iCloud is what Apple likes to call “cloud storage done right!”. For those who have been living under a rock for the last few months, iCloud (previously MobileMe) is Apple’s cloud based service. It was first announced on June 6 2011 at the WWDC. Currently, the service is in beta stage, open only to those who have signed up for Apple Developer’s program, a subscription based membership which costs $99 a year bringing you exclusive access to all the beta releases related to Mac and iOS along with tons of developer only goodies.
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How To: Bring back the Status Bar in OSX Lion
With OSX Lion, Apple was going for an iOS look; No scrollbars, no status bars, no anything bars. However, to some of us, those were useful to have. We’ve shown you how to get the scrollbars back, and now we’re going to show you how to get the status bar back.
How To: Disable Accent Character Menu in OSX Lion and bring back Character Repeat!
One neat little feature found in Lion is the ability to use accented characters with the push of a key. Literally! If you hold down a letter that has accented options, such as “a”, then you get a little popup giving you the option to use an accented character. This does however replace the default character repeat if you were to hold down the key such as yeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw!
OS X Lion USB Sticks Available For $69.99, You Can Have One Free!
According to 9to5Mac, an inside source has tipped them about OS X Lion USB sticks being available and ready to ship from Apple. However, they will cost a whopping $69.99 according to the screenshot given below, which has been provided by the Applecare source. It is basically intended to those OS X customers who haven’t been able to use Lion’s recovery tools as desired.
Find My iPhone, Find My Mac Comes To iCloud
Apple has enabled Find My iPhone and Find My Mac services for developers who are beta-testing iCloud. Developers can log in on iCloud.com, and request the location of their iOS devices or Mac computers, and view them in a map.
Change Mission Control Keyboard Shortcuts In OS X Lion
Initially, I never thought I’ll be using Mission Control feature of OS X Lion much or in fact, at all. But tell you what, its this one feature alone worth upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion as it completely changes the OS X experience, especially if you own a multitouch trackpad. Nonetheless, the feature is still pretty much enjoyable using the fully editable keyboard shortcuts making it easy to move between spaces and full screen applications.
Apple Will Replace Mac OS X With iOS On All Mac Computers [REPORT]
According to a report by International Business Times, Apple may merge OS X with iOS starting in 2012-2013. According to the report this will allow Apple to have a single platform for applications and their cloud services.
No Magic Trackpad/Mouse? Here’s How to Access Launchpad in OS X Lion With Hot Corners
While Apple’s latest desktop OS, Lion, is full of goodies that are best accessed with a Magic Trackpad or a Magic Mouse, there are ways to make them accessible through other means as well. Let’s face it – not everyone of us Lion users have a touch input device or even prefer using one ( Magic Mouse users would know what I’m talking about ). So, here’s a quick simple trick for those users out there which lets you access Launchpad, the new slick iOS like application launcher in Lion, with just a flick of the mouse.
How To: Re-Download OSX Lion from the Mac App Store
We’ve shown you how to create a bootable Lion DVD as well as a bootable Lion USB Drive. We even showed you today how to use Lion DiskMaker to create a DVD or USB Solution for Lion Recovery. However, in order to do any of those, you need to have the Lion installer on your machine. The problem is that when Lion gets installed, the installer is removed. So in the past, if you needed to redownload Lion, you would need to do so from a Mac with Snow Leopard (10.6.8) installed on it. Well, the folks at OSXDaily have found a solution to redownload the installer from a Lion PC. Follow along below to redownload the installer.
Lion DiskMaker: One Click Solution For Bootable OS X Lion DVD / USB Creation!
We have already written a guide on how you can create your own bootable OS X Lion DVD as a backup, once you have download OS X Lion from Mac App Store since Apple is not officially shipping OS X Lion on any optical media at the moment. You can also install your purchased copy of Lion on a compatible Mac without an optical drive such as a Macbook Air by making a bootable OS X Lion USB / External drive or even install Lion on a separate partition on the same computer also running Snow Leopard. And now, here comes a “one-click solution” for creating your own bootable OS X Lion DVD or USB thumb drive, called the Lion DiskMaker.