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Tim Cook: Right CEO at the right time

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 17th, 2012)

Tim Cook wowed us in his recent presentation at a Goldman Sachs investment conference. Rather than formal and serious, Cook was very casual and lively in this talk. He was also forthcoming about Apple, discussing its immediate concerns with manufacturing conditions and its overall plan for the ...

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 ...

Slidevana provides pro design templates for Keynote

by Erica Sadun (Feb 9th, 2012)

Slidevana is a curious thing. This US$69 bundle offers a set of professionally designed slides. These templates map out the kinds of data most speakers want to communicate, providing specific elements you can customize. Called "Dark," this first release includes a clean presentation style that ...

Daily Update for December 2, 2011

by Steven Sande (Dec 2nd, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Apple updates Keynote to address Lion issues

by Chris Rawson (Dec 2nd, 2011)

Apple has updated Keynote, its presentation application and iWork's analog to Microsoft PowerPoint, to version 5.1.1. According to Apple, "This update addresses issues when working with large Keynote presentations on OS X Lion. It also includes improvements in stability and accessibility for ...

iWork apps updated with new features, iCloud integration

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Oct 12th, 2011)

Apple's three iWork apps have been updated alongside iOS 5 going live. The updates are available now through the App Store and include the following: Keynote Automatically store presentations in iCloud and keep them synced among multiple iDevices. Download presentations to a Mac or PC ...

Apple iPhone 4S keynote now available for streaming

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 4th, 2011)

As expected, Apple has posted the keynote for today's iPhone event. You can stream it over the Internet by pointing your browser to Apple's event website. To watch the video, you'll need to use a Mac with Safari 4 or 5 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Lion, an iOS 3 or later device with Safari, or ...

Is this the end of the Keynote as we knew it?

by Erica Sadun (Aug 24th, 2011)

As reported earlier, Steve Jobs' resignation from Apple's CEO slot -- following an incredible trajectory of success after success -- has been anticipated for some time, and it is a reminder of human fragility. As Twitter fills up with shock, sadness, and wistful appreciation at the culmination ...

Speculation: Apple website hints at iWork update for Lion

by Steven Sande (Jul 19th, 2011)

While working on a post about OS X Lion's full-screen apps, I stumbled upon something interesting. If you look at the image above, it shows Pages as a full-screen app. There's even a tag line -- "Never miss the fine print with full-screen for Pages." I'm running Pages version 4.0.5 (852) right ...

The best Steve Jobs Macworld Expo moments

by Steven Sande (Jun 9th, 2011)

Apple CEO and tech legend Steve Jobs doesn't present keynotes at Macworld Expo anymore, though he does occasionally rile crowds at WWDC and City Council meetings. Ranker, a website that publishes ranked lists of just about everything, has compiled a list of the top 10 Steve Jobs Macworld Expo ...

Mac 101: Using Keynote as Motion in a bind (Updated)

by Brett Terpstra (Jun 9th, 2011)

Update: KeynoteUser.com notes that it's easy to export your Keynote animations with an alpha channel, making it much simpler to work with them in pro editing apps or in Motion. On this trip to WWDC I packed light. One backpack, a MacBook Air and a camera light. I haven't had my Air for very ...

Use Keynote Remote for iPhone to control Keynote on iPad

by Dave Caolo (Jun 8th, 2011)

Here's a very welcome change to Keynote on iOS. The latest update lets you use the Keynote Remote app for iPhone as a remote for Keynote presentations on the iPad. Reader Andreas sent us a video of the two apps in action (which you can see below). Setup is simple; first launch the slideshow on ...

iWork gets SaaS-y with Documents in the Cloud

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 6th, 2011)

Apple detailed its cloud service and released some new features that begin to rival Google Docs and Microsoft 365. Say hello to Apple's new Documents in the Cloud feature that lets you sync documents in the cloud and share them across devices. If you are editing on the iPad, you can save the ...

iCloud named as successor to MobileMe, will be free service

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 6th, 2011)

Steve Jobs unveiled the new iCloud service at WWDC today. iCloud stores a user's content in the cloud and wirelessly pushes that content to all devices. The services will be free with no ads and be completely integrated with the apps found in MobileMe -- and they've all been rewritten from the ...

Mail gets major overhaul in OS X

by Mel Martin (Jun 6th, 2011)

It's the app we probably use the most, and Mail is getting some big-league features in Lion. Attendees at WWDC only got a brief glimpse of the new Mail app, but it's loaded with new and compelling features. The app has been completely redesigned, with a new multi-column view that looks a bit ...