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Apple is once again holding its iTunes Festival in London and broadcasting it to the world via Apple TV and iOS devices. The iTunes Festival channel has appeared on Apple TVs as the 30-day concert event starts on September 1. It will feature some of the top music artists in the world. iOS device owners can download the iTunes Festival London 2013 app to stream the video.
More rumors bloggers are jumping on the iPhone 5C bandwagon, agreeing that there will be a cheaper plastic version of the iPhone coming out in September. Photos and video of devices and shells seem to be appearing everywhere. Most believe that the announcement will come September 10.

The doomed USS Sea Lion
Remaining air for crew: 3 hours
Remaining battery life of crew’s MacBook Air: 7 hours

While you can't create rules in the Mail app for iOS, you can set rules at the server level if you are using iCloud email. These rules will be applied before the email arrives on your iPhone or iPad. This is also useful if you are using multiple computers and want the rules to apply to all of them and your devices.

By using the GarageBand app on the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, you can create ringtones and use them on your device, without needing to connect to a computer. You can use instruments, music loops, songs on your device or just record from the microphone. You can assign these ringtones to any alert sound in the Settings app.

When you back up for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to your Mac, it stores it deep in your hard drive. But you don't need to go searching for those backups. You can manage them from inside iTunes. This is useful if you want to review your backups and delete old ones from old devices. You can also quickly find them on your drive to see how much space they take up. An archive function lets you save a backup and start a fresh one for a device.

Most rumor sites are now focusing on the probable release of a new iPhone this fall. Several prominent news sources are claiming that Apple will hold a special event on September 10 to announce iPhone plans.
Analysts predict that there will be two iPhone models introduced. One would be the iPhone 5S, an upgrade of the current 4-inch display model. The other would be an iPhone 5C, a cheaper plastic model with a smaller screen.
Other rumored changes include a better camera on the iPhone 5S and a fingerprint censor built into the Home button that will let you unlock your phone without entering a passcode. The plastic iPhone 5C may come in a variety of colors.

“First the touch screen devices. Now rumors of a fingerprint sensor. Enough is enough!”
Apple has invoked the wrath of the glove industry.

Episode 833 contained some useful Google search tricks. Here are 10 more. Learn how to translate a word, graph a formula, get the time in another city, lookup stock information, pronounce a word, list recent earthquakes and more. Also see some Google easter eggs and how to list all Google Doodles.

When sharing links with friends, long URLs can cause issues as they take up a lot of space in tweets and text messages, and can wrap across multiple lines in emails. You can use one of the many free URL shortening services to turn any URL into a very short one. These will redirect to the original page. The danger in using URL shorteners is that you can't be certain where a link leads. But browser extensions and the URL shortening services can help with that.

While the Dashboard and Widgets are neat and can be very useful to some, not everyone uses them. If you find yourself accidentally triggering the Dashboard every once in a while, you can easily disable the keyboard shortcut and gesture that brings it up. You can also remove widgets from the Dashboard so it uses less resources. As an extreme measure, you can completely disable the Dashboard with a command in the Terminal window.

In response to several accidents caused by poorly-made third-party chargers, Apple is offering a program that will help people upgrade to official chargers. Starting August 16, you can bring those adapters to Apple Stores and exchange them for Apple ones for $10. Here’s the official page for the program: http://www.apple.com/support/usbadapter-takeback/
Giving kids iOS devices has been getting more difficult as these devices rely more and more on iCloud which has been closed off to those under 13. But Apple took a big step in fixing the problem by changing the iTunes terms and conditions to allow kids to have Apple accounts, at least if it is part of their school’s program. You can read more here: http://www.apple.com/ios/ios7/education/.

“We’ve perfected our new MLB app. It reads your mind to figure our which game you most want to watch, and then lets you watch every other game but that one!”

It can sometimes be difficult to use a file open dialog box to choose the right photo. But by using the different modes of the Finder, and also Quick Look preview, you can enlarge the preview of each photo to make it easier.

Instead of using sync settings to decide what music to put on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, you can set iTunes to let you manually drag and drop music and video into your device. This lets you have finer control over exactly which songs are on the device. You can also get media on to your device without it needing to be in your iTunes library. Another advantage is that you can transfer media from a second Mac to your device without needing to erase the existing media.

http:.//macmost.com/e-899 You can decide what types of files appear in the Spotlight menu when you search. You can remove types, and also re-arrange them so the ones important to you appear first. You can also hide folders from Spotlight searches to reduce your results. You can also search for a specific type of file on a case-by-case basis.

The middle of the summer means no real news from Apple. But rumor sites are filling the void with speculation. It looks like Apple news this fall will be mostly about iOS products, with a new iPhone and iPad expected at some point.
The most contentious rumors are about whether there will be a low-cost version of the iPhone. Some sites claim it will be a plastic-case version, while others claim it will not exist at all. Another debate is whether we will see a new iPad mini model, and if that model will have a retina display or not.
One thing we do know is that the next version of iOS and the next version of OS X are in beta development right now and being used by developers worldwide. We’ll certainly see both of these in the coming months, regardless of what new hardware comes out.

“Please turn off all devices such as iPads during takeoff.”
“Ours too? We kinda need them to fly the planes now.”

Creating an animated GIF from a video is easy if you have an app to do it. Learn how to use GIFBrewery to create a quick GIF from a video. You can view these GIFs in the Finder, or in a web browser. You can also share them and upload them to many web sites.

You can copy and paste complex objects between apps, and the apps will do the best they can with the objects. Between very compatible apps like Pages and Keynote, you get an exact copy of the object, with properties still editable. Pasting into apps like TextEdit or an image editor, you'll often get a simpler by usable image instead of the original object.

It is important to lock your Mac when you are away from it and in other situations. Learn how to set a hot corner and use a keyboard shortcut to quickly lock your Mac once you have set things up in System Preferences.