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October came and went and so did Apple's iPad and Mac event... while we did see some pretty nifty upgrades especially on the Retina Macbook Pro line and even the release of the new Mac Pro, I was really hoping to hear some sort of announcement on the Mac mini... for the most part this is that one Mac that really no one seems to care about. I say this, because I feel even Apple is starting to see things the same way about the Mac mini.

The Mac mini was introduced as being one of the most inexpensive Macs, perfect for users wanting to switch, but now we take a look at the new Mac Pro to find that the size of that has also shrunk substantially... The only thing separating the two now are the price points and specs. The Mac mini was designed in mind to be used as a light use computer, but which many also used as a set-top box with their TV's and now while all the new Macintosh lineups are getting the Haswell processor, the Mini on the other hand is still stuck with the older Ivy bridge processors. At a price point of $599, I still think people prefer the Mac mini and not to mention the Mac mini server which starts at $999 but gives you the full-fledged OS X Server Edition.. (Yes Microsoft, it includes unlimited client licenses.)

Granted, (As of OS X Lion) we take a look at how OS X Server is also offered on the Mac App Store for a mere $19.99 and has the capability to run on any Mac OS X machine..

Macrumors states the Mac mini had last received a refresh on October 23, 2012.. So fingers crossed we see an update soon..

The Mac OS X Server edition used to retail for $499 when Apple adopted it with Snow Leopard, but now at a price of $19.99 is the price of the Mac mini Server justified?





I have also heard the rumours about a possible discontinuation of the Mac mini line, I personally don't think that would be a smart move at all by Apple..

What do you guys suspect will happen to the Mac mini lineup? Leave your comments below.

File compression is often used to cut down a file size, and on your Mac compressing a file takes only a few clicks. With this easy tutorial, you will be able to have a freshly brewed .zip file that can be used on PC's as well!

Note: This is something which people commonly come across and this is when you use the compression tool, the file hardly compresses at all, if anything around 1mb or even 0.1mb. The thing with .zip files is that it is best compressed when dealing with mid-sized files. Large files or even very small files for that matter will see very little difference in compressed size. It is also important to keep in mind that files containing images such as .jpeg will also result in hardly any compression because the .jpeg file format already is compressed as it is.

So enough of the rambling, lets show you how easy compressing a file on Mac OS X works!

For this tutorial I am using Mac OS X Mountain Lion. 

So here I have a test folder on my desktop! Very simply all you must do is right click and you will be presented with a little menu. All you have to do is hit "Compress (Folder name)" and that should present you with a simple .zip file.

I've made quite a few blogs before and if there's one problem I've had, its that I constantly had to update them and that became quite tedious. I want to keep the idea short and simple on this blog. My plan is to update this blog as often as I can with tutorials, reviews and thoughts on anything Macintosh or even Apple for that matter. So feel free to stop by my blog, give it a look and drop any feedback you may have. This may be the beginning of a long journey and hopefully it can stay afloat with support.