August 2012
2 posts
Mountain Lion 101: Notification Center in a hot... →
Apple’s Mountain Lion introduced Notification Center to the Mac. This handy feature lets notification-aware apps display pop-up style alerts when something changes, like an incoming email message, Twitter mention, Calendar appointment and more.
Apple notes that you can access Mountain Lion’s Notification Center by swiping your trackpad or Magic Trackpad from left to right....
Use Eve to learn Mac OS X shortcuts →
Eve is a brilliant little program that I just installed on my MacBook — it’s got one function only, and that is simply to pop up on the screen whenever you do something with your mouse, and remind you that there’s a way to do it with your keyboard.
I am a huge fan of keyboard shortcuts, but I have a terrible memory for them, and Eve is designed to fix exactly that...
July 2012
1 post
Just in time for the Weekend...
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June 2012
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Getting ready for Mountain Lion: Backups →
For many new Mac owners, the move to Mountain Lion represents your first major upgrade. To help users prepare to make the jump, Erica Sadun and I wrote Getting Ready for Mountain Lion, an Amazon/iBooks eBook. It’s aimed at first-time upgraders and people looking for hints and tips about smoothing the transition. We’re sharing some of our tips on TUAW in a series of posts about...
Getting ready for Mountain Lion: checking for... →
For many new Mac owners, your move to Mountain Lion represents your first major upgrade. To help users prepare to make the jump, Steve Sande and I wrote Getting Ready for Mountain Lion, an Amazon/iBooks eBook. It’s aimed at first-time upgraders and people looking for hints and tips about smoothing the transition. We’re sharing some of our tips on TUAW in a series of posts about the...
Last Generation MacBook Air & Pro On Sale!
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Adobe updates Photoshop Express iOS app to 2.5 →
Adobe has updated it’s iOS-only Photoshop Express app (free) to offer in-app purchases of pre-set effects a la Instagram and others, editing enhancements, a new Border Pack and additional sharing options. The new version, v2.5, also offers previews of effects new borders and support for the new iPad’s Retina Display. The program allows users to use an array of basic editing tools to...
Daily iPad App: Algoriddim's vjay brings real-time... →
If your creative expressions include mixing and cutting videos, then you’re going to love vjay, the latest app from the folks at Algoriddim. The company’s known for its popular djay app, and it has brought a similar experience to video with vjay.
The vjay app leverages the processing power of the iPad (current or previous-gen; it does not work on the iPad 1) and lets you mix...
See an Apple II get torn down, cleaned up, and put... →
So you decided to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Apple II by picking up one of the computers online, but now what? There’s a good chance that the machine won’t be in proper working condition, but thankfully Todd Harrison is here to help. Over on his blog, Harrison has posted two lengthy videos in which he tears down an Apple II Plus, cleans it up, and puts it back together,...
Apple TV firmware updates to 5.0.2 →
Apple has posted another update of the firmware for the Apple TV, v5.0.2. The release applies to the black second- and third-generation set-tops only. Any changes in the firmware are thought to be minor, since no differences have been observed so far. It in fact continues to make references to MobileMe, which will soon be rendered obsolete….
Forget Where You Parked? This iPhone App Reminds... →
Remembering where you park in a big city can be a headache. But a new iPhone app called Find My Car Smarter works with a a small Bluetooth device that you place in your car to relieve it.
The Find My Car Smarter project raised $40,177 on Kickstarter earlier this year in order to manufacture the system’s Bluetooth smart devices.
SEE ALSO: 6 Handy Mobile Apps for City Transit
The car...
May 2012
40 posts
Netflix 2.2 for iOS brings new player interface,... →
Netflix has released an update to its iOS app which features an all-new player interface and easy-access audio language options. The audio options are accessible through what used to be the subtitle menu, which now sits at the top of the screen alongside volume and Facebook sharing options (if your account is linked to Facebook).
Playback controls are now less intrusive, sitting along the...
Buy a Handwritten Note by 19-Year-Old Steve Jobs... →
Sotheby’s is auctioning off a little piece of Apple history: an engineering memo penned by an unbearable teenage Steve Jobs before Apple even existed—the earliest known document the man produced. More »
This Adorable ‘Lip-Dub’ Marriage Proposal Is Worth... →
It seems as though there’s a new viral marriage proposal every week, but this delightful “lip-dub” effort from a Portland actor who called in some help from family and friends is unlike anything we’ve ever seen.
On Wednesday May 23, Isaac Lamb surprised his girlfriend Amy — a choreographer with a Broadway dancing background — with an elaborate proposal that involved more than 60 people performing...
How many Apple IDs should your family have? →
If your family owns multiple Apple devices and you have several different Apple IDs among you, it can become overwhelming or confusing or just plain maddening to figure out where your content is. It doesn’t have to be that way: To manage your media and app purchases more effectively, you may want to consider having a single family iTunes account.
What you would do is take one of your Apple IDs —...
Apple Debuts ‘Free App of the Week’: Cut the Rope:... →
For those following Apple’s @AppStore twitter account, you probably noticed a tweet last evening that promoted Cut the Rope: Experiments as their ‘Free App of the Week’.
Cut the Rope: Experiments is our #FreeAppoftheWeek. Go to the App Store for your free download. tw.appstore.com/uUj
— App Store(@AppStore) May 24, 2012
This can also be seen within iTunes as well:
On top of this promo, the...
Apple tweaks App Store promos, intros 'Editor's... →
Apple has made another subtle change to its iOS App Store, dropping the “Game of the Week” and “Staff Favorites” sections on the main page in favor of “Editor’s Choice” and “Free App of the Week.” The new designation has kicked off naming Chillingo’s new Air Mail game and Autodesk’s SketchBook Ink drawing app for the iPad, and...
Canada Post Releases Augmented Reality App “Stamps... →
Canada Post has released an augmented reality app called “Stamps Alive” that enables users to see their stamps in a whole new way.
Using the app, Canada Post customers can interact with specific stamps. In this case, the app currently works with Franklin the Turtle and Calgary Stampede stamps.
Using the stamps, simply point the camera view in the app at the stamp and 3D games will appear over...
Woz’s 1977 Description of the Apple II for Byte... →
Woz:
To me, a personal computer should be small, reliable, convenient to use and inexpensive.
Talk about a company that has stayed true to its roots.
Update: Don’t miss the PDF scan of the original magazine article.
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Apple airs two new Siri commercials with John... →
Apple has released two new televisions commercials featuring the iPhone 4S, its Siri voice capability and a celebrity in need of company. Like the first two ads in the series, a famous actor (in this case thespian and director John Malkovich) is inside a white house alone, making conversation with Siri. Unlike the previous commercials, Malkovich never leaves his chair, and gets two distinct ads...
Apple’s Jonathan Ive Is Now ‘Sir Jonathan’ to You... →
Jonathan Ive, the London-born designer responsible for most of Apple’s ultra-sleek gadgets over the past two decades, received knighthood of the United Kingdom in a formal ceremony conducted at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.
Sir Jonathan, as he is now rightfully called, was made a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) in December of last year, but the formal bestowment of the...
How the iPad helped Greece's debt restructuring... →
Got a failing economy? Do what one consultant did — secure 100 iPads to get the Greek debt restructured.
Greece was facing bankruptcy, and the debt needed to be restructured and reduced. It is always a complicated and slow moving process. The iPads helped.
It’s all described in an article by Phillip Elmer-DeWitt in Fortune. A company called Bondholder Communications Group...
Apple maintains top position in Brandz study from... →
Apple has maintained its lead over other companies in the Millward Brown 2012 Brandz study. This marks the second year at the top for Apple, increasing their brand value from $153 billion to $182 billion, while previous branding leader Google slips behind IBM to third place. The study covers brand value as a perceptual worth independent from any financial undertakings, instead of market...
Steve Jobs Honored in Star-Studded Webbys Tribute... →
Steve Jobs may have built Apple into the world’s most valuable technology company in part by betting against the web. But global celebrities and some of the Internet’s brightest stars joined together to create a heartfelt tribute video honoring the legendary entrepreneur during Monday night’s Webby Awards in New York City.
Barack Obama, Bono and Sarah Silverman were among roughly a dozen...
The story of Apple's upside down logo from TUAW -... →
It was perhaps one of the most baffling and frustrating design choices Apple ever made: the upside down Apple logo. For those of you who haven’t been using Macs long enough to remember this, the “upside down Apple logo” refers to how PowerBooks and iBooks used to display the Apple logo “pointing” at the floor when the laptop was opened.
Former Apple employee Joe...
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Today is the 11th Birthday of Siri’s Dad, The... →
Today is a very special day for many Apple Stores around the world. On this day 11 years ago Apple opened their first retail stores.
On May 19, 2001 Apple opened their first store in Tysons Corner Center Mall in Virginia, USA. Since then, Apple has opened over 360 stores across 13 countries!
In Canada, Apple has 22 locations which includes five stores in our own British Columbia, including one...
Quick tip: Reclaim space in a pinch on iOS devices... →
I should have bought the 32 GB iPhone, I thought to myself as I tried to update GarageBand on my iPhone. I don’t have enough space to download the update, the dialog box tells me.
For those of us that tend to fill our phones to the brim with apps and media, this is a familiar scenario. However, there’s a neat trick to make it easier to temporarily reclaim space on your iOS device. In...
Aaron Sorkin Officially Confirmed To Be Writing... →
There have been rumors floating around that Aaron Sorkin, of West Wing and Social Network fame, had been approached by Sony to write its Steve Jobs biopic. In a press release issued yesterday, it was officially announced that Sorkin will definitely be working on the project. More »
PSA: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard users can download... →
If you’re still using the Leopard version of Mac OS X and Apple’s free Snow Leopard DVD offer didn’t tempted you to upgrade, it’s time to fire up the Software Update tool to get a security fix. Apple has released two pieces of software for users on 10.5.8 that are designed to combat the Flashback trojan that managed to infect a surprisingly large percentage of Macs before...
How To: Keep Your MobileMe Address Without... →
We are now just over one month away from the official shut down of Apple’s MobileMe service. For those of you who have already migrated to iCloud, then this article does not concern you.
However for those that have not migrated and still want to keep the @me.com or @mac.com address, you can now do that! According to a posting made by Apple earlier this month, MobileMe users who have not migrated...
Ashton Kutcher tries on Steve Jobs' signature... →
TMZ has published a series of photos of Ashton Kutcher taken yesterday in Los Angeles. As you can see, Kutcher is dressed in Steve Jobs’ famous black turtleneck and blue jeans combo, which the CEO wore in most public appearances starting in the 1990s. Kutcher was apparently on his way to the set of the Steve Jobs biopic he is starring in, which is tentatively titled, Jobs: Get Inspired....
iTunes Terms and Conditions in plain English. →
New York restaurant adopts iPads, saves money from... →
The next time you’re at the Brooklyn (NY) Tap House choosing from the wide variety of beers on tap, don’t be surprised if you see iPads at the bar or an iPod touch in the hands of your waitperson. The gastropub has installed a point-of-sale system from Albuquerque-based POSLavu that uses the Apple devices in place of a much more expensive traditional restaurant POS system.
The...
Apple releases update to Apple TV iOS version from... →
Following the release of iOS 5.1.1 for most iOS devices, Apple has now updated its custom version for the second- and third-generation Apple TV with the release of version 5.0.1 for those devices (build 9B206F). Because the iOS version running on Apple TV is customized and offers a different UI, the company has chosen to number it slightly differently, but the new release roughly corresponds to...
Man uses iPhone app to revive stunned bird from... →
A British tree surgeon, Leon Timms, was at home recently when he saw a tiny chaffinch lying on the ground. The small bird had apparently flown into one of the solar panels on Timms’ roof or smacked into a window, and it was dazed and having problems breathing. Smart-thinking Timms immediately grabbed for the nearest bird-revival tool at hand — an iPhone.
Timms said that...
Listen To Steve Jobs Explain How Running A Company... →
In this exclusive audio clip, the late Apple founder explains how Pixar taught him to pace himself.
A Conversation With Steve Jobs
Read highlights from The Lost Steve Jobs Tapes. Or check here all week for new audio snippets from our May cover story. Download our iPad app to hear excerpts from “The Lost Steve Jobs Tapes,” along with a special podcast with never-before-heard...
Apple Releases OS X Lion 10.7.4 and Safari 5.1.6... →
Just a couple hours ago, Apple pushed out the latest update to OS X Lion, to fix a vulnerability where a user’s password could be stored in plain text, as part of a bug with FileVault. You’ll find the details under Software Update on your Mac. Here’s what’s new:
The OS X Lion v10.7.4 Update includes fixes that:
Resolve an issue in which the “Reopen windows when logging back in” setting is...
How Flixel Lets Anyone Make Beautiful Cinemagraphs... →
The Leaders in Design Series is presented by Volvo.
Take a picture of a beautiful woman — a dreamy piece of photographic art that, even in stillness, has an aesthetic that even the most creative individuals aspire to mimic. Then, in what most people can only describe as, “Just like in the Harry Potter movies,” the woman’s eyes blink, her wistful smirk tips into a small smile or perhaps her hair...
Apple climbs to 17 on Fortune 500 list from TUAW -... →
Fortune released the Fortune 500 list for 2012, and Apple is now in the top 20 of the list of the largest U.S. corporations in the #17 spot. That’s a vast improvement from last year’s ranking at 35.
Apple has a way to go to get into the top five, which is populated by such famous names as Exxon Mobil, Wal-mart Stores, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and General Motors. HP was the top...
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iOS 5.1.1 update now available in iTunes and OTA... →
The latest point release of Apple’s mobile OS hit today, with fixes for several issues on the iPhone and iPad. iOS 5.1.1 (about a 50MB download over the air, depending on your device) addresses the following issues:
Improves reliability of using HRD option for photos taken using the Lock Screen shortcut
Addresses bugs that could prevent the new iPad from switching between 2G...
Pair – A New App For Couples, Developed By... →
Social apps are among the most popular on the iPhone. There are many apps that let you connect to your favourite social networks, but there are few that take the features of these apps and put them in to a one on one experience. Here comes “Pair”. This app allows you to share things privately, with your significant other, right from your iPhone.
Pair is the easiest way to stay in touch with...
Apple extends MobileMe subscribers' free 20GB of... →
As Apple gears up to shutter its MobileMe service next month, the company has extended its offer of an additional 20GB of free storage in iCloud until September 30, 2012.
How the iMac was almost called "MacMan" from TUAW... →
There’s a great story about Steve Jobs and naming the computer that would eventually come to be called the iMac in a new book about Apple, available now. Ken Segall, who was one of the stars of TBWA\Chiat\Day, the ad firm that has handled most of Apple’s big products, worked for a long time with Steve Jobs and his company, trying to name this new groovy computer. Segall hit on...
SloPro for iPhone shoots video in slow-mo at 60fps... →
SloPro for iPhone is a free app that lets you shoot high quality video in slow motion at an amazing 60 frames per second on an iPhone 4S. If you were to simply slow down the iPhone’s native 30 frames per second video, video would be super choppy, but SloPro somehow figured out how to make playback really smooth. “There is a bit of a trick to it that nobody else has figured out even...
