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iTunes Revamp Needed

Published on September 13, 2012 By admin

With the move to iCloud, and iOS devices no longer needing iTunes for updates, Apple needs to do a major overhaul of iTunes and the iCloud paradigm. There is no better example of this than iBooks and Preview iCloud storage. If you own a lot of Apple kit as I do, trying to get a [...]

Who am I?

Published on March 25, 2012 By admin

The ability of Mail on iOS devices to figure out your name from Address Book entries is a double edged sword. One specific problem you might encounter is not being able to work out what email account you’re viewing because Mail is displaying your real name from Contacts instead of the actual email address in [...]

Lighting the way

Published on March 5, 2012 By MacDavo

As I tiptoed around the house this morning, using my iPhone to guide me, I couldn’t help but wonder how many other people use their iPhone as a torch. Forget “torch” applications. The home or power button is far faster and easier and gives that 5 second illumination just to check you’re not about to [...]

Not quite picture perfect

Published on February 27, 2012 By MacDavo

Despite it’s many successes, Apple doesn’t always get things right first time round. One very good example of this is Photo Stream. Initially Photo Stream struck me as a really great idea. An effortless way to get photos on all your devices. In practise however, it’s a little over enthusiastic, and lacks some key features. [...]