[MyAppleMenu] Oct 1, 2013

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*** iTunes 11: Shuffle Your Entire Music Library ***
<http://www.mcelhearn.com/itunes-11-shuffle-your-entire-music-library/>
Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville



*** The "Bad Guys" Of Engineering: What Defines "Design-Centric" Companies Like Apple ***
<http://www.fastcodesign.com/3017298/the-bad-guys-of-engineering-what-defines-design-centric-companies-like-apple>
Austin Carr, Co.Design


> "Apple let the designers come up with the best possible design, then had engineers figure out how to actually make it work."




*** Apple's Spaceship Finally Getting Ready To Land ***
<http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_24208518/apples-spaceship-looks-if-its-finally-getting-ready>
Patrick May, San Jose Mercury News


> On Tuesday afternoon, the company and city officials will hold a public discussion that could help determine the building's fate, allowing political leaders and the public to weigh in on the completed environmental impact study and learn how Apple intends to address concerns that have been raised.




*** Dropbox 2.4 Released For Mac OS X, Brings Mavericks Support, iPhoto Importer, More ***
<http://www.iclarified.com/34312/dropbox-24-released-for-mac-os-x-brings-mavericks-support-iphoto-importer-more>
IClarified



*** Contexts Simplifies Window Switching In OS X ***
<http://lifehacker.com/contexts-makes-swapping-between-windows-on-a-mac-simple-1428271341>
Thorin Klosowski, Lifehacker



*** Parallels Desktop 9 For Mac Review ***
<http://www.itpro.co.uk/desktop-software/20691/parallels-desktop-9-mac-review>
Cliff Joseph, IT Pro


> Parallels Desktop is an invaluable tool for those who use a Mac at work, but who need to run legacy apps accessible only via Windows.




*** Use Quick Look From The Trackpad In OS X ***
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57605318-263/use-quick-look-from-the-trackpad-in-os-x/>
Topher Kessler, CNET


> Simply use three fingers to tap the trackpad, and the current item under the mouse cursor will be targeted for Quick Look.




*** How To Decrease Your iCloud Storage ***
<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/09/30/how-to-decrease-your-icloud-storage/>
Dave Caolo, TUAW


> No doubt many of you have received emails from Apple prompting you to either reduce the amount of iCloud storage you're using, if you're above the basic 5 GB, or pay for an extended plan. I opted to avoid paying and spent some time getting myself back down to 5 GB. Here's how you can reduce the amount of iCloud storage you're using.




*** Simple Photo Collages With Diptic PDQ ***
<http://www.macstories.net/reviews/simple-photo-collages-with-diptic-pdq/>
Federico Viticci, MacStories



*** In-App Purchase – The Future Is Here ***
<http://blog.hoctor.com/in-app-purchase-the-future-is-here/>
Entrepreneurial Seduction


> I believe that IAP is a powerful tool that allows us to raise the ceiling on our app pricing. 




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*** Astronaut And A Writer At The Movies ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/science/space/an-astronaut-and-a-writer-at-the-movies.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0>
Dennis Overbye, New York Times


> “Gravity” opens this week, but it has already won rapturous reviews at film festivals in Venice and Toronto. So when the distributor, Warner Brothers, offered me a chance to watch the movie with an actual astronaut, I happily tagged along.




*** Jim Henson: The Biography ***
<http://www.avclub.com/articles/brian-jay-jones-jim-henson-the-biography,103461/>
Brian Jay Jones, The A.V. Club


> The creative force behind The Muppets, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth did a tremendous amount of living for someone who died in his mid-50s. On that count alone Brian Jay Jones’ book earns its 600-page heft—as portrayed in the words of Jones and his sources, Henson’s perpetual sense of momentum could’ve generated enough anecdotes to fill a volume three times that length. But the book’s comprehensiveness is also a function of Jones’ onus as biographer: For a pop-culture figure who had as tremendous an impact as Henson did, such a penetrating look at his life is long overdue. Much has been written about Henson—during his life and after—but nothing with the same sense of authority and access as Jim Henson: The Biography. Clearly, Jones didn’t want to leave anything out.




*** Friends Without Benefits ***
<http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/09/social-media-internet-porn-teenage-girls>
Nancy Jo Sales, Vanity Fair


> “Social media is destroying our lives,” a 16-year-old girl from L.A. tells contributing editor Nancy Jo Sales. But without it, she says, she “would have no life.”




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