1. Transfer files. Make sure that you get your old computer, and transfer all of the useful files that you have to your new computer.

2. Update your software. Make sure that you check to see if there is software available for download. The whole concept of a Mac is to have it working right out of the box, but it is still a good idea to check to see if there are any important downloads. 

3. Battery habits. Make sure that you get to used to different battery habits. With a Mac, you will enjoy a greater battery life. But, you also want to preserve your laptop for as long as you can. Make sure to keep your battery lasting for a long time by keeping your Mac out of extreme temperatures. 

4. Start Time Machine. Many of us have Time Machine on our Mac and don’t really know what it does. It’s actually a great back-up system. Normally, Macs are great products, but, as all things, it can fail you at the most crucial of times. Make sure to activate this when you first start up your computer. It will save you trouble if you Mac might ever fail you. 

5. AppleCare? Think about this. If you are prone to bad luck when it comes to computers, then you might want to consider AppleCare. Don’t worry, you have a year to think about it. All new Macs get AppleCare for a year. 

6. Get iLife. Start to learn more about the iLife package that comes with each Mac. These programs which range from iPhoto, Garageband iWeb, iMovie, and iDVD, are a great way to start learning how to burn CDs, and even editing the movies on the CDs! 

7. Sync it up! Sync all of your data. Apple has recently come out with iCloud, which is a program that stores all of your data in a “cloud network”. This means that you don’t have to store things on CDs or other external hard drives, you can find it all online. 

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Where it all started:
In 1976 three friends joined forces and co-founded what was to become a revolutionary brand. Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak founded Apple with the main aim of revolutionising the world of computing.

By the time Apple introduced the Mac 128K, computers had already started moving towards the graphical user interface we recognize today. Before this, text-only demands were all we could process.

Steve Jobs was not only interested in designing new gadgets. In the mid 1980s he took time out from Apple to get involved with a relatively unknown studio working in computer animation. He renamed this Pixar and opened the company up to the amazing new computer imaging technology that Apple was developing.

Pixar was to become another of Jobs’ amazing success stories. In just a few short years Pixar and Jobs had negotiated a deal with Disney to produce an animated feature film. This was of course, the iconic “Toy Story” which raised the standard for animation all around the world.

Following other successful projects Disney decided to make an offer for Pixar. Jobs sold the company for over $7 billion.

When Jobs returned to Apple following his success at Pixar he found the company in chaos. Several key decisions regarding the company’s direction had proven to be disastrous. For instance, Apple software licences had been sold to competing manufacturers who were making poor copies of the technology and undermining the quality and originality of the brand name.

Jobs stopped the practice of selling licenses immediately and regained control of the Apple brand.

He began to work at rebuilding the company’s reputation and developing technology that no-one else was using. This saw the release of the iMac and iBook which quickly became the two most important products in Apple’s history.

The iMac and iBook were unlike anything else on the market and set the standard for Apple’s unique design and edgy individuality. Apple began to attract a loyal and dedicated following.

By 2001 Apple was a major player in the computing and electronics market. The launch of the iPod and iStore in this year brought them to the forefront of mobile entertainment and revolutionised the way in which people listened to music.

Although there are many other mobile music players on the market the iPod still reigns supreme even to this day, thanks to its simple functionality, great looks and high performance. Over 220 million iPods have been sold to date.

With 2007, came the launch of the iPhone, and the world was changed forever. This eagerly awaited product again raised the bar for mobile gadgetry and soon Apple had achieved over 50% of the smartphone market profit share.

To this day no other manufacturer has knocked the iPhone off the top spot and with the iPhone 5 due out later in 2012 this market monopoly looks set to continue.

Steve Jobs has left an incredible legacy for his company and Apple enthusiasts. He is responsible for reclaiming the integrity of the brand and setting standards that forced other manufacturers to become bigger and better. Steve Jobs was a true visionary and a leading light of our times and without him i wouldn’t be writing this on my beautifully sleek ipad 2. Thank you Mr. Jobs. Your shoulders will be forever heavy with the weight of those standing on them.

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Messages From Strangers Can Pop Up
The former antenna and resultant reception problem of the iphone 4 was a problem that got Apple into a class action lawsuit. The battery drain problem of the iphone 4S has still not been fixed, and now this problem of messaging is cropping up. Imagine a friend sending out a burst of messages saying some important news. If you were one of the recipients of that message, you may end up getting some text messages from people you do not even know. How does that happen? It happens with the flawed “Group Messaging” feature in iOS 5.

Strangers Are Getting Phone Numbers
Apparently the iOS 5 bug is big enough that a reply to a group message without enabling that function sends messages to people who are in the group. This will happen whether the sender knows it or not. So without a warning, people’s phone numbers are being exposed to people who have no business having them. The iOS 5 bug is described as being as a big one, rightly so. The correct way that the group messaging feature to work is that group messages are only sent out when it is activated. It is not that way.

Why Is This Happening?
Having group messaging disabled should mean a user does not get messages from people they do not know. No messages should be sent to strangers without a sender knowing what is going on. Apple has not told their customers how to alleviate this problem. Some say it is not an “Apple problem” per se, but AT&T with their settings. Some people say it is a ploy to get more people to start using iOS. Whatever the reason, whether it is intentional or an oversight, AT&T is charging for those text messages unless a person is on an unlimited text message plan.

Disabling Group Messaging Does Not Work
The group messaging feature is advertised as a nice way for someone to communicate with many people all at once. But replying to a previously sent group message ends up in everyone in the crowd getting the reply. It is good to be careful when replying to a message that has been sent out to a mass of people using an iPhone and iOS 5. Those who do not have an iPhone may never know what is going on unless someone texts back with a, “Who are you?”, type of message. Turning off group messaging does not turn off the results of a reply.

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For now, SIRI is only available on the new iPhone, which is the 4S. Now we know what the ‘S’ stands for!

So what exactly can SIRI do for you, and why should you be rushing out to buy the 4S as soon as you have finished reading this article? Let’s run through it.

• No more awkward texting:
  That’s right, simply talk to SIRI and it will do the typing for you. This is an amazingly useful development. Think about it. Your hands are full, either with bags of shopping, the kids or reams of paperwork. Once you have your headset on you can simply tell SIRI what the message needs to say and who to send it to. Now that is what I call genius.

• Schedule Meetings:
  Simply say “SIRI will you schedule a meeting for me” SIRI will ask you where, when and with whom you want to schedule the meeting and if the person you are meeting is a contact in your phone then they will also be sent the details of your meeting.

• Make a phone call:
  It may be a bit on the lazy side, but why do something yourself when SIRI can do it for you. “SIRI, call the bank for me” and SIRI calls the bank, simple as that!

• Schedule reminders:
  SIRI will schedule reminders for just about everything. One of the best I have seen is when you ask SIRI to remind you of something when you reach a certain location. For example, talk to SIRI and ask it to remind you to get milk when you leave work. SIRI and Apple’s location tracking service work together so they can track when you leave your work location. As soon as you leave you will receive a reminder to buy milk!

• Use SIRI as a Dictaphone:
  This is a really useful tool for those who generally need a secretary to do all their typing and dictation tasks. Simply tap the microphone icon and talk to the phone, SIRI converts your words to text, which you can email to yourself at any time. This feature is also integrated with Facebook and Twitter so no more wearing your fingers out with Facebook updates and Tweets.

• Check the weather:
  You can ask SIRI what the weather is going to be like tomorrow if you are planning a day out and SIRI will provide you with the most up to date information. If you are planning a trip abroad, let’s say you’re going to Spain for a weeks vacation. Simply ask SIRI what the weather is supposed to be like in Spain for the next week and immediately you have the information you need.

• Ask any question you like:
  SIRI seems to have an answer for everything and believe me it’s been tested. Check out some of the new SIRI answer sites that have sprung up around the web and you’ll get a kick out of some of the answers you read.

• Talk to SIRI:
  Yes, you can actually have a full conversation with SIRI and it’s been programmed so cleverly it appears to actually understand what you are saying. I have seen one particular example where after a night out on the town a person told SIRI they had had a few too many to drink. SIRI replied by stating he sounded kind of inebriated and perhaps it was a good idea to ring a taxi. The user was then presented with a list of local taxi numbers, upon which SIRI asked “do you want me to give one of these a call for you”?

Now that my friends, is what you call a legacy!

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The facebook app for iPhone is very easy to use and it almost replicates the real thing. The news feed in this app appears similar as it does on the facebook website and you can always write and view comments easily with this app. You can easily “like” your friends post and comments. Viewing your friend’s photos and albums is also pretty simple as they appear in the news feed. Although loading an album may be a little slower than you would expect.

Beside the news feed you can do almost everything you usually do on facebook website. You have the option to find friends and approve their friend request; you even can chat with friends who are online. If you wish to take a photo with your iPhone and share it with your friends, you can do so through this application. This particular app for iPhone is integrated with the iPhone Email and Phone so that the users can email or call their friends simultaneously. If you enable sync option it will automatically load your facebook profile picture of your friend into your iPhone contact list.

The favorite section might prove useful when it comes to managing your account. If you have a lot of friends, you can just add your most viewed pages and it will automatically add a link to their profile on the main page.

But unfortunately this facebook has some downsides too. The facebook app for iPhone is vulnerable to crashes. Although in the latest versions the facebook folks made some afford to solve this problem but you might still encounter some crashes occasionally. The photo album loading is slower than it should be even with Wi-Fi. The performance is mostly better with 3G but EDGE would surely have the worst performance of them all.

Now let’s talk about how you can get this app or how to install it. Well, just go to iPhone app store and look for the facebook app there. Facebook app will appear with a description about the features of the app. You can see the people’s reaction about the app on the info section or you can just press the free button and then press install if you are really in hurry. A small screen will pop up asking your iTunes account password. Give the password and soon after that the pp will start installing and then all you have to do is waiting until the facebook icon becomes active.

The bottom line is that the Facebook for iPhone is really a gift for the iPhone users since this app makes it easier for them to stay connected with their friends.

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• Zoom and pan to open, find, edit and organize documents
• Trackpad gesture enabled
• Use hot keys to quickly navigate across the Raskin Surface
• See all applications with their open windows

Organize: Getting and Staying Organized is Easy

• Select single or multiple items anywhere on the Raskin Surface, across multiple folders
• Easily create and group documents into new folder
• Sort by document meta data (including “last opened”)
• Changes made in Raskin are reflected in Finder and vice-versa

Visual: See What You’re Looking For

• Preview the contents of all Quick Look enabled documents
• Color-coded documents and folders help you distinguish easily
• Real-world animated zoom transitions

Spatial Memory: Just Like the Physical World

• Remember where you put something, not in which folder
• Drag and drop to rearrange Raskin Surface items
• Resize any document, folder or Place

System Requirements: Mac OS 10.6.3 (Snow Leopard)

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Here we come up with a roundup of 50+ inspirational quotes by Steve Jobs check them out below hope these inspire you enough to achieve your goals.

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”

“We’ve gone through the operating system and looked at everything and asked how can we simplify this and make it more powerful at the same time.”

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

“I want to put a ding in the universe.”

“I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.”

“The Japanese have hit the shores like dead fish. They’re just like dead fish washing up on the shores.”

“Unfortunately, people are not rebelling against Microsoft. They don’t know any better.”

“Bill Gates‘d be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.”

“The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don’t mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don’t think of original ideas, and they don’t bring much culture into their products.”

“My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better.”

“We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them.”

“Click. Boom. Amazing!”

“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.”

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

“Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?”

“A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“Recruiting is hard. It’s just finding the needles in the haystack. You can’t know enough in a one-hour interview.
So, in the end, it’s ultimately based on your gut. How do I feel about this person? What are they like when they’re challenged? I ask everybody that: ‘Why are you here?’ The answers themselves are not what you’re looking for. It’s the meta-data.”

“We’ve had one of these before, when the dot-com bubble burst. What I told our company was that we were just going to invest our way through the downturn, that we weren’t going to lay off people, that we’d taken a tremendous amount of effort to get them into Apple in the first place – the last thing we were going to do is lay them off.”

“I mean, some people say, ‘Oh, God, if [Jobs] got run over by a bus, Apple would be in trouble.’ And, you know, I think it wouldn’t be a party, but there are really capable people at Apple.
My job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors, so that’s what I try to do.”

“It’s not about pop culture, and it’s not about fooling people, and it’s not about convincing people that they want something they don’t. We figure out what we want. And I think we’re pretty good at having the right discipline to think through whether a lot of other people are going to want it, too. That’s what we get paid to do.
We just want to make great products. (I think he means “insanely great products!“)”

“So when a good idea comes, you know, part of my job is to move it around, just see what different people think, get people talking about it, argue with people about it, get ideas moving among that group of 100 people, get different people together to explore different aspects of it quietly, and, you know – just explore things.”

“When I hire somebody really senior, competence is the ante. They have to be really smart. But the real issue for me is, Are they going to fall in love with Apple? Because if they fall in love with Apple, everything else will take care of itself.
They’ll want to do what’s best for Apple, not what’s best for them, what’s best for Steve, or anybody else. (this actually reiterates my oft-repeated mantra of “ubiquitous evangelism” in companies)”

“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.”

“Our DNA is as a consumer company – for that inpidual customer who’s voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That’s who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it’s not up to par, it’s our fault, plain and simply.”

“That happens more than you think, because this is not just engineering and science. There is art, too. Sometimes when you’re in the middle of one of these crises, you’re not sure you’re going to make it to the other end. But we’ve always made it, and so we have a certain degree of confidence, although sometimes you wonder.

I think the key thing is that we’re not all terrified at the same time. I mean, we do put our heart and soul into these things.”

“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.

Life is brief, and then you die, you know?

And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.”

“Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

“In most people’s vocabularies, design means veneer. It’s interior decorating. It’s the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.”

“So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we’ll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we’ll come work for you.’ And they said, ‘No.’ So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, ‘Hey, we don’t need you. You haven’t got through college yet.”

“The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.”

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

“I’m the only person I know that’s lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year…. It’s very character-building.”

“I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do.”

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

“I’ve always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do.”

“It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much.”

“It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”

“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.”

“Insanely Great!”

“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”

“It’s rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.”

“I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I’m only 30 years old and I want to have a chance to continue creating things. I know I’ve got at least one more great computer in me. And Apple is not going to give me a chance to do that.”

“I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”

“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?”

“The products suck! There’s no sex in them anymore!”

“The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.”

“If I were running Apple, I would milk the Macintosh for all it’s worth — and get busy on the next great thing. The PC wars are over. Done. Microsoft won a long time ago.”

“You know, I’ve got a plan that could rescue Apple. I can’t say any more than that it’s the perfect product and the perfect strategy for Apple. But nobody there will listen to me.”

“Apple has some tremendous assets, but I believe without some attention, the company could, could, could — I’m searching for the right word — could, could die.”

Above quotes are most inspiring quotes by Steve Jobs which encourage you to do your job silently for the welfare of others not to expose yourself much about your deeds.

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Now the iPad like a faithful companion offers fitness regimens through its various apps meant for fitness. These can be followed at any time, anywhere, whenever you have a few minutes to spare, before a meeting, before setting out for the day, or after work. Like the plastic surgery app, the following apps will help you gain better health. The result will be better health, less fatigue and no more of aching muscles that were wasting away for lack of exercise. The best fitness iPad apps include:

Pocket Yoga HD- Yoga is the Asian solution to good health. All that it requires is the inclination and a yoga mat to work out on. This app comes with 27 sessions including practices, durations and difficulty settings. It gives options for full 45-minute sessions for a complete exercise, or those in a hurry can try the quick session that lasts a few minutes.

The motions appear on screen and a soft voice offers guidance at every step. The iPad also lets you enjoy any kind of music while exercising as well, thus healing both body and mind for a very reasonable $3.99. You may also try the liposuction app to see how you would look after losing weight.

NAVY SEAL Fitness- This is another full exercise program app that takes you through interactive exercises similar to those done by soldiers, but perhaps not as tough. Its 800 pages of content take you through plyometrics, various methods of physical training and cardio-respiratory conditioning. Since there are so many options available, a few favorites can be bookmarked to be completed regularly. For a measly amount of $1.99, it’s a steal.

Virtual Trainer Pro- The biggest problem about exercising is planning out a schedule and the exercises to do. Virtual Trainer Pro is the best iPad solution app that helps you exercise every limb and muscle with the aid of 120 workouts and 250 exercises. You can select a six minute routine or an 80 minute one, depending on the time at hand. Diagrams explain the exercise and a voice guides at every step. The end result is fitness and getting back in shape thanks to the iPad.

Running Trainer Lite- Want to be able to run 5Km in 10 weeks? this app can help you do it. It will take you right from the beginning steps where you will learn how to warm up and stretch all the way through to the end where you will be pushed to your goal of running 5Km

There are tens of other apps focusing on fitness and health but the above mentioned ones are the best ones to have on the iPad , to follow while on the move as well.

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iPad can be used to play many entertaining game which are available for iPad.There are many gaming apps out there which you can play your apple iPad.

Here we have compiled a list of top 10 free iPad gaming apps check them out below.

1. 10 Pin Shuffle HD (Bowling) Lite

2. Cliffed: Norm’s World HD

3. Cube

4. Blackjack Free HD

5. MixxMuse Arcade HD

6. Enjoy Sudoku Daily

7. Zombie Attack! Bridge Defense XL

8. Checkers Free HD

9. SLS AMG HD

10. Tap Tap Radiation

Hope you enjoy these top 10 free iPad gaming apps and entertain yourself with these.

He is one of the best thinker from all around the world and also one of the best speaker.He speaks to many conferences and addresses the launch ceremony of their own  products.

He speaks all around the globe and his thoughts are inspiring for geeks, entrepreneurs as well as for common people.

Here we list top 10 Inspirational Quotes from Steve Jobs check them out below.

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”

“We’ve gone through the operating system and looked at everything and asked how can we simplify this and make it more powerful at the same time.”

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

“I want to put a ding in the universe.”

“I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.”

“The Japanese have hit the shores like dead fish. They’re just like dead fish washing up on the shores.”

“Unfortunately, people are not rebelling against Microsoft. They don’t know any better.”

“Bill Gates‘d be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.”

“The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don’t mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don’t think of original ideas, and they don’t bring much culture into their products.”

Hope these top 10 inspirational quotes from Steve Jobs inspire you enough to go ahead and succeed.

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