Ondrej Holzman 2011 was a very rich year from the perspective of Apple fans and users, and as it draws to a close, it's time to recap it. We have selected for you the most important events that took place in the past twelve months, so let's remember them. We start with the first half of this year…
JANUARY
The Mac App Store is here! You can download and shop (6/1)
The first thing Apple does in 2011 is the launch of the Mac App Store. The online store with applications for Mac is part of OS X 10.6.6, i.e. Snow Leopard, and it brings to computers the same functionality as we already know from iOS, where the App Store has been operating since 2008...
Steve Jobs is heading for a health break again (January 18)
Going on medical leave suggests that Steve Jobs' health problems are of a more serious nature. At that moment, Tim Cook takes the helm of the company, just like in 2009, but Jobs continues to hold the position of executive director and participate in major strategic decisions...
Apple publishes financial results from the last quarter and reports record sales (January 19)
The traditional publication of financial results is again a record in the first edition of 2011. Apple reports net income of $6,43 billion, revenue up 38,5% from the previous quarter…
Ten billion downloaded apps from the App Store (January 24)
It's been 926 days since its birth and the App Store has reached a significant milestone - 10 billion applications have been downloaded. The application store is thus much more successful than the music store, the iTunes Store waited almost seven years for the same milestone...
Petition for inclusion of Czech and European languages in Mac OS X, iTunes, iLife and iWork (January 31)
A petition by Jan Kout is circulating on the Internet, who wants to incite Apple to finally include Czech in its products. It is hard to say how much influence this act had on Apple's decision-making, but in the end we got to see the mother tongue (again)...
FEBRUARY
Apple introduced the long-awaited subscription. How does it work? (February 16)
Apple introduces the long-rumored subscription in the App Store. The expansion of the new service takes some time, but eventually the market for periodicals of all kinds will take off in full swing...
New MacBook Pro officially presented (February 24)
The first new product that Apple presents in 2011 is the updated MacBook Pro. The new computers are released on the same day that Steve Jobs celebrates his 56th birthday, and the most notable changes include a new processor, better graphics and the presence of a Thunderbolt port…
The new Mac OS X Lion under the microscope (February 25)
Users are introduced to the new OS X Lion operating system for the first time. Apple surprisingly reveals its biggest news during the presentation of the new MacBook Pros, which also took place quietly...
MARCH
Apple introduced the iPad 2, which should belong to the year 2011 (2.)
As expected, the successor to the highly successful iPad is the iPad 2. Despite health problems, Steve Jobs himself shows the world the second generation of the Apple tablet, who cannot miss a similar event. According to Jobs, the year 2011 should belong to the iPad 2. Today we can already confirm that he was right...
Mac OS X celebrated its tenth birthday (March 25)
On March 24th, the Mac OS X operating system celebrates its round birthday, which in ten years has given us seven beasts – Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion.
APRIL
Why is Apple suing Samsung? (April 20)
Apple sues Samsung for copying its products, starting an endless legal battle…
Apple's second quarter financial results (April 21)
The second quarter also brings - as far as financial results are concerned - several record entries. Sales of Macs and iPads are growing, iPhones are selling at an absolute record, the year-on-year increase of 113 percent says it all...
The ten-month wait is over. White iPhone 4 went on sale (April 28)
Although the iPhone 4 has been on the market for almost a year, the long-awaited white variant appeared on the shelves only in April of this year. Apple claims that it had to overcome several problems during the production of the white iPhone 4, the color was still not optimal... But other sources talk about the transmission of light and thereby affecting the quality of photos.
MAY
New iMacs have Thunderbolt and Sandy Bridge processors (3/5)
In May, it's time for innovations in another line of Apple computers, this time the new iMacs are introduced, which are equipped with Sandy Bridge processors and, like the new MacBook Pros, have Thunderbolt...
10 years of Apple Stores (May 19)
Another birthday is celebrated in the apple family, again logs. This time, the "ten" goes to the unique Apple Stores, of which there are more than 300 around the world...
JUNE
WWDC 2011: Evolution Live - Mac OS X Lion (6/6)
June belongs to only one event – WWDC. Apple graphically presents the new OS X Lion and its features…
WWDC 2011: Evolution Live - iOS 5 (6/6)
In the next part of the keynote, Scott Forstall, managing director of the iOS division, focuses on the new iOS 5 and again shows the attendees, among other things, the 10 most important features of the new mobile operating system...
WWDC 2011: Evolution Live - iCloud (6/6)
At the Moscone Center, there is also talk of a new iCloud service, which is the successor to MobileMe, from which it takes a lot, and at the same time brings several new things...
