[MyAppleMenu] Jan 25, 2013

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**** iTunes Media Folders, Making Smart Playlists, And Copying Music To A New Computer ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2026169/itunes-media-folders-making-smart-playlists-and-copying-music-to-a-new-computer.html>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld



**** Mac Gems: TextExpander 4 Extends Its Fill-in Functionality ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2026096/mac-gems-textexpander-4-extends-its-fill-in-functionality.html>
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld


> The most significant new features in TextExpander 4 are additional options for “fill-ins,” which are complex snippets offering fields that you can fill in on the fly, or which can contain multiple choices.



**** Turning Mail.app Into The Best Mac Email App ****
<http://mac.appstorm.net/how-to/internet-howto/turning-mail-app-into-the-best-mac-email-app/>
Pierre Wizla, Mac AppStorm


> In my humble opinion, you should be able to jump into your emails, process them quickly, and then get back to work. A mail client, for me, is just a way to send and receive emails, not a big messy, clunky, filing cabinet with hundreds of manually created and sorted folders. Read on to find out why, in that case, Mail.app is the best for me, even when processing hundreds of incoming messages per day.



**** Apple Releases 2013 Supplier Responsibility Report ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/25/apple-releases-2013-supplier-responsibility-report/>
Megan Lavey-Heaton, TUAW


> Apple also says that 92 percent of its suppliers now comply with a 60-hour work week. It also discussed the company joining the Fair Labor Association and the subsequent independent audit Apple asked it to conduct. Suppliers were also made to reimburse US$6.4 million in excessive foreign contract worker fees.



**** Amazon, Apple, And The Beauty Of Low Margins ****
<http://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2012/11/28/amazon-and-margins>
Remains Of The Day


> Some might say that Apple doesn't have the right mindset to play low-margin offense, that it's against their nature. But they've effectively dominated and wrung every last drop of money from the iPod market using pieces of this strategy, and they have the operational expertise and vertical integration to achieve it. In fact, Apple now turns its inventory more times a year than Amazon, by a healthy margin, a staggering fact.



**** Drafts Update Takes Your Notes To Even Higher Levels Of Ninja ****
<http://www.imore.com/drafts-update-takes-your-notes-even-higher-levels-ninja>
Rene Ritchie, IMore


> New features include Dropbox actions, URL actions, Share Actions, Action Directory, URL Callbacks, and Action Triggers. In other words, even higher level ninjary than Drafts already allowed.



**** Apple Discounts OS X Task Managers In New Get Stuff Done Promotion ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/24/apple-discounts-os-x-task-managers-in-new-get-stuff-done-promoti/>
Kelly Hodgkins, TUAW



**** SuperSync Is A Fine Tool For Managing iTunes ****
<http://appledailyreport.com/2013/01/24/supersync-is-a-fine-tool-for-managing-itunes/>
Dennis Sellers, Apple Daily Report



**** What To Do When About This Mac Lies To You ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57565670-263/what-to-do-when-about-this-mac-lies-to-you/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt>
Topher Kessler, CNET


> If you see this on your Mac you might quite logically be concerned about the integrity of your data, but this issue is simply a result of an incorrect indexing of your hard drive and does not reflect the true contents of your system. In order for the system information tool to properly report the space usage on the drive, it needs to have a Spotlight index that is both properly built and enabled.



**** Apple's iCloud User Base Breaks 250 Million ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/24/apples-icloud-user-base-breaks-250-million/>
Steven Sande, TUAW



**** Electronic Arts Bringing Origin Game Distribution Platform To Mac ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/24/3912822/ea-bringing-origin-gaming-platform-to-mac-os-x>
Chris Welch, The Verge


> Origin from Electronic Arts will be joining Apple's Mac App Store and Valve's Steam as the latest distribution platform for video games on OS X.



**** About App Icons ****
<http://mantia.me/blog/about-app-icons/>
Louie Mantia


> I believe good app icons are most valuable for your customers, your everyday users, not first-time shoppers.



**** Twitter Introduces Vine App For Sharing Video ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/24/twitter-introduces-vine-app-for-sharing-video/>
Steven Sande, TUAW



**** The Secret Of Apple's Design Success: The Humane Interface ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2025988/the-secret-of-apples-design-success-the-humane-interface.html>
Dave Wiskus, Macworld






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**** How To Make Dinner Like Theater (But Not Dinner Theater) ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/life/doers/2013/01/next_in_chicago_how_grant_achatz_s_restaurant_reinvents_itself_every_three.html>
Trine Tsouderos, Slate


> Like ballet companies, operas, and symphonies, Next sells season tickets for its productions, and the dining room itself resembles a stage—a dark blank slate with a girder-like track running through its center into the kitchen.