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Apple has now updated Mac OS X 10.8 to version 10.8.3. The following is the details of the fixes/additions included in this version. This up...
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Apple has updated its Xcode IDE to version 5.0.2 with some fixes for iOS simulator issues and iOS 6 fixes. Apple had released Xcode 5.0.1 on...
Apple has released 10.9.5 update for OS X Mavericks. This update is recommended for all Mac users and it includes bug fixes and security updates for Mac
The update fixes the reliability issue of VPN connections that use USB smart cards for authentication and reliability of accessing files located on SMB servers. It also includes a updated version of Safari 7.0.6.
For enterprise users, it has fixes for group membership in large networks and it allows authentication when roaming on 802.1x networks which use EAP-TLS.
You can update it through Mac App Store or downloading a standalone installer fro Apple Support page.
After lots of rumours, finally the Apple watch is here. And it's simply called Watch. It comes in three variants, Watch, Watch Sport and Watch Edition. It was unveiled by Tim Cook on 9th September 2014 at Flint Centre, Cupertino.
The Watch has a specially designed face and it is covered with Sapphire glass. Apple understands that, one size won't fits all. So the are offering in two sizes with 38 mm and 42 mm. It comes in various colours including 18K real gold. It has a specially designed user interface. You can chose from variety of watch faces to suit you.
In the back side of the watch, there are infrared and LED sensors present, which calculates your pulse . the back side also houses the charging port via beautifully designed MagSafe charger.
The watch will be available in Early 2015 and cost $349.
http://www.apple.com/watch/
At last Apple has unveiled what people have been waiting for, a bigger iPhone. Apple CEO, Tim Cook unveiled the newest and biggest iPhone yet, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. It comes in two sizes, 4.7 inch and 5.5 inch. The bigger iPhone 6 Plus is the flagship.
On Tuesday, 9th September 2014, Tim Cook unveiled the hotly anticipated handsets at Flint Centre, Cupertino. The iPhone 6 sports the new A8 SoC (speed unknown) and M8 chip. The 64-bit A8 has 25% more CPU power and 50% more GPU power than A7. The iPhone 6 has a 4.7 inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1334x750 (326 PPI) and the Plus has a resolution of full HD i.e. 1920x1080 (401 PPI). The display is called Retina Display HD. The 6 is the thinnest iPhone at 6.8 mm and the Plus is at 7.1 mm.
While both the phones have similar specification, the Plus has few technologies exclusive to it. The OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) is exclusive to Plus. The bigger display supports landscape mode to certain apps such as, Mail.
The iPhone has better connectivity with 150 mbps cat4 LTE, Wi-Fi ac, VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling and NFC. The NFC works with Apple Pay, a payment service introduced by Apple at the event.
The iPhone keeps the same 8 MP iSight camera, but with improvement. It has the aperture of f/2.2 and a pixel size of 1.5µ. The True Tone flash is also present, but its round instead of oval. The camera offers faster auto focus with Phase Detection and Focus Pixels. It offers 1080p recording at 30/60 fps and slo-mo video at 240 fps. It's unknown at the point that the iPhone still records mono audio.
The iPhone is offered in three capacity versions, 16 GB, 64 Gb and 128 GB. The 32 GB option is gone as you get 64 at the price of 32. The starting price is unchanged at $199. The 6 will cost $649 and the Plus will cost you $749 unlocked. The new handsets will start selling on September 19th.
After unveiling the newest iPhone at Flint Centre, Cupertino, Apple has changed its website to sport a a flatter look. Now it matches the design philosophy of iOS and OS X Yosemite. The icons have changed too to seamlessly integrate with the website. And it looks beautiful.
http://www.apple.com
Have you ever came across an app that keeps all your API docs in one place ? If the answer is No, meet Dash. An app which keeps all the documentation in one place. It downloads and keeps them up to date. It has support for almost all languages.
The interface is similar to Xcode documentation browser, so you will feel at home. You can add document sets from your local hard drive or download from provided locations such as Stackoverflow and other places. It will scan your HD when you open the app and keep everything tidy.
The best part is that, it integrates with apps on your Mac such as Xcode, Eclipse, Alfred and many others, so that you can directly browse the API docs from within that app.
It has another cool feature known as Snippets. You can store test snippets and abbreviations for later use. It's really handy as you don't have to remember large texts.
The app is basically free with an option of in-app purchase. You can use it free with full features, but it will nag you sometimes for payments if you don't pay.
One of greatest first person shooters Bioshock has landed on Apple iTunes App Store. It has the same immersive gameplay as it's PC and Console counterpart. The game has been modified to run on Apple iPad 4, iPad Air, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. Due to heavy graphics, the game is not supported on older devices. The game requires iOS 7.1 or later.
Get the game at INR 920 or $14.99 at App Store.
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Utility
Drag and Drop Files or Folders Between Spaces or Fullscreen Apps
August 08, 2014 Pratik 0 Comments
Droppy for Mac is a very useful utility that enables you to drag and drop files and folders between Spaces or fullscreen apps. It supports any file types and any application. Just click the app icon at status bar and you can drag and drop your files or folders.
The popular password management for Mac and iOS, 1Password is on sale for a limited time. Get the Mac app at 30% and the iOS app at 30% off. The iOS 8 version of the app will be free if you buy it now for iOS.
The Mac version will cost you $34.99 and iOS version will cost you $9.99.
The new Tomb Raider 2014 has got a price cut of 50% on Mac App Store. Now it costs $19.99 or ₹1200. Get the game before Apple reverts back the price to normal.
If you want action, adventure and a very good storyline, then this game is a must for every mac gamer. The game weighs 12.27 GB.
The popular music app Shazam is now available on Mac. It has been optimised for OS X. It sits on the menu bar and listens to music in the background. It offers to buy the songs on iTunes also.
Download it now on Mac App Store.
1. Operates magically in the background, ready to name that tune at a moment’s notice.
2. Instant, seamless access to all the music that makes up the world around you.
3. One-click access to lyrics, music videos or to buy tracks on iTunes.
4. Discover like never before, share like always.
In all Apple portables such as MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, we have functions keys which can be used for various functions such as brightness control, volume control, music playback etc. But if you want to treat the function keys as standard keys, it's easy. To change the setting follow the previous instructions.
- Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
- Choose Keyboard (or Keyboard & Mouse in Mac OS X v10.5.8 and earlier).
- Enable "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys."
Now you would be able to use all the function keys as normal keys on the OS X keyboard.
Keyboard shortcuts are extremely helpful in our daily life. It saves many hours of precious time of our. I am listing all the Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts to make our work easier.
Symbols for special Mac keys
| ⌘ | Command key |
| ⌃ | Control key |
| ⌥ | Option key |
| ⇧ | Shift Key |
| ⇪ | Caps Lock |
| fn | Function Key |
Startup shortcuts
These commands are used to control the startup process of Mac. You need to hold the keys when pressing the power button.
| Key or key combination | What it does |
| Option or Alt | Display all startup volumes (Startup Manager) |
| Shift | Start up in Safe Mode |
| Left Shift | Prevent automatic login |
| C | Start from bootable media (DVD, CD, USB thumb drive) |
| T | Start up in Target disk mode |
| N | Start from a NetBoot server |
| X | Force OS X startup (when non-OS X startup volumes are available) |
| D | Use Apple Hardware Test |
| Command-R | Use OS X Recovery (OS X Lion or later) |
| Command-V | Start up in Verbose Mode |
| Command-S | Start up in Single User Mode |
| Command-Option-P-R | Reset NVRAM / parameter RAM |
| Hold down the Media Eject (⏏) key or F12 key, or mouse or trackpad button | Eject removable discs |
Sleep and shut down shortcuts
These key combinations are used after the Mac has started up to sleep, shut down, or restart.
| Key or key combination | What it does |
| Power button | Tap to power on. Once powered on, tap the power button to wake or sleep in OS X Mavericks. |
| Hold down the power button for 1.5 seconds | Show the restart / sleep / shutdown dialog in OS X Mavericks |
| Hold down the power button for 5 seconds | Force the Mac to power off |
| Command-Control-power button | Force the Mac to restart |
| Control-Media Eject (⏏) | Show restart / sleep / shutdown dialog |
| Command-Option-Media Eject (⏏) | Put the computer to sleep |
| Command-Control-Media Eject (⏏) | Quit all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open documents), then restart the computer |
| Command-Option-Control-Media Eject (⏏) | Quit all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open documents), then shut down the computer |
| Shift-Control-Media Eject (⏏) | Put all displays to sleep |
Taking screenshots
With these key combinations you can take screenshots of your Mac.
| Key combination | What it does |
| Command-Shift-3 | Capture the screen to a file |
| Command-Shift-Control-3 | Capture the screen to the Clipboard |
| Command-Shift-4 | Capture a selection of the screen to a file, or press the spacebar to capture just a window |
| Command-Shift-Control-4 | Capture a selection of the screen to the Clipboard, , or press the spacebar to capture just a window |
Application and other OS X shortcuts
These key combinations are used in Finder and various OS X applications.
| Key combination | What it does |
| Command-Space bar | Show or hide the Spotlight search field (if multiple languages are being used simultaneously, this shortcut may rotate through enabled script systems instead) |
| Command-Option-Space bar | Show the Spotlight search results window (if multiple languages are installed, may rotate through keyboard layouts and input methods within a script) |
| Command-Tab | Move forward to the next most recently used application in a list of open applications |
| Command-Shift-Tab | Move backward through a list of open applications (sorted by recent use) |
| Shift-Tab | Navigate through controls in a reverse direction |
| Control-Tab | Move focus to the next grouping of controls in a dialog or the next table (when Tab moves to the next cell) |
| Shift-Control-Tab | Move focus to the previous grouping of controls |
| Option-Media Eject (⏏) | Eject from secondary optical media drive (if one is installed) |
| Command-F1 | Toggle "Mirror Displays" on multi-monitor configurations |
| Command-F2 | Toggle Target Display Mode |
| Command-F3 | Show Desktop |
| Command-F5 | Toggle VoiceOver On or Off |
| Option-F1 or Option-F2 | Opens "Displays" System Preference |
| Option-F3 or Option-F4 | Open Mission Control preferences |
| Option-F10 or -F11 or -F12 | Open Sound preferences |
| Shift-Control-F6 | Move focus to the previous panel |
| Control-F7 | Temporarily override the current keyboard access mode in windows and dialogs |
| Control-F8 | Move to the status menus in the menu bar |
| Command-Accent (`) | Activate the next open window in the frontmost application |
| Command-Shift-Accent (`) | Activate the previous open window in the frontmost application |
| Command-Option-Accent (`) | Move focus to the window drawer |
| Command-Minus (–) | Decrease the size of the selected item |
| Command-{ | Left-align a selection |
| Command-} | Right-align a selection |
| Command-| | Center-align a selection |
| Command-Colon (:) | Display the Spelling and Grammar window |
| Command-Semicolon (;) | Find misspelled words in the document |
| Command-Comma (,) | Open the front application's preferences window |
| Command-Option-Control-Comma (,) | Decrease screen contrast |
| Command-Option-Control-Period (.) | Increase screen contrast |
| Command-Question Mark (?) | Open the application's help in Help Viewer |
| Command-Option-/ | Turn font smoothing on or off |
| Command-Shift-= | Increase the size of the selected item |
| Command-A | Highlight every item in a document or window, or all characters in a text field |
| Command-B | Boldface the selected text or toggle boldfaced text on and off |
| Command-C | Copy the selected data to the Clipboard |
| Command-Shift-C | Display the Colors window |
| Command-Option-C | Copy the formatting settings of the selected item and store on the Clipboard |
| Command-Option-V | Paste (apply) the formatting settings from the Clipboard to the selected item |
| Command-Option-D | Show or hide the Dock |
| Command-Control-D | Display the definition of the selected word |
| Command-D | Selects the Desktop folder in Open and Save dialogs or selects Don't Save in dialogs that contain a Don't Save button |
| Command-Delete | Selects Don't Save in dialogs that contain a Delete or Don't Save button |
| Command-E | Use the selection for a find |
| Command-F | Open a Find window |
| Command-Option-F | Move to the search field control |
| Command-G | Find the next occurrence of the selection |
| Command-Shift-G | Find the previous occurrence of the selection |
| Command-H | Hide the windows of the currently running application |
| Command-Option-H | Hide the windows of all other running applications |
| Command-I | Italicize the selected text or toggle italic text on or off |
| Command-Option-I | Display an inspector window |
| Command-M | Minimize the active window to the Dock |
| Command-Option-M | Minimize all windows of the active application to the Dock |
| Command-N | Create a new document in the frontmost application |
| Command-O | Display a dialog for choosing a document to open in the frontmost application |
| Command-P | Display the Print dialog |
| Command-Shift-P | Display a dialog for specifying document parameters (Page Setup) |
| Command-Q | Quit the frontmost application |
| Command-S | Save the active document |
| Command-Shift-S | Display the Save As dialog or duplicate the current document |
| Command-T | Display the Fonts window |
| Command-Option-T | Show or hide a toolbar |
| Command-U | Underline the selected text or turn underlining on or off |
| Command-V | Paste the Clipboard contents at the insertion point |
| Command-Option-V | Apply the style of one object to the selected object (Paste Style) |
| Command-Shift-Option-V | Apply the style of the surrounding text to the inserted object (Paste and Match Style) |
| Command-Control-V | Apply formatting settings to the selected object (Paste Ruler) |
| Command-W | Close the frontmost window |
| Command-Shift-W | Close a file and its associated windows |
| Command-Option-W | Close all windows in the application without quitting it |
| Command-X | Remove the selection and store in the Clipboard |
| Command-Z | Undo previous command (some applications allow for multiple Undos) |
| Command-Shift-Z | Redo previous command (some applications allow for multiple Redos) |
| Control-Space bar | Toggle between the current and previous input sources |
| Option-Control-Space bar | Toggle through all enabled input sources |
| Command-Option-esc | choose an application to Force Quit |
| Command-Shift-Option-Esc (hold for three seconds) | Force Quit the front-most application |
| Command-Left Bracket ([) | Previous browser webpage |
| Command-Right Bracket (]) | Next browser webpage |
Text selection shortcuts
These key combinations can be used in text editing.| fn-Delete | Forward Delete (on a portable Mac's built-in keyboard) |
| fn-Up Arrow | Scroll up one page (same as Page Up key) |
| fn-Down Arrow | Scroll down one page (same as Page Down key) |
| fn-Left Arrow | Scroll to the beginning of a document (same as Home key) |
| fn-Right Arrow | Scroll to the end of a document (same as End key) |
| Command-Right Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the end of the current line |
| Command-Left Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the beginning of the current line |
| Command-Down Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the end of the document |
| Command-Up Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the beginning of the document |
| Option-Right Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the end of the next word |
| Option-Left Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the beginning of the previous word |
| Option-Delete | Delete the word that is left of the cursor, as well as any spaces or punctuation after the word |
Command-Shift-Right Arrow
| Select text between the insertion point and the end of the current line (*) |
| Command-Shift-Left Arrow | Select text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line (*) |
| Command-Shift-Up Arrow | Select text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document (*) |
| Command-Shift-Down Arrow | Select text between the insertion point and the end of the document (*) |
| Shift-Left Arrow | Extend text selection one character to the left (*) |
| Shift-Right Arrow | Extend text selection one character to the right (*) |
| Shift-Up Arrow | Extend text selection to the line above, to the nearest character boundary at the same horizontal location (*) |
| Shift-Down Arrow | Extend text selection to the line below, to the nearest character boundary at the same horizontal location (*) |
| Shift-Option-Right Arrow | Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again (*) |
| Shift-Option-Left Arrow | Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again (*) |
| Shift-Option-Down Arrow | Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again (*) |
| Shift-Option-Up Arrow | Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again (*) |
| Control-A | Move to beginning of line or paragraph |
| Control-B | Move one character backward |
| Control-D | Delete the character in front of the cursor |
| Control-E | Move to the beginning of a line or paragraph |
| Control-F | Move one character forward |
| Control-H | Delete the character behind the cursor |
| Control-K | Delete from the character in front of the cursor to the end of the line or paragraph |
| Control-L | Center the cursor or selection in the visible area |
| Control-N | Move down one line |
| Control-O | Insert a new line after the cursor |
| Control-P | Move up one line |
| Control-T | Transpose the character behind the cursor and the character in front of the cursor |
| Control-V | Move down |
Accessibility
These keyboard shortcuts are are used with Accessibility. You need to enable "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard keys" in Keyboard Preferences pane in System Preferences.
| Key combination | What it does |
| Command-Option-F5 | Display Accessibility Options |
| Command-F5 or fn-Command-F5 | Turn VoiceOver on or off |
| Option-Control-F8 or fn-Option-Control-F8 | Open VoiceOver Utility (if VoiceOver is on) |
| Option-Control-F7 or fn-Option-Control-F7 | Display VoiceOver menu (if VoiceOver is on) |
| Option-Control-Semicolon (;) | Enable or disable VoiceOver |
| Command-Option-8 | Turn Zoom on or off |
| Command-Option-Plus (+) | Zoom In |
| Command-Option-Minus (–) | Zoom Out |
| Command-Option-Control-8 | Invert/revert the screen colors (OS X Lion or earlier) |
| Command-Option-Control-Comma (,) | Reduce contrast (OS X Lion or earlier) |
| Command-Option-Control-Period (.) | Increase contrast (OS X Lion or earlier) |
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