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The free MacPaint program hidden inside your Mac
All this time and I never knew that there was a MacPaint-like program hidden inside Preview.
Wish List: Handoff for iTunes and music
Automatic music handoff from one device to another is on my wish list too.
Apple’s iCloud Photo Library: A quick how-to guide
Know the difference between iCloud Photo Library and Photo Stream? Katherine Boehret, writing for re/code, walks you through the basics. Good read.
Apple scrubs the term free from the App Store (mostly)
This past July, the European Commission asked both Google and Apple to implement changes to the way they sell “free” games that contain in-app purchases. Yesterday, Apple unveiled a design change that addresses this ruling.
Deleting a Safari tab on one device from another one
This tip arrived with iOS 8 and Yosemite, but is a little down in the weeds, so you may not have noticed it. This clever detail is exactly the sort of thing that draws me to Apple products.
Malicious software campaign targets Apple users in China
At first blush, this malware, known as WireLurker, seems reasonably innocuous, since it is initially delivered solely via an app store for jailbroken iOS devices in China. It’s a little more complicated than that, which makes it potentially a lot more of an issue.
How to prevent iPhoto from opening automatically when you sync an iOS device
When you plug an iOS device into your Mac, you no doubt end up launching iPhoto, whether you intended to or not. Yosemite handles the setting that controls this in a way different than its predecessors.
Apple VP Greg Joswiak talks about Apple, market share, and lessons learned
[VIDEO] Apple VP Greg Joswiak discusses market share and lessons learned with Walt Mossberg and Ina Fried at the Code/Mobile conference. Joswiak is certainly deft here, fielding questions both thoughtful and snarky. Worth watching.
Video review of the Retina 5K iMac
Terrific review of the Retina 5K iMac. So well done. Trying hard to resist the urge to order one right this second.
Welcome Wi-Fi changes under Yosemite’s hood
Glenn Fleishman talks through the changes Yosemite brings to Wi-Fi.
Original Mac 128K screen laid on the new iMac Retina 5K display
This is just delicious.
Yosemite and iOS 8.1: What photographers need to know
A must read for photographers, but well worth your time, even if the most you do is take the occasional snapshot.
How to perform a clean install of Yosemite
Good link to save, just in case you need to do a clean install, rather than simply upgrading through the App Store.
What’s coming in today’s release of iOS 8.1
As detailed earlier today, Apple Pay is the biggest feature in today’s release of iOS 8.1. Along with Apple Pay and a variety of bug fixes, 8.1 will also bring 3 important new features.
How to set up and use Handoff for Yosemite and iOS 8
Handoff is a new feature that lets you edit a document on one device, then continue editing on another device. Sarah Guarino does a nice job walking through the requirements and setup, then takes Handoff through its paces.
Making phone calls using Yosemite
One of the many new features you get for free with Yosemite is the ability to make and answer phone calls from your Mac. Here’s a first hand run through of that experience.
How to upgrade to Yosemite
Ready to upgrade to Yosemite? First thing to do is make sure your hardware will support the upgrade.
BBEdit leaving the Mac App Store
Rich Siegel, founder of Bare Bones Software, gave a talk at the Cingleton conference about not selling future versions of BBEdit via the Mac App Store. This could be a canary in the coal mine.
Here’s how to tell if your Mac is infected with the new iWorm Botnet
There’s a new strain of malware that specifically targets OS X. Read on to learn about the malware itself and to learn how to tell if you are infected.
Bash Bug vulnerability affects most Unix installs, including OS X
There’s a new vulnerability that impacts most Unix installs, including many embedded systems (devices that run Unix but don’t expose the OS interface) as well as OS X, the operating system at the heart of all modern Macs.
The issue is a flaw in the Bash shell that allows you to redefine a shell variable from the command line.
Arlington County, Virginia to provide MacBook Air laptops to all students
Arlington County is one of the largest counties in Virginia in terms of population. In a nice win for Apple, the school board announced that every single student in the county will be receiving a brand new MacBook Air. The rollout will start this year, with laptops provided to all 9th graders.
As it turns out, 9th grade is when the Computer Science track starts in Arlington, a good year to make sure that every student has equal access to the technology required to learn programming. The current curriculum is based on older Windows machines.
Terminal tricks
Terminal is the Mac OS X command line tool that gives you access to unbridled destructive power (i.e., step carefully). You’ll find it in Applications / Utilities. If you are brand new to Terminal, here’s a very gentle intro.
If you use Terminal on a regular basis, take some time to dig into Craig Hockenberry’s fantastic Terminal tricks blog post. Some of these you’ll know, but some will likely be new to you. It’s deep, it’s long, and so well written. Pass this one along to your tech friends.
Yosemite beta mysteriously locking some iCloud documents
Testing the Yosemite beta? You might want to read this post by Kirk McElhearn.
This is the chip that could make your MacBook even thinner and lighter
Pomplamoose uses Mac and projector to create excellent video for “Video Killed the Radio Star”
[VIDEO] Even if you are not familiar with Pomplamoose, you’ve probably seen them in one of their commercials, like this one for Hundai.
Their latest effort is a cover of Video Killed the Radio Star, filmed using a Mac (maybe a MacBook Air?) and an Epson projector.
Mac gets Shazam’s always-on music and TV recognition
Just as it does on your iOS device, the Mac version of the Shazam app will listen for music and attempt to identify it using its hefty database of tunes. Now it does TV too. Big privacy implications, however.
Geekbench 3 benchmark numbers for new retina MacBook Pro
If you’ve been waiting for a speed bump to buy a new MacBook Pro, these numbers show a nice little speed increase.
How to create a bootable install drive of the Yosemite public beta
If you are considering signing up for the Yosemite beta, first make sure you make a complete backup of your hard drive, then take a few minutes and read this excellent walk-through by Macworld’s Dan Frakes that’ll take you through the process of creating a bootable install drive of the Yosemite beta.
You did backup your hard drive first, right?
OS X Yosemite public beta to be released July 24
As promised, Apple is releasing a public beta of its latest Mac operating system, OS X Yosemite. Apple told me during a meeting earlier this week that the public beta would be released tomorrow, July 24. […]