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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/steve.jpg" alt="Steve Jobs" title="steve" width="620" height="414" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22673" /></p> <p>Apple has updated their <a href="http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/">Steve Jobs memorial page</a> with a stream of memories, quotes, and thoughts sent in following the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/05/steve-jobs-has-passed-away/">passing</a> of Mr Jobs:</p> <blockquote><p>Over a million people from all over the world have shared their memories, thoughts, and feelings about Steve. One thing they …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/imessage.jpg" alt="iMessage" title="iMessage" width="300" height="284" class="alignright size-full wp-image-22640" /> iMessage is the new messaging service that is built directly into <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a>. It’s great because it allows you to send instant messages, text messages, pictures, video, contacts, and locations, across iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, even without an SMS or 3G plan. Of course the other benefit is that even if you do have an SMS plan, sending iMessages can circumvent the SMS protocol, allowing you to send texts …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/apple-logo.jpg" alt="Apple logo" title="apple-logo" width="250" height="306" class="alignright size-full wp-image-22660" /> Apple has <a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/10/18Apple-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-Results.html">released</a> their fourth quarter 2011 financial results, reporting all time record <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac/">Mac</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a> sales, in addition to setting a new September quarter record for <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPho…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/itunes-other-capacity.jpg" alt="iTunes Other Capacity" title="itunes-other-capacity" width="615" height="99" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22627" /></p> <p>Back on the topic of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/18/check-available-storage-space-and-how-much-space-an-app-uses-in-ios-5/">iOS disk usage</a>, we received a helpful tip regarding that mysterious iTunes “Other” space that sometimes erroneously reports massive numbers, like 14GB taken up out of a 16GB capacity device. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Fix iTunes “Othe…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/check-how-much-space-app-uses-ios-5.jpg" alt="Check how much space an app uses in iOS 5" title="check-how-much-space-app-uses-ios-5" width="300" height="450" class="alignright size-full wp-image-22610" /> You can now quickly find out how much storage space is available on your <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a> device, in addition to the amount of storage space used, how much space a specific app is taking up, or how large your music collection is.</p> <p><strong>Check Space from the “Usage” menu:</strong></p> <…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ios-5-gui-psd.jpg" alt="iOS 5 GUI Element PSD file" title="ios-5-gui-psd" width="620" height="503" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22465" /></p> <p>If you’re an UI designer, iOS developer, or anywhere in between, this iOS 5 GUI elements kit makes quick work of mocking up apps and iOS interfaces. The PSD file comes from Teehan+Lax, the same guys who brought the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/26/ipad-iphone-gui-psd-files/">iPhone & iPad GUI elements</a> as layered photoshop docs as well.</p> <p><a href="http://www.teeha…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/iphone-4s-discount.jpg" alt="iPhone 4S discount" title="iphone-4s-discount" width="592" height="170" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22602" /></p> <p>Want to pay as little as possible for the newest iPhone 4S? The cheapest place to buy the 4S is at Walmart, so head on over to your local Wally World and you can grab either the black or white iPhone 4S 16GB model for just $188. The deal is valid for either AT&T or Verizon with a two-year contract. The usual <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/04/iphone-4s-pricing/">price of the iPhone 4S</a&gt…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hourly-weather-ios-5.jpg" alt="Hour by Hour weather forecast in iOS 5" title="hourly-weather-ios-5" width="300" height="450" class="alignright size-full wp-image-22594" /> The weather app in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a> has been improved to include quickly accessible hourly forecasts, in addition to the percentage chance of rain and severe weather, like thunder and snow storms. </p> <p>To access the hour-by-hour weather forecast:</p> <ul> <li>Launch Weather and tap the “Hourly” button, or just swipe down on …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/iphone-4s-battery.jpg" alt="iPhone 4S Battery" title="iphone-4s-battery" width="400" height="223" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22585" /></p> <p>Some users are indicating the iPhone 4S battery isn’t lasting as long as expected, this comes alongside separate reports of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/16/ios-5-battery-life-fix-tips/">iOS 5 battery life draining</a> quicker than usual. While some of the 4S battery life complaints could be attributed to the aforementioned iOS 5 issues (most of which are <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img alt="iPhone 5 due Summer 2012" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-5-mockup.jpg" title="iPhone 5 mockup" class="aligncenter" width="620" height="536" /></p> <p>The <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-5/">iPhone 5</a> is scheduled to debut at Apple’s Developer’s Conference in the summer of 2012, and is said to be the last major Apple project that Steve Jobs was deeply involved with. This is according to a report from <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20120919-64/steve-jobs-last-big-project-the-next-iphone/">CNET</a>, who cites a research analyst in addit…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/blur-mission-control.jpg" alt="Motion Blur in Mission Control on Mac OS X Lion" title="blur-mission-control" width="620" height="388" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22550" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mission-control/">Mission Control</a> in Mac OS X Lion has a hidden motion blur effect that can be enabled quite easily:</p> <ul> <li>Enter Mission Control</li> <li>Press <strong>Command+M</strong> to enable motion blur</li> </ul> <p>You can then see the blur effect b…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/larger-text-iphone.jpg" alt="Larger text on iPhone by using Safari Reader" title="larger-text-iphone" width="300" height="451" class="alignright size-full wp-image-22532" /> The font / text size in Safari on the iPhone and iPod touch can be maddeningly small, but a simple way to increase the font size on just about any web site is to use the Reader function that is new to iOS 5:</p> <ul> <li>From any Safari window, hit the “Reader” button in the URL bar</li> <li>Tap on the “aA” icon in the upper left, then select the larger A on the right si…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ios-5-battery-life.jpg" alt="iOS 5 Battery Life Issues" title="ios-5-battery-life" width="620" height="302" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22521" /></p> <p>Many users who have upgraded to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a> have noticed decreased battery life, the problem seems to effect <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a> users the worst, but some iPod touch users have noticed battery reductions as well. Even without heavy u…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/siri-ipad-2.jpg" alt="Siri on iPad 2" title="siri-ipad-2" width="620" height="407" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22508" /></p> <p>Siri, the personal voice assistant that comes with <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a> on <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-4s/">iPhone 4S</a>, is being ported to both the iPad 2 and iPhone 4. This isn’t official from Apple though – at least not yet – it’s the work of several iOS developers.</p> <p>First off, it doesn’t quite work yet, but considering the port has only…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NSTexturedFullScreenBackgroundColor.png" alt="Mac OS X Lion's grey linen wallpaper tile" title="NSTexturedFullScreenBackgroundColor" width="256" height="256" class="alignright size-full wp-image-22485" /> The lightly shaded <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/10/linen-wallpaper-from-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-mission-control/">large linen wallpaper</a> from the OS X Lion developer previews didn’t end up being the final shipping version, instead a linen tile came with the final release of Lion. This linen tile appears everywhere in Mac OS X 10.7 and even iOS 5, from Mis…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mac-setup.jpg" alt="Mac setup: MacBook Pro & Mac Mini" title="mac-setup" width="620" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22479" /></p> <p>This awesome reader-submitted <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-setups/">Mac setup</a> features a MacBook Pro 13″ connected to the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/28/rotate-mac-screen-orientation/">rotated monitor</a> to the right, the little screen below is a 7″ Mimo display, and the iPad to the left is running AirDisplay. But that’s not all, the 20″ display floating at…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ios5-lockscreen-camera.jpg" alt="iPhone camera from lockscreen iOS 5" title="ios5-lockscreen-camera" width="587" height="121" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22471" /></p> <p>Yet another great feature of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a> is the instant camera access from your lock screen. This lets you quickly pull out your iPhone (or iPad and iPod touch of course) and take pictures without having to unlock the iPhone or clicking on the camera app. Here’s how to do this.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.1em;">From the i…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/app-store-icon.jpg" alt="App Store" title="app-store-icon" width="125" height="125" class="alignright size-full wp-image-22447" /> New to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/12/mac-os-x-10-7-2-download/">Mac OS X 10.7.2</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a> is the ability to hide purchases from appearing in the Mac App Store, iOS App Store, and the iTunes Store purchased items lists. This is great if you download tons of stuff but use only a fraction of apps, and you don’t want the other items clogging up your purchase history. …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><iframe width="610" height="340" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/e1zLg4itgZA?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>We already know the iPhone 4S is significantly faster than the iPhone 4 just by looking at the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/04/iphone-4s-specs/">tech specs</a>, but sometimes the best way to see a speed boost is in real world activities like launching apps, browsing the web, and just tapping around in general. </p> <p>This video shows the two devices side by side doing just that. Everything is quicker, but what really surprised me was how much fa…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/could-not-activate-iphone-4s.jpg" alt="Could Not Activate iPhone error" title="could-not-activate-iphone-4s" width="320" height="214" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22423" /></p> <p>The hoards of people attempting to activate their brand new <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-4s/">iPhone 4S</a> have overloaded AT&T’s activation servers, resulting in some users receiving error messages saying “Could Not Activate iPhone”, followed by the message details:</p> <blockquote><p>“Your activation is still pending. You will …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/newsstand-in-folder-ios5.jpg" alt="Newsstand in Folder" title="newsstand-in-folder-ios5" width="584" height="541" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22412" /></p> <p>Those who have <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/12/ios-5-download-available/">upgraded to iOS 5</a> have probably noticed that little Newsstand icon is unable to be moved to a folder, and like all other Apple iOS apps, it can’t be deleted. Well, a little tip from <a href="http://thecodingmassacre.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/newsstand-folder-no-jailbreak-ios-5/">The Coding Mass…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/iphone-4s4.jpg" alt="iPhone 4S" title="iphone-4s" width="620" height="345" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22403" /></p> <p>You probably know by now that pre-orders for iPhone 4S <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/08/iphone-4s-sold-out-already-shipping-time-now-1-2-weeks/">sold out</a> for Apple and all the carriers, meaning there is a several week delay before an order placed online will be delivered to you. But you can still get one on launch day…</p> <p>Your best bet if you want an iPhone 4S right away is by going to a local …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wifi-sync.jpg" alt="Wi-Fi Syncing in iOS 5" title="wifi-sync" width="202" height="72" class="alignright size-full wp-image-22380" /> By far one of the best features of iOS 5 is wireless syncing and backing up, as the name implies it allows you to wirelessly transfer apps, music, books, contacts, calendars, movies, photos, everything you had to use a wired sync for, but it’s done through the air. If your device supports iOS 5, it’ll support Wi-Fi syncing, including iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad, iPad 2, and iPod touch 3rd & 4th generations.</p> <p>Wi…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/guest-user-osx-lion.jpg" alt="Guest User account in OS X 10.7.2" title="guest-user-osx-lion" width="620" height="249" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22366" /></p> <p>If you’ve <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/12/mac-os-x-10-7-2-download/">installed Mac OS X 10.7.2</a> and rebooted or ended up at the lock screen, you may have noticed that a new “Guest User” account appears at the login screen. </p> <p>This is not a full guest user account, if you select the Guest User option at login, the Mac will restart to a secured Safari-o…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/drag-files-between-spaces-osxlion.jpg" alt="Drag files and folders between Desktops in Mac OS X Lion" title="drag-files-between-spaces-osxlion" width="585" height="153" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22358" /></p> <p>One of the subtle changes in the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/12/mac-os-x-10-7-2-download/">Mac OS X 10.7.2 update</a> is the ability to drag files and folders between Desktops and Full Screen apps in Mission Control. All you need to do is <strong>grab a file or folder and start pulling the item off the screen in th…