Restore Snow Leopard’s three-finger swipes in Lion

Back in the glory days of Snow Leopard , three - fingerbreadth trackpad swipes could help oneself you navigate the Finder : A three - finger’s breadth swipe left took you back one whole step in your Finder navigation ; three fingers in good order fetch you forrad again . In Lion , of course , three - finger swipe do a very unlike function — they navigate between space ....

August 24, 2011 · 2 min · 342 words · Erin Allen

Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO

After 14 years as Apple ’s CEO , Steve Jobs leave office his post on Wednesday and was replaced by Tim Cook , who antecedently was the company ’s Chief Operating Officer . job , in bend , was elect as chair of Apple ’s board of directors . Steve Jobs in 2009 . “ I have always suppose if there ever come a solar day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple ’s chief executive officer , I would be the first to let you know ....

August 24, 2011 · 7 min · 1347 words · William Pierce

The Macalope Daily: Earth-shaking iPhone rumors

Tuesday indisputable was a big day for iPhone rumour , as two piece of rumour shook the very background we take the air on ( offer valid on the East seashore only ) . First up , Reuters ! Asiatic supplier to Apple Inc ( AAPL.O ) have begun manufacturing a lower - priced version of its hot - selling iPhone 4 with a modest 8 gigabyte newsbreak private road , according to two people with knowledge of the subject ....

August 24, 2011 · 3 min · 639 words · William Johnson

Favorite text-expansion tricks

textbook - enlargement utilities let you create abbreviations — also called clippings or snippets — for frequently typed textual matter . When you type one of these abbreviations , the public utility company automatically replaces it with the respective full text . snip can be word , phrases , sentences , paragraphs , or even scrap of codification . For lesson , when we typemw , our text - enlargement utilities expand those two letters toMacworld , hold open a few keystrokes each time ....

August 23, 2011 · 8 min · 1496 words · Aaron Morse

HighPoint unveils USB 3.0 expansion card for Mac Pro

If you have a Mac Pro ( which have yet to be updated with Thunderbolt ) and a USB 3.0 hard drive , you’re able to take vantage of USB 3.0 speeds by instal HighPoint ’s newRocketU Quad USB 3.0PCI - due east card . The RocketU feature four USB 3.0 ports , with each port rated at 5Gbps ( USB 2.0 is blackleg at 480Mbps ) . The RocketU can be used with USB 2....

August 23, 2011 · 2 min · 352 words · Amy Harris

Launchpad-Control 1.3

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Last week Ireviewed a muffin , Scroll Reverser , that helps you improve one of the more - controversial features of Lion ( Mac OS X 10.7 ): scrolling . Today I ’m cover a public utility that aims to fix — or at least show more usable — one of Lion ’s worst - implemented lineament . I ’m referring , of line , to Launchpad , perhaps Lion ’s most misguided adoption of an iOS feature ....

August 23, 2011 · 4 min · 808 words · Ebony Hernandez

Opinion: In praise of the iPod classic

Ah , the iPod classic ; the neglected extremity of the iPod family . It support no magazine , it does n’t run apps , and it ’s the only iPod that still use a slight , birl surd drive . But it ’s still chug along like that old Volvo that wo n’t give up after 150,000 miles . A unmediated descendent of the very first iPod , the iPod classic still has a Click Wheel controller , and stores a heck of a batch of music ....

August 23, 2011 · 6 min · 1266 words · Brian Rodriguez

Remains of the Day: All things to all people

Next - multiplication iPhone rumor are back : It ’ll run on Sprint ! It ’ll have a cheaper version for the developing market ! Meanwhile , if you ’re read this on your iPad in the bathroom , I just need to caution you to watch out for , uh , malware . And Samsung takes aim at one of Apple ’s most fervent defenders with its latest legal filing ....

August 23, 2011 · 4 min · 748 words · Sara Hill

Aluratek Libre Touch color e-reader has usability flaws

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict More and more devices are confuse the lines between ebook reader and tablet , but the AluratekLibre Touchisn’t one of them . While it does support basic Web browsing , e-mail , and multimedia system playback , the Libre Touch is first and foremost an e - lector with a color touch screen and integration ( via Wi - Fi ) with an online bookstall ....

August 22, 2011 · 7 min · 1326 words · Michael Sutton

Pick the best camera for the job

There is no one thoroughgoing tv camera . But if you require a television camera befit to a specific sort of picture taking , you could get the good camera for your demand by looking for specific lineament . patently , it ’s not practical to buy and carry a separate camera for every potential shooting position , but if you regularly pip in low light , carry your geared wheel into rough conditions , capture portraits , or favour to travel light , then it ’s worth buying a tv camera tailor-make to your needs ....

August 21, 2011 · 7 min · 1344 words · Bryan Hernandez

Review: Canon Pixma MG5320 Wireless Inkjet Photo All-In-One Printer

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The CanonPixma MG5320Wireless Inkjet Photo All - In - One Printer costs a sensible $ 150 , hitting the pricing fresh spot at the consumer - oriented end of the color inkjet multifunction family . It also manages to swipe itself above the crowd a bit by adding CD / DVD impression potentiality , plus some other improvements . The power to print on specially coated CD or DVDs is still fairly uncommon ....

August 21, 2011 · 4 min · 677 words · Don Hall

The Macalope Weekly: Gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em

HP folds like a cheap card tabular array while RIM says“Maybe you ’ve hit bottom , but I have n’t attain bottom yet ! I got a ways to go!”Google just put a lot of money down , but is there anything in its hand ? lastly , the Macalope asks a dyad of initiate to edit out out the penny - ante crap . Facepalm What a week ! First Google buy Motorola and nowHP is spinning off its hardware business , killing the TouchPad , andpossibly expect for a purchaser for webOS ....

August 20, 2011 · 10 min · 2037 words · Megan Parker

Apple files inaccurate evidence in Dutch Samsung case

Apple has file potentially inaccurate grounds again in a case against Samsung , this time in the Netherlands , where the ship’s company is debate Samsung ’s Galaxy S smartphones are too similar to its iPhone 3G. Apple also has an ongoing lawsuit in Germany , part of a global intellectual prop struggle with Samsung in the wandering phone and pill marketplace . In addition to the tutelage that Samsung ’s Galaxy equipment are “ slavish ” imitations of Apple ’s designs , the two company are alsoclashing over several say patent of invention infringements ....

August 19, 2011 · 5 min · 979 words · Ricardo Curtis