sold by Apple Inc. Apple currently produces several lines of Macintosh computers including the iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, MacBoo…
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snow-leopard× 660
the seventh release of Mac OS X, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.
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apps× 595
short for "applications", another term for "computer programs". All apps welcome here, iOS, Mac and others.
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software-recommendation× 588
Recommendations can easily be subjective and local to one person or time. Please be specific about function and broad about timeframe so that your question, once answered objectively, is of use to the…
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terminal× 470
the program included in Mac OS X for running applications and issuing commands using the command line interface. These programs are controlled by typing lines of text, ra…
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finder× 427
The default file manager used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems.
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keyboard× 422
Questions about 1) keyboards 2) using the keyboard instead of the mouse.
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ios-5× 411
The fifth major version of the operating system for Apple's iDevices (iPod touch, iPhone, iPad)
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iphone-4× 402
The fourth edition of Apple's iPhone, GSM version released in June 2010 and CDMA version released in February 2011.
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ipod-touch× 382
Apple's top-of-the-line, touchscreen-based iPod music player
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sync× 377
short for data synchronization. On Ask Different, sync is for iSync, MobileMe, and iCloud, as well as other programs that are intended to allow one pool of data to get updated from multiple so…
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safari× 359
Apple's web browser. Please specify in your question if you are using it under Windows, since it is more popular under OS X.
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shortcuts× 347
Questions about keyboard shortcuts. e.g., ⌘+Tab, ⌘+C, ⌘+V, and ⌘+Z.
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wifi× 342
Wireless local area networking, also known as "wireless Internet".
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macbook× 328
A discontinued line of non-Pro and non-Air portable Macs.
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mail.app× 320
Apple Mail, the email client application provided with Mac OS X
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icloud× 317
Apple's online storage, synchronization, and general cloud services
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windows× 286
Using Apple products and services with a computer running the Microsoft Windows operating system in its various versions.
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networking× 272
Questions about configuring, troubleshooting or using connections that one device uses to talk to another.
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backup× 265
restore the original after a data loss event.
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time-machine× 262
Apple's built-in backup software. Time Machine was first introduced on OS 10.5 Leopard.
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email× 253
short for electronic mail. There are tags for popular mail clients including the mail tag in case your question is related to a specific program and not email in general.
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audio× 250
is used for questions involving speakers, microphones, connections between them and computers, and applications for dealing with it.
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imac× 249
iMac, a range of all-in-one Macintosh desktop computers from Apple
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hard-drive× 249
a device for permanent or long-term storage in computers.
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video× 246
series of still images played back at high speed to give the appearance of something moving.
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macbook-air× 233
A thin Mac with either an 11-inch or 13-inch screen and no optical drive.
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ipod× 231
the line of portable music media players from Apple Inc.
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hardware× 227
Matters involving physical computer components, circuitry and parts, as opposed to matters of software or computer programming
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