Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus is back to catch us up with his two latest books, Incredible iPad Apps For Dummies and iPad For Dummies, tell us about why some apps are great no matter how new or old they are and names some favorites and some classics. Bob also talks about his upcoming user group appearances in his Mid-Atlantic MUG Tour.
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Jeff Carlson has been busy updating his Take Control of iPad Media to the second edition, and talks about the changes iOS 4.3, Airplay and the iPad 2 have brought to Apple’s tablet. If you want to get the most from your iPad 1 or iPad 2, find out how new and optimized tools for media conversion, key apps and the evolution of the platform has made it an even more capable and useful device.
To celebrate the iPad’s first anniversary, The MacJury convened to discuss the impact of Apple’s tablet. The bonus-length deliberations were wide and varied, and included such topics as the iPad lifestyle, disappearing technology, the iPad as a personal, media, enterprise and productivity device and more. Kill app picks were shared, uses to which the iPad is put were revealed and positions were argued by the panel of Jeff Gamet, John Grzeskowiak, Chuck La Tournous, Matt Neuburg, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Ken Ray and host Chuck Joiner.
Steve Sande has updated his Take Control of iWeb ’09 to version 1.1 to reflect the changes and additions to Apple’s web publishing program, even though it didn’t get a full update in iLife ’11. Steve talks about where iWeb is and where it is going. Even if you don’t plan to use it as your main web authoring solution, iWeb ’09 has a place in your toolkit. New additions from both Apple and third parties have upped iWeb’s game; find out how you can get more out of the program under Steve’s guidance.
With his head in clouds, Ted Landau talks about the place cloud computing has in today’s computing environment, and where it may go if Apple makes good on all the speculation about its mysterious data center. If you’re moving to the cloud, you probably are paying attention to the personal hot spot option for your iPhone from AT&T; Ted and Chuck Joiner discuss the offering, and their frustration with the thinking behind the plans offered. Ted also provides all the gory details of installing a solid state drive (SSD) in his Mac Pro, along the benefits and the costs of the project.
