Tag Archives: os x

Nov 17 2012

Messages Beta for Lion to End December 14th

Apple has reportedly emailed users on the Messages beta for OS X Lion to inform them that it will end December 14th, reports 9to5Mac.

The Messages Beta program for Lion will end on Friday, December 14, 2012. We hope you’ve enjoyed the opportunity to preview Messages. If you’d like to continue using Messages, upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store. Messages is one of many great new apps and features built right into OS X Mountain Lion. Learn More. Thank you for your participation in the Messages Beta program.

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Nov 17 2012

Evernote 5 Released for Mac OS X

Evernote 5, a redesign of the popular notes application with over 100 new features, has been released for Mac OS X.

Evernote helps millions worldwide remember anything and everything that happens in their lives. Use Evernote to take notes, save interesting web pages, create to-dos and shopping lists, attach images and PDFs, and so much more. Then, watch as it all instantly synchronizes from your Mac to your smartphone, tablet and the Web, allowing you to find your memories at any time from anywhere.

Features:
● Create text, web-clips and PDF notes
● Auto-synchronize notes among every computer and phone you use
● Evernote magically makes printed and handwritten text within images searchable
● Share your notebooks with friends and colleagues
● Easily upgrade to Evernote Premium using Mac In-App Purchase

What’s New In This Version:
Evernote 5 has been redesigned with over 100 new features including:

Left Sidebar
- Shortcuts: Drag notebooks, notes, and tags to the left pane for quick access
- Recent notes: Lets you quickly get back to notes from anywhere in Evernote
- Notebooks and Tags view: Organize your Evernote more efficiently

Browsing and Creating Notes
- Atlas: Browse your notes visually by geographic location
- Card and Snippet views: A better way to browse notes
- Scalable note editor: A more elegant way to create notes, both big and small
- Full-screen single note view: Excellent for composing notes without distractions
- Change a note’s location: Type a place manually or click the compass arrow in note info
- Lots of keyboard shortcuts: Learn more on our What’s New page
- Shared banner: Indicates how many people have access to content in shared notebooks
- Better simple and plain text handling: Simplify notes to remove complex formatting or convert them to plain text
- Indent text: Evernote for Mac now supports text indentation
- Notes created on the Mac are now tagged with location information for Atlas

Smarter Search
- Type ahead search: Completes your thoughts with suggestions from your account
- Search Personal and Joined notebooks: Search your entire account from one place
- Search options: Powerful new feature that lets you easily filter your search

Collaboration
- Better sharing: Notebooks and shared notebooks are all in one place
- Mountain Lion notifications: See Evernote activity in Notification Center
- Joined notebooks can be added to stacks

Other Improvements
- Lots of stability improvements
- Sync improvements: Faster, more reliable sync
- Explore Evernote: First launch experience that helps you get the most out of Evernote

You can download Evernote from the Mac App Store for free.

Oct 10 2012

TweetDeck Gets Major Update With Redesigned UI

TweetDeck for Mac has received a major update that brings a redesigned UI.

TweetDeck makes it easier for publishers, marketers and power users to track the real-time conversations they care about. It brings more flexibility and insight to power users through a customizable layout that lets you keep up with the people and topics that matter most to you. And, you can join the conversation by tweeting, sharing photos and links to news stories, and more.

What’s New In This Version:
• Redesigned UI
• Improved clarity of columns and Tweets
• New option to choose the app colour – dark or light
• Ability to change font size under Settings > General
• Redesigned & improved profile panel, including profile header images
• Unfollow, Block & Report spam actions now remove tweets from all columns
• Popup windows can now be repositioned using drag handle in top-left corner
• Repeated retweets are no longer displayed in Timeline columns
• Reduced the volume of the notification sound
• Tweet actions now available on Tweets in the Add Column menu
• $Tags are now linkified
• Fixed some display issues with Growl notifications
• Plus lots of other fixes and smaller updates

You can download TweetDeck from Mac App Store for free.

Sep 20 2012

Apple Releases Xcode 4.5 Featuring SDKs for iOS 6, Mountain Lion 10.8

Apple has released Xcode 4.5 featuring SDKs for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and iOS 6.

Xcode provides everything developers need to create great applications for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Xcode 4 has been streamlined to help you write better apps. It has unified user interface design, coding, testing, and debugging all within a single window. The Xcode IDE analyzes the details of your project to identify mistakes in both syntax and logic, it can even help fix your code for you.

What’s New In This Version:
• SDKs for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and iOS 6.
• Auto Layout now supported on both OS X and iOS.
• New localization workflow can share a single base .xib or .storyboard file for multiple locales.
• OpenGL debugger for iOS analyzes performance and suggests improvements.
• Debugger watchpoints can be set when running on a connected iOS device.
• Objective-C @synthesize command is generated by default when using properties.
• Objective-C adds literal syntax for numbers, arrays, dictionaries, and expressions.
• Xcode 4.5 runs on both OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion.
• Enhanced for the MacBook Pro with Retina display.
• Additional bug fixes and stability improvements.

You can download Xcode from the Mac App Store for free.

Sep 19 2012

OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 Has Been Released With Facebook Integration & Battery Life Fixes

Along with iOS 6’s release, Apple has just pushed out OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2, adding Facebook integration to Mountain Lion as well as reportedly finally solving the battery issues people were experiencing. You can download it now through Software Update