Software

OS X Dashboard: can it be revived, or is it destined to be a ghost town? – Ars Technica

So, are there any kind-hearted developers who are still actively developing widgets for the OS X Dashboard? Is this the beginning of the end? And how could Apple revive the scene? Trust me when I say it is not an … Continue reading

Mountain Lion’s iCloud puts life, documents in sync – Chicago Sun-Times

Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) has arrived and with it comes iCloud’s make-or-break feature, finally: full, automatic document syncing across all desktops and mobile devices. I can start this column here on my MacBook, go to a coffeeshop, continue … Continue reading

iWork ’09: High Resolution support

Learn how to enable High Resolution support in iWork ’09 applications.

Apple Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 Upgrades Take 13 Minutes To Less Than An Hour – International Business Times

Tekserve, a popular Apple reseller that claims to be “New York’s largest independent Apple Store,” estimated the Mountain Lion upgrade time across various Mac desktops and notebooks averaged the scores across models and posted results on its …

iCloud-shaped house for the hardcore Apple fan – UberGizmo (blog)

If you love anything and everything Apple, then you might be interested in making sure you have enough savings in your bank account so that you are able to remodel your home sometime down the road – in particular, to … Continue reading

Google releases 3D maps app for iOS months before Apple’s will be ready – Gigaom.com

Google’s 3D images for Google Earth, in 13 cities, are now available for iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and new iPad users. Google smartly pushed out the update for its app months before Apple will make its own 3D-capable mapping app … Continue reading

OS X Mountain Lion: Did Apple play it safe? – Macdaily News

“If someone accustomed to the first Macintosh in 1984 got into a time machine, traveled to 2012, and tried to work on a MacBook Air running Mountain Lion, that person would have a surprisingly short learning curve. Sure, the desktop … Continue reading

10 Things You Need to Know About Apple OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion – PC Magazine

Apple iOS users will be pleased, too, at the degree to which Mountain Lion meshes with iOS, given the new OS X integration with iCloud. All sorts of apps and services can be synced across your iOS and OS X … Continue reading

Podcasts for iOS remains hard to use after recent fixes – Ars Technica

One month ago when we examined Apple’s Podcasts application for iOS, we felt it wasn’t fully baked. We did like the freedom from downloading that Podcasts’ robust streaming feature provides. We also liked the simple access to podcasts downloaded …

Moutain Lion’s iCloud puts life, documents in sync – Chicago Sun-Times

Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) has arrived and with it comes iCloud’s make-or-break feature, finally: full, automatic document syncing across all desktops and mobile devices. I can start this column here on my MacBook, go to a coffeeshop, continue … Continue reading