There are tons of solutions to get iOS photos from your device to some sort of backup system, from Dropbox to iPhoto. Backing up your photos is imperative, especially on iOS, as the iCloud backup system doesn’t back up photos, and PhotoStream only keeps the last 1,000 photos on your phone synced to all your enabled devices.
Backing up to cloud services is extremely convenient, but what happens when you no longer want to pay for the storage, or would rather hang on to your digital memories on your own computer? Sure, you can connect to your Mac with a cable, but then you’ve got to do the hard work of figuring out which photos you’ve already backed up.
Sync Photos To Storage, a new app from developer Simplex Solutions, aims to make this process much, much easier.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Apple touts its new iBeacon technology as a boon for retailers, but my first experience with the sensor system left me asking, “Is that it?”
The company activated its iBeacon tech, which uses Bluetooth low-energy, to track users’ iPhones as they roam an indoor space, at 254 U.S. Apple Stores this morning. I visited the Scottsdale Quarter store to see what Apple can do with the technology on its home turf. While you would think Apple would pull out all the stops for a truly spectacular iBeacon debut, I left unimpressed.
iPad Mini with Retina Display by Apple Category: iPad Works With: Your hands Price: $400+
What’s this? A review of the Retina iPad mini almost a month after launch? That’s right. And although I haven’t been using my new mini for that long, I’ve been using for more than the two or three hours logged by most of the folks who “reviewed” it on launch.
So if you are wondering if the new mini is noticeably heavier than the old one, or if it takes all night to charge it, or whether an iPad even needs LTE, then read on.
Great news for Lightroom users who both own iPads and love the Java runtime: The Mosaic app can now do two-way sync with Lightroom on your Mac, letting you load photos onto your computer and then sit down in your favorite easy chair with a cup of coffee to rate and reject your pictures using the iPad.
When it comes to Christmas shopping, procrastinating is a long standing American tradition. So to let you know how long you’ve got until you absolutely have to place your Christmas orders, Apple has posted a new guide detailing the estimated shipping times on all of its products.
Apple announced that the Online Apple Store will be offering free shipping on all orders from now until December 22nd, but according to the guide many of Apple’s most popular products need to be ordered a full week before the 25th if you want it to be waiting under the tree on Christmas morning.
This absurdly hot bag is the cool equivalent of those nylon executive laptop cases that are so lame you can’t even call them dorky. It has the usual attache-case features inside, with pockets to keep everything in place when you open it, along with a splash of fashionable color.
Outside is an aluminum band which protects the case and doubles as a handle, and the whole thing is wrapped in lovely nappa leather. If your significant other absolutely has to use a briefcase, you should make it at least as cool as this one.
iPad cases never felt so good. No, I mean that literally. They never “felt” so good. Get it? It’s because these Gräf & Lanz iPad sleeves are made from felted wool, and… Never mind.
I won’t bother with a description other than to say that they’re felt and come in lots of nice bright colors. Instead I ‘ll tell you something about felt so you can regale the lucky recipient with your impressive knowledge on Christmas morning:
Felt is made by a process called wet felting where the natural wool fibres, stimulated by friction and lubricated by moisture (usually soapy water)…
That line came straight from Wikipedia, and proves that the Wikipedia authors do have hot blood running through their brains after all.
The Field Bag is a notebook and iPad bag from Pad&Quill, and is designed and made with as much care as the company’s everlasting bookbindery iCases. The leather even comes with a 25-year warranty.
Inside the waxed canvas outer are plentiful pockets, enough to hold cable sand chargers along with MacBooks and iPads. And the vertical shape means that it will hand comfortably at your side.
You’ll have to love the giftee though, as the Field Bag will cost you $329.
This gadget really is handy for the frequent traveller. Plug it into the mains and you have a two-port USB charger, but that’s just the beginning. The little dongle also plugs into just about any socket in the world, and will wrangle networks wireless and wired alike. It can work as a router, as a repeater (boost a signal in a big hotel suite), an access point (make a network so your devices can talk to each other), or as a client, turning an Ethernet-only device into a wireless device.
You could pay $45 for any of these features alone, but all together the price is a steal. I’m probably going to buy one for myself — at least that way I have a chance of getting something I want this year.
Got a friend who likes to hide their CRT TV in a giant faux-wooden cabinet at the end of their bed? Or that buys those speakers that hang on the wall and look like paintings on canvas? Then you should buy them a Cartella case for their Retina MacBook Pro, which comes from the fine and upstanding folks at Pad&Quill.
Not only will it turn their 21st-century gadget into a centuries-old book, it does it with protection (a baltic birch frame), style (a leather bookbindery cover) and some measure of practicality (you can use the MacBook while it’s in the case without impeding airflow).
Not that your luddite friend/family member will care about such modern niceties. Maybe you should just ignore him and buy this for yourself instead.
Here’s the perfect gift for your annoying uncle who bought MacBook Air when he really should have bought an iMac. You know the guy: he has his little 13-inch Air perched on the desk with tubes and wires running to it like it was a in a hospital emergency room after being found unconscious at home with a vacuum cleaner pipe… [That’s enough –ed]
Ahem. Back to your uncle, whose poor MacBook is tied to the desk by external hard drives, thunderbolt accessories, an external display, an Ethernet dongle and probably a powered USB hub to keep it all going. What he needs is the Landing Zone dock, an amazing piece of plastic and steel which leaves the MacBook free to come and go.
The units are fitted to specific models (make sure you buy the right one) and clamp onto the back of the Mac like a facehugging alien onto a, uh, face. It inserts itself into all available ports, and can be ejected with a single lever. Meanwhile, you can hook up all your peripherals and even the power cable to the dock and leave them permanently connected.
Having an ultra portable MacBook with enough battery power to work all day and then watch a few adult videos in the hotel afterwards? Priceless. Having just 128GB on which to store your business-trip entertainment? Lame, with a capital “lay.”
Which is why you should buy your husband/lover a MiniDrive, a tiny sliver of plastic that acts like the iPhone’s SIM card tray, only instead of a SIM it carries a microSD card. And instead of working with an iPhone it slides into the redundant SD card slot on the side of a MacBook Air.
It’s a semi-permanent solution, the idea being that you add a high-capacity (up to 64GB) microSD card and enjoy the extra storage. Speed depends on the speed of the card you buy (the SanDisk Ultras are a good bet), but for the odd porno you should be good.
It’s Black Friday everyone, and Cult of Mac is here to tell you that Apple has kicked off its sales across retail outlets in Europe (including the UK). We’re not just talking about gift cards being on offer, either — but real cash savings.
Here are the the most popular savings being given on Apple’s most popular products:
Would you pay $100 for a cutting board with a few holes drilled in it? No? Are you sure? Because somebody certainly does. In fact, as of this writing, 349 people have ponied up between $68 and $98 to pre-order the Slate Mobile AirDesk on Kickstarter, a wooden laptop tray that lets you put your laptop on your lap. Like a sap.
Thanksgiving is almost here, which means its time for the sacred American tradition of Black Friday sales madness. Apple hates to hand out big discounts on its premium products, but even Cupertino can’t resist offering a few Black Friday sales, and its already starting to promote this years deal with a new promo page.
Apple has posted a teaser image on its Australian site for its upcoming sale on Friday, November 29th that promises free shipping to anyone who buys something from Apple.com on Friday.
Black Friday started as a major shopping day in the U.S. the day after Thanksgiving, but more international retailers have started to embrace the sales day as well. We’re still waiting to see what kind of modest deals Apple will offer, but if last year is any indication, don’t expect to be blown away. Here are the price cuts Apple had last year:
