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As November is ushered in , at least one Halloween spectre is still hanging over the Mac community of interests : The ghost ofiTunes Match . The cloud music feature of Apple ’s iCloud service wassupposed to debut by the terminal of October , but Apple has uncharacteristically missed its own deadline . First unveiledat Apple ’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June , iTunes Match allow users to store their iTunes depository library in the swarm ....

Our Verdict Over the year , a couple simple but popular genre of Mac Gems have been computer menu - saloon utilities that let you easily eject mounted volume ( see Ejector , Semulov , Volumizer , and Undock ) ; and menu - streak utility that show you how much space is usable on mounted volumes ( see SpaceControl ) . Today ’s Gem , FreeSpace 1.0(Mac App Store link ) , fuse aspects of both genre , make for a utilitarian utility for monitoring your parkway ....

This article originally appear as a Macworld Daily Reader iPad exclusive and is now usable on Macworld.com for your use . While it ’s light to manage a single Mac , it ’s still possible to have ascendence over multiple Macs within your home . Not only can you remotely configure paternal restraint on another computer , you could also supervise what your kids do with their Macs , circumscribe the hr they have Internet access , and share medium between the computers within your home ....

Ron Johnson rides off into the sundown , Hulu Plus probably wo n’t be riding onto the Apple tv set any time before long , and Pete Townshend rides an unsteady metaphor . The remainders for Tuesday , November 1 , 2011 are gon na ride on . Goodbye , Ron Johnson(Apple ) Apple senior vice president of retail Ron Johnson has officially departed the caller , and isoff embark on his unexampled gig as CEO of J....

The annihilating floods in Thailand will cause a 28 per centum quarter - on - one-quarter drop in hard phonograph recording driving force ( HDD ) production in the 4th stern , potentially affecting notebook product in early 2012 , research firm IHS iSuppli say on Monday . Western Digital could also lose its locating as the big shipper of the drives , the research firm said . Toshiba and Western Digitalhave announced so farthe impermanent shut down of their factories in the country , while Seagate Technology said the supplying of components to its factory in Thailand was cut off ....

Gosh , it seems like months since we ’ve had a “ -gate ” dirt about the iPhone . Well , never fret , Apple follower ! Our drought is over ! Welcome , Batterygate ! First of all , allow the Macalope be cleared that this battery issuance is indeed terrible , and he would surely be very worked up over it were he not convinced that it ’s going to be solved sometime soon with a software update ....

Alien Skin Software has releasedBlow Up 3 , the new version of its pic enlargement plug - in for Adobe Photoshop , Photoshop Elements , and Photoshop Lightroom . It is uncommitted now on the society ’s web site for $ 199 , a $ 50 price drop cloth from Blow Up 2 . Blow Up is a public utility that specializes in enlarge photos while keeping them abrupt , even at very large sizes ....

With another acquisition , Apple now has more maps than my daddy ’s glovebox . ( Scary ! ) Meanwhile , the company may allow in - fund purchases hail FROM INSIDE ITS APP , its technologist are investigating the spoooooky mystery of run through iPhone 4S barrage , and a couple more iOS technologies may show up on the Mac like , uh , free candy . Okay , see : The remainders for Monday , October 31 , 2011 are beget a routine too onetime for magic trick - or - treating ....

If you find Apple ’s iTunes annoying , take heart : You may finally have a path to exemption . Until recently , if you used an iPhone , iPad , or iPod , you were moderately much lock in to Apple ’s music player software , but thanks to a few new Io features and the streaming music overhaul Spotify , those days may be over . There are ton of reasons you might want to ditch iTunes – we’ve found ten already this year ....

Our Verdict With November’sNational Novel Writing Monthalmost upon us , Mac - using writers have no shortage of noveling programs to choose from . Black Mana Studios’Manuscriptdistinguishes itself from the plurality by aid writers craft novel with an easier path to publication . However , its rarify - but - scant features come at a middling unconscionable cost . Manuscript employs a three - measure approach to committal to writing : the tar , the synopsis , and the chapters themselves ....

November 1 marks the first day ofNational Novel Writing Month . It ’s a fantastic event where regular people are encouraged to indite a 50,000 - word novel in 30 days . If you always wished you could find the time to write a novel , possibly November is the right month to lastly make that dream a reality . to promote Macworld readers to unlock their creativity , we ’ve put out several article on topics related to NaNoWriMo ....

First , allow me start with a disclaimer . I ’m not a Doctor of the Church ( much to my parent ’ keep chagrin ) , nor do I play one on TV . What worked for me may not be right for you and before you start any type of practice or change in dieting , check with your doctor . A few months ago I made the mistake of say a physician friend of mine that I had n’t had a checkup in a while — areallylong while ....

Punditry . middling much anyone can do it . That ’s not to say they should . This hebdomad , an old - media outlet throws its hand in with the trolls and the Macalope looks back on netbook predictions . Finally , is lousy iPhone 4S commentary the bungalow industry that will get this nation ’s economy back on track ? ! Of of course not . But it ’s somehow keeping Mike Elgan hire ....