It feels like we recoil offour first - ever Weekly Wrapjust a workweek ago , and that ’s because it has been precisely that long . And we can suppose that — what with the Memorial Day holiday , and the catch up at piece of work , and the alluring sunshine out your window — possibly you missed a few stories here on Macworld.com . Because every last word we publish here is nothing little of life - altering genius , we ’re happy to help you get up on the goods from the calendar week gone by .
What Would Developers Conference?
Apple announced that Steve Jobs would indeed deliver WWDC ’s keynote reference , and even told us what Mr. Jobs would focus on : relaunchingeWorld . Actually , the tonic will focalize on unveil Lion ( the next iteration of the Mac OS ) , iOS 5 , and something called iCloud . Since Apple has n’t yet tell us just what the heck iCloud is or does , we select to guess instead . Chris Breenconsidered media in an iCloud , while I dreamed aboutthe wonder iCloud might mean for syncing . If it turns out iCloud is a new iPhone game , we ’re both going to look pretty daft .
Not content to speculate on iCloud , we also spilled some practical ink on our ruminations about what Io 5 might work , and on a few Lion have we ’d care to see . We also need to help you prep for our forthcoming live - blog of the WWDC tonic , by ensuring you do n’t hyperventilate in excitement at news that ’s in reality old lid ; thus , we put together a priming on what we already jazz about Lion . Even Philip Michaels got intothe iPhone surmise biz . Really , the only WWDC prediction wedidn’tshoot for was how Jobs would plume , which frankly strikes me as a missed opportunity . If you ’re one of the few golden folks attending WWDC , do n’t forget to pick upApple ’s official app for the event .
Whatever surprise WWDC has in store , Apple on the face of it feel thatiPhone / iPod touch - optimized versions of its iWork rooms were n’t deserving holding back on . Hot on the heels of releasing the now - universal versions of Pages , Numbers , and Keynote , Apple broke downthe shade of importing documentsonto your iOS devices . I , for one , wo n’t rest until I can update my spreadsheets using my iPod nano .
Malware in the world
The other big Apple liberation of the hebdomad was the cunningly namedSecurity Update 2011 - 03 . This was the one aimed at sniff out the Mac Defender Trojan horse , and the update also instituted daily checks for new malware definition . If that ’s not often enough , we also explained how you canforce your Mac to update its malware definitions manually . If thatstillleaves you sense vulnerable , we ’re willing to reckon renting out our own Dan Moren to launch the baulk manually on your personal Mac each hour , if the price is correct .
Say cheese!
For amateur lensman , we ply down the best point - and - shoot cameras with manual configurations . We also sharedten coolheaded ideas for Instagram exploiter . And we apportion Ben Long ’s essay on whether a travel photographer can survivewith only a camera , an iPad , and a Hyperdrive — and no laptop . ( Spoiler : Yes , but it would have been easier if Ben had brought along our own Dan Moren . )
The Tip Jar
We shared hints aboutusing Quick Look in your mark waiting line , along with a template tosharing a hotel Internet link . And if you have issues print with Adobe CS5,we can serve you with that , too .
Elsewhere…
We know how you love bundles , so we tell you all about MacBundler 6 , which check 11 apps . And we make love how you love a good Microsoft smackdown , butMacworldeditorial director Jason Snell was actually even - measured in his analysis of Windows 8 — and how Microsoft ’s unfitness to be bold will keep it from competing with the iPad . On the positive side : Minesweeper !
We thinkyou should n’t worry about catch malignant neoplastic disease from hold in your iPhone . We recall Remote Conductor is an excellent way to check your Mac via your iPhone . And we think that we might be exaggerate the parallel sentence social organization . But we ’re not certain .
Oh , and someone in reality manage to dethrone Angry Birds for ten straightforward day . And you guess they were angrybefore .
That’s all, folks
We feel shamefaced writing these wrapper - ups , since we ’re just reinforcing that it ’s okay to charter in activities besides keeping your eyeballs glued to our Website . And we in spades do n’t require to give you that stamp . But we ’re glad to help you catch up on what you missed , and we ’ll be every bit happy to do so again next weekend … if the crick do n’t rise .
