Remains of the Day: Heavier than air

rumor say Apple may be passing - size the MacBook Air , but they also mull that you may soon be talking to your iPhone . In fact , these are all just weapons being prepared for the oncoming letters patent state of war . And justwhatwill it take to get kicked out of an Apple Store ? One human sets out to line up the the true . The remainders for Tuesday , July 26 , 2011 are armed service with a smile ....

July 26, 2011 · 4 min · 765 words · Katrina Perkins

The Macalope Daily: Inflammariffic

In these tough economic times the Macalope is sure that it ’s hard to resist the siren ’s song of troll for smash . especially when hits ante up the bills , like they do over at DealMac . Dear Steve Jobs : The Mac miniskirt Is Crap(tip o ’ the antlers to SS ) The only crap is in this flame bag you left on our doorsill , Jeff Somogyi ....

July 26, 2011 · 5 min · 981 words · Eric Campbell

18 ways to view the ~/Library folder in Lion and Mountain Lion

Inside your Home folder is aLibrary folder(~/Library ) , accessible only to you , that ’s used to lay in your personal software - backing files and , in some cases , datum . The files and folders in~/Libraryare broadly meant to be left alone , but if you ’ve been using Mac OS X for a while , chances are you ’ve delved at heart . Perhaps you wanted to pull off something using a tip fromMacworld , Mac OS X Hints , or elsewhere on the Web ....

July 25, 2011 · 11 min · 2178 words · Mr. Christopher Valenzuela

Diagrammix 1.2.3

Our Verdict Diagrammixhelps you quickly build eye - pleasing flow charts . Do n’t want to shell out for a high - power vector graphics retinue , or drop minute of fiddling with line and bubbles ? Diagrammix makes it incredibly easy to make great - bet chart in bit . First , pick from one of Diagrammix ’s four templates , which range from impulsive to glossy to fully customizable ....

July 25, 2011 · 2 min · 406 words · John Wallace

Intel acknowledges SSD 320 bug, working on firmware upgrade

Intel on Sunday acknowledged that a bug could have its SSD 320 solid - state drives to fail , and say a firmware upgrade is on its way to address the job . In some instance , a power loss may cause Intel ’s SSD 320 drives to break up and lose data . On rebooting the system , the system BIOS could report the SSD as take only 8 MB of memory board capacity ....

July 25, 2011 · 2 min · 395 words · Robert Warren

iOS e-readers remove store links to comply with Apple rules

Several prominent iOS - based e - record apps meet update on Monday that removed one small , but important feature : To follow withApple ’s later policies on selling app content outside of the stock in - app buy API , the Kindle , Kobo , Google , and Nook apps all drop in - app links to their connection - based ebook stores . And at least one meaning e - reader has disappeared from the entrepot entirely ....

July 25, 2011 · 3 min · 461 words · Crystal Rowe

Minco 1.3

Our Verdict Mincois a simple utility that incorporate intimately with iCal and other applications to help you track your time . Minco runs as an applet in your Mac ’s carte du jour measure . You make , start , and stop undertaking in good order from the applet itself . Minco tag all tasks in a job leaning and , if you so choose , it will make labor in iCal for you as well ....

July 23, 2011 · 3 min · 510 words · Nicole Greene

The Macalope Weekly: Making things up

Hey , kidskin , you know how sometimes when you ’re trying to make a spot and you do n’t have enough evidence to support it , so you just make things up ? Well , these guys do . Dan Gillmor has had enough of Apple ’s draconian control of things it ’s not actually control draconianly ! Meanwhile , vicious pack of jailbreakers are coming to jailbreak your iPhone against your will !...

July 23, 2011 · 8 min · 1647 words · Michael Valdez

62 things you can do with Dropbox

Ask Macworld editors to name our best-loved apps , and most of us would cite Dropbox . The file cabinet - synchronizing service has revolutionized the way we expend our Macs ; we ’re always looking for new things it can do . Towards that end , a couple of month ago we posted anote on Macworld.com , asking readers , “ How do you use Dropbox ? ” The reception was incredible : Between our forums and electronic mail , we get nearly 250 trace ....

July 22, 2011 · 17 min · 3449 words · Hannah Walker

iChat improves, but seems out of place

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Lion ’s version of iChat is the unspoiled implementation of OS X ’s built - in chat client to date . But it still lacks the lineament of third - party instant message clients . Apple first offered iChat in 2002 , as part of Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar . Though I ’ve try iChat repeatedly with various releases of newer version of the Mac group O , I always stop up vacate the software for the complimentary , assailable - source Adium instead ....

July 22, 2011 · 8 min · 1574 words · Olivia Krause

KeyRemap4MacBook 7.3.0

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict WhileKeyRemap4MacBookimplies that it only remaps keys for MacBooks , the Sojourner Truth is that it remaps headstone for all Macs . arrest in a harsh , spartan user interface is a wealth of cardinal remapping major power . Covering the integral set of remaps that KeyRemap4MacBook can do would be a gargantuan list that would be about as friendly as the software ’s interface . Of especial interest group are theEmacsandvibindings ....

July 22, 2011 · 2 min · 423 words · Christopher Johnson

Lab Report: Huge speed gains for new Mac mini

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Based on Macworld Lab ’s bench mark results , the raw Mac miniskirt model leave a nifty leap in processor execution over the previous generation . The unexampled Mac miniskirt was uncover on Wednesday , and Macworld Lab has been prove the raw machines that add up with Lion and Core i5 processors . The new Mac mini is available in two standard shape : a $ 599 model with a 2....

July 22, 2011 · 7 min · 1300 words · Alisha Francis

Adobe Creative Suite’s Lion limitations

If you use the most recent versions of Adobe Creative Suite , drill precaution in installing Apple ’s former adaptation of OS X , Lion , whichwas free on Wednesday . In atech note , Adobe lists a serial of issues in Creative Suite software program running Lion , and volunteer recommendation on how to lick some of these problem . The following is a summary of some of the Cartesian product - related issues and Adobe ’s recommend legal action ....

July 21, 2011 · 8 min · 1549 words · Cynthia Young