Once a calendar week , we catch you up on Macworld ’s big stories from the preceding week , in suit you missed them . Because that ’s what friends do for each other . This week , we mull on the future of iOS and OS X , cover Hotkeysgate , and — as ever — offered a slew of reviews . A review slew , if you will . Let ’s plunge in :
The future soon
Apple ’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference takes place next month , and that can only mean one affair : A lot of developer are about to wet-nurse week - prospicient hangover . Oh , and it also mean that we may get our first look at iOS 6 pretty soon . We looked into our liquid vitreous silica display glob and imaginedwhat iOS 6 might mean for the Maps app , and we also apportion some of ourbiggest regard for what else Io 6 might include .
Elsewhere , we apportion some thoughts onwhy Apple is making OS X more like iOS . Somehow , though , we missed the easiest explanation of all : Because .
Reviews-a-palooza
We critique so much stuff and nonsense here atMacworldthat it can get hard to keep up .
On the Mac side , we reviewed theOWC Mercury Accelsior PCI Express SSD 480 GB Flash Drive , which essentially we chance as honest as its name is long . prognosticate prospectEdgeCasecan help you cure the cursor curse when you use a multi - monitor frame-up .
We also looked atInDesign CS6 — and evenpodcasted about brush up the Creative Suite . Due 1.0is a great , iOS - syncing todo listing managing director for the Mac . PDF Studio Pro , on the other hand , we care less .
On the computer hardware side , we review water - resistant loudspeaker system , iPhone case both honest and not so good , a pen / stylus loan-blend for the iPad ( and also theme ) , anda laptop bag .
And if you ’re expect for iOS app reviews , we ’ve got you report well enough to interpose with your cellular phone earpiece reception . As ever , we offered ourweekly iOS app wrap - up , along with psychoanalysis of legion apps , including :
Free advice, worth the price
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If , instead , you ’re furious because your Mac wo n’t countenance you empty your darned trash can , we’ve got the solution for that one . Our video tutorial can show youhow to go under up paternal controls on your Mac — or maybe your kids can teach you .
We also propose some summit onautomatically surge Safari pages , machinate videos in iTunes , syncing gimmick with iTunes , andprinting with AirPrint on iOS .
And finally…
Fear not;apps that rely on global hotkey shortcutswill remain welcome in the Mac App Store , despite what you may have read elsewhere . But one app that ’s reached the ending of its life isPerian , which has ended maturation .
We trust you find catch up now . And do n’t worry if you get behind again next week — because we ’ll back next Saturday to catch you up all over again .
