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Happy holiday, and welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about upgrading an iMac processor, using the 27" iMac as a display, sharing a Magic Mouse and Bluetooth keyboard with a Linux machine, and more.

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you're using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.

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]]>bluetooth keyboardBluetoothKeyboardCore i7core2duoCoreI7firewire 800Firewire800magic mouseMagicMousesuperdupertarget display modeTargetDisplayModeMat LuThu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00:00 ESTMac Pro takes a bullet, brings justicehttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/23/mac-pro-takes-a-bullet-brings-justice/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/23/mac-pro-takes-a-bullet-brings-justice/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/23/mac-pro-takes-a-bullet-brings-justice/#commentsFiled under: ,

This piece isn't about shooting Mac Pros, but it is about how the Mac Pro is helping forensics professionals solve cases faster and more accurately. Pyramidal Technologies produces a system called ALIAS (Advanced balLIstics Analysis System), a replacement for standard ballistic investigation systems that offers faster ramp-up times, increases data accuracy in ballistics investigations, and lowers operator error.

Pyramidal's tagline, "Solve more crimes, Convict more criminals, Save more lives" sums up their mission pretty succinctly. ALIAS will help to convict more criminals with more accuracy, and should even solve some previously-unsolvable cold cases. Helping to proactively build a civil society by identifying wrongdoers and exposing them to justice is among the many socially conscious goals of Pyramidal Technologies.

I found this story of interest because, in my limited experience, the world of law enforcement does not lean very heavily toward the Apple side of the computing spectrum. I assume that this is for the same primary reason that any agency, organization or company tends to stick with Windows: the software they depend on is Windows-based and often proprietary. What intrigued me here was the fact that the benefits of various systems, both hardware and operating system, were weighed in an OS-agnostic fashion, and the Mac won. Here's what I learned about the reasons why ...

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]]>ALIASballisticsinterferometermac promac-proMacProPyramidal TechnologiesPyramidalTechnologiesBrett TerpstraMon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:00 ESTBuyer's Guide: 33 things you don't need if you have an iPhonehttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/19/buyer-s-guide-33-things-you-don-t-need-if-you-have-an-iphone/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/19/buyer-s-guide-33-things-you-don-t-need-if-you-have-an-iphone/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/19/buyer-s-guide-33-things-you-don-t-need-if-you-have-an-iphone/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Every time I walk through Warehouse Stationery (New Zealand's equivalent to Office Depot) or Dick Smith's Electronics (pretty much Best Buy), I'm struck by how probably half the products in each store are pretty much useless to me since I've got an iPhone.

Thanks to the apps that come pre-packaged with the iPhone and the more than 100,000 third-party offerings now available in the iTunes Store, the iPhone has gained functionality that might have seemed hard to fathom under three years ago when Steve Jobs first announced the device.

"A widescreen iPod with touch controls... a revolutionary mobile phone... a breakthrough internet communications device... these are not three separate devices. This is one device." So Steve Jobs told us all back at Macworld Expo 2007. But since then, the iPhone has grown to be much more than just those three concepts.

What follows is a sort of anti-buyer's guide, a list of products and devices that you may never need or even want to buy again (or receive as a gift) if you have an iPhone. Some of these are certainly open for debate, but more than a few of them are products that, for all intents and purposes, are completely unnecessary if you have an iPhone. (Items in bold also apply to the iPod touch).

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]]>2079Air Mouse ProAirMouseProAmbianceCleartunedictionary.comDropboxFlight ControlFlightControlGoogle EarthGoogleEarthGuitarToolKitHandbrakeHero of SpartaHeroOfSpartahggiPhoneiPod TouchIpodTouchiShootKindleMotionXnetbooksPeggleRunKeeperShakespeareStanzaVLC RemoteVlcRemoteWriteRoomChris RawsonThu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:00 ESTAsk TUAW: Silencing iPhone notifications, remote control a PC, printing over the internet, and morehttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/19/ask-tuaw-silencing-iphone-notifications-remote-control-a-pc-p/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/19/ask-tuaw-silencing-iphone-notifications-remote-control-a-pc-p/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/19/ask-tuaw-silencing-iphone-notifications-remote-control-a-pc-p/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about controlling a PC over the internet, silencing iPhone email notifications at night, replacing a MacBook Pro SuperDrive with a hard drive, printing over the internet, setting iCal as the default calendar, and more.

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you're using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.

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]]>ask tuawAskTuawbatterybonjouriCallogmeinrdcremote desktop connectionRemoteDesktopConnectionscreen recyclerScreenRecyclershare toolShareToolvpnMat LuThu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:00 ESTDear Barrister TUAW: Psystar, matters of fact, and appellate caseshttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/15/dear-barrister-tuaw-psystar-matters-of-fact-and-appellate-cas/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/15/dear-barrister-tuaw-psystar-matters-of-fact-and-appellate-cas/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/15/dear-barrister-tuaw-psystar-matters-of-fact-and-appellate-cas/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Dear Auntie Barrister TUAW,

I've been following your coverage of the Psystar case and I'm a little confused by the discussion on your last post. I've always thought the original case to be one of fact and an appellate case one of law. This, to me, would mean that in the appellate process they would not argue the case again at all. It would all be based on if the legal decision in the original case was rendered improperly.

So all the sturm and drang would be gone, No?

With love & kisses,

David

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]]>appealcalifornialegalPsystarLauren HirschSun, 15 Nov 2009 18:00:00 ESTAsk TUAW: Auto-tagging music, iPhone VoIP apps, replacing a hard drive and morehttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/11/ask-tuaw-auto-tagging-music-iphone-voip-apps-replacing-a-hard/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/11/ask-tuaw-auto-tagging-music-iphone-voip-apps-replacing-a-hard/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/11/ask-tuaw-auto-tagging-music-iphone-voip-apps-replacing-a-hard/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about VOIP apps on the iPhone, auto-tagging music, Boot Camp, replacing a hard drive and more.

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you're using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.

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]]>antivirusask tuawAskTuawboot campBootCampcarbon copy clonerCarbonCopyClonermail.apppolluxsongeniesuperdupervirusvoipMat LuWed, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:00 ESTAsk TUAW: Arranging icons on the iPhone, installing Windows on a Mac, Airport networks and morehttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/04/ask-tuaw-arranging-icons-on-the-iphone-installing-windows-on-a/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/04/ask-tuaw-arranging-icons-on-the-iphone-installing-windows-on-a/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/04/ask-tuaw-arranging-icons-on-the-iphone-installing-windows-on-a/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we have questions about arranging icons on the iPhone, installing Windows via Boot Camp, AirPort networks, iMac rotation support, replacing the video card in an iMac, and more.

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you're using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.

Leah asks:
Is there a better way to arrange icons on my iPhone than by trying to drag them around on the phone itself. I can't seem to get it to work very well and usually mess it up.
Apple provided a better way of organizing iPhone icons in iTunes 9. In the past, I always tried to arrange my icons on the iPhone the same way you do, by dragging them around on the device itself. This isn't as easy as it sounds, especially if you have larger hands.

Now, with iTunes 9 or higher installed and your iPhone connected to your Mac or PC, launch iTunes, click on the Applications tab, and you will not only see the apps you have installed on your iPhone, but the iPhone screens and the placement of the icons as well.

Simply drag the icons around in iTunes and put them in the desired order. The next time you sync, the icons are arranged identically on your iPhone as well. It's so much easier.

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]]>airportask tuawAskTuawboot campBootCampfusiongmailitunesmailplaneparallelsprismvmwarewindowswirelessChris UllrichWed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:00 ESTHands-on with the Magic Mousehttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/03/hands-on-with-the-magic-mouse/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/03/hands-on-with-the-magic-mouse/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/03/hands-on-with-the-magic-mouse/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Well, I got my Magic Mouse a few days ago, and I've been using it for my everyday tasks for a few days (and I'm still using it), and here are my impressions.

Packaging:



This packaging is clear, showing the actual Magic Mouse, just like the packaging that Apple has been using recently for the iPod shuffle, iPod nano, iPod touch and accessories.

Downloading the update:

As we posted earlier, you'll want to to download the Wireless Mouse Update to enable the new features of the Magic Mouse, which is available for Snow Leopard and Leopard.

Set Up:


Once you've installed the Wireless Mouse Update, you'll want to go to the Mouse Preference Pane in System Preferences and click the new "Set Up Bluetooth Mouse..." button. You no longer have to use the Bluetooth Setup Assistant to pair, which makes it a little simpler. It will then search for your Magic Mouse, and make sure it's turned on, which is done by a switch on the bottom of the Magic Mouse. Once it's paired, you'll be all ready to use your Magic Mouse.

Read on below to see the how it was using the Magic Mouse....

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]]>BluetoothHands onHandsOnMagic MouseMagicMousemouseMulti-TouchJoachim BeanTue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00:00 ESTAn illustrated guide to Boot Camp and Windows 7http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/02/an-illustrated-guide-to-boot-camp-and-windows-7/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/02/an-illustrated-guide-to-boot-camp-and-windows-7/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/02/an-illustrated-guide-to-boot-camp-and-windows-7/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come for TUAW to introduce our illustrated guide to installing Windows 7 with Boot Camp. Windows? On a Mac? Blasphemy! Yes, yes... we hear you, but we could argue the pros and cons to having Windows on a Mac all day. So, let's just get to the installation process. Be warned, it's a lot of pictures and step-by-step information. It's not necessarily a "fun" read, unless you want to make fun of how I click a button...

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]]>boot campboot camp installation instructionsboot camp windows 7BootCampBootCampInstallationInstructionsBootCampWindows7windows 7Windows7Josh CarrMon, 02 Nov 2009 13:00:00 ESTTUAW's Halloween rounduphttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/30/tuaws-halloween-roundup/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/30/tuaws-halloween-roundup/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/30/tuaws-halloween-roundup/#commentsFiled under: , ,

A look at Halloween posts gone by...

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We asked to see your Apple-themed Halloween costumes, and you delivered. As Mac fans everywhere head off to Halloween parties, it's clear that TUAW readers have created some great outfits.		 Thumbnail for A handful of Halloween for your iPhone or iPod touch A handful of Halloween for your iPhone or iPod touch
Ready for Halloween on your iPhone? The App Store provides a quick fix for trick-or-treaters, and the offerings provide a little of each category. Here's a sampling.
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Halloween is just around the corner, and you know what means: spooky Macs! Tim emailed us to share his instructions for making a Mac-o-lantern out of a Mac Classic. Some tape, a can of spray paint...		 Also of interest:

TUAW's Halloween roundup originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>costumecult of macCultOfMachalloweenholidayiphoneipumpkinmac-o-lanternTUAW BloggerFri, 30 Oct 2009 15:00:00 ESTApp Store Stories: One man's app. Three corporations. Lyrics 2 against the world.http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/28/the-big-story-one-guy-one-app-three-corporations/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/28/the-big-story-one-guy-one-app-three-corporations/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/28/the-big-story-one-guy-one-app-three-corporations/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

When Joris Kluivers (@kluivers on Twitter) set out to write his Lyrics app for iPhone, he never intended to personally take on Apple, Sony, and Gracenote. Kluivers, a student at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, was just trying to get his foot in the App Store door, not go toe-to-toe with three media behemoths. The story of how he ended up navigating through the corporate bulwarks to eventually successfully publish his latest release, Lyrics 2 (iTunes Link), with the blessings of all three companies, no less, makes quite the App Store saga.

The initial version of Lyrics was simple. Kluivers collaborated with Moop.me, a programming cooperative, to build his application. Published this past May, Lyrics was the first application on the App Store to allow users to find and display song lyrics. Several other similar applications followed in the weeks after.

Kluivers built the application around the LyricsWiki database. Featuring over 700,000 songs, the wiki provided easy access to a much-desired resource. It was exactly that access to a vast library of songs that caused the first of Kluiver's corporate challenges. Apple insisted on censoring his lyrics.

Read on to learn more about what happened...

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]]>GracenotelyricsLyrics 2Lyrics2LyricsWikiSONYErica SadunWed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 ESTAsk TUAW: Emptying the trash, migration assistant, Safari bookmarks, Mac mini server and morehttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/21/ask-tuaw-emptying-the-trash-migration-assistant-safari-bookma/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/21/ask-tuaw-emptying-the-trash-migration-assistant-safari-bookma/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/21/ask-tuaw-emptying-the-trash-migration-assistant-safari-bookma/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about the Trash, Migration Assistant, Safari Bookmarks, Mac mini Server, Windows and Mac file sharing and more.

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine you're running and which version of Mac OS X (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.

CL asks:
Is there any way to just delete a single item in the trash can? I only see options to empty the entire trash can?
Unfortunately, as they say in computer parlance "That's a feature, not a bug." At the moment, Apple only allows you to go for an "all or nothing" approach to emptying the trash. Of course, the best solution is to only put things in the trash you want to delete. But I'm sure you already thought of that.

Lamdavidortez asks:
I will be upgrading from my current February 2007 Macbook Pro that is running Leopard to a new October 2009 MacBook Pro that is running Snow Leopard I plan on transferring my data via the "Migration Assistant" but being that this is the first time I perform this type of operation ... I want to make sure that I do not run into any issues.

Are there any precautions I should take? My other concern is that I backup my current 2007 MBP via Time Machine to my Time Capsule. What will happen to that data once I switch over to the 2009 MBP? Will I still have access to that data? Will it be rendered useless?
Migration Assistant has been around for several years now and has evolved and become better with each successive update. There was a time when I would never consider using it and did things the manual way by copying each and every thing I needed individually from an old Mac to a new one. Now, Migration Assistant is good enough and, more importantly, reliable enough to be used on its own. So, migrate away.

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]]>ask tuawAskTuawBackupBookDogMigration AssistantMigrationAssistantSafariSuperDuperTime MachineTimeMachineChris UllrichWed, 21 Oct 2009 12:00:00 ESTFriday Favorite: HistoryHound, bookmark with abandonhttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/16/friday-favorite-historyhound-bookmark-with-abandon/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/16/friday-favorite-historyhound-bookmark-with-abandon/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/16/friday-favorite-historyhound-bookmark-with-abandon/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Today's Friday Favorite is a new one to me, but it's been around for a while. I just picked up the latest version of HistoryHound from St. Clair Software -- more famous, probably, for Default Folder X -- and have been using it constantly for days. Its hotkey already has its own spot in my muscle memory. Here's what it does:

HistoryHound indexes bookmarks, history and cache from all of your browsers, with presets for Camino, Firefox 2 & 3, Flock, iCab, OmniWeb, Opera, Safari, Shiira and URL Manager Pro. It means being able to bookmark willy-nilly in any browser and know that you'll be able to quickly locate noteworthy sites again, in any application.

Not just the bookmarks, though; in the background -- with a very low footprint -- HistoryHound starts indexing the full text of each page. Then you can search for exact or fuzzy matches, or with Spotlight-style boolean keywords for any text on the landing page. Search comes in two flavors: a tiny popup panel which can be assigned to a hotkey and provides a list of matches as you type, and a full, Webkit-enabled search window with page previews and a multi-column result list.

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]]>bookmarkbrowserhistoryhistoryhoundsearchst. clair softwareSt.ClairSoftwareweb browsingweb-browsingWebBrowsingBrett TerpstraFri, 16 Oct 2009 12:00:00 ESTBlog Action Day: Five apps to help save the worldhttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/15/blog-action-day-five-apps-to-help-save-the-world/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/15/blog-action-day-five-apps-to-help-save-the-world/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/15/blog-action-day-five-apps-to-help-save-the-world/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , ,

TUAW is participating in this year's Blog Action Day on 10/15, an annual event in which bloggers around the world aim to spark discussion and awareness of serious and important issues. This year's topic is climate change, and fortunately, just like last year, we in the Apple community are in a pretty good place -- the company makes it a point to stay as green as possible, they have Al Gore on their board, and they make it safe and easy to dispose of their products in an environmentally friendly way. But there's always more we can do, from person to person -- making the earth a better place to live is going to take all of us working together.

And so, here's five iPhone and iPod touch apps you can use to find out what you can do to take action on climate change. Some are paid, some are free, but all of them will give you fun and useful ways to help find approaches to dealing with climate change in your own behavior and life.

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]]>al-goreapp-storeappleblog-action-dayblog-action-day-2009carbon-calcclimate changeclimate-changeClimateChangeenvironmentalgas-cubby-litegoodguidegreeniphoneipod-touchpocket-gardenpollutionproductstuawMike SchrammThu, 15 Oct 2009 15:00:00 ESTAsk TUAW: Joystick as mouse, remote access, PC friendly zip files, and morehttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/14/ask-tuaw-joystick-as-mouse-remote-access-pc-friendly-zip-file/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/14/ask-tuaw-joystick-as-mouse-remote-access-pc-friendly-zip-file/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/14/ask-tuaw-joystick-as-mouse-remote-access-pc-friendly-zip-file/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about using a joystick as a mouse, remotely accessing a Mac from a PC, creating zip files without the Mac-specific metadata, replicating certain Windows features, and more.

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine and which version of Mac OS X you're running (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.

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]]>ask tuawAskTuawbusycalcontrollermateergonomicgotomypcicalidownloadlogmeinmousesizeuptwoupyemuzipzipMat LuWed, 14 Oct 2009 10:00:00 ESTCount The Beats: Interview with a film & TV composerhttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/13/count-the-beats-interview-with-a-composer/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/13/count-the-beats-interview-with-a-composer/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/13/count-the-beats-interview-with-a-composer/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

If you've ever played Gears of War 2 (who hasn't), or watched Desperate Housewives (we know you secretly love Mrs Van De Kamp), then chances are you've heard music composed by Pieter A. Schlosser from PaaxMusic in Los Angeles.

Pieter's been in the music business for the last five years working on a whole lot of tunes for film, TV and gaming. From CSI New York to composing in "French" for The Sims 3, he's got a wealth of experience in this field and, must be mentioned, he's an avid reader of TUAW too.

When Pieter got in touch with us regarding our 'Count The Beats' series, and sent us the above picture of his studio, suffice to say that the TUAW offices descended into a flurry of excitement (papers flying in the air and everything). What can we say, we love a picture of an inspiring setup.

The logical next step was to sit down with Pieter and talk shop. Read on to find out how the complexities of this mighty setup come together, how the iPhone works as a part of the composing journey, a little bit on DAWs, the "dream upgrade" and how to get the job done when all else is failing.

A word of warning, there is some serious music tech geekery ahead. If in doubt, just pretend that it all makes sense and slowly nod your head, then move onto the next paragraph. That's what most of us do anyway!

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]]>composingcount the beatsCountTheBeatscubaseinspirationinterviewmidimusicprotoolssetupstudioMatt TinsleyTue, 13 Oct 2009 07:00:00 ESTTUAW Interview: Andrew Lacy of Tapulous on Tap Tap Revenge 3http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/06/tuaw-interview-andrew-lacy-of-tapulous-on-tap-tap-revenge-3/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/06/tuaw-interview-andrew-lacy-of-tapulous-on-tap-tap-revenge-3/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/06/tuaw-interview-andrew-lacy-of-tapulous-on-tap-tap-revenge-3/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,

By the time you read this, Tap Tap Revenge 3 should have made its way to the App Store. The latest version of the rhythm game/music platform for the iPhone and iPod touch is a huge release for Tapulous -- from the series' humble beginnings as a pre-App Store bit of code to the more recent incarnations of artist-specific music collections, Tapulous has taken Tap Tap a long way in the still short history of this gaming platform. And now they're trying to go even farther: they've introduced in-app purchases to the game (you can find a full list of songs available now as in-app purchases inside the interview below), and they've added in social features, from customizable avatars to in-game chat and score sharing.

Tapulous COO Andrew Lacy sat down to talk with us just before the release of the software, both about how he thinks consumers will react to the new business model, and what's next for Tapulous and this series that has come so far already. Tap Tap Revenge 3 should be in the App Store very soon -- it's available for 99 cents, with extra music packs at six songs for $2.99, or two songs for 99 cents.

Gallery: Tap Tap Revenge 3

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]]>andrew-lacyapp-storegallerygaminginterviewiphonemusic-packsmusic-systemreleasetap-tap-revenge-3tuawMike SchrammTue, 06 Oct 2009 00:01:00 ESTFive Apps for leaf-peepershttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/01/five-apps-for-leaf-peepers/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/01/five-apps-for-leaf-peepers/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/01/five-apps-for-leaf-peepers/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

It's autumn here in the northern hemisphere, and where I live, in New England (and elsewhere around the US too), that brings leaf-peepers. What's a leaf-peeper? It's a tourist, typically from New York or New Jersey, who visits rural New England to observe the beautiful autumn leaves. It's a big deal for us. Each year we New Englanders take a break from eating cranberries, disavowing the Red Sox and pahkig the cah in Harvard yahd to view nightly news reports on peak leaf-viewing projections, which states are changing first and at what rate, etc.

Fortunately, there's an app for that. Five, in fact, and here they are.

Rest Area

If you're traveling from out-of-state, you could encounter unfamiliar highways ... not good when you got to go, if you know what I mean. Is the next rest area 5 miles away or 35? Rest Area [iTunes link] knows the answer. It displays the nearest pit stops as well as what facilities each one has, like bathrooms, vending machines, restaurants, etc. Rest Area costs $0.99US.

Gallery: Autumn Apps

Leaf IDLocavoreRest StopAutumnPark Maps

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]]>5 apps5Appsapp storeAppStoreautumnfive appsFiveAppsiphoneipod touchIpodTouchnew englandNewEnglandDave CaoloThu, 01 Oct 2009 16:30:00 ESTAsk TUAW: Syncing, custom keyboards, sharing iPhone apps, and morehttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/30/ask-tuaw-syncing-custom-keyboards-sharing-iphone-apps-and-mo/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/30/ask-tuaw-syncing-custom-keyboards-sharing-iphone-apps-and-mo/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/30/ask-tuaw-syncing-custom-keyboards-sharing-iphone-apps-and-mo/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got lots of questions about syncing, as well as customized keyboards, sharing iPhone apps, managing iTunes, and more.

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine you're running and which version of Mac OS X (we'll assume you're running Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions

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]]>address bookAddressBookgoogle syncGoogleSyncicaliphone appIphoneAppituneskeyboard maestroKeyboardMaestromobilemesyncingtextexpandertodotoodledoMat LuWed, 30 Sep 2009 12:00:00 ESTAsk TUAW: Making contact sheets, adjusting multiple files' properties, using network locations, and morehttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/16/ask-tuaw-making-contact-sheets-adjusting-multiple-files-prope/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/16/ask-tuaw-making-contact-sheets-adjusting-multiple-files-prope/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/16/ask-tuaw-making-contact-sheets-adjusting-multiple-files-prope/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about making photo contact sheets, adjusting properties for multiple files at the same time in the Finder, automatically managing settings based on location, changing the spell check language in iWork and more.

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine you're running and which version of Mac OS X (we'll assume you're running Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions.

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]]>ask tuawAskTuawautomatorbluetoothcontact sheetContactSheetInternet sharingInternetSharinglocation managerLocationManagermarco poloMarcoPoloMat LuWed, 16 Sep 2009 10:30:00 EST