Mountain Lion's Messages

'When OS X Mountain Lion first appeared, many veteran iChat users fired up the new Messages chat program, poked around a bit, and then quit it in despair. Eventually, some of us relaunched it and began to slog around in it, figuring out how to use the new app to do what we wanted to do, but still we felt a bit lost." Read: Getting Started With Messages

Mountain Lion's Calendar

"Today’s Calendar application is more than a simple date book. With it you can view your life’s doings in multiple ways, enter events in nearly natural language, receive alerts to events by unexpected means, and add multiple bits of information to your events." Mountain Lion's Calendar

Mountain Lion's Contacts

"Among the many things your Mac is tasked to do is to help you stay in touch with other people. And the first step in doing so is to have some notion of how to contact them—through email, snail mail, phone, chat, FaceTime, and social networking services. The repository for this vital information is Mountain Lion’s Contacts application. Formerly known as Address Book, Contacts is often overlooked, since many people think that the job it handles is mundane." Mountain Lion's Contacts

After Jobs: 10 Big Moments

After Jobs: 10 Big Moments

http://www.macworld.com/article/2011295/after-steve-apples-ten-big-post-jobs-events.html#tk.nl_macwk

BBEdit: 20 Years And Counting

BBEdit: 20 Years And Counting

http://www.macworld.com/article/2011461/mac-classics-why-bbedit-rules.html#tk.nl_mwdaily

ChronoSync File Sync and Backup

"You choose one folder or volume on the left side of the window and another on the right, select your options, and click Synchronize to copy your data."

http://www.macworld.com/article/2011101/review-chronosync-4-3-5-a-multitalented-file-sync-and-backup-tool.html#tk.nl_mwdaily

Multiple iTunes Libraries

This feature, beginning with iTunes 9, allows you to create multiple iTunes Libraries in the same Login Account. Great for when you share an account among several people, each with their own connected devices, and would rather that everyone have unique libraries.

And it's easy to set up.

Similar to holding the Option key when you start up your Mac to choose between different booting cycles iTunes will create a fresh new empty Music Library. Simply give it a name and begin building your new library.

If you forget to hold the Option key when you open iTunes it defaults to the last library opened.

iTunes is available for Mac and Windows.

For more info read: iPad: The Missing Manual

iPad as 2nd Display

Your iPad can act as a second computer display within a Wi-Fi network.

Amazing, right? But there are caveats.

READ THESE REVIEWS FOR MORE INFO:

Air Display:

Add a second or even third monitor for $10 with Air Display!

App Turns iPad into Second Monitor for Mac

Use Your iPad as a Second Monitor, Without the Pain

$9.99 Air Display for iPhone, iPad , and iPod Touch by Avatron
Sys Reqs: Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard, Windows XP, Vista and 7

iDisplay:

app turns your iPad or iPhone into secondary screen – too good to be true?

iPad "Laptop" Case

If you ever wanted your Apple® iPad to be more like a Laptop
here's a system that looks like just the thing.

tyPad Case
$99.99 from Accessory Workshop
with Built-in Bluetooth Keyboard is made of the finest leatherette.

Features:
* Free up valuable screen space
* Completely wireless - no messy wires, plug into
*USB to charge
* Spill resistant silicone keypad
* Great hot keys for Home and Search functions
* Minimizes smudges to your screen
* Soft-feelkey design for faster typing and webchat
* Protect your iPad screen and hardware
* Fully portable, easy to carry
* Type and scroll without evertaking your iPad out of tyPad

Specifications:
Measures: 9.75” x 8” x 1.25”
Standby Time: 100 Days
tyPad Continual Use Time: 90 hrs
Time to Fully Charge tyPad: 4 hrs
Battery Type: Lithium
Battery Lifespan: 2 yrs
Working Temp: -4° Fto 122° F
Bluetooth Working Distance: 30 Ft.
Approval/Certificates: FCC, CE, BQB, ROHS



Enjoy Laptop convenience

without all the weight!

Walkman Dies, iPod Lives On...

R.I.P. Sony Walkman...

Sadly, "After 30 years, Sony has announced that they will stop manufacturing and selling the venerable cassette Walkman."


"The iPod was introduced on October 23, 2001 and though also originally ignored, the iPod has grown at a ridiculous rate..."


READ: Sony Kills The Cassette Walkman On The iPod's Birthday*
via Casey Chan at GIZMODO

UPDATE: Sony says that the plug's only been pulled in Japan, and they will continue to sell a lone cassette Walkman model in the US

$29.99 - Get 'Em Now While They Last-!

iPhone: Basic troubleshooting

For an easy to read simple summary
of iPhone Troubleshooting go to

Apple's Official Support Site

Mac OS X @ 10

Happy Birthday Mac OS X-!



Mac OS X Public Beta debuted on September 13, 2000

"Ten years after its beta debuted, we look at where OS X came from..."

read the article by Benj Edwards on Macworld.com

Google Alerts beta

It's still in beta, but it will search Google for you, and send the results via email on a daily, weekly or monthly basis to keep you up to date on something even when you forget to do it yourself.

Check out Google Alerts

Blogger Stats FREE

Everyone who blogs with Google's Blogger blog publishing service must check this out.

"We’re very excited about the most recent creation from Blogger in Draft, Blogger Stats. Blogger stats makes it easier than ever to get all sorts of real-time traffic data for your blog, right from the comfort of your Blogger dashboard.

Since Stats are part of Blogger, you don't have to sign up for another service, or embed any code in a gadget."

ALSO SEE: Google Analytics for Enterprise-class web analytics.

Panther is Breaking

Apple® Mac OS X 10.3 Panther is breaking...

First introduced in October 2003 it has lasted
almost seven years as a viable operating system.

The Internet browsers supported are no longer
something, blah, blah, advanced features
on the Internet, jibberish, blah, blah, blah...



All those who are currently using 10.3 Panther
are strongly advised to upgrade to the newer
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger at a minimum, to be able
to use all these new fangled Internet things...

Check out Mac OS X 10.4: System requirements

Google Email Uploader

Currently this free open source application  is only available for Google Apps-hosted Gmail accounts and not standard Gmail accounts, but what it does is amazing.

"When you launch Google Email Uploader, it displays any Mail, Eudora, or Thunderbird mailboxes it finds in their default locations. You can also manually point the program to messages—in Mail mailboxes, mbox files, or maildir folders—stored elsewhere."

READ: Google Email Uploader gets your old e-mail into Gmail
By Dan Frakes, Macworld.com

TuneRanger: iTunes Sync

"TuneRanger connects all your iTunes-running computers together over any network. Music, video, and playlists can then be synchronized, copied or merged with the click of a button. Buy a song on one computer, add an album cover or star rating, and all changes are updated everywhere. Easy."

"TuneRanger's networking system is cross-platform so you can connect and sync iTunes libraries running on Mac OS X with iTunes libraries running on Windows XP, Vista or any combination."

*1-User license is good for 5 same-platform computers - that’s $6 per CPU. Add a second platform (5+ computers) and save $10 off the order price.


$29.99

Happy 26th Birthday Macintosh!

DATELINE: January 24, 1984

Apple Computer releases

The Macintosh Computer

1984 Macintosh Super Bowl Ad

DATELINE: January 22, 1984

the now famous 1984 ad during the Super Bowl.

iPhone Unlimited Voice/Data for $100!

"Previously, iPhone users paid $100 per month for unlimited voice plan plus another $30 for unlimited data.

Starting Monday, however, AT&T is charging $100 a month for unlimited voice and data. Family Talk plans feature unlimited voice and data for $180 (assuming two iPhones). Texting prices remain unchanged, at $20 for unlimited plans and $30 for Family Talk Plans."



READ: AT&T drops price of iPhone's unlimited voice and data plan
by Philip Michaels, Macworld.com

You can read the full details of AT&T’s new prices, including pricing for feature phones and quick message devices, at the wireless provider’s Website.

Want to switch over to the new unlimited voice and data plan? You can make the move on Monday without penalty or contract extension using AT&T’s online account management tool.

Nexus One vs Android vs iPhone

Google is now selling physical products directly to consumers with it's newly released Nexus One™ "Superphone".



• Android 2.1 Operating System
• 3.7-inch AMOLED, 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen
• 5 megapixel camera with LED flash
• Video captured at 720x480
• 1GHz Snapdragon CPU
• 512MB of RAM
• 512MB of ROM
• 4GB SD card (expandable to 32GB of memory).



Bravo Google! This is amazing.

This is 2001, er 2010 the way it should be...

with Smartphones and Superphones.

I still miss Pan Am :(



READ: Nexus One review
by Joshua Topolsky, Endgadget

READ: Google slides king's pawn to Nexus One, takes on Apple
by Dan Moren, Macworld.com

READ: Google Officially Debuts Nexus One Android Phone
by Warren Riddle, Switched

READ: What the Nexus One isn't
by Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service

Happy Birthday Apple Inc.

On January 3, 1977 Apple Computer was incorporated.

Happy Birthday Apple

from all of us in the Mac World.

READ: Interview with Rob Janoff, designer of the Apple logo
by Ivan, Creative Bits