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News
  80% of mobile video on iOS
    From a 2011 report on Q1 numbers by Free Wheel. They help put ads placements in online video for clients like Warner Brothers, AT&T and IGN
    The study comprised over 10 million video views and found on mobile iOS account for 80%, Android was the other 20%
    The iOS breakdown was iPhone (30 percent of mobile video views), the iPod Touch (30 percent) and the iPad (20 percent).
  iCloud details continue to accumulate
    Apple's reportedly closed deals with Sony, EMI, Warner, and just needs to get Universal whom reportedly they are close to signing.
    How is Apple different than Amazon and Google who launched cloud services?
      You wouldn't need to re-upload purchased content to the cloud
      Deals allow Apple to "fingerprint" your iTunes and "unlock" access
      You would get access to Apple's higher quality versions if you encoded locally below 256Kbps AAC.
    Even with the label deals done Apple would have to likely negotiate with the publishers
      Might mean the difference between an announcement and a launch of the service at WWDC.
    Might be included for $99.00 Mobile Me subscriptions and have just music add on plans for others.
  Italy says Applecare doesn't cut it
    9to5 Mac reports that regulators in Italy are investigating if Apple's standard 1 year warranty goes against an EU consumer protection directive that requires a 2-year minimum coverage
    The report claims Apple is relying on it being the local retailer's responsibility to company with local laws and honor the 2 year warranty.
      They have Apple retail stores in Italy.
    The report doesn't seem to indicate, but I think the law in question is European Directive 1999/44/EC says all EU countries have to ensure a retailer could be held liable for all "non-conformities" which manifest within two years from delivery.
    It's the "non-conformities" part that likely gives a lot of wiggle room, also local laws that requires protection over and above the EU law could supersede this one
      The Sale of Goods Act (SOGA) in England and Wales supposedly covers those consumers for up to 6 years.
        Requires 3 things, 1) the goods must be as described; 2) they must be of satisfactory quality, which is determined by description, price, durability, freedom from minor defects; and 3) they must be fit for purpose.
        It needs to violate one of those rules for the protection to kick in and that's the "loophole".
        The item has to fail through no fault of your own, and it must be "reasonable" to expect it to last longer. "reasonable" to last longer is up to a lot of interpretation
    What does "non-conformity" mean?
      Basically that when Apple sold it to you that the product met the specifications and performed in the way they said it would.
      To prove non-conformity, and enact the 2 year coverage, you'd need to prove they deliberately and knowingly misled you as the quality of the product.
    Apple's internal policies and Warranty Extension programs likely cover them anyway
      Stories of Apple replacing items out of warranty all the time
      Warranty extension programs probably cover most of the cases where you might prove "non-conformity" at the time of sale.
  Rumors of A5 powered Macbook Air
    Rumor from a Japanese blog, Macotakara.
    The site says their source reports Apple is internally testing a version of the Macbook Air using an A5 processor
      Didn't know if it was running iOS or OS X
      Performance is "better than expected"
      Two challenges seem to be getting Thunderbolt support working without a Finder under iOS or making Apps universally support the A5 under OS X
    TUAW points out that even though the A5 is a great chip for tablets and smartphones, it's really can't compete with even low end notebook processors
      A5 scores 720 on Geekbench compared to the 2000 score the current low end Macbook receives
    Notebook performance is typically driven up
      A few weeks back DigiTimes reported on a rumor that Apple was set to release MacBook Air with Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt in June-July.
    More likely is that Apple is playing with the idea of an iPad with an integrated keyboard. Maybe a hybrid like tablet device for heavy typists
    Where the A5's are made may be changing
      Samsung provides the current fab, but rumors say Apple has been eyeing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd as a new manufacturing home.
      Intel also said this week that they might be interested in being a custom chip foundry for some of their larger customers. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge Stevie.
      Intel also shot down the idea of Apple moving Macbook Airs to A5s saying they work very closely with Apple on notebook designs and have great relationship.
  iOS 5, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5 at WWDC?
    A lot of rumors spinning on this one, but our answers are just weeks away
    iOS 5
      Tech Crunch fed the monster this week with statements of Widgets and completely revamped notifications in iOS 5.
      Continue to use Google Maps with updated features.
        Still hiring engineers for internal projects based on Placebase and Ploy 9 technologies they acquired. but not ready yet.
        Location data that they were collecting is part of the internal Maps/traffic system
      iOS 5 won't run on iPhone 3GS according to one analyst.
    iPhone 4s
      I don't believe this is likely to happen and not at WWDC
      Some feel a minor rev of the iPhone in the fall adding A5 processor, 8 MB camera, and moved flash. Global cellular chip. Add Sprint and T-Mobile in the US
    iPhone 5
      Global cellular chip supporting G4 (LTE)
      8 MB camera
      Thinner design possibly with a smaller "Apple designed" SIM card (based on statements made by the head of France Telecom, Orange parent company).
      Rumor that Apple has purchased 200-300 glass cutting machines for glass suppliers.
        Samsung has a curved display in the Nexus S which reportedly improves usability.
      September or early 2012
      Some felt that because the iPhone public relations team was prompting UK journalists to attend WWDC that there might be a hardware announcement
        More likely they are looking for coverage of iOS 5, big announcements like the Nuance voice integration, iCloud, etc.
    Rumors that Lion is also nearing completion and might be "available today" at WWDC
      Apple reported released an "internal testing" release at Apple which is typically one of the final stages before shipping.
      Lion removes iSync, Front Row, Java runtime and Rosetta.
      Terminal geeks rejoice
        Adjust the background "blur" in transparent terminal window
        Support for Lions full screen mode for terminal windows
        4 finger swipe gesture to jump between full screen apps and windowed desktop.
  Apple and Samsung play peek-a-boo
    Apple Insider has a report that Samsung feels, "If I show you mine, you have to show me yours".
    In the case of Apple vs. Samsung over whether they stole each others ideas for smart phone and tablet designs, a judge ordered that Samsung must provide Apple with samples of their upcoming Galaxy S2, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Infuse 4G, and 4G LTE Droid Charge.
    Apple had filed a motion for "expedited discovery"
    Samsung has a counter suit and has fired back asking for the same thing, but the key difference is Samsung announced their devices and Apple hasn't.
      Samsung is citing internet rumors of iPhone 4s and 5 and past behavior of Apple and wants a look at the prototypes Apple is working on.
      They claim they need to see Apple's future products in order to prepare for a potential motion for a preliminary injunction
    Apple is Samsung's 2nd largest customer and accounted for 4% of their $142 billion in revenue in 2010
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Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  Creative use for Find My iPhone
    Last time I told you about someone using Find my iPhone to do something other than locate a stolen device.
    Phil has a similar and also creative use. Play comment.
    Use it to send audio alert even when the device is in "silent" mode. Good for finding it in your house if you've misplaced it.
  Layers in Preview
    David noticed that Preview and PDF Pen Pro didn't seem to support PDF layers
    I tested it out generating a PDF with a hidden layer from Illustrator and Preview seems to just render all the layers as visible.
    Layers have been a feature supported in Acrobat since version 6 and version 9 added the ability to create layers in Acrobat.
    Preview doesn't seem to have support for turning on or off layer visibility.
  Time for the safe Mac talk again
    Talk about MacDefender it's variants and why this is nothing new.
    Difference between a trojan and a virus.
    New scams are designed to steal info by tricking you in to installing something you shouldn't or enter data you shouldn't
    You're data can't get taken if you don't provide it.
    Variant that skips the password requirement still launches an installer and you have to agree to install it.
      Does it by only installing into the Apps folder of the user account and doesn't install to any system location.
    A little perspective goes along way to put the threat in perspective
      "Microsoft recently pointed out that 1 in 14 downloads on Windows are malicious."
      This is a first on Mac, won't be the last by far. Flood gates are open.
      People are the security hole, not technology in this case.
    Some protection tips
      Uncheck Open "safe" files after downloading
      Disable Java in Safari, very few people use it and if you do you would know it.
      Turn on the status bar in Safari and always check URLs before clicking in Safari and email.
      Keep your OS up to date
        Apple provided info on how to remove MacDefender in an tech article
        Apple will deliver a Mac OS X software update that will automatically find and remove Mac Defender malware and its known variants. Security patch noted in notes for 10.6.8
        10.6.8 also has a note about it updating the Mac App store to get ready for Lion (upgrade via app?).
  Omni Outliner and Notebook
    Now that both have iPad and desktop versions I've had some questions about comparing them
    They really are two different applications although there is a slight overlap
    Omni is really a pure outliner
      You can attach documents, add images, etc. but they are just that attachments.
      No drawing tools
      Focused on text mainly
      Single page documents
    Notebook is more like a traditional notebook
      Multiple pages with sections and dividers
      You can add in lots of stuff and layer on extras. Sticky notes, flags, etc.
      Drawing tools
      Table of contents, indexes, etc.
      Web clippings
      PDFs and be linked or added inline for annotation
    Both can import/export OPML for outlines so you can move content back and forth.
      I typically start an outline in Omni and then it becomes a section in a notebook.
      For Maccast I can do research, add web clippings for reference and the build a section with an outline.
        Another section in the same notebook has the show outline pages
        Those are exported to OPML and imported into my Omni Document for use during recording and export for the site.
    On the iPad it's a similar situation. The apps are different.
      Both can import and export from their desktop apps.
      One thing they both lack in my opinion is Dropbox support, but Omni does do webDAV
  iMac keeps waking up on it's own
    Bob was having trouble with an iMac that seemed to not stay asleep
    Intermittently it would wake up at night even though he had set the Energy Savers setting and would deselect 'Wake for network access.
    Turns out it was 'LogMe In'
    Had it's own 'Enable 'Wake On LAN' in LogMeIn --> Preferences --> Advanced that supersede OS X's setting
    LogMe in is great software, but is aggressive about it's impact on the system. Also adds a login item which is another area to check when troubleshooting startup slowness.
    Disabling that fixed Bob's issue.
    Good reminder that when troubleshooting try to remember what you've recently changed or installed since the issue began.
  Extending the record length on GarageBand for iPad
    Mick wants to use Garageband on the iPad to record his podcast but hitting a record limit of 15 minutes
    The default is to set you up with 8 bar sections at a tempo of 110 BPM
    You would have to manually add new sections or you can change the setting to automatic
      1) Open the Garageband project
      2) Go to the project timeline
      3) Click the Song Sections button (little 'puzzle piece' icon) in the upper right corner where you change the length of the section.
      4) Click the section to edit (probably "A").
      5) Toggle the "Automatic" switch from Off to On.
      Now go back to the time and you should be able to record in that section and it will automatically extend until you stop recording.
    But even with that set there is a limit of 320 bars (10 sections of 32 bars each), so depending on the tempo you set for the project you'll be limited on time.
    Apple actually has a Tech info article explaining the limit, but it's not obvious in the app.
    The math works out like this: (# of bars * 4 beats per bar) / beats per minute = recording time
      320 bars * 4 / 110 BPM (default) = 11.6 minutes
      The lower limit is 40 BPM giving you a 32 minute max recording time.
      Garageband on the Mac originally had a 999 bar limit which stopped at 36 minutes at 110 BPM.
    To change the tempo on your GB for iPad project go into the 'Song Settings' from the timeline (wrench icon) and adjust the tempo down to 40
      Need to do this BEFORE you start recording otherwise it will slow down your voice track and effect the sound.
  Controlling dialogs from the keyboard
    The default option in the 'Delete' dialog for Podcasts in iTunes is 'Keep file'. Nick wanted to know if there was a way to change it be the 'Delete file' button.
    No, but there are a bunch of way to control dialogs from the keyboard
    First most of your standard Finder command will work
      Command+Shift+N to create a new folder if it's an option in a Save dialog box
      Command+period to cancel a dialog
    Also generally typing the first letter of the name of a button will activate it.
      In this case 'D' for delete or 'C' for cancel.
    You can also use the 'tab' key to toggle the selection of items in a dialog box
      This will highlight the element in blue
      Pressing the spacebar will act like a "click" and press or activate the element
      Useful for accessing drop downs. Use the arrow keys to navigate the drop down.
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  EOL - Shred the iPad
    Check out this awesome example of the kind of thing you can do with GarageBand on the iPad (via YouTube)