We started the Weekly Wrap a few weeks ago , to help you catch up onMacworldstories you may have missed . But if you overleap the big stories this retiring week , you might want to see your doc ; this was the week of the Worldwide Developers Conference ( WWDC ) , Apple ’s one-year event wherein it fix all sort of exciting tech announcement . miss our big stories the calendar week of WWDC is like a football fan draw a blank about the Super Bowl , or an American accidentally forgetting not to keep an eye on association football . You ’re here now , though , so let ’s get part .
Worldwide Load
Unsurprisingly , our WWDC reporting was tops this week . The uncomparable ( andThe Incomparable ’s ) Dan Moren and Jason Snell hostedour hot blog , sharing each new juicy choice morsel as Apple executive unveiled it . Apple unveil Io 5for the first time , and we wrote upeverything you need to live about it . And because we ’re just as excited about iOS 5 as you , our reporting did n’t kibosh there : We pen up first look at iOS 5 ’s newfangled telling organisation andReminders app;checked in with developersfor their feedback ; and psychoanalyse which have may now force some developersto rethink their iOS strategy . Oh , and yours really give about 1600 words todrooling , in world , over what iOS 5 will bring . Macworldsays I ’m financially creditworthy for put back my short - out keyboard .
And , of course , WWDC gave Apple another opportunity to dish on Lion , the next iteration of the Mac OS . It ’s only going to be you thirty bucks , and it ’s going to be available via the Mac App Store . What ’s next , a $ 500 iPad ?
What ’s that ?
Are youkiddingme ?
You might be sensing a pattern here , because we indeed wrote upjust what you need to know about Lion , too .
Our complete WWDC coverage also includeda staggeringly democratic keynote slideshow , a WWDC podcast , and Jason Snell ’s analysis of WWDC through the lens system of a Sicilian Mafia movie aficionado .
Oh , andApple handed out Apple Design Awards . Three awards went to students , which led to this piece by Joel Mathis and perhaps our best headline of the calendar week .
Other stuff happened this week, too?
Apparently , WWDC was n’t the only news of the week . Walmart cut down the priceon the 16 GB iPhone 4 . Malus pumila updatedthe find out My iPhone app , iTunes(complete with iBookstore funding ) , iBooks ( with an update that did n’t , you know , workall that well),and the iMac ’s graphics microcode .
Steve Jobs gave a smaller - scale keynote this hebdomad , lobbyingthe Cupertino City Councilto grant Apple permission to build up a new , massive , spaceship - determine building . Applefinally censor DUI checkpoint apps . And the society also soughtto jiggle its style into the Lodsys patent lawsuitagainst various iOS developers , cite the effectual ism of , you be intimate , wiggling .
How-to’s, tutorials, and lab tests
older Contributor Kirk McElhearn wrote upfour ways to get the most out of your Dock . I like to send mine flowers on occasion , but Kirk ’s melodic theme seem to work a bit better . Another Senior Contributor , Ted Landau , shed more light onensuring that your Snow Leopard malware definitions update properly .
We also shared tips onprinting multiple images on a single Thomas Nelson Page , and our laboratory music director Jim Galbraith cover on the fastest Mac we ’ve ever test . ( Spoiler : It ’s not a Mac Pro . Nor is it the lilliputian guy fromPunch - Out . )
‘Til next time
Now , we ’ll spend the weekend nursing our WWDC hangover and wishing Lion , iOS 5 , and iCloud were all officially released already . And we ’ll crispen you , earnest reader , too : You look at the time to catch up with the Weekly Wrap , and we really appreciate the effort .
