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 ?

As you just scan by select that link , Cook also bespeak that Apple ’s client should “ stick tune ” regarding what integrations the party might make with Facebook ; we shared some thoughts onwhat that integration might look like on iOS and the Mac . Then we move back to playing Farmville .

Cook further implied that killing Ping may be on his to - do list . Here ’s a looking at atwhat live on awry with Apple ’s failed iTunes social internet . ( Short answer : Pretty much everything . )

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You want how-to’s? We got how-to’s

Chris is a smart bozo . He also compose up some advice this week onhow to transfer old emails from one Mac to another — you do n’t have to send on them one by one , folks . Elsewhere , Chris advised you onmanually configuring an iCloud e-mail score .

We even extend some how - tos written by peopleotherthan Chris Breen . Want to speedily share Io photos with your Mac ? This steer explainshow to graze a folder of your Photo Stream - synced photograph . And the late edition ofAsk the iTunes Guycovers metadata , sorting , and sharing .

Elsewhere , we pointed out hidden features from Apple ’s built - in iOS apps . And we put together a guide tousing your Mac and iOS gadget to help your Kid beat summer “ brainpower drain . ”This hebdomad ’s podcast cover that same topic , and I ’ll bet you may think who host it . Hint : His name rhyme with Bliss Green .

Other Apple news

June 1 check the start of Apple ’s new sandboxing requirement for the Mac App Store . Here ’s a undercoat on what that means for you , your favourite apps , and the developers who make them . Developer Jonathan “ Wolf ” Rentzsch was prissy enough to get us reissue an belief piece he write on howsandboxing strengthens the type for buying software directly from developer .

Also this week , Apple formally announced thata tonic of some sort will kick off its Worldwide Developers Conferencelater in June , but did n’t put up any indication of whom will be speak or what they might sing about . My money is on Mike Daisey leading a discussion about the Newton , but I ’ve been wrong before .