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We’re switching things up in the weekly app department at Macgasm. (A department of one, but the placard was already at the printer’s office.) The format has been to pick five apps by platform. Problem is, not every platform has a stellar app week, while there have been a lot of iPhone and iPad apps that we weren’t able to show you. Since we want to make sure that you get the coolest apps, this column will now just be the top 5 regardless of platform. So this week we have ... more -
Evernote has just been updated to include a new feature for the Mac, iOS, and web versions of the service. The new update introduces Reminders, which includes the three most requested features that will keep users on task and remind you to update and add new notes. Evernote Reminders includes three features: In-app and email Alarms Quick note based to-do lists Pinning notes to the top of your note list Here's how it works: You can easily add a Reminder to any note by tapping on the new alarm clock icon that you'll find at ... more -
François Beaufort, a member of the Google Chrome team, posted a new image to his Google+ page revealing that Google is working on bringing the Chrome App Launcher to the Mac. Chrome users can even try out a beta version of it now by installing Chromium and then running a quick command in terminal. You'll also need to download at least one app from the Chrome Web Store in addition to Chromium. Once downloaded, clicking the dock icon will bring up a grid of installed apps. When you click ... more -
While Tim Cook had revealed earlier in the year that a "Made In U.S.A" Mac was on its way that would be manufactured in the U.S. rather than overseas, he has now revealed that a number of smaller parts for the Mac will be built within America as well. Tim Cook sat down yesterday for an interview with Politco, where he said that the Mac will include parts manufactured in various states, in addition to the manufacturing of the entire computer which will also take place in the U.S. ... more -
It seems as though Apple is prepping to unveil a new version of the Macbook Air at next month's WWDC. This conclusions comes after almost every major store is reporting that they no longer have any stock of the 13-inch default high-end Air that comes with a 1.8GHz processor and 256GB of flash storage. One of the most telling signs of an upcoming new Apple product revision is when the current stock for that product starts drying up at stores. Apple always chooses to stop shipping and producing its old computers ... more -
If there's one thing that leaves me scratching my head with OS X's Finder, it's the lack of a display for the size of folders and subsequent files within them. It drives me crazy. Yesterday, on LifeHacker, there was a snazzy little tip that turns on the size readings and I thought I'd pass it along. Open a Finder window Switch to List View Click on the Gear icon Click on Show View Options in the menu Check the box titled, 'Calculate All Sizes' Why this isn't on by default absolutely boggles the mind. -
For the last little while, the Pixelmator team has been teasing a new update on their blog for the popular photo editing application for the Mac. Now the update, known as 2.2 Blueberry, has arrived for Pixelmator, bringing over a hundred new features and improvements. With over a hundred new features, Blueberry makes image editing easier and better than ever before. The new Smart Shape tools brings easy-to-use controls for adjusting outlines and a Smart Move tool that smartly knows when you're working with an image or shape and ... more -
Chat applications have undergone a huge transition over the last decade. We've gone from AIM and MSN to Facebook Chat, Gtalk, and Skype. The one thing that hasn't seemed to change all that much, excluding Facebook, is how these applications look and feel. When it comes to the Mac, we've got two options: Adium and Messages. One of them is hard to look at and the other is hard to use because it hardly works properly. Dawid Liberadzki and Oskar Krawczyk got sick of how Adium looks and feels ... more -
It's been a great week with a lot of great new apps hitting the marketplace. We've got a few new ones for you this week. If you’re concerned about network quality we have an iPhone app for you. We have a light and less extensible version of Status Board for the iPad. A beloved iOS podcast app comes to the Mac, in beta. Our web app is a dead simple to-do list. Our game of the week is a follow up from the makers of “You Don’t Know Jack.” iPhone/iPod Touch: ... more -
For all those who discriminate against hard drives with moving parts, the iMac hasn't been a very good option for you. That is until now, where Apple has finally added the option to replace the default slow 1TB 5400 RPM hard drive with a quick 256GB or 512GB SSD for $300 and $600. Before today, the storage options you could choose for the iMac weren't too hot. On the 21 inch iMac it was previously impossible to get only a solid state drive inside it. You could either go with ... more
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I love the thinness of the iPhone 5, but hate how fragile the device can be at times. Though I don’t drop my iPhone often, it has happened, and the only thing that has saved my mobile connection to the world is my case. As a frequent iPod, iPhone and
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Two hundred and ten days, 22 hours, 33 minutes and 22 seconds No that’s not how long since the last Fast and the Furious sequel, it is the excruciating time lapsed since the last major Apple product launch. On October 23, 2012, the world was a kinder and more joyous
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