Switch To “Two Week” View In iCal [OS X Tips]
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Here’s a neat trick for iCal which can be useful for those who find the default list of views (day, week, month, and year) a little too limiting.
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Will iOS Macs Dominate Like iPad Does?
Never in the history of consumer electronics has there been a computer more universally desirable than the Apple iPad.
Market share numbers — 83% of the market — hint at the popularity and market dominance of the iPad.
But here’s the most interesting fact about the iPad’s incredible success that most people overlook: The qualities that make iPad desirable are replicable on bigger platforms — and may even be magnified by them. Which is why it’s perfectly reasonable to predict dominant market share for the iOS-like Mac desktops of the future.
First, let’s understand the unprecedented popularity of the iPad.
Why Apple Will Dominate the Gesture-Based Future
In the 50s, some futurists predicted food pills instead of meals. It never happened.
The biggest reason futurists fail is that too many predictions are based on the possible, rather than the desirable.
It’s now possible for anyone to take all their nutrition from pills. But people enjoy eating food. That’s why we don’t take pills instead.
If you want to predict the future, you need to deconstruct human nature. You also need to know what will be possible. Where these two things intersect is where accurate predictions can be made.
And that’s why I can already tell you what your iMac will be like in a few years.
How iPhone 4s and iOS 5 Reveal the Mac of the Future
Planted in your shiny new iPhone 4s and in the iOS 5 are the seeds of tomorrow’s Mac of the future, and indeed the future of all computers. You can find them if you know where to look. (And I’ll tell you where below.)
It’s not supposed to be this way. In the Microsoft world, at least, new technology starts at the top and “trickles down” from bigger and more powerful computers over time to mobile devices and eventually cell phones. If you’re focused on the machines, this makes sense, as larger computers are more capable of handling powerful new features.
But if you’re focused on the user, as Apple is, this approach doesn’t make sense. Apple has developed what I believe is a unique strategy: introduce new interfaces and new ways to interact with computers and the Internet on the smallest devices first, then scale them up over time, eventually ending up as desktop features.
Cult Of Mac’s 100K Twitter Follower Giveaway: Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard!
If you didn’t hear the news, Cult of Mac hit 100,000 Twitter followers last week. To celebrate, we hosted a huge giveaway yesterday on Twitter. Because some people were sad that they didn’t come away with a prize, we’ve decided to extend the celebration farther into the week and give readers a few more chances to win. Today we’re giving away a Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard for Mac. It’s one of the coolest new keyboards we’ve seen because you don’t have to keep spare batteries on hand anymore. If you want a shot at winning this beautiful thing here are the rules for today’s contest:
Apple iMac Users Experience More Graphic Anomalies
There have been a some reports that followed the release of Mac OS X Lion from iMac users complaining about graphic or video problems.
One user reports that he’s been experiencing video artifacts on his 2011 27-inch iMac configured with a 3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 and AMD Radeon HD 6970M graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory. It’s been fairly intermittent and it always disappears for a while after a restart.
Today the problem was so different and a lot worse than usual that they finally decided to call AppleCare.
Win a $400 Mobile Cinematography Kit From Cult of Mac and FiLMiC Pro [Giveaway]
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You probably don’t need to hear it from us that the iPhone 4 is one hell of a video camera and that Final Cut Pro X is awesome in its own right. However, we do want to make sure our readers have access to all the best tools to fullfil their directoral dreams, so if you’re one of those with the burning desire to create the next viral video shot entirely on your iPhone 4, but lack all the tools to get said video made, here’s your chance to unleash your hidden cinematographic potential by winning a Mobile Cinematography Kit from Cult of Mac and FiLMiC Pro. Entering the contest is ridiculously simple. Here’s how to give yourself the chance to win the $400 Grand Prize Package:
5 Fun Games: A Haunted Mark Twain, A Platformer with Varmintz, A Mysterious Murder and More
Here’s this week’s selection by Mac Games and More featuring fun, casual games you can play into the weekend. The game picks include meeting Mark Twain’s ghost, jumping and dodging varmintz, curing Mel and more. Come back every Friday to check out the games. Have an awesome weekend.
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Steve Jobs Pitches New Spaceship-Like Campus to Cupertino City Council
Steve Jobs has been keeping extremely busy this week. One day after delivering his WWDC Keynote address, Steve headed back to Cupertino to appear before the city council to discuss Apple’s new plans for their campus. While pitching the construction and design of the mega-structure, Jobs commented that the building will look ‘a little like a spaceship.’
Apple’s New iCloud Page Just Went Live
Is your head still spinning from the smackdown of new details Steve Jobs and the Apple crew just slammed you with? Apple’s iCloud page just went live so you can get all the details on the new software that Apple is bringing to you for free later this fall. Of course, Cult of Mac will be posting all new material throughout the day breaking down iCloud and it’s features, so don’t stray too far.
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