It was the week that the Macworld Expo made. Sure, it was the first year that Apple hadn't been there in a long, long, loooooong time, but we still found plenty to get excited about. Our crack team of Mac|Lifers hit the show and brought you back enough tasty video of gadgets, widgets, doodads, software, and all the usual geektasticness you've come to expect from Macworld.
So join us in this very special edition of our greatest hits from the week of Mac Geek.
Features:
- The Mac|Life Guide to San Francisco for Macworld Expo Attendees - Hey, nerds! There's more to a week in sunny San Fran than just the Expo. We hooked up readers with great nearby eats, shopping, things to do when the show turns out the lights, and all the rest of the touristy goodness our fair city has to offer. If you missed out on a dessert burger from Burger Bar, you missed out, kids.
- 10 Reasons Why You Can't Have an iPad Right Now - Yeah, Steve Jobs is a bit of a tease. Let's get that out right up front. Steve = Tease. But there was more than just taunting you with the long-awaited iPad that stopped Apple from rolling these babies out days after the big reveal. We came up with ten good reasons you don't have an iPad in your hot little hands, reading these words, right this very second. And driving Stephen Colbert mad wasn't part of it.
How-Tos:
- Customize Your Home with Your Mac - Some of us like Butter Crème walls, but we don't like having to pay through the nose to have someone tell us what we should like. Your Mac can handle all sorts of more mundane and trivial tasks, so why not put it to some practical use redesigning your home? We walk you through the steps to become if not an instant interior decorator, at least a passable alternative.
- Recording Video on Your Mac: iSight to iMovie to Email - Sometimes you want to see the people you talk with, but your schedules don't sync up so well. iMovie helps you make nice little video postcards for Grandma, but you're gonna want to take a shower first. And sit up straight. How many times do we have to tell you? And get a haircut, hippy.
Reviews:
- iRingPro Origin, Tek, and Zen - You thought it was pretty clever, turning Keyboard Cat into a ringtone, didn't you? Until it went off in front of your blind date and you had to explain and ended up looking like a dweed. iRingPro gets you out of the pre-packaged iPhone rings without having to resort to the pop songs of your youth. Or ill-considered internet choices.
- Cocoatech Path Finder - Apple makes finding stuff on your Mac a breeze with Spotlight Search and Finder's total simplicity, but what if you wanted something a little more muscular, something that makes repetitive tasks a snap? Path Finder is bedazzled with a ton of great features, like tabs, stacks, a built in Terminal window. No more scrolling through fifteen Finder windows to get to the place we wanted! Now if this puppy just came with a bit more help documents, we'd be set.
Videos:
Okay, okay, above we called out Steve Jobs as a tease, but so are we. We promised Macworld Expo and instead we gave you the usual mix of Features, How-Tos, and Reviews. Where, we hear you demanding, are the videos we were promised? Well, in lieu of our usual News of the Week feature rounding up In Case You Missed It, we present to you, the Mac|Life Macworld Video Extravaganza!
- Macworld Expo in About a Minute - Our annual tradition of the walk-through of the Expo space. If we could only get the rights to "Yakety Sax" this video would be Oscar worthy.
- HyperMac External Batteries - We'd watch more video on our iPhone if it didn't kill the battery before we finish "Golden Girls Season One"...er, our uh, something. Something cool. Yeah. Uh, anyway, HyperMac gives you juice on the go in an array of colors.
- Clingo iPhone Steering Wheel - Sometimes, you just want a little more to grab onto when you're gaming on your iPhone or iPod touch. Clingo brings you a steering wheel attachment that makes kicking butt in Mario Kart a snap. Unless you're the one driving in this video.
- Uncommon iPhone Cases - Apple fans love their customizability, something the makers of the Uncommon iPhone Cases clearly get. Their kits let you design a unique shell to protect your phone. And don't worry, you won't get that many weird looks for having Cyclops Cat on your iPhone.
- Telefinger iPhone Gloves - Waiting around outside for our new puppy to finally go potty is a bit more bearable with the iPhone along for the wait, but have you ever tried tweeting when it's 13 degrees outside? It's gloves and no iPhone or frostbite. Luckily, Telefingers mimic human touch, bringing cold weather and iPhone usage together at last.
- Blue Yeti and Mikey - We've seriously got to get one of these Edward R. Murrow style big Blue Yeti microphones in the office for the weekly podcast. They are beyond nice. And if your tastes run to recording on the go, the Mikey is your small iPhone dongle that packs an outsized wallop.
- Appsaurus iPhone App Recommendation App - An app that recommends more apps for you to buy. What won't they think of next?
- Parrot AR Drone Lets Us Pretend We're in Avatar - The kids at Parrot have put together just about one of the most fun things we've seen yet. A remote control quadricopter you can pilot from your iPhone. And augmented reality is coming next. We just about nerdgasmed for this one.
- Office and Drop Box Sitting in a Tree... - With so much of our documentation moving into the cloud, mobile apps that allow for access and editing are only going to get huge with the release of the iPad. Quickoffice Connect brings together the sweetness of their earlier offering, Quickoffice, with access to all your favorite cloud storage locales.
- Auto-Tune the Ocarina - Who doesn't love Auto-Tune the News? Who doesn't love the Ocarina? Who wouldn't love a mashup made in heaven like this?
