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Presidents Obama, Clinton pay tribute to Steve Jobs at Webbys

by Michael Grothaus (May 22nd, 2012)

Yesterday a host of political leaders, artists, scientists, and tech visionaries paid tribute to Steve Jobs at the annual Webby Awards in New York. The tribute started with an opening from Justin Long and John Hodgman, who played Mac and PC in Apple's long-running "I'm a Mac" ads. Richard ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Did my wife just get a free upgrade?

by Erica Sadun (Apr 5th, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, So my wife's 11-inch MacBook Air went into an Apple Store to get its screen replaced because it cracked. It's got a core i5 1,6ghz processor in it... Or at least it did! We've just got it back home and I clicked on "About this Mac" out of habit and it's reported that it's got ...

Confirmation of Apple rejecting an app for accessing UDID

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 30th, 2012)

Paul Haddad of Tapbots confirmed that Apple is rejecting apps which send out UDIDs. The developer posted a rejection notice for version 2.2 of its popular twitter client Tweetbot. The notice says that Tweetbot was rejected because the "app does not obtain user consent before collecting their ...

DevJuice: Apple begins unique identifier crackdown

by Erica Sadun (Mar 25th, 2012)

The Verge writes that Apple has apparently begun to crack down on apps submitted using the now deprecated UDID (unique device identifier) APIs that allow developers to track individual devices. The programmer interface used to return an alphanumeric string unique to each deployed device. It was ...

The data dilemma: content, bandwidth, and metering

by Erica Sadun (Mar 21st, 2012)

Just a week old, the new iPad is quickly exposing a problem with US data usage. As device access to bandwidth increases, content becomes more enticing and accessible. Think Hulu, Netflix and funny videos of monkeys riding pigs. At the same time, unfortunately, metered data isn't getting any ...

Mountain Lion Preview 2 now available to devs

by Erica Sadun (Mar 16th, 2012)

A new beta of Apple's pre-release Mountain Lion 10.8 OS is now available for developers. Build 12A154q is the second preview that Apple has released of this new operating system, expected to debut sometime this Summer. Release notes and update details are waiting for you behind the developer ...

Grandma wants an iPad: the multigenerational buyer's guide

by TJ Luoma (Mar 13th, 2012)

Are you getting an earful from parents or grandparents about which iPad they should buy? Read on for our guide to buying the right iPad for Mom, Dad, Grandma or Grandpa. Two bits of anecdotal evidence that there's a digital revolution in progress: In the past year, both my mother and my ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: The quick hit edition

by Erica Sadun (Feb 28th, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, How can I move books purchased at the Apple store from my library in my iPad to my drop box so I can share them with my friends? Your loving niece, Jacqueline Dear Jacqueline, You can't. Apple books use FairPlay DRM. Although this protection has been cracked by the Brahms Requiem ...

App-ocalypse soon: Apple extends sandboxing deadlines, but restrictions loom

by Erica Sadun (Feb 21st, 2012)

Image: Shutterstock Apple issued a three month extension on application sandboxing today, giving devs a little more breathing room before new rules take over. June 1 2012 is now the enforcement date. We've been having many discussions about Mac development in the TUAW backchannel over the last ...

Apple previews Mountain Lion, next version of Mac OS X

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 16th, 2012)

Apple on Thursday released an early preview of Mountain Lion, its next version of Mac OS X, to developers and select publications. The reviews are now hitting the Internet. The general consensus about Mountain Lion is that it will bring some of the best features of iOS (like Notification Center, ...

AirParrot mirrors your Mac display to Apple TV in real time

by Erica Sadun (Feb 15th, 2012)

A short while ago, I wrote about David Stanfill (of Napkin Studio) and his work on creating an AirPlay Mirroring receiver for OS X. Work continues on that project. At the same time, he's also building a tool that creates live mirroring from your Mac display to Apple TV. Called AirParrot, the new ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: How do I silence my iPhone?

by Erica Sadun (Jan 13th, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, There is an article in the WSJ about how an iPhone disrupted a performance of the New York Philharmonic. I have experienced the same problem where it is impossible to turn the alarm off once it goes on. If you set up a calendar alert and change your reminder sounds with the ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me read data from my nano

by Erica Sadun (Dec 14th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, Greetings from overseas from the long-lost branch of Dutch family members and thanks for al. your helpful posts. My question is the following. I have an iPod nano (sixth generation) which I use quite often as a flash drive. The problem is that I can not use it on a Windows PC ...

iOS 5.1 beta ready for testing

by Erica Sadun (Nov 28th, 2011)

The iOS 5.1 beta 1 SDK is now available for download by paid devs at the iOS developer site. Sign in with your developer credentials to gain access to the updated SDK. You will need to download and install firmware via iTunes and cannot use over-the-air updating for this initial release. Because ...

Apple schedules Q4 conference call for Oct. 18

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 14th, 2011)

Use Siri to set a reminder for October 18. That afternoon, Apple will announce its fourth quarter 2011 earnings via a live earnings conference call to discuss the results. The call will start at 5:00 p.m. EDT (2:00 pm PDT) will be streamed live over the Internet so you can listen in. Most of ...