Category: 855: Weekly Apple News Recap | 11.22.13, MAC TREAT #221: Closing Time, Here Come the Controllers!

I am riding my motorcycle up to Miami today to trade it in for “*an Indian*”:http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us so it will be good to have a day off. Grace and I will be here for Thanksgiving, and it will be the first time in a long time that we have not celebrated with the family. We will…

Twelve South’s BookBook for iPad mini is a handmade, genuine leather hardback case made exclusively for iPad mini. And for a limited time, when you purchase this awesome case for your iPad mini, we’ll throw in a free Hammerhead anti-glare screen protector and Hammerhead Stylus! All this can be yours for *$69.99*, that’s a *$25…

Whenever I’m playing a game on my iPhone, there are times where I think, “You know what? Actual buttons would make this game a lot easier to play.” I’m guessing I’m not alone, which is why Apple had built controller support into iOS 7. And wouldn’t you know it — the controllers are finally starting…

Today’s treat is short and sweet. Have you ever had so many windows open that you imagined it might take literally days to close each one? Such is life for the perpetual multitasker. A few weeks ago, in the midst of my Mac user/system cleaning overhaul, I inadvertently opened 10 million Get Info windows (rough…

*1st Apple Store App for iPad Released Yesterday* On November 21st, Apple launched its very first “*Apple store app for iPad.*”:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-store-for-ipad/id732164065?mt=8&at=11lb7k&ct=kibbles While Apple has obviously had an Apple Store app for the iPhone for some time, they have been neglecting doing this for the iPad. The App was released just in time for the holidays…

_Dear Friends,_ We have started to get some of the iPad mini Retinas in at the stores. They seem to sell themselves as the speed and Retina display are amazing. The iPad Air is also hard to keep on the shelves. I think that the value in these new iPads is immediately apparent to the…