Yearly Archives: 2011

Apple completed the holiday shopping season by giving away free shipping on products from its online stores. First it offered free two-day shipping, and then it upped that to free next-day shipping this week. In addition, it seems that most Apple stores offer in-store pickup of items ordered online.
In iTunes news, Apple added a “Complete My Season Pass” to the iTunes store that allows you to purchase the entire season of a TV show at a reduced price if you have already purchased some episodes individually. This is similar to the “Complete My Album” feature already in place for music. And that feature has been updated to remove a time limit that previous meant you could only complete an album within 180 days of purchasing the first track.
Apple is in the process of buying flash memory and chip design company Anobit. Since the iPhone, iPad, iPod and even some Macs use Flash memory, it is important for Apple to continue to be a leader in this area.

A school in Charlotte, North Carolina is looking to get an iPad. The idea is to give at-risk students the opportunity to learn with the aid of an iPad and educational apps. Join MacMost in supporting this project.

There is a way to force quit an iOS app on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch without ever leaving the app. Hold down the sleep/wake button at the top of your device until the “Slide to power off” screen appears. Then, hold down the Home button for about 7 seconds. The currently running app will quit.

The talk of the App world these last few weeks has been Waze. A social networking app for drivers. To begin with it is a free GPS navigation app with voice directions. But it also links you to others on the road and past history of the road. So you can also know about that accident or speed trap up ahead.

“You want an iPad 3? Kid, I may be able to fly around the world and deliver presents to every child in a single night, but I can’t perform the impossible!”

I have a trashcan full of Sh*t. But there are a few files there, I would like to keep. How can I select the files that I want trashed, instead of emptying the entire trashcan. —– Hanny Hoedemans ... (3 Comments)

You can use the QuickTime Player in Lion to make quick changes to your videos rather than starting an iMovie project. You can merge videos, trim them, split and re-arrange sections of a video and export in standard QuickTime format. You can also rotate video that has been shot in the wrong orientation.

I recorded a radio program using two microphones on a Marantz PMD 661 in MP3. When I load the work into garageband, one mic (one person) is on the left channel and the other person is on the right. Of course this does not sound right. How can I blend those two channels together ... (4 Comments)

All iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users should know how to use the multitasking bar. It allows you to view your recently used apps, quit apps, control audio playback and AirPlay streaming. Learn how to access and use it. Also learn how to quit an app without using the multitasking bar at all.

Sometimes when I email or post a video from my iPhone, it arrives upside-down. When I capture the video, the shutter/volume button is on top, which I assume is correct. I’m sure I’m probably overlooking some small detail, but how can I be sure I’m sending the ... (3 Comments)

I have final cut pro x and i want to know the best way to add photos to my time line. i can drag photos down to the time line but how to i change the length of the clip. or should i do everything in iPhoto and drag the finish iPhoto project over to final cut pro ... (1 Comment)

I know I can burn tracks to a CD, but I have a 2 hour playlist, and I can’t burn that to a USB stick. Is it 2011 or 1995? I also have a gazillion files in my MP3 folders so I shouldn’t have to go back and try and find the original tracks that way. And if Apple ... (3 Comments)

I’ve just started thinking about switching my websites from MobileMe to another web hosting service. Any suggestions regarding what service is most user friendly and reliable? (Go Daddy ect..) Thank you. —– Roland Desjean ... (5 Comments)

I want to play the games on my iPad through Apple tv so I can see them on the big screen. —– Keith ... (13 Comments)

Hey Gary been using Macs for a few years now and always been iMacs, so “space” was never an issue. But since I bought a 13″MacBook Pro and I have a few Menu Bar Extras such as iStat Menus, which take up the most, how do I see those other ... (3 Comments)

Want to get my iPad back from my wife…easier if I just get her one for our anniversary/holiday gift. Is it better to have both iPads under one account name? I could download the same books on the two iPads? Should I use my main computer to update, etc both? ... (3 Comments)

You can place chapter markers while creating video projects in iMovie. These can be used to jump to parts of your video while viewing it in QuickTime Player, iTunes or on iOS and Apple TV. You can also use chapter markers to quickly create DVDs with iDVD that include those markers. Chapter markers and comments can both be used in your project to allow to you jump to specific times while you are editing.

Is it posable to add the same YouTube icon that is on the home screen of the iPhone to the dock on the MacBook Pro? —– David ... (3 Comments)

I went to the Keyboard preference pane to enter a shortcut I wanted for Application A. It didn’t work in Application A, which I understand is explained by the fact that there’s some Application B on my drive that already uses my desired shortcut. Is there a way for me ... (1 Comment)

I recently bought an iPad2 and iPhone4 and asked to create an Apple id. Then,i sent the iPad to my son in the Philippines as Christmas gift. He changed the Apple id and password and used his own and naturally,that changes the iPhone’s also. And now,i want to have my own ... (123 Comments)