What a week it was ! Software updates flew through the tune with the greatest of comfort . Steve Jobs ’s “ thought on Flash ” receive some vindication courtesy of Adobe ’s executive squad . Consumer Reportsendorsed the iPhone 4S and yet still somehow managed to make everyone mad in the process . And of course , you were so busy with your workaday life that you miss some of the best stories the good folks here atMacworldposted this hebdomad . Fear not , friends — that ’s why we invented the Weekly Wrap .
iOS 5.0.1 flies free
On Thursday Applereleased Io 5.0.1 . The update was signify to gear up bugs in iOS 5 that were causing some devices to eat up their battery far too promptly . ( On Friday Apple admitted that while some of the battery bugs have been squashed , it did n’t get all of them . )
But this iOS update was n’t just renowned because of the battery issue : It marked the first time that Apple ’s liberate one using the newover - the - air update featurefound in iOS 5 . That means you may coax your iPhone or iPad onto the late version even if you ’re far away from a Mac or PC . And with that , iOS 5 is now truly , provably , an operating system of rules that can be run without any interposition by a computer .
Want more iOS fascinate ? It turn out thatthere are a few concealed lineament of Io 5that can be turn on — so long as you sync it with a Mac . ( So much for that personal computer - costless life-style ! ) But as our Dan Moren reported , there are some good reasons these new features ( including support for panoramic photograph ) are n’t turned on : They ’re kind of buggy .
Finally , there weretwo more Apple software updatesthis week : If you employ a MacBook Pro , an AirPort Base Station , or a Time Capsule , check it out .
News, Flash
We ’ve pick up years of controversy about Apple ’s deletion of Adobe ’s Flash technology from iOS connection internet browser . Steve Jobs himself penned his “ Thoughts on Flash ” , in which he say that Adobe had never been able to shew Flash guide swimmingly on any wandering machine . Apple ’s critics charged that the complaints were a smokescreen and that Apple ’s insistence on using HTML or else of plug - Hoosier State was a top executive play .
Turns out that most ( if not all ) devices that shipped with mobile Flash were hammered by critics for — you guess it — poor Flash carrying out . ( We certainly get that to be dead on target in the case of HP ’s ill - fated TouchPad . ) Maybe Jobs was n’t just draw our legs , after all ?
Well , the saga fall to an end this workweek . Mobile Flash is bushed , with Adobe declaring that it ’ll focus on screen background Flash and the manipulation of Adobe ’s AIR technologies to create peregrine apps rather of stuff embedded in a web browser . Does this intend that Flash as we bed it is doomed , even on the desktop ? The insightful Dan Moren peer into his Magic Eight Ball and says Flash ’s future await dim .
Stump the Wrap
I see some hands raised out there , so let ’s take this one in rapid - fire succession . attain me .
How do I use iCloud with iWork apps on iOS 5?Lex Friedman has the reply .
What ’s the dispute between iCloud sync and iTunes Wi - Fi sync?We’ll let Dan Frakes orbit that one .
What do I do if I find a lose iPhone?What , Lex Friedman again ?
Is any other ebook maker trying to slow down the forthcoming Kindle Fire?Barnes and Noble is going to try withits Modern Nook tablet .
Will the Nook and the Fire jeopardize the iPad ’s tablet dominance?The analysts say no .
What the heck is wrong with Consumer Reports?Heck if we know .
Macworld Video returns!
Apps aplenty
Before we go , here are just a few of the notable Mac and iOS apps we cut through this week :
Chris Breen write a elaborated review ofGarageBand 1.1 , which bring Apple ’s music software program to the iPhone for the first time .
Alexandra Chang covered the launch ofMixel , a really fun social - collage app for the iPad . ( Confession : I dreamt about making Mixel collages last nighttime . )
Dan Frakes fights back against the curse of wrong - ejection error messages withJettison , a fresh Mac Gem . And there’sTunesque , a Mac Gem that lets you search all of Apple ’s media fund in one swell foop .
And venerableMacworldcontributor Tom Negrino favoribly reviewsBBEdit 10 , an app so awesome that this entire Weekly Wrap articlewas written using it .
AndThat Was The hebdomad That Was . Do n’t draw a blank , it ’s not too late to start that NaNoWriMo novel . ( Unfortunately , the thousand words I just write for the Weekly Wrap do n’t count toward my amount . ) Wrap with you again next week !
