Weekly Wrap: Mountain Lion 10.8.1, tons of apps, and more
This week, Macworld solved such mysteries as The Case of the Sleepless Mac, How To Stop Google From Endlessly Checking for Updates, and What to Call a Big Group of iOS Apps. The Weekly Wrap is here to catch you up on those and other chilling tales. from the week gone by.
Mac advice
Mac wont sleep? We can help you figure out whats keeping it awake. We can also assist you in getting video from a DVD to Facebook by way of iMovie. (If you read that one backwards, you start with Facebook and end up with a movie, just like in real life.)
Its possible to organize everything with plain-text notes. Start by writing one that says, Remember to read that article about getting organized with plain-text notes on a Post-It, then stick it on your forehead. Trust me on this.
If you have software from Google installed on your Mac, it phones home to the mothership with surprising frequency. Its not asking for new instructions from its alien overlords (probably); rather, its checking for software updates. If youd prefer not to allow the software to constantly poll for such updates, you can disable the updater rather simply.
Speaking of updates, you probably want to grab Mountain Lion 10.8.1, available either via the Mac App Store or directly from Apples website.
iOS apps galore
If its a gaggle of geese and a murder of crows, lets call it a Samsung of apps. Whatever you call it, we covered a lot of iPhone and iPad apps this week.
Theres Projectbook for iPad a note-taking and task management app, which we liked. We also reviewed The Act, an iOS game. (There’s also a Mac version of that latter, but we best not mention that in this iOS section).
We reported on the new Drafts for iPad (and its updated iPhone counterpart), though we remain disappointed that developer Agile Tortoise didnt make Its getting awfully Drafty in here! the companys tagline.
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