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Thursday, July 28, 2011

HOW TO: Set Up And Get The Most Out Of E-Mail In Mac OS X Lion (AAPL)

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Mail is easily one of our favorite new features in Mac OS X Lion.

It takes the best features from the iOS app, merges it with the classic Mail desktop app, and gives you the perfect balance of simplicity and power.

Everything from set up to sending messages is very similar to iOS. If you're new to Mac, we'll show you how to get started with Mail right here.

First, you need to set up your e-mail address. Open System Preferences from your dock.

Now click "Mail, Contacts, & Calendars." If you're familiar with e-mail on the iPhone or iPad, you'll have no problem with this.

Lion gives you options for several popular e-mail accounts. Gmail, Yahoo, MobileMe, and AOL all use the same process. We'll use Gmail for this demo.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

HOW TO: Download OS X Lion From The Mac App Store (AAPL)

Upgrading your operating system used to be a pain in the ass process requiring multiple installation discs and a careful eye. But with today's release of OS X Lion, it's never been easier.

First, you need to make sure you're running the latest version of Snow Leopard. Click the "Apple" symbol in the top left corner of your screen and select "About This Mac." Make sure you're running version 10.6.8.

If not, click "Software Update" from the same Apple menu and update your system.

Just fire up the Mac App Store. You'll see the giant Lion banner across the top. Click on it.

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This brings you to the app page for Lion. It costs $29.99 -- click the price, then click "Buy App."

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You'll be prompted to sign in with your iTunes ID. After that, your download/upgrade begins.

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Apple Calls Developers To Submit OS X Lion Apps For Mac App Store

Apple has started allowing developers to submit OS X Lion applications for inclusion on the Mac App Store, starting today, July 11th.

Apple Calls Developers To Submit OS X Lion Apps For Mac App Store

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Comment on Why OS X Lion is the biggest test for digital downloads by stan

People have been downloading OS's for years from MSDN, but I guess it is not newsworthy until the itards start doing it.

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Comment on Buy, wait or skip: What’s your plan for OS X Lion? by PD

1) Lion does not require anyone to buy their apps from the App Store. It's another store but no one is forced to use it. 2) Lion is not OS X dumbed-down. There are some features in it that, in the near future, will allow iOS and OS X to interoperate on a more friendly basis. That is welcome. As for hiding the library folder, it is what it is but anyone with basic computer knowledge and/or an internet connection can show it again with a simple terminal command. I did. 3) The first time you install Lion it has to be over a copy of Snow Leopard UNLESS you copy the installer to a DVD, which is simple enough to do. After that, if you ever ever want a clean install of Lion, Apple has conveniently placed a recovery partition on your computer to boot from. The recovery partition is perfect to run Disk Utility from, in case you think there is something up with the boot drive. Plus, if you ever need to download it again, open up the App Store and download it again, free of charge. No more storing and searching for DVDs and CDs (don't we have enough of them already!) But you shouldn't need to download it again because, yes, it's already stored there in the recovery partition. I sure wish the bloggers (including this one) would stop claiming that you can't do a clean install... they should know better. You can do one, it just takes one extra step, a DVD, and all of 15 minutes. Besides, most people don't do a clean install so it's sad that the bloggers hang onto this in order to snag readers. 4) The gestures in Safari using an Apple mouse is well worth the price of admission alone.

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Comment on Buy, wait or skip: What’s your plan for OS X Lion? by Rick

I always wait a week or 2 to upgrade to make sure all my software is compatible (like the Adobe design software, AND to be certain there's no surprise bugs (anyone remember how, I think it was 10.3, screwed up all your files on external hard drives in it's initial release? The details are burry, but I wont take the chance!). Plus, 10.7 has a lot of great features, but I've already tried the beta, and I find certain things a little annoying, particularly Expose.

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Comment on Buy, wait or skip: What’s your plan for OS X Lion? by Ed

For me, lion is DOA. The improvements to mail, Safari And calender are meaningless sinc I got so disgusted with their current poor behavior they I long since switched to sparrow. Firefox and Google calender. As for the 247 other "improvements", the important ones can be mostly duplicated with independent software and many of them are simply eye candy designed to attract non Mac iPhone users. The final blow is the attempt to tie all mac users to the App store by Apple's fixation on download only, a direct slap in the face to loyal Mac users who don't have and can't get hi speed internet. Apple no longer cares about Mac users so why why should Mac users spend their money with Apple?

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Comment on Buy, wait or skip: What’s your plan for OS X Lion? by Jonathan

I am an AVID user (Pro Tools, Media Composer). I will hold off on installing v10.7 until AVID qualifies it for use with their programs. Then I will think about it. Leopard wasn't worthy until 10.5.4. Snow Leopard wasn't worthy until 10.6.3. Will Lion be worthy at 10.7.2? I doubt it, though it would be nice for Apple to prove me wrong.

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Friday, July 1, 2011

Comment on Buy, wait or skip: What’s your plan for OS X Lion? by Peter

Voted : not buying Lion at all. Lifelong Mac user (20+ years). Currently 10.5.8. I'm not looking forward to an iOS UI, iCloud and App Store restraints. I consider this a serious dumbing down and an unacceptable stranglehold that has me seriously worried about Apple's good intentions towards its longtime loyal fans. Very disappointed with these developments. Nothing in Lion holds any appeal for me at all and it offers absolutely nothing which empowers me compared to what I'm currently able to do with Leopard. For now I'm only considering Snow Leopard.

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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Comment on This is big: OS X Lion Update is App Store only by Andrew

Guys, I found out what Apple has to say about new installs, repairing permissions, and the like. There is a little bit of info on the new features list of Lion. http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html#system It is under the "Internet Restore and Utilities" section.

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Monday, June 6, 2011

Mac OS X Lion Coming Next Month For $30

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It's just come out of WWDC that the newest release of OS X, the highly-anticipated Lion, will be available to the developers today and to the public in July.

The release will cost $30 and will only be available through the Mac App Store. This should make it one of the most painless upgrades you've ever done.

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Comment on Cloud Computing and the 10X Effect by Eddie

This is a nicely written article (especially for people who are peripheral to cutting edge IT) - I might have titled it differently since its not merely a factor of 10 but the article describes scales (I'd use "orders of magnitude").

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Cloud Computing and the 10X Effect

In the IT industry, technology and the usage evolves faster than in perhaps any other industry. As a rule of thumb, systems can grow 10 times under their current architecture or paradigm, then they must be re-architected. This 10X effect causes old technologies to become obsolete and new ones to emerge. It also underlies the massive shift to cloud computing.

Cloud Computing and the 10X Effect

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Monday, May 16, 2011

Here Are Even More New Mac OS X Lion Features We Just Learned About (AAPL)

lion background Apple released the third preview version of Mac OS X Lion, which is due to launch on Macs this summer.

Since then developers (and others with access) have been poring over the latest release for any new features Apple snuck in.

There's less than a month before Apple's WWDC keynote, where the final version of

We took a look at what they found and gathered the best new features here. Our favorite? The Instapaper-like reading lists that sync between Safari and iPhone. Very cool.

Reading List syncs with iOS devices

We knew about Reading List already, but now developers can actually use it. Of note: it syncs with your iOS devices. That should make Instapaper nervous.