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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ios-5-redsn0w.jpg" alt="iOS 5 jailbreak with redsn0w" title="ios-5-redsn0w" width="150" height="145" class="alignright size-full wp-image-22333" /> iOS 5 can already be jailbroken thanks to the iPhone Dev Team’s quick release of a new version of redsn0w (0.9.9b4). This is currently a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/24/tethered-jailbreak-vs-untethered-jailbreak/">tethered jailbreak</a>, but an untether is in progress. Redsn0w will work to jailbreak iOS 5 on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 CDMA & GSM, iPod touch 3rd & 4th gen, and iPad 1. Not supported yet are …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/internal-error-ios-5.jpg" alt="Internal error during iOS 5 update" title="internal-error-ios-5" width="595" height="218" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22341" /></p> <p>While many users have reported trouble free updates to iOS 5, others are running into a variety of errors in the process. One of the more common is <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/12/fix-error-3002-during-ios-5-update/">“Error 3200″ or “Error 3002″</a>, the fix for that is fairly simple and we’ve already covered it but nonetheless the error has plagued enough users for it…

<div class="KonaBody"><p>A fair amount of users have ran into “Error 3002″ during the iOS 5 update process. It’s not entirely clear what’s causing this, but we’ve been provided with a solution that should work for both Mac and Windows users. </p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/fix-error-3002.jpg" alt="Error 3002 fix" title="fix-error-3002" width="243" height="162" class="alignright size-full wp-image-22321" /></p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Fixing Error 3002</h2> <p>You will be restoring to iOS 5 rather than updating, meaning the device will be back to a fresh iOS installation. Be sur…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/icloud.jpg" alt="iCloud" title="icloud" width="200" height="230" class="alignright size-full wp-image-22282" /> Apple has rolled out iCloud, the cloud syncing service that automatically syncs all your content to all of your devices, be it an iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, PC, iPad, whatever. It also includes things like Find My iPhone and Find My Mac, in addition to several web apps that let you get your Mail, Contacts, and Calendar while on the go, via any web browser. It’s an awesome service, it’s free, and you don’t want to miss it. Here’s how to set it up from any iPhone, iPa…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ios-5.jpg" alt="iOS 5 download available now" title="ios-5" width="620" height="144" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22285" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a> has just been released by Apple. The hotly anticipated update brings a variety of major new features to the iOS platform, including Notifications, iMessage, wireless syncing, iCloud support, Twitter integration, Reminders, in addition to over 200 overall feature updates or enhancements.</p> <p>You can <strong>update to iOS 5 through iTunes<…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mac-os-x-10-7-2.jpg" alt="Mac OS X 10.7.2 Update" title="mac-os-x-10-7-2" width="602" height="214" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22287" /></p> <p>Apple has released the second update to Lion, Mac OS X 10.7.2, the build is 11C74 The focus of OS X 10.7.2 is on bringing iCloud support to Mac OS X Lion, and also includes Find My Mac and Back to My Mac features. You can <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/12/how-to-setup-icloud/">learn how to setup iCloud here</a>, it’s very easy. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Download Mac OS X …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/iphone-4s3.jpg" alt="iPhone 4S" title="iphone-4s" width="620" height="345" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22274" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-4s/">iPhone 4S</a> reviews are rolling in, and we’ve gathered a roundup of some of the early ones. Unsurprisingly, the reviews are overwhelmingly positive, making note of the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/04/iphone-4s-specs/">new iPhones specs</a>, speed, camera improvements, iOS 5, and of course, Siri.</p> <p><a href="http://thisismynext.com/2011/…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/steve-jobs-black-turtleneck.jpg" alt="Steve Jobs and the black turtleneck" title="steve-jobs-black-turtleneck" width="620" height="349" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22265" /></p> <p>Ever wonder why <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/steve-jobs/">Steve Jobs</a> always wore a black mock turtleneck and jeans? Thanks to his upcoming <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451648537/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=oxd-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1451648537">biography, <em>Steve Jobs</e…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/one-more-thing.jpeg" alt="One More Thing... & Steve Jobs" title="one-more-thing" width="620" height="384" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22253" /></p> <p>“<em>I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it.</em>”</p> <p>That is what Steve Jobs said in his <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-as-ceo-of-apple/">resignation letter</a> from August, and now, despite his passing, we’re starting to understand why. Citing sources within Apple, the <a href="http://www.dailymai…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/iTunes-10-5.jpg" alt="iTunes 10.5" title="iTunes-10-5" width="590" height="198" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22247" /></p> <p>Apple has released iTunes 10.5 in preparation of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/icloud/">iCloud</a>. The latest version is a major update that includes full iCloud support, in addition to the highly anticipated Wi-Fi syncing feature, which allows anyone to sync an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes wirelessly as long as they’re on the same wifi…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/clean-mac-desktop.jpg" alt="Clean a Mac OS X Desktop, Automatically" title="clean-mac-desktop" width="620" height="349" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22231" /></p> <p>If your Mac OS X desktop quickly turns into a cluttered mess of files and folders while you work, you’re not alone. The busier (or less organized) you are, the quicker this accumulates, until finally the Finder is so covered in files that you can barely see the wallpaper. Sometimes mine gets so full that I just <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2009/09/23/hide-all-desktop-icons-in-mac-os-x/"…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/iphone-screen-size-theory.jpg" alt="iPhone screen size and accessibility " title="iphone-screen-size-theory" width="534" height="593" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22193" /></p> <p>Ever wonder why the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> has a 3.5″ screen while the Android world is off pushing into greater and greater dimensions? <a href="http://dcurt.is/2011/10/03/3-point-5-inches/">Dustin Curtis</a> theorizes that the reason iPhone continues to have a 3.5″ screen is so that nearly everyone can use the phone…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/steve-jobs1.jpg" alt="Steve Jobs" title="steve-jobs" width="620" height="419" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22215" /></p> <p>Steve Jobs death certificate has revealed the official cause of death to be respiratory arrest, with “metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumor” as the underlying cause. The certificate, as mentioned by <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-10/jobs-died-at-home-of-respiratory-arrest-tied-to-cancer-1-.html">Bloomberg</a>, also notes that the death occurred five years after the onset of the tumor, which suggests …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/facebook-for-ipad.jpg" alt="Facebook for iPad" title="facebook-for-ipad" width="620" height="467" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22197" /></p> <p>The wait is over, Facebook has released their much anticipated <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a> app onto the iOS App Store and it is now available to download from Apple. The app is full featured but seems to focus on photo sharing and the ability to play existing Facebook games directly within the application through HTML5. Facebook emphasizes the following points on the iPad a…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/blur-launchpad.jpg" alt="Blur Launchpad Movements in Mac OS X Lion" title="blur-launchpad" width="620" height="349" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22182" /></p> <p>Want to add some additional eyecandy to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a>‘s Launchpad feature? Open Launchpad and hit <strong>Command+M</strong> to enable a motion blur that is seen at various Launchpad events. </p> <p>You can immediately see the effect by swiping between Launchpad screens or by using the Command+Arrow keys …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/apple-iphone-4s.jpg" alt="Apple iPhone 4S" title="apple-iphone-4s" width="620" height="345" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22175" /></p> <p>Demand for the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-4s/">iPhone 4S</a> has been explosive, and the next gen phone has <em>sold over 1 million units in the first 24 hours of pre-sales</em>, according to Apple. This smashes the previous 24-hour record of 600,000 units set by iPhone 4 last year, making the iPhone 4S the most successful product launch in Apple’s history. </p> <blockqu…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?width=610&embedCode=1tNm12Mjo5hcdNcdtSfRYwCR9b8Yhb4w&video_pcode=oza2w6q8gX9WSkRx13bskffWIuyf&height=330&autoplay=1"></script></p> <p>Charlie Rose has spent the latter half of this week with segments and interviews devoted to Steve Jobs. The video above features discussions with former Google CEO and current Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Wall Street Journal reporter and friend of Jobs, Walt Mossberg, and Marc Andreessen, a venture capitalist and the creator of the Mosaic web browser and Netscape. </p> <p>The video is slightly under an …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/steve-jobs-movie1.jpg" alt="Steve Jobs biography as a movie" title="steve-jobs-movie" width="300" height="269" class="alignright size-full wp-image-22158" /> Sony Pictures Entertainment has bought the rights to make a movie on Steve Jobs life, based on the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/06/steve-jobs-biography-release-due-october-24-skyrockets-to-top-of-best-seller-lists/">upcoming biography</a> by Walter Isaacson. While this was initially a rumor, the <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/sony-is-said-to-buy-film-rights-to-jobs-biog…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/the-macintosh-way-guy-kawasaki-book1.jpg" alt="The Macintosh Way, by Guy Kawasaki" title="the-macintosh-way-guy-kawasaki-book" width="225" height="350" class="alignright size-full wp-image-22141" /> Interested in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/apple-history/">Apple history</a>? You should download Guy Kawasaki’s book “The Macintosh Way”, which he just made available <a href="http://guykawasaki.typepad.com/TheMacintoshWay.pdf">for free as a PDF</a>. Guy Kawasaki worked at Apple from 1983 to 1987 and was one of the employees charged with marketing th…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><iframe width="610" height="340" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aTg00wIijNY?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>Anyone who’s a fan of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/portal/">Portal</a> should appreciate this mockup video, which features the voice of the malevolent AI system from the game series, GLaDOS, replacing the default voice of Apple’s new Siri assistant. So nerdy, but so cool, it’d be great if this actually came to fruition, but don’t get your hopes up.</p> <p>Siri is exclusive to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-4s/">iPhone 4S</a> with…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/apple-portables.jpg" alt="Apple portable lineup" title="apple-portables" width="620" height="413" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22126" /></p> <p>If you’re a fan of the most portable aspects of Apples lineup, you’ll like this setup. Two white iPad 2 3G models at 64GB, a 2009 MacBook Air 13″, a 2010 MacBook Air 13″, and a first-gen iPad WiFi model with 64GB make up this great collection of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-setups/">Apple gear</a>. </p> <p><em>Thanks for sending this in Emir!</em></p> &lt…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/iphone-4s-sold-out.jpg" alt="iPhone 4S sold out already, 1-2 week shipping delays" title="iphone-4s-sold-out" width="620" height="121" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22119" /></p> <p>Apple looks to have another hit on it’s hands with the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-4s/">iPhone 4S</a>. Pre-orders of the device have already sold out by shipment on the release date of October 14th, and now Apple and all US carriers are giving a 1-2 week shipping delay for the next-gen iPhone. In fact, AT&T has already proclaimed the 4S as their “…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><iframe width="610" height="340" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xBe0zjdURc4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>It’s been a week where some humor is much needed, so the guys who put together the ridiculous and so-called ‘banned’ promo videos for various Apple products pulled through with a drunken rendition for the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-4s/">iPhone 4S</a>. It’s got some inappropriate language so it may not be the best thing to blast on your work speakers.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ix1bE9pMq-ABSw47ROfCSRf…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tinkertool-for-mac-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="TinkerTool for Mac OS X Lion" title="tinkertool-for-mac-os-x-lion" width="620" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22108" /></p> <p>If you are a fan of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/tips-tricks/">Mac tips and tricks</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/customize/">customizing OS X</a>, you absolutely have to get TinkerTool for Lion.</p> <p>TinkerTool is broken into 12 main sections covering Finder, Dock, General, Desktop, Applications, Fonts, Font Smoothi…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/android-apps-on-ipad.jpg" alt="Running Android apps on an iPad" title="android-apps-on-ipad" width="610" height="455" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22103" /></p> <p>Soon you will be able to run Android apps directly on the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a>, with the help of a third party tool called Alien Dalvik. The technology works by packaging each Android application into it’s own virtual machine that runs atop <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios/">iOS</a>, giving the appearance of the app running nativel…