Dear Aunt TUAW: What is this cheap iPhone data plan you speak of?
Dear Aunt TUAW,
What is this "cheap" AT&T SIM with data for the iPhone that you often speak of? You've written about it numerous times. Please dish.
Fondest regards always,
Mister Humann
Dear Humann,
Auntie is talking about AT&T...
How saving changed in Lion – Infographic
You can check out the full-size images in the gallery below, but clearly Lion thinks about saving documents differently. Read more about versions and locking documents in this post.
Gallery: Saving Files in Lion
Note: If you're having an is...
Apple ID account/device limits gain attention
Trevor Sheridan sent us a note earlier today, asking if we'd look at his blog post about encountering Apple ID limits with iOS devices. Although Trevor just now encountered this issue, the policy actually went into effect a couple of months ago, b...
Dear Aunt TUAW: What are those duplicate files?
Dear Auntie TUAW,
Since Installing Lion, when I copy files to a PC compatible hard drive it creates duplicate unreadable files with and underscore in front of it.
filename.mov
_filename.mov
It makes sorting through files a nightmare as I never ha...
Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me keep my keyboard clean and white
Dear Aunt TUAW,
Got any good tips for keeping the white keys of the Apple keyboard clean? Having switched to a desktop setup, I'm no longer using the black keys of my MacBook and typing basically constantly trying to write my thesis is starting ma...
iOS 5 beta 5 now available
As Fall's iOS 5 release grows steadily nearer, the iOS 5 beta updates continue.
iOS 5 Beta 5 is now available for your downloading pleasure at the iOS developer site, along with the other expected items that continue to be synchronously updated to ...
Why Apple will produce iBooks/Newsstand for Mac
We've been having a big difference of opinion here at TUAW central over this question: will Apple produce iBooks/Newsstand for OS X? I represent the "yay" side of the argument. I believe that not only will Apple produce iBooks for Mac, I think it wil...
Dev Juice: What’s the deal with k for constants?
Dear Dev Juice,
What's the deal with the k in #define kFilename. Is it German? Does it stand for konstant? What gives?
Pure Fusion
Dear Pure Fusion,
The k prefix seems to originate in a naming system called Hungarian Notation, developed b...
Dear Aunt TUAW: Can I use a third-party SSD with Lion?
Dear Aunt TUAW,
Is there any (un)official word from Apple regarding the support for 3rd party SSD HDDs with Lion? I desire to tweak my MBP but do not wish to be without garbage collection and TRIM. What advice have you? Should I hold off on acquir...
Dear Aunt TUAW: If I sell my old Mac, does Lion go with it?
Dear Aunt TUAW,
So, the last time I sold a Mac I bundled it up with my Tiger install discs and sent it on its way, but having installed Lion on my MacBook and readying my bank account for the impending purchase of a MacBook Air, what happens to ...
Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me retrieve the Lion installer
Dear Aunt TUAW,
I live in New Zealand. Internet costs a lot here. I want to install Lion on my wife's MacBook without downloading it again. Where can I find the "Install OS X Lion" application on my MacBook Pro? Not seeing it in /Applications/.
...
HypnoBlocks offers 3-D block matching challenge
HypnoBlocks from venerable Mac and iOS developers Ambrosia Software is a new block-matching challenge game for the iPad. It's a fun game if a little nerve-wracking as the action gets faster and faster over time.
You're presented with a number of...
