“He wanted to bury a time capsule in the backyard, but it was too expensive. So he is burying an Airport Extreme instead.”
When viewing files in the Finder you can quickly move up to the enclosing folder by pressing Command+Up. This will keep the same view type and window location. But holding down Option in addition to Command+Up will use the enclosing folder’s previous view type and window location.
Mrs. Sinclair at the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation is requesting an iPad 2 and some accessories to enhance her students’ Studio Art class. With this iPad she can access the Internet and educational apps. There are many apps that are art based where students can use the iPad as their artist tool. Join MacMost in supporting this project.
Apple’s stock price hit new highs this week, contrary to the long-held belief that it would drop following the resignation of Steve Jobs as CEO. But analysts and investors continue to speak highly of the stock.
Strong rumors are pointing to a product announcement on Oct. 5 that could be the new iPhone 5. In addition, the new phone could become available on more networks in the U.S. such as Sprint or T-Mobile.
An iPhone 5 would probably carry iOS 5, the long-awaited update to the iPhone operating system. It may be made available to iPhone 4 and iPad users at the same time. iCloud, Apple’s replacement for MobileMe, would likely also be released at the same time.
Apple produced an update this week to Final Cut Pro X. This update included the ability to export and import projects, paving the way for integration with other tools.
“I’ve got cable with 900 channels and pay-per-view.”
“So what did you watch on TV last night?”
“Nothing.”
“Well I’ve got Apple TV with iTunes, Netflix and YouTube.”
“What did you watch on TV last night?”
“Nothing.”
Gaming on the iPad is starting to pick up steam. With new iPad-only games that are a level above what you typically find on the small-screen iPhone, the two platforms are moving apart in the gaming world. Crimson: Steam Piratesis an iPad-only game that merges the age of pirates with steam punk for some two-dimensional sea battle action. The corny story can be forgiven since the game is so much fun to play.
While navigating to different “space” in Mission Control is different than it was with Spaces in Snow Leopard, you can still get to any desktop space with one keyboard command. Just go to System Preferences, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts. Then select Mission Control. You can set a variety of shortcuts, including one for every desktop that you have in operation.
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Apple issued updates to firmware for MacBook Airs, MacBook Pros and the Mac mini this week. Firmware is a term used to describe small applications and data stored on chips in a Mac, as opposed to hard drives or memory. Firmware that comes with a Mac can be updated by Apple to fix bugs and add features. See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1471.
These new updates include improvements to how the new Thunderbolt port can be used with external displays, as well as in target disk mode — a way to access your Mac as a hard drive from another Mac with the Thunderbolt connector.
In addition, the updates provide more support for recovery in case of a hard drive failure. Newer Macs with Lion can recover and even re-install Lion with an Internet connection thanks to a special recovery partition and software in firmware. This way Lion can be restored without needing an optical drive or other storage device with a Lion installer. See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718 for details.
While having the Dashboard as a whole “space” in Lion is useful for those that use Dashboard a lot, you can also return to using these widgets over overlays to your desktop like they were previously. Go to Mission Control in System Preferences and turn off “Show Dashboard as a Space.” Now you can still use your shortcut key or the Dashboard Dock icon to access those widgets, but they will just appear on top of your existing screen items.
Yet another new game idea made possible by the iOS touch interface. In Continuity 2: The Continuation, you not only get a very intuitive and interesting way to move a character around the screen by swiping, but you also get a new game concept. You can move the character, sure, but you can also move the environment. You zoom out and slide sections of each level around. Bizarre, fun and addictive.
“I don’t feel I’m communicating with my wife as much anymore.”
“Are you two drifting apart?”
“Yes. I’m still on Facebook and she’s moved to Google+.”
