Ace up your sleeve In this week’s iPad-case roundup, you’ll find a sleeve that means business, lots of ways to keep your iPad standing up, and a clamshell that looks as sleek as it is tough. Acase The TipTop (iPad Air; $40) features an ultraslim design, with reinforced corners and a microfiber interior. The case’s …
Apple doesn’t really do sales. It certainly doesn’t try to compete with other electronics retailers in slashing its prices on the day after Thanksgiving. But that’s not to say it doesn’t get into a little bit of Black Friday mania. On its online store as well as at its real-world retail outlets on Friday, Apple …
The gadget In this week’s roundup of iPhone cases, we bring you a collection of accessories designed to protect while letting your handset’s own design and colors shine through, and we find out what happens when you cross a case with a Swiss Army knife. Belkin The View (iPhone 5c; $25) combines a transparent, polycarbonate …
Following my last column, which focused on the new iBooks app, I’ve gotten several more questions about iBooks, and I answer two of them here. I also look at a tricky question about moving the contents of an iTunes library back and forth between two Macs, and answer a question about a smart playlist with …
When I first gazed upon the radically redesigned, supercharged Mac Pro at Apple’s WWDC last June, my reaction was immediate: “This is my next computer.” The promise of lightning-fast speed combined with the allure of its futuristic cylindrical design seemed irresistible. As it turns out, resistance was all too possible. With additional information now available, …
App.net spreads its wings This week’s roundup of new and updated iOS apps features some of those “other” social media services. App.net This free iPhone app is helping its eponymous service branch out beyond its original role as an alternative social network. The word “RSS” isn’t used to describe the latest update, but you can …
PHollisPhotos asked thePhoto Editing forum how to give a sports photo a certain look, like an illustration with a black-and-white background. You can do this with most good photo editors, although the exact look will depend on the filters and effects available, and your own choices. The instructions below are for two consumer-oriented editors–Photoshop Elements …
Wood makes everything better This week’s roundup of accessories includes several speakers made more beautiful by using natural materials, as well as docks, keyboards, stands, and more. Bluelounge The $100 Sanctuary4 is a tablet stand that also has four USB ports so that multiple iOS devices (or other smartphones or accessories) can be charged at …
There’s been a lot of talk about Apple and innovation in the tech press lately, and probably not in a way that Apple would prefer. Elsewhere on Macworld, my colleague Christopher Breen wrote a thoughtufl piece on innovation and iteration—so thoughtful, in fact, that I thought we’d discuss it further on the latest Macworld Podcast. …
Thanks to the new iBooks app in OS X Mavericks, it’s easy to store and read your ebooks—be they purchased from the iBookstore or elsewhere (as long as they’re in the .epub or .ibooks format). But you can also keep PDFs in iBooks, too, and even organize them to your liking—though Apple’s tools still leave …