Wednesday , October 12 , 2011 was D - Day ( Download Day ) for Apple users . I believe it will go down in history as the day Apple released more software than it has done in any individual sidereal day before . From iOS 5 to Cards . From Mac OS X 10.7.2 to iPhoto 9.2 . And everything in between . Plus , do n’t forget the Apple TV Update and iCloud go live ....
It ’s fairly leisurely to get start with iCloud if you use a single Apple ID solely on your own devices . But many families — include mine — share a single Apple ID across multiple people and machine , so that they can purchase apps and music once and give everybody in the family access . Must you all partake in that same Apple ID for iCloud , too ?...
Last calendar month Kyle Smith was kind enough to point out to us the shocking Revelation of Saint John the Divine never put forth before thatApple is a religion . This month he ’s back to severalize uswhat a rotten function model Steve Jobs is . rent us turn in our hymnals to the gospel of Steve to the Stanfordites … Still . Doing . It . line of work ’ advice to the graduating form of Stanford ?...
Many iPhone , iPad , and iPod touch users have sundry feelings about Io ’s Mail app . On the whole , it ’s one of the best mobile electronic mail customer , making it easy to record and respond to e-mail . But it ’s also missing many of the features you ’ve issue forth to expect from electronic mail clients on the desktop . We evidently should n’t expect the same level of functionality from a mobile app as we do from a Mac app , but the fact that we use Io Mailso muchmakes it an easy target area for criticism ....
The iOS version of Safari has always been one of the good — if notthebest — of the roving web web browser on the market . And whenthe iPad interlingual rendition of Safari debutedin early 2010 , it lend several desktop features , such as a Bookmarks bar , to Apple ’s mobile offering . But withiOS 5 , Apple has added even more feature inspired by the Mac version of Safari , and while the outcome still does n’t match the full - boast experience of a background WWW web web browser , you no longer find as though you ’re sacrificing quite as much when go from your Mac to your iPhone or iPad ....
In addition toiOS 5 , iCloud ’s rollout , andMac OS X 10.7.2 and its attendant update , Apple also free new version of many of its iOS apps on Wednesday . Most of them contribute support for some of iCloud ’s features , but extra enhancement and advance have been thrown into the mix as well . All three of Apple ’s iWork apps have been update to version 1....
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Over the retiring few age , consumer have become obsess with the notion of cause their documents and datum instantly available wherever they are , on whichever machine they happen to be using at the time . In the past tense , Apple experiment with this by offering circumscribed sync services ; with iCloud , the troupe is lodge head - first into the digital - sync sphere . What is iCloud?...
Ever since the Find My iPhone service debuted as part of the iPhone 3.0 software package in mid-2009 , Apple ’s iOS gimmick location offer been a popular feature article . By using your iOS gadget ’s locating — determined using GPS circuitry or wireless activity ( or both)—Find My iPhone lets you locate , and even track , your iPhone , iPad , or iPod touch , via the World Wide Web or a dedicated Find My iPhone app ....
Within Apple ’s new iCloud service , you’re able to sync , back up your machine , and locate friends — but if you require to manage your music and purchase , look to the service ’s iTunes in the Cloud opening move : For free , you may automatically download any new purchases across all your machine , and admission any past purchase ( still available on iTunes ) ; pay an supererogatory $ 25 a year , and you may store and stream your music online with iTunes Match ....
Once you have iCloud set up on your devices , you’re able to take advantage of the service ’s synchronise capabilities . You ’ll be able to get at your tangency , calendars , mail service , documents , photos , and more across all your equipment and on the WWW . The synchronise process on iCloud , however , is different than the iTunes syncing summons Apple users have become familiar with ....
Apple on Wednesday releasediOS 5 , its heatedly foretell rising slope to the operating system that powers the iPhone , iPad , and iPod ghost . Firstpreviewed at June ’s Worldwide Developers Conference , iOS 5 arrives promise users more than 200 new features and enhancement . The update ’s most exciting features likely bet upon which iOS user you sing to , but foresighted - time iPhone and iPad owners are probably looking forward to the significantly revamped notifications system that Io 5 promises ....
One of the most interesting wrinkles in the iPhone 4S — whichI review at duration elsewhere — is its status as a “ world phone . ” Unlike previous generations , it supports both CDMA ( Verizon , Sprint ) and GSM ( AT&T , the rest of the earth ) wireless technology decently out of the box . But there are some interesting quirks to this product that may please savvy international travelers ....
