There ’s never a good time to take a break from reading Macworld.com for a week , of course . But this retiring week was perhaps the unsound workweek to keep off the web site in recent memory , as Apple let a rather enormous kat out of the bag . Join us as we run down the biggest story from the week go by .
The Mane Event
Apple released Lion . More than one million people download it , perhaps inspired byJason Snell ’s epic review , or perhaps because they were dire to try out the crest presented in Dan Frakes ’s even more epicsix - part serial on instal Lion .
But we were n’t sure those merge 74,000 Thomas Nelson Page of Lion content were enough , so we also dived into some deeper analysis of what ’s fresh in QuickTime and Preview , Mail , Safari , Address Book , the Finder , the user interface , Versions , Auto Save , and Resume , AirDrop and screen sharing , Mission Control and Laucnhpad , iCal , fonts and textbook , FileValut 2 , iChat , and credibly a few other features that I ’ve missed — but I ’m guessing you never even finished record this sentence , so enraptured by our wealth of Lion insurance coverage did you become .
Our Lion lovefest proceed as we bade farewell to Front Row , configure Lion in five transactions , podcast about the OS , and even send Glenn Fleishman out in public ( against our secure sagaciousness ) so that he could examine downloading Lion while at an Apple Store .
But even though we boil out dozens of article and many thousands of words about Lion , we could n’t consecrate all our time and attention to the big cat , since there were major …
Apple Hardware Announcements
… to drool over . Sure , there was Apple ’s brutal murder ofthe $ 999 MacBook , but it was knockout to shed rip for our fallen associate since the Modern sexy heroine read up right off to take its place : the new MacBook Air line , with its Thunderbolt embrasure and Intel Core i5 mainframe and whatnot . And if you ’re like the rest of the Thunderbolt - quick Mac - owning crew — namely , wondering just what the heck you ’re supposed to do with that Thunderbolt porthole , Apple ’s come up with at least one resolution : Plug inthe new 27 - in Apple Thunderbolt Display . Just try not reckon about the fact that the Thunderbolt logotype is a , you know , lightningbolt .
alternatively , think about Apple ’s new Mac mini . They too support Thunderbolt , but their DVD drive has go the way of the SCSI port . If you think Apple ’s ditching videodisc drive tight , our research lab psychometric test show that the new minis themselves areeven faster .
iOS News
The week went notably better for iOS than for Android . An ITC ruling threatens Android ’s future ; Android islosing developers to iOS ; and iOS is still in demand , despite the lack of a new iPhone .
There is some good news for Google , though . Itsjust - launched Google+ app for iPhoneis one of the most pop free apps in the App Store at this composition — even range ahead of the Facebook app . “ Stick that in your pipe andpokeit , Zuckerberg , ” Google CEO Larry Page was n’t quoted as enounce .
Other apps we report on include :
•Coverjam Proand SoundHound , which serve even non - hipsters see their music ; • Fanhattan , which helps ensure you never cross your video recording streams ; • Julius Styles , a game from Wesley Snipes that you might find taxing ; •Sid Meier ’s Pirates , which is shop Aaaarrrrrr ! ; and • Foosball HD , a plot to help you get your kick .
We also showed you how toset iPhone alarms taciturnly , and warned you that some Birds you know well may soon move from Angry to Absolutely Livid , sinceLodsys is now action their developer .
Other Stuff
Our experts debated whether you should get an Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 subscription orgo the ownership route instead .
Jason Snell wrotea love letter to the space shuttle , which was approximately as Apple - related as any recent news program history about Steve Wozniak , but space exploration is awesome , and the article thus deserving reading .
speak of space exploration , “ Captain ” Kirk McElhearn write up a span of useful tutorials this preceding calendar week : How to archive your tweet and Ten Safari shortcuts you should experience .
Apple’s Third Quarter Earnings
During itsthird tail lucre call , Apple reported record sales and gain — including last profits of $ 7.31 billion . We also posteda copy of Tim Cook ’s statementsfrom the earnings call . Here ’s the CliffsNotes interpretation : “ We ’re rich ! We ’re really stink rich ! ”
Be cool
eventually , you ’re caught up on what was unquestionably a busy and exciting week for Apple . We ’d suggest you go alfresco and get some smart air , but with much of the area under heat warnings or else , perchance you should just remain ripe where you are , go back to the top , and read this Weekly Wrap all over again .
