[MyAppleMenu] Mar 22, 2013

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**** Mac Gems: Type2Phone Pairs Your Mac Keyboard With Your iOS Devices ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2031575/mac-gems-type2phone-pairs-your-mac-keyboard-with-your-ios-devices.html#tk.rss_all>
Dan Frakes, Macworld


> Why might you use an iPad or iPhone when you’re already sitting in front of your Mac? I sometimes use my iPad for Twitter or sending quick emails while I’m doing “real” work on my Mac, and I know more than a few people who perform particular tasks—sending SMS messages, adding notes to Evernote, typing entries in Day One, browsing Facebook, using Drafts—only on their iPhone or iPad. Maybe you’ve got a Yahoo Mail account and you prefer iOS Mail to Yahoo’s Web interface; similarly, as TidBits’s Adam Engst pointed out, there are some iPhone-only apps that you may want to use a real keyboard with.



**** Hands On: Podcasts 1.2 Is The One Apple Should Have Shipped ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2031574/hands-on-podcasts-1-2-is-the-one-apple-should-have-shipped.html#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld


> Playlists (called Stations) have been added, iCloud syncing has been implemented to ensure synchronization between devices (and with iTunes on your computer), and the Now Playing screen is a single unit that blessedly lacks the tape-deck interface. Let’s look at these highlights.



**** Mailbox For iOS Hits 1 Million Sign Ups, New Shake To Undo Feature ****
<http://www.macgasm.net/2013/03/22/mailbox-for-ios-hits-1-million-sign-ups-new-shake-to-undo-feature/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+macgasm%2Fmain+%28Macgasm%29>
Toby Wellington, Macgasm



**** How To Remove 'Yontoo' Adware Trojan From Your OS X System ****
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57575543-263/how-to-remove-yontoo-adware-trojan-from-your-os-x-system/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



**** Quantifying The Australian “Apple Tax” ****
<http://www.macstories.net/stories/quantifying-the-australian-apple-tax/>
Graham Spencer, MacStories



**** How To Calibrate Your Mac’s Display ****
<http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/customization/how-to-calibrate-your-macs-display/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mactuts+%28Mactuts%2B%29>
Jordan Merrick, Mactuts+


> Whether you work as a graphic designer, photographer or web developer – ensuring your Mac’s display is accurately representing colours can be the difference between the perfect edit and something that looks washed out! In this tutorial, we’ll explain why your display should be calibrated and the methods to do this.



**** Use Outlines Much? Hail To The Cloud! This Is The Way A Mac Outline App Should Work. ****
<http://noodlemac.com/2013/03/use-outlines-much-hail-to-the-cloud-this-is-the-way-a-mac-outline-app-should-work/>
Ron McElfresh, Noodlemac


> Outlines are very good for brainstorming, tracking complex ideas and projects, and this is one of only a few outline apps that runs Mac, iPhone, and iPad.



**** Apple Sets May 1 Deadline For UDID, iPhone 5 App Changes ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2031573/apple-sets-may-1-deadline-for-udid-iphone-5-app-changes.html#tk.rss_all>
Jonathan Seff, Macworld


> On Thursday, Apple informed iOS App developers that as of May 1, the App Store will stop accepting new apps or app updates that access a device's unique identifier or fail to support Retina devices and the iPhone 5.



**** Your Favorite Thursday Sandwich ****
<http://www.marco.org/2013/03/21/thursday-sandwich>
Marco Arment


> Users need to be less trusting of specific products, services, and companies having too much power over their technical lives, jobs, and workflows.

> Always have one foot out the door. Be ready to go.



**** The Touch-Screen Generation ****
<http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/the-touch-screen-generation/309250/?single_page=true>
Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic


> Young children—even toddlers—are spending more and more time with digital technology. What will it mean for their development?



**** Apple Says There Are No Google Apps Awaiting Review In App Store ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/21/4132588/apple-says-no-google-app-waiting-for-review-app-store>
Chris Welch, The Verge

Also:
• <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57575626-37/apple-google-google-now-not-submitted-to-app-store/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+%28The+Loop%29">Apple, Google: Google Now not submitted to App Store</a> (Don Reisinger, CNET): Google Now has not been submitted yet to Apple's App Store, the iPhone maker told CNET. And Google itself has now confirmed this.


**** Review: RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum For Mac ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2031150/review-rollercoaster-tycoon-3-platinum-for-mac.html#tk.rss_all>
Peter Cohen, Macworld


> Despite its aging look, there’s a tremendous amount of gameplay to be had in RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum, and it’s safe fun for the entire family.



**** Apple Updates Podcasts App To Version 1.2 ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/03/21/apple-updates-podcasts-app-to-version-1-2/>
Steven Sande, TUAW


> Podcasts 1.2 allows users to create custom stations of their favorite podcasts that update automatically with new episodes and choose whether the stations begin playing with the newest or oldest unplayed episode. Those stations are stored in iCloud, so they're synced across all devices.



**** Apple Data Centers Now On 100 Percent Renewable Energy ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/03/apple-data-centers-now-on-100-percent-renewable-energy/>
Casey Johnston, Ars Technica


> Apple now uses only renewable energy sources for all of its data centers, the company reported in an update to its environmental commitments Wednesday. A 100-acre solar farm erected next to its largest data center in Maiden, North Carolina, in addition to fuel cells that convert biogas into energy, contribute 60 percent of the data center’s energy resources, with the balance sourced from other local sites.



**** Apple Beefs Up iCloud, Apple ID Security With Two-step Verification ****
<http://9to5mac.com/2013/03/21/apple-beefs-up-icloud-apple-id-security-with-two-step-verification/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29>
Mark Gurman, 9 To 5 Mac


> Today, Apple has rolled out a new two-step verification service for iCloud and Apple ID users. This functionality greatly enhances the security of Apple accounts because it requires users to use a trusted device and an extra security code.






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**** Time Edit ****
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/03/time-magazine-calvin-trillin-memoir.html>
Calvin Trillin, New Yorker


> Writing the story at seventy lines didn’t mean the compressing was over. At the end of the week (or “at week’s end,” as we would have put it, in order to save three words), the makeup people would invariably inform us that the story had to be shortened to fit into the section.



**** Ruth Ozeki's 'A Tale For The Time Being' Is A Diary, A Puzzle, A Novel ****
<http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-ruth-ozeki-20130324,0,7468896.story>
David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times


> The author's novel takes a Zen approach, weaving together a Japanese girl's diary and the story of a novelist who finds it.