Well, when next we meet for our next round of In Case You Missed It, things will be different. It Will Have Happened. At least one of you, maybe more, just might be reading next week's column on the fabled iPad.

Now, we're not saying that this is the very first place that you should check out on Mobile Safari once you get your iPad in your hot little hands. We're just saying that this is the absolute very first place you should check out. And now, the end of an era, this week's best pre-iPad viewed Mac|Life columns.


Features:

- Zinio on Maximizing Magazine Reading on iPad - Now while not every publisher is overjoyed and racing to prep content for the iPad, most publishers haven't made smart decisions lately. Not so Zinio, who has a history of making the most of digital editions. While he was a little coy, wanting to leave some sizzle for their planned April launch, Zinio president and CEO Rich Maggiotto, did dish a little with us about where their head is at the sort of thinking that went into their upcoming iPad product launch.


- Agile Web Solutions Talks About 1Password for the iPad - David Chartier, chief media producer at Agile Web Solutions, was entirely at the opposite end of the spectrum from Maggiotto. Not only did he want to talk plenty about the award-winner's upcoming iPad app, Agile's been posting mockups of their new redesign since mid-February. This crew rocked it as a Mac app, so we're betting they do the same for the iPad.


How-Tos:

- Back Up Your Entire Network - Okay, just about all of us, sooner or later, has had to back up a computer. Maybe we're upgrading our OS or transferring everything to a external HD. It's tricky, but it can be done. Now, are you ready to go pro? Because backing up your entire network? Now that's not for the faint of heart.

- Gotta Rename 'Em All -- Batch Renaming Files - One of the worst things about files is when you find you've got tons of technical names, like DSCN0684.jpg or some other camera format, and you've got to rename a ton of them. Name Mangler is cheap, easy to use, and takes the sting out of the process. There are other software out that do this, and Automator pros could hook it up, but this is one that's easy on the casual user's skill level.


Reviews:

- Tom Bihn Synapse - If you're like us, you know that finding the right bag is important.  Messenger or backpack is one eternal question, but let's say you pick backpack. Too bulky and you find yourself crushed in trains, not enough padding and it's a MacBook to the kidneys – or worse. Tom Bihn has come up with something that just about covers every one of our demands – but at a price.

- Yurtopia Yurbuds - We don't know anyone personally, who still uses the Apple earbud headphones, but when we see people on the street with the telltale white cord, we wonder about their ability to actually hear. We also wonder how they can bear to wear those flat round discs inside their ears. The good folks at Yurtopia must have thought the same thing, because their Yurbuds are a solution to a problem we'd like to see addressed. Of course, at this price, couldn't you just buy decent fitting earbuds that sound good too?



News:

Well, of course it's iPad, iPad, iPad, that's all anyone can talk about, leaving the iPhone feeling like the Jan Brady of the iProducts. Whether it's purported leaks of the all new iPad App Store showing up on screen...or it's again supposed leaks of the iBookstore with possible pricing going one way...or maybe the pricing is going a completely other direction like we'd heard before and too steep for Random House...and apparently Apple's cramming iBookstore with 30,000 public domain Project Gutenberg titles to be ready to go on day one...which would be consistent with polls showing that the iPad right now is more appealing to media consumers than to gamers...which shouldn't last long if Cupertino's planning and marketing this the right way based on their testing...and maybe Amazon's figured that if their Kindle isn't going to be such a big seller anymore, because their Kindle iPad App is tons cooler than a real Kindle...speaking of big retailers, it looks like Best Buy's getting themselves ready for April 3rd too...and if you pre-ordered your iPad, check your bank statement, because you've probably been pre-authorized already too. Can you stand the wait?


Best Buy isn't the only third party getting their hands on some Apple products. Radio Shack is good to go to be the second largest third party seller of iPhones; if that goes well, maybe iPad's will be there one day too..and if AT&T has been your biggest gripe in the whole process, contract free iPhones are now for sale, so you can get around to upgrading that Razr you've been carrying around since 2005...in the same getting around to it boat, Digg finally decided to get themselves an iPhone app...and AT&T isn't resting on their iPhone laurels; despite holding an exclusive contract with Apple, they have a bit more of an open relationship with the iPhone's competitors...love is a fickle thing, we guess, and no one knew that more than Jane Austen and her zombie lover...


We mentioned earlier about some App Store excitement with leaks and so forth, but the week was ripe in other App Store news...for instance, the doors are open and iPad Apps are good to be submitted as the flood surely begins...in the regular App Store, Opera becomes the latest to challenge Mobile Safari as they drop their own browser in the App Store; good luck with that....Instapaper's tireless developer isn't waiting around and is rolling out the goodies early, hoping to have something iPad worthy on day one, with upgrades to follow once he, like everyone else, gets his mitts on his very own iPad...another company we expect to work the iPad app overtime is Readdle and their latest update for Scanner Pro shows the company is still dedicated to delivering the love to their customers...speaking of getting some love electronically, is it possible, do our eyes deceive us, or is it possible that the iPad App Store might just bring an Explicit category with it? Say it ain't so....