So much has been written on Steve Jobs by long time users and industry veterans – people who loved him and hated him. I hadn’t written my take on his death yet as it’s difficult to accept that someone you admire isn’t there anymore. Most love him because of the products he made, the successes he had and how he made technology and creativity tango like they’re meant to be. I was inspired when I found out who he was and how he viewed life.
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Apple released version 10.4.1 of their iTunes software today, bringing a good chunk of bug fixes. The bug fixes include media keys on third party keyboards, adding artwork, purchasing an HD movie, iTunes takes long to resume after sleep, and VoiceOver.
Permalink: Apple Pushes out iTunes 10.4.1 Update with Lots of Bug Fixes
One great little feature that seems to have gone unnoticed is the ability to add a digital signature to PDFs. This functionality is built right into OSX Lion. This is done using Preview and your Mac’s built-in iSight camera to grab the image. You can then put your signature on PDFs that you need to send with your signature attached.
Permalink: [How To] Use Mac OSX Lion and Preview to digitally sign you PDF Documents
It hasn’t been much time since Apple launched Lion, Mac OS X 10.7, to the general public. There have been cries of various issues, specifically the unreliability of WiFi connections in Lion, due to which Apple has hurriedly released the first update, 10.7.1 to the general public. Weirdly, this build wasn’t even released to developers before general availability today while OS X 10.7.2 was seeded to developers.
Permalink: Apple Releases First Lion Update, Mac OS X 10.7.1 [Direct Download Links]
Are you a Google+ addict yet? Checking the site constantly during the day? Then this new app is just for you. From the creators of Facetab, comes a new Menubar app just for Google+, named Tab for Google+.
Permalink: Check your Google+ Stream right from your Mac’s Menubar!
OSX Lion is Apple’s newest glorious Operation System. However, several users are not happy with the way things work and fell inside of this new OS. There are many reasons to upgrade to Lion, but if you are already used to Snow Leopard and how things work, you will need to learn again. Lion Tweaks takes several of those annoying things and lets you turn them off.
Permalink: Lion Tweaks allows you to make Lion look like Snow Leopard
If you are one of the unlucky users having issues with your WiFi after upgrading to Lion, then we have a solution for you. The folks over at OSX Daily have posted this neat little Bash Script to maintain your wireless connection. This walkthrough will show you how to create the script and it will ping your router every 5 seconds, allowing the connection to stay up and not drop.
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We’ve shown you how to make your own USB or DVD Recovery Disk, but now Apple has released it’s own official Recovery Disk Creator. Apple also started making recovery drives available for $69.99 from their Apple Care Site as well.
Another nuance has worked it’s way out of the cracks for OSX Lion, some users are experiencing the Mac App Store running a bit slow. Several users are experiencing the spinning busy ball that OSX uses when it’s busy. It is most commonly seen when browsing from app to app. There is most likely a bug or another issue related to this problem, but for now, the folks at OSX Daily have come up with a couple of temporary solutions.
Permalink: [How To] Fix Slowness in the Mac App Store
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.
