http://macnapple.com Macbook Pro, iMac, iPod, iPhone, iTunes, Mac, Apple News and Shopping Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:35:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey Sorry for the lack of posts over the last couple of days University has been really busy. Anyway today I am going to take to you about the maintenance scripts that your Mac runs. Every day, week and month your Mac runs a script to keep it healthy and hopefully ... http://macnapple.com/check-maintenance-scripts-on-your-mac/ Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, iPod touchWe told you it was coming, and now it has arrived. The popular US$59.95 TomTom app is ready to hit the road with real time traffic available as an additional in-app purchase. Included with the 1.3 update at no additional charge is ... http://macnapple.com/tomtom-for-us-and-canada-updated-with-real-time-traffic-and-more/ Filed under: iPhone, App ReviewA new version of CoPilot Live enhances and fixes a lot of issues in the previous versions. According to the company, the app now includes improved guidance at complex intersections, Facebook status updates, free local search, and the latest maps of North America. More than 15,000 ... http://macnapple.com/copilot-live-is-updated-and-continues-30-day-free-trial-offer/ A piece I wrote last week on the impact of iTunes web preview pages on App Store SEO brought up a little side conversation about how many people found it annoying that the links launch iTunes automatically. Sometimes you don’t even have any warning that the link is going to ... http://macnapple.com/how-to-stop-itunes-web-links-from-opening-itunes/ Instapaper Pro has long been a great way to load your iPhone with content that you can browse at leisure--even if you don't have a wireless connection. Now they've enhanced it in version 2.2 with pagination, dictionary (Wiktionary) lookup, an in-app browser, and email support.Instapaper lets you download web pages ... http://macnapple.com/instapaper-enhancements-just-in-time-for-the-release-of-the-ipad/ The Apple iPad is reasonably priced. If that bothers you, feel free to spend $19,999 on a diamond-studded iPad ("hand-set in a micro-pave styling," whatever that means). You'll feel like an idiot when the newer, faster iPad inevitably comes out within a year. (Props to Engadget) Posted via ... http://macnapple.com/diamond-studded-ipad-says-im-an-idiot-but-a-rich-one/ Filed under: Gaming, Software, Apple, Developer, iPhone, iPad On the third day of GDC 2010, Ngmoco's Neil Young took the stage in one of the largest rooms at the conference to talk about what his company had "unlearned" in its time in the App Store. Ngmoco has become a large and ... http://macnapple.com/gdc-2010-ngmocos-neil-young-on-how-freemium-will-change-the-app-store-world/ While at the Unity booth, we ran into a few of the developers at Graveck games. You may be familiar with one of their popular iPhone games, Skee-ball. It hit the #1 paid apps spot during the holidays and is still hanging out in the top paid apps list. What ... http://macnapple.com/graveck-discusses-using-the-mac-exclusively-for-game-development/ Filed under: Gaming, Software I've been working like crazy for TUAW here at GDC 2010 (and there's a lot more coverage yet to come), but I did take a little time for myself this afternoon and go see the demo that Firaxis is showing off here of this fall's Civilization V. ... http://macnapple.com/gdc-2010-civilization-v-probably-mac-bound-eventually/ Filed under: Multimedia, Internet Tools, iTunes, iPhone, MusicThe problem is, we just don't know where they're going. In a Saturday blog post, the company announced it is "...taking a new direction" and won't be offering their current apps to new users. SimplifyMedia has been offering free software for computer-to-computer and iPhone-to-computer ... http://macnapple.com/boo-hoo-simplifymedia-dropping-products-and-changing-direction-2/