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The Basics and More: App Store

Description

The App Store is similar to the iPhone App Store with a similar layout to the iTunes Store. Making it very familiar and user friendly. The App Store has a really great selection for anyone, from games to Adobe Photoshop. One thing to realize is that the App Store is still fairly new and there are not very many apps.

How to Use

The App Store is a very simple app in which you should be able to find out how to navigate through it by yourself, but I still want to guide you through the basics just incase. To navigate through just select from the options in the top menu bar and to download the app just select the button that says the price or Free. To sign into you account you can either buy something and the sign in screen will pop up or you can select Store in the very top menu next to Edit and scroll down to Sign In.

Conclusion

Clearly the App Store is a great way to find a great collection of software and games all in the same place. With one downfalls being that there is a small selection of apps.

 

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Introduction to Mission Control

Mission control is where the user can see and navigate everything running on your Mac. Mission control explains itself; Apple brought Exposé, Dashboard, Spaces, and full-screen app to one place. To use Mission control, you swipe with three fingers on your trackpad. You can also click the Mission Control icon in the dock, and your desktop zooms out to Mission Control. You can also use gesture navigation. By using this you, swipe up and your desktop zooms out to Mission Control. Swipe left or right to more to the next or previous Mission Control item.

In Mission Control, at the top of your desktop it shows your Dashboard, desktop spaces, and your full-screen apps. At the bottom or middle of your screen, it shows an Exposé view of the open windows. Exposé groups window not the same application. So if you have tabs from different windows from safari, it will group those items together to make it easier for yourself.

The spaces on your Mission control depend on the user. You can also add and remove desktop spaces from Mission Control itself to add a new space, click the new Spaces control (+) in the upper-right corner of Mission Control. To remove a space, click the delete button (x) on the space’s thumbnail. You can also bind an application to a space to make it ready for spaces right from the Dock. You can do this by pressing and holding the icon in the Dock and make a selection from the contextual menu. Leave a comment below and we will answer it as soon as possible.

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The Basics and More: Text Edit

Basics of How to Use

Text Edit in words is a very simple version of Microsoft’s Word. Text Edit is very self-explanatory application. It will allow you to change fonts, sizes, bold, colors of words, and much more. Some of the fallbacks of Text Edit is that it does not have the special features that Word has like making charts, or creating special documents.

Useful Things

Like I have said, Text Edit is a very simple application, but it also has some very useful features like Spelling and Grammar Check. Another thing that is very useful is that you can save the file as a PDF. Moreover, if you have any questions on how to use this application you can go to the Top Menu Bar, select Help and type in your problem.

Conclusion

Clearly, Text Edit is a very simple Application that is very useful if you don’t want to pay for Word. Text Edit is a great application for people who don’t need anything fancy and just want to get down to writing.

 

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How Apple Can improve the Mac App Store

Apple’s Mac App Store has been a hit and miss among the community of Mac users. Many users like having the Mac App Store because of its easy access to the software. Many users also liked having the software in CD form because they can share it among their family and friends. I personally like the Mac App Store because it’s easy to find apps, and even easier to install and update your app. Sometimes your app goes missing, all you have to do is go back into the Mac App Store, search up your app, and click install and your app will reappear again.

Yet, the Mac App Store has more room for improvement among many other things. I would like to see Apple be able to transfer the CD form of an app and automatically enter it into the Mac App Store. Before the Mac App Store was available, everybody had to buy the CD form of the software. If Apple would allow grandfathered Apple apps, it would eliminate the confusion of updating Apple’s apps. When the Mac App store originally opened, Apple actually let disc-installed Apple apps to be installed and put into the Mac App Store and be marked as installed. Unfortunately this feature doesn’t work anymore; hopefully Apple gets back to that.

Unfortunately on the Mac App Store, users are limited to viewing their Apps from recent to oldest. In the Mac App Store there is a “Purchases” button. When you click that button, you see the lists of Apps you bought from recent to oldest. Apple should allow the user to find their apps in alphabetical, price, and so forth. The Mac App Store only lets full-fledged applications to be put onto the Mac App Store. Apple should loosen up and allot screensavers and widgets on the Mac App Store. They don’t present the same risks as some third-party owners. Some users like to scroll through screensavers and actually buy them. That would put an interesting twist into the Mac App Store.

Apple will certainly change the Mac App Store into a cooler store. The Mac App Store is almost new, so Apple is still trying to fix the store. We just have to be patient and hope that Apple listens to us. Have any questions? Leave a comment and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

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iPad 2 Supply Catches Demand

Apple has finally caught up with the iPad 2 demand. Apple’s iPad 2 shipping times have decreased to the standard 1-3 days. When the iPad 2 first launched in April, in a matter of days the shipping times quickly rose to 2-3 weeks. At one point, it even reached 4-5 weeks. When Apple first sold the iPad 2, it sold so fast that Apple was selling every single iPad 2 they could make. The iPad 2 sold like hotcakes because of it’s many upgrades. It is lighter, faster, thinner, has a camera on the front and back, why wouldn’t you buy the iPad2?

One of the many reasons why Apple may have caught up to the demand is that the demand may be decreasing. The iPad 2 has been out for several months now and many customers are waiting for the iPad 3. Apple is clearly trying to push the iPad 2 in order to make room for the iPad 3. Apple will clearly be able to keep up with the supply and demand for the iPad 2. As soon as the iPad 3 comes out, we will be having the same talk. Will Apple be able to keep up with the supply and demand? Do you think so? Leave us a comment and we will get back to you.