[MyAppleMenu] Nov 28, 2013

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*** Dialogue 1.2 Review: Make Phone Calls On Your iPhone Through Your Mac ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2066775/dialogue-1-2-review-make-phone-calls-on-your-iphone-through-your-mac.html>
Chris Barylick, Macworld


> This is the core idea of Emiel Janson’s Dialogue, which establishes a Bluetooth connection between your iPhone and your Mac, which acts a Bluetooth headset. Once a Bluetooth connection has been established and a call has been made or received, you can talk through your Mac’s internal microphone or through a pair of headphones with a built-in microphone.




*** How To Set Up An External Hard Drive For Use With OS X ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57613933-263/how-to-set-up-an-external-hard-drive-for-use-with-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET



*** SkySafari 3 (For iPad) ***
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2427727,00.asp>
Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine


> SkySafari 3 stands out among consumer-level iPad planetarium apps for the variety of objects it shows and the thoroughness of the information it provides for each object. Its sky depictions are both pleasing and accurate. Whether you want to learn the constellations, spot satellites, or view star clusters, galaxies, comets, and asteroids with binoculars or a small telescope, the well-rounded SkySafari 3 and an iPad is all you need to get started.




*** Just Who Is Apple's Most Frustrated Fanboi? Surprise – It's GOOGLE ***
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/27/google_mac_support/>
Jack Clark, The Register


> One reason why Google chooses to avoid Apple's two main management tools of Apple OS 10 Server and Apple Remote Desktop is that they "break down when you get over 50, 100, 200 machines you're managing," he said. "We've lost [Apple's] attention as far as enterprise management tools."




*** Authors Rejoice! Pages For iOS Now Does A Better Job Round-tripping To MS Word ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/11/27/authors-rejoice-pages-for-ios-now-does-a-better-job-round-tripp/>
Steven Sande, TUAW


> Through a happy experiment this morning, I found that Pages (for both Mac and iOS) now does a much better job of round-tripping with Word. That's the term for shifting a document back and forth between different applications on different platforms, hopefully without too many formatting changes happening in the process.




*** Reeder 2 Update Brings Feed Grouping, Themes And More ***
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/11/reeder-2-update-brings-feed-grouping-themes-and-more>
Brent Dirks, AppAdvice



*** Tweetbot 3.2 Brings Night Theme, Account Reordering And Quick Switching ***
<http://www.macstories.net/news/tweetbot-3-2-brings-night-theme-account-reordering-and-quick-switching/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories



*** MindNode 3 ***
<http://www.macstories.net/reviews/mindnode-3/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories


> When my brain has to jump from point to point several times and a text outline isn’t enough, I like the visual approach of mind maps. And in the modern age, unless I need specific advanced features of iThoughts, I usually open MindNode – IdeasOnCanvas’ app for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. MindNode for iOS gets the 3.0 treatment today with a major update that redesigns the app, makes it iOS 7-only, adds new features, and cleans up some old ones while staying free for existing customers.




*** The Birth Of The iPhone ***
<https://medium.com/book-excerpts/7bb11b0284c2>
Leander Kahney, Medium


> Excerpt from “Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple’s Greatest Products”.




*** iPhone 5s Wait Time Drops As Foxconn Boosts Production ***
<http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/11/27/iphone-5s-wait-time-drops-as-foxconn-boosts-production/>
Lorraine Luk, Wall Street Journal


> Hon Hai, also known by its trade name Foxconn, has boosted production capacity for the iPhone 5S at the expense of the cheaper iPhone 5C as requested by Apple, people familiar with the situation told The Wall Street Journal last month. 




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*** The Complete Guide To Discussing The Economy At Thanksgiving Dinner ***
<http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/11/how-to-discuss-economy-at-thanksgiving-dinner.html>
Kevin Roose, New York Magazine


> For most people, the economy is a dreaded subject. It's dry. It's hard to understand, even for experts. Lucky for you, when your Uncle Chad (and it's always Uncle Chad) starts talking about the stock market, the deficit, or Ben Bernanke's money-printing machine, these handy talking points will help.




*** Wrath, Lust And Other Punch Lines ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/28/books/seven-deadlies-parables-by-gigi-levangie.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Janet Maslin, New York Times


> Gigi Levangie’s latest black comedy is a set of scathing parables about the seven deadly sins, which are made a bit deadlier by the filthy-rich Beverly Hills ambience that the author can skewer so well.




*** Apple’s Pages, Going The Distance With Word ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/28/technology/personaltech/pages-scores-technical-knockout-over-word.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&>
Michael D. Shear, New York Times


> There are plenty of people who will find that Pages does not meet their needs (more on that later). But the company, based in Cupertino, Calif., has rethought its approach to the most boring of computer applications — the word processor — with some impressive results. It particularly shines in three areas: appearance, compatibility and sharing.




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