There are batch of great Mac accessories that we do n’t cover in standalone articles . Our Mac - accessory roundup gives them a home base — and gives you the latest info on stuff to make your Mac more utile .
Just Mobile : This vendor of accessories is get laid for itsvarietyofaluminum stand , and the ship’s company has announced two new mannequin , the $ 50AluBaseand the $ 60AluRack . The AluBase , made from a single composition of aluminum , is a pocket-size cradle that hold your laptop upright for shut - lid use ( while connect to an external show ) at a desk . Soft - charge card cut-in let the AluBase match any current MacBook model . The AluRack ( shown at the top of this article ) mounts to leg of your iMac , Thunderbolt Display , or Cinema Display and have got either a closed in MacBook or a backbreaking drive behind the display . The two - piece AluRack is made of Al with an “ anti - scratch TPR ” birthplace , and it attaches firmly to the cable trap in an iMac or Display ’s wooden leg .
Logitech : This vendor of all things that send stimulant to , and produce phone from , your computer has debuted the $ 200Broadcaster Wi - Fi Webcam , a Wi - Fi - enable webcam that broadcasts your springy television toUstreamand can be operate and previewed from your Mac or iOS twist . Included computer software even lets you stitch together dual - panorama television from the Broadcaster and your Mac ’s built - in webcam . The tv camera sport 720p video capture ( with H.264 compression ) with digital zoom and digital pan and disputation , as well as a built - in mike and an comment for using an external mic . It also sports a lamp for illuminating your subjects . The tv camera is just 118 millimetre long , 47 mm wide , and 28 millimetre thick and weighs just 97 gm ( including the two - hr shelling ) ; the included base adds 161 grams . The camera can also be used as a standard webcam for FaceTime , iChat , and Skype video confabulation and for memorialise TV using QuickTime or Photo Booth . Logitech say the tv camera ships this month .
Macally : expect for something to protect your MacBook Air that does n’t take away from its polished figure ? Macally ’s new $ 50 SlimFolios ( web site not yet updated ) , to be uncommitted for both 11 - inch and 13 - inch MacBook Air models , are cast - fitting covering that lop onto your MacBook Air , letting you apply the laptop without off the cover . But unlike word form - accommodate plastic shell , the SlimFolio looks like a pagination - style , metal case . Each case features a diffused lining and is useable in four brushed - metallic finishes : black , silver , down , or purple .
Matias : Mechanical keyboard — which precede the laptop - vogue key of most current keyboard in favor of uncompromising , onetime - school keyswitches — stay on popular , though they have one significant drawback : They’reloud . As in , loud enough to annoy your coworkers or wake your spouse . Matias’sTactile Pro keyboardshave long been among the unspoiled of these keyboards , specially for Mac users , and the company has recently loose — purists , brace yourselves — aquietversion . The $ 150Quiet Prois , agree to the company , an radical - quiet rendering of the Tactile Pro and the cosmos ’s quietest mechanically skillful keyboard . Matias says the Florida key experience the same as those on the Tactile Pro and admit the same cardinal recording label for typing special qualifier - key fruit quality . ( The society also plans to sell the quiet keyswitches to other company for usance in other keyboards . ) The Mac reading of the new keyboard similarly offer a Mac - focused layout with Mac - specific modifier key and particular - function fluorine - keys . The QuietPro features three USB 2.0 ports .
NewerTech / OWC : Wepreviously told you aboutNewerTech ’s $ 18NuStand admixture Display Stand for Apple TV , a fatal , aluminum tie-up to keep your Apple TV vertical and stationary . The company also now offers the $ 20NuStand Alloy Display Stand for Apple Mac miniskirt . This one ’s silver grey — to twin the Mac mini , natch — instead of opprobrious , and it firmly concur a 2010 - or - later Mac miniskirt upright for a smaller footprint ( just 7 inch by 3.8 inches ) . Non - skid rubber feet keep the viewpoint in place , a rubber ring describe the stand opening so your Mac does n’t get inscribe , and a rubberized - aluminum finish protects the stand itself .
NewerTech has also updated its $ 30Universal Drive Adapterwith USB 3.0 musical accompaniment . The adapter allow you apply marginal 2.5- , 3.5- , and 5.25 - inch hard driving — SATA or IDE — with your Mac without having to put them in an international inclosure .
Satechi : commemorate Satechi’s12 - port USB Hub ? It turn out the company also offers hubs for people with more modest demand — and portable needs . The $ 10Ultra Portable 4 Port USB Strip Hubis a 3.3- by 0.7- by 0.7 - in , 1.4 - troy ounce , 4 - port USB 2.0 hub . The short , built - in USB overseas telegram depot in a groove on the bottom of the hub when packed for locomotion . The $ 10Ultra Portable 4 Port USB Pocket Hubsimilarly offers four USB 2.0 port , but in a square , 1.9- by 1.9- by 0.5 - inch package . Both hubs offer overvoltage aegis to keep your computer safe if a tie peripheral short - circuits .
Seagate : This memory board vendor has announced that beginning in November , the company’sBackup Plus Portable Drive for MacandBackup Plus Desktop Drive for Macmodels will boast USB 3.0 interface . The caller claims performance will be up to 10 times quicker than with the USB 2.0 versions . ( The drives are rearward - compatible with USB 2.0 . ) Like the current interpretation , the new Backup Plus drives will let in software that can back up your data from societal - networking services such as Facebook and Flicker , as well as portion photos and videos on those services . The Backup Plus line features an interchangeable connection , so you may later upgrade to FireWire 800 or Thunderbolt , if necessary . The Backup Plus Portable drives are priced at $ 110 for 500 GB or $ 130 for 1 TB ; the Desktop versions are $ 130 for 2 TB or $ 180 for 3 TB .
