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Things I Learned at Macworld: The Top Trends and Innovations in the Apple Ecosystem



That was the end of February, and things have really picked up since then. March saw the launch of Spyder, a superb puzzle explorer starring a tiny robot spider, while Legend of the Skyfish 2, my favourite iOS RPG, came out in April. The_Otherside (an excellent board game) and Towers of Everland (an excellent first-person RPG) both made their debut in May.




Things I Learned at Macworld



I used to play a few games from time to time but I was very lazy about discovering new things. I like FTL and the Binding of Isaac on the iPad and Dream Quest on the iPhone so before the Arcade project started I just played those all the time.


One would guess that billionaires are at a disadvantage when it comes to grasping the nature and limitations of loyalty, given how rarely they need to call up a mate and ask for bail money or a lift to the airport at short notice. But the truth is that loyalty is both weirdly resilient and alarmingly fragile. Like so many things, loyalty runs out gradually, then very suddenly.


Here are 10 things that you can do right away that will help you get started down the path toward being a Mac power user. Most of these will cost you absolutely nothing except a bit of time to set up.


It was a revelation. Macworld Expo in the 1990s was part technology fair, part Disneyland, part bazaar. You had to work hard to stay up to date about what was happening in technology. I did my best, scouring whatever Mac-centric magazines and periodicals I could find, but I always learned a lot going to Macworlds, and inevitably found new stuff I'd never heard of before.


But beside the great stuff you could get at Macworld Expo, the event was always about the people. It was a place for user groups to get re-energized and reinvigorated. It was a place where I could rub shoulders with people who lived, breathed and ate this technology like I did. People whose bylines I'd read in magazines. People I treated as celebrities: The developers and creators of technology that I used or wanted to use, people who made the things that made my life so much better.


Bing allows for complex searches that can help with things like planning a trip itinerary or researching a television to buy. Microsoft says that users can refine their searches by asking for more details, clarity, and ideas. Bing is also able to perform creative tasks like writing an email, creating a quiz for trivia night, prepping for a job interview, and more.


The new Microsoft Edge browser is also available with added AI capabilities. Edge can do things like summarize reports and provide key information, create comparisons between companies and products, and compose content when provided a prompt. It can take into account tone, format, and length with instruction.


"The M2 family was really now about maintaining that leadership position by pushing, again, to the limits of technology. We don't leave things on the table," says Millet. "We don't take a 20% bump and figure out how to spread it over three years...figure out how to eke out incremental gains. We take it all in one year; we just hit it really hard. That's not what happens in the rest of the industry or historically."


Borchers said that by moving Mac chip design in house, Apple is able to bring silicon, software, and hardware together without relying on outside vendors. Being able to work alongside designers, the hardware team, and the software team "makes all the difference" in Apple's ability to "really target" and add "things that matter" to Macs.


The best way to gather more information than you could ever possibly soak up about all things Mac is to hop onto the web. There you can find news, freeware and shareware (try-before-you-buy software) to download, troubleshooting sites, tons of news and information about your new favorite OS, and lots of places to shop.


To sign up for a tutoring session, you must reach a milestone in your program. Each tutoring session lines up with a lesson, and what you practice in the class is nearly identical to what you learned so far in the lessons. Classes are plentiful. It's not hard to find an open slot, no matter your time zone.


Wow!!!!!! as easy as that. Thank you so much. Simple, but hardly intuitive (not for me anyway lol). Lets give this new baby a go. Once again cheers. I was thinking all kinds of crazy things, like having to get a new laptop, because I thought mine wasn't compatible with the program. It's not the most recent laptop lol. Thank god for the tech geeks out there.


A part of a network of sites including 9to5Google and 9to5Toys, 9to5Mac focuses its efforts on all things Apple. In addition to Mac and iOS coverage, the blog pays close attention to the business end of things, including stock prices, corporate strategy, and personnel.


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I see blue/green dots next to my app/file names. I learned the blue dot next to the app means the app was recently updated but not launched since the update... What does the blue dot next to the filename on my desktop mean? It's next to a Reason 11 file I created and have opened, but the blue dot is still there. Is there a guide to what these mean? are there more than just blue and green? Thank you. 2ff7e9595c


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