Basically with the introduction of the new software we now have access to the recently released app store. This is a good thing! Developers can now write software that will run on the 2.0 update. Most of you know this however so I’ll just get to the point.

Here’s my review of my top ten favorite apps:

1. Remote (OMG it’s amazing)
2. Aurora Feint (it’s free and I seriously played it for an hour last night without even noticing)
3. Myspace (I use myspace more for email then actually email this really helps me out, I also really like being able to check bulletins from it)
4. Facebook (although facebook bores me I like its feature to do a status update and to be able to take and upload a picture straight from the app, the chat seems nice too)
5. AIM (I am on aim constantly and it’s nice to be able to jump on send some messages to whoever and get off without having to load meebo in safari)
6. Box Office (perfect for seeing what’s playing where and at what time, also as everyone else has mentioned it has the rotten tomatoes reviews built in)
7. Mobile News (to be honest I prefer just loading google news - sci/tech in safari but this app has potential it’s nice to pull up when I’m bored wand want to check up on the world)
8. Shazam (if you haven’t heard this one allows you to record a small piece of a song that you hear playing then it reports back to you on which song it is. From what I’ve seen it works so well and hasn’t messed up a single time for me)
9. Midomi (it’s sort of the same as shazam but it allows you to sing/hum a song say the song name or artist or even just type it in yourself if you know it and then find information on it. Once it’s found the song you can listen to other people singing it. The reason this is after shazam is that I’ve noticed it kind of sucks at listening to the actual song and finding it… compared to shazam anyways)
10. –––– (okay seriously to be honest I don’t want to place something in my ten spot yet. I haven’t seen anything worthy of being my ten. Everything else I have should be at least a 15)

There you have it. That’s my review and my top 9ish apps. :d

Once you’re chatting with a few people you will have a window similar to this:

To tab through the various conversations use the key combination of CMD+[ or CMD+]

_{*CMD is the key that says command and has a symbol that looks like ⌘.}

option + n = ˜˜
option + e = ´
option + u = ¨
option + i = ˆˆ

By pressing any of those key combinations one of those symbols will appear in yellow. To use the symbol by itself simply press spacebar. To assign it to a letter that uses corresponds to that symbol such as ä you simply press the letter once you see the symbol in yellow.

What are our other options?

_{Regular Keyboard Layout}

_{Keys available while holding the option key}

_{Keys available while holding both option and shift}

Shortcuts:

Copy = Ctrl+C
Cut = Ctrl+X
Paste = Ctrl+V

A copy command will copy the selected text and put that in the clipboard.

Clipboard = A magical place where cut and copied computery things live.

Once something is copied you may than paste.
Gif Example

If something is cut it disappears and starts living in the clipboard. It can then be pasted as if it was copied.Even though it’s been pasted a copy of the original cut item is still in the clipboard.

If something else is then copied or cut anything living in the clipboard is killed and replaced.

To Be Continued

A friend: hey craig how do i download limewire again?
Me: Did you try a google search and type limewire? I’d do that.
A friend: do i say i might use limewire for copyright infringement?
Me: no, you don’t say that…
A friend: okay, thanks!

Sos yall knows copyright infringement is bad. You probably shouldn’t be doing it.

Hold the command key down and don’t let go of it. Now press tab. Press tab again. Let go of command. WOW!!! You did it!!!

Now try this.

Hold the command key down and don’t let go of it. Now press tab. We’re not using that app, let’s quit it! Press Q (don’t let go of tab!). WOW! You quit it! Press tab again. Hmm, we don’t want to see that app. Press h. YOU HID IT!!!

How cool is that?

Basically you were tabbing through your open applications. By pressing q the program was triggered to quit just as how pressing h made the program hide itself. To bring the hidden program back simply command+tab to it or click on its icon in the dock.

Pictures and a video coming soon. <3

Video Example

When it asks you to type a name simply type, Full Screen or whatever else you would like.

_{Watch Video}

This comes in handy when browsing webpages such as maps.google.com

Also if you’d prefer safari, or any other app, to always open using the entire screen you can drag the window to fill the screen, then hold the command button, while holding the command button close the window.

You have the choice to click on a button, press escape on the keyboard to close the window, or to press enter and choose the highlighted option; whatever it may be.

What if you wanted to choose an option that wasn’t highlighted and you didn’t want to use your mouse? This is where being able to press the tab key to select a button would come in handy.

In OSX this functionality while built in is not enabled by default. In order to do so one must open System Preferences, Select Keyboard & Mouse, choose the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, and then select the All controls radio button towards the bottom.

<sub>^ Open System Preferences ^

^ Choose Keyboard & Mouse ^

^ Select the Keyboard Shortcuts Tab ^

^ Choose the All Controls Button ^</sub>

Now close the System Preferences window.
From now on when presented with a dialogue that has buttons you’ll have the ability to press tab to highlight the option you’d like.

Once highlighted simply press spacebar to finalize your selection.

Video Example of Enabling Tab to Choose Buttons

Apparently anyone with an iPhone and service through AT&T are now able to connect to Wi-Fi at Starbucks, Barns & Noble, and any other AT&T wireless location.

_{*enter your cell phone number, then agree*}

It’s possible to connect with your laptop, if you have a mac running safari. I’ll write more when I’ve had a chance to check it out for myself.

Basically a page will load asking you for your phone number. Then you agree to their terms of use. You should now be able to browse the internet. :]

Oh and to all you Renites out there. AT&T WiFi in Reno.