Publication: Tidbits

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

TextExpander touch 2.0 Gains Features from Mac Version

TextExpander touch 2.0 from Smile Software arrived in the iOS App Store this week, with an enhanced feature set that brings many of the niceties from its Mac sibling to iOS users. Compatible with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, the $4.99 product also ... [Published Tidbits - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Apple iOS, Dropbox, iPod Touch, Wi-Fi, Publishing

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Google Inc

Google Drops Support for Standards-Based Chat

Google said last week it will stop supporting XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), which is used for instant messaging (IM) in Google Talk. Hangouts will extend and replace Google Talk over time, and doesn’t rely on XMPP, a protocol Google ... [Published Tidbits - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Google Inc, Google Talk, Apple Inc, Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, Mac OS X Server

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Mac OS X

How to Relocate a Dropbox Subfolder to Another Disk

Since replacing my MacBook Pro’s hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD), I’ve enjoyed a wonderful increase in performance that’s given the aging laptop new life. (See “,” 20 July 2012.) The tradeoff of getting a much faster drive, though, was dealing ... [Published Tidbits - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Dropbox, Solid State Drive, Mac OS X, Memory, Authenticate

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Compuserve

GIF Creator Says “Jif,” Once Again

It is remarkable how much ire can be raised when one stakes a controversial position on an issue of the day. No, I’m not talking about guns, taxes, government wiretapping, or a political party. I’m . The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) was invented ... [Published Tidbits - May 22 2013]

Entities: Steve Wilhite, Glenn Fleishman, Compuserve, Wiretapping

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Keyboard Maestro 6 Automates Web Pages, Adds Macro Syncing

I’m always amazed when I see someone who considers themselves a Macintosh power user not using a macro utility like Keyboard Maestro. After all, computers excel at performing boring, repetitive, and tedious tasks perfectly each time, and do so far faster ... [Published Tidbits - May 22 2013]

Entities: AppleScript, Peter Lewis, Dropbox, Conflict

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

iPhone

FunBITS: Dots for iPhone

Released less than a month ago for the iPhone and iPod touch, the free Dots app has taken the App Store by storm, climbing the charts and destroying productivity around the world. What’s so fascinating about its success is how simple the game is, being ... [Published Tidbits - May 17 2013]

Entities: iPhone, Betaworks, Digg Inc, iPod Touch, Steve Jobs

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Apple Inc

Big Number News Lacking in Context

Our new Managing Editor Josh Centers asked recently if we should do an ExtraBITS link for Apple’s press release about the 50 billionth download from the App Store, and also suggested one for about in one week after the release of Pixelmator 2.2. My initial ... [Published Tidbits - May 18 2013]

Entities: Apple Inc, iTunes, Jim Dalrymple, Apple iOS, Creative Cloud

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Can You Replace Photoshop with Pixelmator?

Josh Centers described the stunning announcement made at the Adobe MAX conference that future versions of the sun-dried brick company’s Creative Suite products, including Photoshop, would be available only on a subscription basis. Many Photoshop users ... [Published Tidbits - May 18 2013]

Entities: Adobe Photoshop, Creative Cloud, Adobe MAX, Thermonuclear

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Creative Cloud Complaints Darken Adobe’s View of the Future

After we reported on Adobe’s decision to abandon boxed software in lieu of subscriptions (see “,” 8 May 2013), many of you made your opinions heard loud and clear, and you’re not happy about the move. Many TidBITS readers made great points that we wanted ... [Published Tidbits - May 18 2013]

Entities: Adobe Systems Inc, Creative Cloud, Complaints, Discount

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

iTunes 11.0.3 Updated with Redesigned MiniPlayer

with a number of playback and user interface improvements. At its heart, the MiniPlayer remains svelte, but it gains a track progress bar as well as visible volume/AirPlay control icon (previously, you needed to mouse over the MiniPlayer for this to appear). ... [Published Tidbits - May 16 2013]

Entities: iTunes, Airplay, Cougar

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

“Take Control of PDFpen 6” Documents PDFpen for Mac and iOS

If you’re wrangling PDFs using Smile’s PDFpen 6 or PDFpenPro 6 on the Mac, perhaps along with Smile’s iOS apps, and , take note, since our new “” provides full documentation of the Mac versions and an explanation of how to use the touch-based interface ... [Published Tidbits - May 16 2013]

Entities: PDF, Apple iOS, Corroboration

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Macworld’s Ideas to Improve Apple Products

Our friends over at Macworld have been on fire lately with some great suggestions for Apple that are both well-considered and constructive. If you’ve been pining for changes in Mac OS X, iOS, Calendar, and iPhoto, you’re far from alone, and it might be ... [Published Tidbits - May 16 2013]

Entities: Apple Inc, Apple iOS, Jason Snell, Apple Siri

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