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Welcome to Ask TUAW, our weekly (mostly) question-and-answer column. This week we’re addressing your numerous questions about Apple’s introductions at WWDC. We’ll try to tackle questions about Lion, MobileMe and more.

By the way, we can never have too many questions. You can’t have a Q&A column without the Q, so please go to the comments of this post and ask away. Believe it or not, we’ve had a little bit of a drought of questions, so now’s your chance to get them answered! If you prefer, instead of asking questions in the comments, you can also email your questions directly to ask [at] tuaw.com, or simply ping us on Twitter.

Now, questions! John asks:

How do you remove iCloud music downloads from my iPhone and iPad? There seems to be no way to do it on the device or in iTunes when connected via USB to my computer.

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Ask TUAW: WWDC/iCloud Edition originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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OK, maybe we won’t get around to talking about food, although the two of us are both accomplished chefs, but we’ll certainly be talking about the two new major operating system versions that will be shipping later this year.

In July, of course, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is slated to drop from Cupertino. For just US$29.99, the new OS is the first Mac operating system designed to be distributed via the Mac App Store. With a load of new features and redesigned user interface, Lion is bound to both excite and frustrate Mac users. Later in 2011, iOS 5 will hit our iOS devices and bring a variety of new features to the mobile space. We still don’t know all of the details about these two new operating systems, but that will be part of the fun of today’s TUAW TV Live.

My guest today is TUAW blogger Rich Gaywood, who will be joining me for an hour of discussion on the forthcoming OS upgrades. From your Mac or PC, go to the next page by clicking the Read More link at the bottom of this post, and you’ll find a livestream viewer and a chat tool. The chat tool allows you to participate by asking questions or making comments.

If you’re stuck in traffic and would like to watch TUAW TV Live, please don’t — keep your eyes on the road! However, if someone else is doing the driving, you can watch the show on your iPhone and join the chat by downloading the free Ustream Viewing Application. If you’re on an iPad, you should be able to use the Skyfire Browser to watch the stream, although you will not be able to participate in the chat.

We’ll start at about 5 PM ET, so if you’re seeing a prerecorded show, be sure to refresh your browser until you see the live stream. For those of you who are not able to join us for the live edition, you’ll be able to view it later this evening on our TUAW Video YouTube channel and as part of the new TUAW TV Live podcast viewable in iTunes or on any of your Apple devices.

Continue reading TUAW TV Live: Steve and Rich talk Lion, iOS 5, and food

TUAW TV Live: Steve and Rich talk Lion, iOS 5, and food originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The beta version of iOS 5 includes a new feature that lets you buy ringtones for alert messages, and is just one of the 200 new features that are to debut in the new operating system.

The ringtone option is found in the settings menu under the sounds. Users select any of the available alerts like Text Tone, New Voicemail, or New Mail to see a list of available sounds. You can choose from any of the default sounds as well as “Buy More Tones.” Clicking on the “Buy More Tones” button in iOS 5 launches the Ringtones Store within iTunes.

This feature and others like it were apparently too small for Jobs and other Apple luminaries to mention in the Monday WWDC keynote. Expect to see more of these little gems surface over the next weeks as developers begin diving into the beta release of iOS 5.

iOS 5 to sell text alert tones through iTunes originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Earlier today Twitter user BWilks2001 posted screenshots of what is allegedly Motion 5. Motion is part of the Final Cut Studio suite and while Apple previewed Final Cut Pro X in April, it has not shown off any of the other apps from the suite — even though Apple has said the next Final Cut Studio suite will be available for US$299 in the Mac App Store by the end of June. As for those other apps, all Apple said was “stay tuned.”

Judging from the screenshots, Motion 5 will offer a “rigging” feature. In addition to Motion 5, BWilks2001 said the next Final Cut Studio suite will “supposedly” feature a new version of Color, Apple’s color-timing software. Interestingly, the BWilks2001 Twitter account no longer exists. Whether the user created the account just to leak the images, or if Apple had Twitter pull the account since the two companies are buddy-buddy, is unknown.

Reported Motion 5, Final Cut Pro X screen shots originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dear Aunt TUAW,

Do you know if there exists a nice program or plug-in for safari which decreases the iTunes volume/pauses the current played song, when I am going to watch a YouTube movie?

Each time I click a YouTube movie on Facebook, etc. I just find it really frustrating to go to iTunes, pause the current song and go back to watch the movie… and then restart the current song in iTunes again when the YouTube clip is finished. I want it to work in a similar fashion as on the iPhone.

Kind Regards,

Forrie

Continue reading Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me switch between YouTube and iTunes

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me switch between YouTube and iTunes originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After we linked to instructions for how to burn a Lion boot disc earlier this week, Nature’s Eye Studios contacted MacStories to let them know they figured out how to get the new OS to boot off a SD card. After downloading Lion from the developer site, the video maker proceeds to wipe a SD card and use the repair option with the Lion disk image as the source to create the boot. Once you’ve created the backup, you can use the SD card as a Lion installer if needed, then pull a backup from Time Capsule.

Keep in mind that the final release of Lion will include a restore partition and Recovery Mode, meaning that you’ll be able to boot your machine from a clean Lion installer at any point without the use of external media (assuming your hard drive’s not wonky). While this means you’re a lot less likely to need install media down the road, it’s nice to know the option is there.

Check out the video below to see this process in action.

How to install Lion from an SD card originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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 the iPad and then the remote app on your iPhone. Add the iPad as a source and you’re off!

Of course, it’s been possible to sit or stand next to an iPad running a slideshow and flip through it with your fingers. But many people like to get up and move around while they speak, and now the iPhone offers a way to do that. Good work, Apple!

Thanks, Andreas.

Continue reading Use Keynote Remote for iPhone to control Keynote on iPad

Use Keynote Remote for iPhone to control Keynote on iPad originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When I was in high school in the late 90s, classes such as home economics, shorthand and basic keyboarding were already a thing of the past. I could read my Japanese textbook much easier than my mother’s shorthand book from the early 70s. She learned proper touch typing in school while I developed a very fast method of hunt-and-peck that got me up to 73 words-per-minute.

Typist tries to teach basic touch typing. You can take a basic course and then progress to speed drills, longer exercises and the like. Two specific sections focus on the calculator keypad and the Dvorak keyboard.

Typist’s lessons are baby steps in touch typing. You get used to having your hands positioned properly on the keyboard, then build up from there. Stats displayed during the exercise show keystrokes-per-minute, typing speed and your error ratio. When you make an error, the program makes a sound to let you know you’re off. You can repeat exercises until you’re confident enough to move on. The lessons gradually grow more complex as you build your typing speed and capability.

Typist is a free download in the Mac App Store, and it’s an excellent program for learning proper touch typing whether you’re a student just starting out, or an adult who never learned how.

TUAW’S Daily Mac App: Typist originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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About a year ago, we told you about Greg Hughes, a British university student and iOS developer. Hughes created the jailbreak app Wi-Fi Sync (US$9.99), which gives your iPhone the capability to “wirelessly sync with iTunes at the touch of a button.” The app was turned down by Apple last May, at which time Hughes was given very little explanation as to why his app would not be making it into the App Store. Wi-Fi Sync has had very good success in the Cydia jailbreak store, with Hughes reporting in an interview today that the app has chalked up over 50,000 sales.

Now fast forward to the WWDC keynote on June 6, 2011. Apple announced a number of new features that will be available in iOS 5 this fall. One of the big features is something called … wait for it … Wi-Fi Sync. Guess what it does? According to the description on the Apple website, Wi-Fi Sync in iOS 5 lets you “wirelessly sync your iOS device to your Mac or PC over a shared Wi-Fi connection.”

OK, so maybe Apple was working on this capability in April of 2010 when Hughes first submitted Wi-Fi Sync to the App Store. But is it a coincidence that the Apple Wi-Fi Sync icon is almost identical to the one that Hughes had a designer create for him last year? Check out Hughes’ icon below at left, and Apple’s new icon at right. Interesting…

Personally, I like the Hughes icon design better. This isn’t the only case of Sherlocking — the apparent appropriation by Apple of features previously available in third-party apps — that we’ve seen this week. Many features that were available only through Cydia apps in the past are now going to appear on iPhones in iOS 5. It seems to me that Apple, particularly in the case of some rather amazing “coincidences” like Wi-Fi Sync, would want to reach out to the developers who brought features to iOS well before the company did. Apple should reach out and reward the developers for showing the foresight and skill to demonstrate powerful new features, even if the company didn’t “borrow” those features. Unfortunately, that’s probably not going to happen.

If you aren’t opposed to jailbreaking your iPhone and want the Wi-Fi Sync capability before iOS 5 appears this autumn, be sure to reward Hughes by purchasing his app. Sales of the Cydia Wi-Fi Sync app are sure to plummet when iOS 5 finally arrives.

So, TUAW readers, what do you think? Was Apple working on Wi-Fi Sync a year ago and that’s why they turned down the Hughes app? Or did Apple borrow freely from his work? Leave us your observations in the comments.

Wi-Fi Sync and Wi-Fi Sync: An amazing coincidence? You decide originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We tend to kvell about Evernote quite a bit around here, it’s true; we’ve even interviewed CEO Phil Libin on at least four separate occasions. If only the company would stop doing cool things so we could quit harping on them!

No luck on that score, at least not today. Evernote claims to have introduced the “first iPad Smart Cover app” with Evernote Peek, a study aid and test prep app. It’s a fantastically simple idea, so much so that it’s surprising nobody has done it until now.

Here’s the deal: populate an Evernote notebook with your clues/questions (in the note subject) and brief answers (the note body, including pictures if you want), or use one of the preformatted notebooks from Evernote and StudyBlue. Then, run Peek and peek under the first flap of the Smart Cover to expose the question; unfold the rest of the way to see if you got the answer right. Check off correct/incorrect so you can retest yourself on the ones you got wrong.

It’s ingenious, and it works — although the app instructions suggest turning off Auto-Lock for the Smart Cover, on my iPad that actually prevented the peeks from registering; it worked better with Auto-Lock left active. I can’t think of an easier (or cheaper) way to build out quick, effective iPad flash cards for any topic under the sun. Since Evernote supports shared notebooks, it’s simple for teachers or tutors to give students access to class-specific materials.

Prepare yourself for libraries and classrooms filled with the distinctive ‘kerp’ sound of Smart Cover front edges hitting iPad screens. You’ll be hearing it a lot.

iPad 2 + Smart Cover = study aid with Evernote Peek originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lifehacker has a nice post that shows you how to add some Windows 7 features to your Mac OS X computer. One of the nicest hacks is the ability to show a preview of an app when it’s in the dock just like Windows 7 does with its Aero interface. There’s also a way to remap your keyboard to use Windows-Style keyboard shortcuts. Most of the features are added via applications that cost less than US$20 each. Point your browser to the article for the rest of the tips. Enjoy!

How to get Windows 7’s best features on Mac OS X originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple’s Mac OS X Lion press release reveals that those who purchase a new Mac on or after June 6, 2011 will be able to receive a free copy of Mac OS X Lion. Apple’s Up-To-Date program typically lets customers who buy new Macs within a certain time frame update to the latest OS at a reduced cost, typically US$9.95 for a disc. It appears Apple is eliminating the fee entirely with Lion. From the press release:

“The Mac OS X Lion Up-To-Date upgrade is available at no additional charge via the Mac App Store to all customers who purchased a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller on or after June 6, 2011. Users must request their Up-To-Date upgrade within 30 days of purchase of their Mac computer. Customers who purchase a qualifying Mac between June 6, 2011 and the date when Lion is available in the Mac App Store will have 30 days from Lions official release date to make a request.”

That’s good news for anyone who’s in the market for a new Mac and either can’t (or doesn’t want to) wait until Lion is released to make a purchase.

[Via MacRumors]

Buy a new Mac now, upgrade to Lion for free originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Today on TUAW TV Live I have the distinct pleasure of introducing you to one of our TUAW bloggers and resident Welshman, Dr. Richard Gaywood. Rich has been writing for us for a while, and he’s known for his insights into just about everything. I don’t know how many times we’ve been lounging around the TUAW newsroom and asked a hypothetical question, only to have Rich send us a well-researched statistical dissertation a few minutes later.

On this afternoon’s show, Rich and I will be kicking around the news from the WWDC keynote on Monday. Whether the topic is Versions in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or the notification screen in iOS 5, the two of us are fairly likely to have an opinion.

We’ll also be taking questions and comments about the recent TUAW redesign. As our fearless leader Victor Agreda has said, “release early and refine often,” so your feedback will be welcome. We are not going back to the old design, though…

As usual, I’ll be starting the show at 5 PM EDT (2 PM PDT / 10 PM BST) sharp, and we’ll take a few minutes to chat before the demos start. To join in on the chat and watch the live streaming video, drop by TUAW about five minutes before the start time to get your instructions on how to participate. If you’re unable to join us for the show, remember that you can always subscribe to the video podcast and watch the show at your leisure in iTunes or your other favorite podcatching app. The past shows are also available on the TUAW YouTube channel.

TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT: A Welshman and a Coloradan walk into a bar… originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This summer Apple iPad shipments may reach 10.5 million according to a report from Digitimes. Apple has reportedly tapped Chimei Innolux to boost their supply of panels for the iPad 2. CMI is is expected to produce up to 500,000 panels in June and may ramp up production to over one million in July. Between CMI, TPK Holding and Wintek, Apple should have an ample supply of panels to ship over 10.5 million iPads in the summer quarter.

[Via Electronista]

iPad 2 panel shipments could break 10.5m this summer originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Boxee showed off its iPad app at a small East London gathering this week. The new app is not yet available, but those who attended the sold out event got a sneak peek of what Boxee has in store for its iPad users.

Boxee is home theater PC software that runs on a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. The company also produces a set-top box that takes the place of the computer and lets you watch streaming video on your TV. The tablet app will bring Boxee to your iPad and let you watch streaming content, video shared by your friends and video files from your local network if you run the Boxee Media server. If you own a Boxee box, you can also send content from your iPad to your TV. No word on when the app will debut in the app store, but if Boxee is showing it off to people, the launch can’t be too far away.

[Via CrunchGear]

Boxee offers sneak peek at iPad app in London originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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