New iPod Nano: Shapeshifting One More Time?

Apple products often retain a logical blueprint over several coevals , but the iPod nano is an exclusion . The images below , bring home the bacon by our Friend at Macworld , clearly instance this decimal point . The3rd - generation iPodnano was short and wide ; the 4th – and5th - gen models were relatively marvelous and flimsy ; and the current6th - gennano is nearly straight with wristwatch - like dimensions ....

July 10, 2012 · 2 min · 364 words · Melanie Calhoun

Weekly Wrap: MacBook Air tests, tons of reviews, and five years of iPhone

This hebdomad , Macworldoffered some advice , a sight of reviews , and a looking at back at five years of iPhone . Let ’s plunk in . The explainer We like explicate things . So this week , we explainedprecisely what green can do for you . We offer upthree quick web web browser tips . If you expect that last one to admit advice like “ eat lots of mushrooms ” and “ try out using fireballs , ” you misinterpret ; these are not quickBowsertips ....

June 30, 2012 · 3 min · 511 words · Deborah Wagner

Five years after debut, iPhone’s influence is stronger than ever

It ’s tough to believe that the iPhone is five eld old . In some ways , it feels like we ’ve been enjoy ( and writing and reading about ) Apple ’s innovative multitouch equipment forever . At times , it can experience as though the iPhone — and the iOS that power it — are awfully new , too . But in fact , on the 5th anniversary of itsarrival on retail shelves in the U....

June 29, 2012 · 6 min · 1080 words · Erin Larson

Ask the iTunes Guy: Questions about video

[ Ask the iTunes Guy is a veritable editorial in which we reply your dubiousness on everything iTunes link . If there ’s something you ’d wish to love , broadcast an electronic mail to the iTunes Guyfor consideration . ] Most of the Ask the iTunes Guy columns so far have covered euphony , and especially the confusing ( and somewhat half - baked ) iTunes Match . But iTunes handles more than just euphony : it finagle ebooks , audiobooks , apps , and various case of video ....

June 28, 2012 · 6 min · 1221 words · Audrey Hawkins

TextExpander 4 adds features, but must leave the Mac App Store

Smile on Thursday releasedTextExpander 4 , the late incarnation of its typing shortcut utility . Among the new features are extra pick for “ filling - in - the - white ” snippets , fill - indium for multi - line text subject , dropdown menus for multiple choices , and optional school text engine block that you could set off as need when expanding a text snippet . But because TextExpander 4 ca n’t adhere to Apple ’s recently - impose sandboxing guideline , the new edition of the app is n’t uncommitted in the Mac App Store ....

June 21, 2012 · 3 min · 469 words · Eric Andrews

Mountain Lion to ship in July for $20

In Monday ’s keynote address at its Worldwide Developers Conference , Apple revealed several raw tidbits about Mountain Lion — include its ship - date . Apple ’s vice president of software engineering , Craig Federighi , took the stage to announce that Apple ’s new OS Adam release will be quick for consumer to download in July . He also take eight new features to highlight during the keynote , include some — such as Dictation on the Mac and Power Nap — that were n’t included in theMountain Lion previewwe saw in February ....

June 11, 2012 · 4 min · 826 words · Charles Jones

Developers look ahead to plenty of product news at WWDC

When Apple’sWorldwide Developer ’s Conferencekicks off this week , there will be one large change from age past : No Steve Jobs . But do n’t anticipate developer on hand to expend much conference time mourning the man who guided Apple ’s vision for so many years before passing away in October . Instead , they ’re sharpen on the futurity — and desire to see where the party is going with its ironware and software ....

June 8, 2012 · 6 min · 1101 words · Antonio Lopez

Mountain Lion: What we know heading into WWDC

WithMountain Lionpoised to make an visual aspect at WWDC next week for developersand eager keynote followers likewise , we fancy it might be a good clip for a rundown of what we already fuck about Apple ’s next oxygen . It’s showing up this summer (sometime) Apple has n’t alter its previous summer delivery date since the companyfirst previewedMountain Lion in February , so it ’s a dependable wager that the next Mac OS will be showing up sometime this summertime ....

June 8, 2012 · 4 min · 664 words · Donald Brown

Weekly Wrap: Tim Cook, a WWDC keynote, and a whole lot of how-to’s

What a week ! Tim Cook shed some light on Apple ’s future programme , the Mac App Store sandboxing deadline arrived , and we offered up a boatload of how - to articles . permit ’s take a facial expression atMacworld ’s biggest stories from the hebdomad gone by . Cooking with Tim Cook said that Apple had big plans for Siri , talked a bit about what might move Apple to make a television set , and — oh , justread the highlight , OK ?...

June 2, 2012 · 3 min · 494 words · Jessica Young

Sandboxing strengthens the case for buying direct

This article was originallypublished on the author ’s website . It is reprinted here with permission . Since the launch of the Mac App Store , a common question potential customers ask developers is “ Should I purchase your app directly or through the Mac App Store ? ” developer have been remarkably cagey , mostly replying with the non - answer “ choose whichever is better for you ” ....

June 1, 2012 · 4 min · 851 words · Steven Dunn

Why Apple is making OS X more like iOS

iOS and OS X have the same foundation , and there is no reason why effective feature of one should n’t be tally to the other . But Apple is , in my opinion , developing a much deeper and longer terminal figure strategy in iOSifying OS X. In its most recent fiscal quarter , Apple ’s earningswere rule by sales of iOS devices . Out of $ 39.2 billion in revenue , the iPhone and iPad represented three quarters of the companionship ’s sales ....

May 18, 2012 · 4 min · 813 words · Leslie Davis

Apps using global hotkeys will remain welcome in the Mac App Store

Despite reports earlier Thursday evoke that Apple would disallow Mac App Store apps from apply systemwide keyboard “ hotkey ” shortcuts , sources nigh to the affair confirm toMacworldthat such apps remain welcome in the cozy confines of Apple ’s software store . descend June 1 , apps submit to the Mac App Store will need to follow out Apple ’s sandboxing requirements . Sandboxing refers to limiting what data and functionality a hand app can get at for the user ’s security measures and protection ....

May 17, 2012 · 3 min · 469 words · Samuel Spence

The Week in iOS Apps: Something old, something new

This week ’s roundup of apps brings us prominent updates to some of our old favorites , as well as newfangled ways to verbalise , journey , and take photos . Already this week , we lend you guides to the best photo issue , sport picture , and Mother ’s Day placard - stool apps in the iOS universe . And we saw that prevent your traveling cost low will be all the rage this summer , with update to the Yellow Pages and RoadNinja apps that help users regain the cheapest gasoline prices in their vicinity ....

May 11, 2012 · 5 min · 1060 words · Shawn Duncan