You did n’t hear it from me , but the calendar claims that it ’s already October . That intend that it ’s just a few weeks to Halloween , and then a few more to Thanksgiving , and then it ’s prison term to commence feel holly and jolly , and then it ’s 2013 , and holy moly can we just take a break for a moment ?
Indeed we can , with another edition of theonlyMacworld clause that channelize you to the good stories from the calendar week gone by : The Weekly Wrap .
The iPhone 5, iOS 6, and that rumored iPad mini
If you ’re worried about whether your iPhone 5 ’s picture prints willsport a purple haze , let our lab give you the lowdown . If you ’re alternatively disturbed about finding a sound , one - Scripture rhyme for “ purple”—boy , we ca n’t serve you .
Verizon iPhone 5 customers shouldmanually instal an important toter updateto fend off a awful bug that could bolt up your data allowance . And if you prefer to gobble caffeinated beverages , you ’ll hearten the news thatStarbucks added Passbook support . Starbucks is n’t the only company making iOS 6 aliveness better ; Google got in on the act , tooby adding Street Viewto the nomadic rendering of Google Maps . I can see my house from here !
iOS 6 brought with it many Siri improvement ; it ’s now potential to spenda whole day talking to Siri . Siri always listens to you ( unless you ’re in an region with really uneven coverage ) .
We can also guide you through the unconscious process offreeing up supererogatory iCloud storage space , a topic about which wealso podcasted .
And if you need to get the hang everything there is to bed about the iPhone 5 , grab a digital copy of theiPhone 5 Starter Guide . Technically , it might be a forcible impossibility to take hold of an ebook , but that ’s a subject for another day .
marvel when the iPad mini — if it live — will in conclusion get announced?Not so soon , if you intrust our Dan Moren . shortly , if you do n’t .
How to do stuff
One might take up it would be out of the question to come up withpower peak for Quick Look . One would be bushed wrong .
We also put together a primer onMountain Lion ’s Preview powers , which are rather real , as it turns out . And if your Mac ’s Windows installation needs room to grow , here ’s our guide onresizing a Boot Camp division . We have n’t published a template to shaking your need to install Windows on your Mac . Yet .
Reviews of all kinds
We function handwriting on with Camera Awesome for iPad , and inquire if they ’d considered the alternate name “ Camera Awe Something . ” Just an theme .
A distich of Mac Gemsmight help improve your music listening experience . The HiddenRadio speaker , unfortunately , probably wo n’t . On the other hand , theTuneIn Radioapp for iOS proves that , in fact , video still has n’t killed the radio star .
If you ’re into App.net , do n’t miss our roundup offive App.net apps for iPhone , include the just - released Netbot .
We also reviewed the latest incarnation ofQuickBooks , which is quirky but ripe — much like the Weekly Wrap .
Remembering Steve
It ’s been a year since Apple atomic number 27 - beginner and CEO Stee Jobs died . It ’s a will to his legacy thatApple ’s largely the same company it was when he was alive . On this distressing day of remembrance , Tim Cook and Apple facefive key conclusion ; we shared some thoughts on those , too .
