If you didn’t get a chance to play Sid Meier’s Pirates! on another gaming platform before, now is your chance. And if you have, you know that it is probably worth it to get this iPad version too. This is a great game that combines lots of elements and fun gameplay. You get to live the life of a pirate and chart your own course — no following a strict storyline. The game is deep with lots of new things to discover as you go along. You really get to make your own decisions and your own story, so you can play it several times.
Apple released Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion” yesterday, the highly anticipated new OS with features like Mission Control, Versions, full-screen apps, AirDrop and new Mail features.
Lion is only available from the Mac App Store as a $29 download for those running the latest version of Snow Leopard. In August Apple will sell a $69 USB flash drive containing a Lion installer. Apple also updated Safari, iTunes and iWork this week for Lion compatibility. Those updates are available with Software Update or in the Mac App Store.
In addition, new MacBook Air models and new Mac mini models were introduced. Both of these lines now come with Thunderbolt ports for connecting peripherals. They both also received processor speed bumps.
“What planet have you been living on? Everyone knows not to stand in front of a store when a new Mac product comes out.”
There are hundreds of keyboard shortcuts for Mac users. There are Mission Control shortcuts, Finder shortcuts, system shortcuts, application shortcuts and more. Many you can find by just looking through the menu bar for that application. You can find system ones by looking in the System Preferences under Keyboard.
But some keyboard shortcuts are more useful than others. And some are harder to remember than others.
So MacMost has compiled a list of our top “power user” keyboard shortcuts for Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). Here they all are on a single PDF page, downloadable and printable: The MacMost Lion Power User Keyboard Shortcuts. Download it and pass it along!
Sure, there are plenty of app games that show you how to kill zombies. But what about one that gives you the task of keeping one alive. Or, undead. Or whatever zombies are. In My Pet Zombie you awaken your zombie and feed him. You can also dress him and make him dance. There are even mini games.
All Apple has said about the Release of Lion, Mac OS X 10.7, is that it will happen this month. But many rumors pin the date as early as today. Others say next week.
In addition to the new OS, there are rumors of new Macs. Most rumor sites agree that there will be new MacBook Air models soon with i3 or i5 processors and Thunderbolt ports. Some rumors also claim new Mac minis, new low-end MacBooks and new Mac Pros.
It is likely that if Apple is planning to release new Macs soon that they would wait for Lion so that the new hardware comes with Lion installed. Otherwise, buyers would need to perform a major system update just days after purchase. Apple has its quarterly earnings report due out on Tuesday and has sometimes released new Macs shortly after such reports.
“I want to get iOS 5 for my iPhone 3Gs but I’ll upgrade to an iPhone 5 if it has 4G.”
“5, 3, 5, 4 what? Why can’t Apple use cute kitty names instead of numbers for the iPhone too?”
If you’ve got a bunch of tabs open in Safari and you want to quickly switch between them, use Control+Tab. This allows you to cycle through the tabs. You can also use Command+Shift+Left Arrow or Right Arrow, but it doesn’t work if you have a text field selected. Control+Tab seems to always work.
Mac OS X 10.7, AKA Lion, should be released this month. And according to reports Apple is right on schedule. They released a gold master update of Lion to developers on Friday. Such a release usually signals the end of testing.
Once Lion has been released, all new Macs will feature the OS pre-installed. The update will be available in the Mac App Store to Snow Leopard users at the same time. It is expected to be a 4 GB download. Apple has said that users can bring their Macs into Apple Stores and use the wifi there to download the update if their home connection is too slow.
As of today, Verizon is no longer offering unlimited data plans for the iPhone. They warned at the launch of the Verizon iPhone that unlimited plans were only going to be offered temporarily. They offer 2 GB, 5 GB and 10 GB per month data plans, with overage costs of $10 per GB. Presumably anyone currently with an unlimited plan can continue with that plan. Check your Verizon account or their sales site for details and pricing. AT&T also started with unlimited data plans but now only offers similar tiered plans.
If you take a bunch of pictures in one spot, but only some of them get geo-tagged, you can copy and paste the location from one photo to another. Simply select the photo and use Edit, Copy or Command+C like you were copying the whole photo. Then select the other photo and select Edit, Paste Location to paste just the location of the first photo into the second. You can continue to paste the location to more photos.
Another web-based game makes its way to the iPhone and seems like it must have been originally meant for it. Shift!2 is gamer’s puzzle game. You must move your character through seemingly impossible situations that require you to shift spaces — walls become open space and open space become walls. Its disorienting and pleasing at the same time.
“Roger has been impossible to deal with since Apple decided to use his picture in the OS X Lion icon.”
