The days are baffle long , and the weather ’s getting warmer . You ’re forgiven if you forgot to refresh Macworld.com as obsessionally as often . as luck would have it , the Weekly Wrap , our aggregation of the bestMacworldstories from the week gone by , is here to help you take hold of up on what you drop .
On the Mac side
Apple released a standalone Flashback removal tool ; if you have n’t run Software Update , take a few minutes now and do so . We ’d rather you ensure your Mac is clean and protected than that you terminate reading the Weekly Wrap . Just promise you ’ll come back again later .
In summation to exterminate Flashback , Apple put an conclusion tofree trials for iWork and Aperture . But while Apple taketh off , it also giveth , at least if you ’re still running Leopardeth : The company is offering Snow Leopard as a free rising slope to MobileMe customerswith the aim of getting them signal up for iCloud .
If you ’re look to go from power user to superpower user , do n’t miss our tip onunzipping almost any archive file , creatingcustom HandBrake presets , capturingvideo from an iOS gadget , sendingvideo message with Mail , andbending Spotlight to your will .
Mac software package we looked at this hebdomad includedMacJournal , Lion Designer , LaunchMagic , Artboard , andCleanText .
On the app side
orchard apple tree releasedminor update to iBooks and Cards ; the latter adds guide for sending your mom a salutation for Mother ’s Day . Your ma recognise you have an iPhone , and she secern me to demand you if you could stop play Draw Something for five minute of arc to send her a little bill of fare , if you ’re not too fussy , sweetheart . She did alter nearly every lousy diaper you ever had .
Unsure about whether you require to stick around with Instagram now that it ’s part of Facebook?There are other apps for that .
Also this workweek , we covered a lot of apps for doingstuffto other stuff and nonsense :
The Night Sky — an app for watching stars;Ban.jo — an app for stalking citizenry ( rather , people you already know);Pocket — an app for say articles;Fibble — for helping aliens;Draw Something — for draw things;Byword — for write in Markdown ; andPhoto Measures and Measured — for measuring dimensions .
If your iPhone works but wo n’t take a care , the triumphant tale of Flex Riedman may help you . If you ’re trying to use your iPad more and more like a touchscreen laptop computer , check out our followup of the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover . And if you ’d like to publish from your iOS machine without involve an AirPrint - ready printer , watch our telecasting tutorial for using Printopia .
Elsewhere
Like small square extraterrestrial , Apple TVs are invading group discussion roomsin line around the world . And in this week ’s podcast , our editor discuss how Apple should improve iTunes and Messages .
