We’re continuing to focus on Apple’s releases of last week: the iPhone 5, iOS 6, and OS X 10.8.2. Agen Schmitz leads off with an overview of what’s new in 10.8.2, and Glenn Fleishman rounds up the iPhone 5 reviews from sites who received early access. Then Glenn looks at the new Passbook app in iOS 6, and explains how to use your iPhone’s number with Messages in 10.8.2, before changing gears to review the new Fission 2 audio editor from Rogue Amoeba. Michael Cohen piles on with details about how Apple has integrated Facebook into Mountain Lion with 10.8.2, and Matt Neuburg revisits a favorite topic in explaining how 10.8.2’s improvement to the Save As command makes it better than ever before. Notable software releases this week include iBank 4.6, Growl 2.0, Parallels Desktop 8.0.18101, KeyCue 6.3, SpamSieve 2.9.5, Typinator 5.2, Microsoft Office 2011 14.2.4 and 2008 12.3.4, Security Update 2012-004 (Snow Leopard), Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion Server, EFI and SMC Updates for MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, iPhoto 9.4, Aperture 3.4, Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion, TechTool Pro 6.0.5, Coda 2.0.3, and GraphicConverter 8.3.
Amongst many other added features and tweaks, Mountain Lion’s second major revision receives fixes for shortening URLs in Notification Center tweets and viewing iMessages on your Mac sent to your phone number.
Apple gives out very few pre-release iPhones for tech writers to review. The first batch of such reviews of the iPhone 5 dig deeper than Apple’s effusive marketing.
The Passbook app in iOS 6 has an empty drawer. We’re waiting to fill it with — what, exactly? The future is in glorious 2D: tags that we already print out and carry as paper returning to the digital world, stored within Passbook.
The 10.8.2 update to Mountain Lion combined with iOS 6 lets the Messages app receive iMessages addressed to your iPhone’s number, and send messages that use the number as a return address. But what if you don’t see this added automatically? We have advice.
The big news in OS X 10.8.2 is that, by default, Save As now works the way you expect.
Rogue Amoeba’s Fission audio editor has received a huge upgrade. Its simple approach to working with sound files now has more power without sacrificing usability.
Apple’s promise to integrate Facebook with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion was fulfilled with the release of the 10.8.2 update. Find out how to get it working and learn what it does.
Notable software releases this week include iBank 4.6, Growl 2.0, Parallels Desktop 8.0.18101, KeyCue 6.3, SpamSieve 2.9.5, Typinator 5.2, Microsoft Office 2011 14.2.4 and 2008 12.3.4, Security Update 2012-004 (Snow Leopard), Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion Server, EFI and SMC Updates for MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, iPhoto 9.4, Aperture 3.4, Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion, TechTool Pro 6.0.5, Coda 2.0.3, and GraphicConverter 8.3.
Two quick ExtraBITS for you this week — an explanation of why the CDMA iPhone 5 has an unlocked GSM SIM slot and Glenn Fleishman’s Boing Boing report from the unusual XOXO conference.