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iPhone power button tips

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Great tip. I knew that tapping the power button on an incoming call silenced the ringer. I did NOT know that a double-tap sent the call directly to voicemail. And one more: tap the power button to lock the screen. Nice.

Gaming the App Store with $999 app pricing

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This seems too crazy to be true.

It all begins with an otherwise unremarkable app suddenly skyrocketing in price, oftentimes all the way to the App Store’s limit of $999.99. The developer, or whoever is orchestrating the scam, wires a massive amount of money — Grachov used $10,000 as an example — to a second party. That individual then purchases 10 copies of the app, exhausting the available funds and indirectly paying $7,000 of the original deposit back to the developer. Apple takes their 30% as usual.

Macintosh 30th anniversary event set for January 25

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Like a lot of you, I’m sure, I’ve been a Mac user since the beginning. True, I didn’t buy my first Mac until March of 1984, but that was purely lack of funds, not lack of desire.

And, in the blink of an eye, it’s 30 years later. Big wave of nostalgia.

Your Mac’s built-in screen recorder

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Not sure when this feature got added, but since this was new to me, thought this was worth sharing.

Launch QuickTime Player (it’s in your Applications folder). Now select New Screen Recording from the File menu, or type control-command-N.

Apple vs Amazon vs Google, told in 9 bar charts

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These nine bar charts lay out the stock fundamentals for Apple, Amazon, and Google. Any analyst that follows these companies surely is familiar with all of these. They tell a strong story. Certainly not definitive, but hard to ignore.

Reddit’s tips for AppleTV owners

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Reddit user DeepWoods got a new AppleTV for Christmas and started a thread asking for cool tips. As always, Reddit replied. If you’ve got an AppleTV, follow the headline link and dig in.

Adding items to the Finder sidebar

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Though this is likely old hat to many of you, I thought this was worth passing along for folks new to Mavericks or to the sidebar.

Before Mavericks, to add a file to the Finder sidebar, you simply dragged it over and released it. Easy to remember, easy to perform. The down side was accidentally adding items to the sidebar. Not a big problem, but it’s happened to me.

With Mavericks, Apple changed the way this works. If you drag a file to the sidebar, you can drop it into a folder stored in the sidebar, but releasing the file won’t add it to the sidebar itself.

AnandTech review of the new Mac Pro

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This is the review I’ve been waiting for. When I am in the market for a new camera, I always make my way to dpreview.com. Anand Lal Shimpi brings the same level of geeky goodness to his reviews.

Mac Pro teardown from iFixit

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The new Mac Pro is built to be taken apart. This well-executed teardown from iFixit shows off the engineering excellence behind the Mac Pro design.

The teardown starts by removing the cover. Slide the lock-switch, pull off the cover. So easy. Truly a thing of beauty.

iOS 7 now installed on 78% of active Apple devices

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Last Friday, we posted a link to a graphic that detailed the process HTC goes through to vet new versions of Android. The multi-company hoops that need leaping, as well as the incredible number of devices that need to be tested, are both barriers to adoption of new Android revs and contributors to fragmentation.

Apple has announced their latest adoption rates for iOS 7. 78% is a huge number.

Steve Jobs calls an audible and does a little dance

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This is a great story, via MG Siegler, who was there when it happened.

Jonathan Mann is a pretty talented musician and publisher of the “Song a Day” YouTube channel. MG Siegler is, among other things, a writer for TechCrunch. This story takes place in the summer of 2010, in the midst of Antennagate.

Discounted and free Mac and iOS apps for the holidays

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Interesting side effect when Apple shuts down iTunes Connect for the holidays: Apps that are discounted as of today (December 21) stay that same price until iTunes Connect reopens on December 28th. Follow the headline link for a good list of discounted apps. Head over to AppShopper.com for more. Be sure to click the “Price Drops” tab.

Hands on with the new Mac Pro

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David Pierce gives a nice little tour of Apple’s newest superstar.

It cuts a striking figure, despite its relatively small stature. It’s also incredibly dense, far heavier than I expected. Ten inches tall, 6 inches around, and about weighing in at around 11 pounds, it’s definitely meant to be held by its bottom instead of its top lip.

Mac Pro is now live on Apple site

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I think I’m more excited about the Mac Pro than I was about the iPad Air. Both the base and high end models show US shipping dates of December 30th.

Apple’s brand new Misunderstood ad

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This has immediately moved to the top of my list of all-time favorite Apple commercials. Touches all the right notes for the holidays. So very well done.