More Rumors of Late September iPhone Launch with Details on iPad Mini, 4th-Gen iPad
iLounge offers a summary of various tidbits of information it has learned about Apple’s upcoming iOS devices.
In line with fresh claims from iMore about a September 12 media event to introduce the next-generaton iPhone and iPod nano as well as the “iPad mini” ahead of a September launch for the iPhone, iLounge says that Apple will be ready to ship the new iPhone by mid-September and could launch the device during the third week of the month. Apple is also said to be working on a pair of official cases for the new iPhone, including one that is similar to the current bumper and a second that would have a “major impact” on accessory makers. The report speculates that the case may include some sort of stand, but it is unclear whether that it is based on any actual information.
As for the iPod touch and iPod nano, iLounge believes that a new iPod touch sharing similarities to the new iPhone such as a taller 4-inch display will be making an appearance at the same event, while evidence for a new iPod nano still remains scant. Rumors of revamped iPod touch and iPod nano models have indeed been circulating in recent weeks.
Mockup of 7.85-inch “iPad mini” next to an iPhone (courtesy of CiccareseDesign)
Regarding the future of Apple’s iPad line, iLounge claims that the new “iPad mini” will not be ready for launch alongside the new iPhone in late September and may instead launch in November. While iMore believes that the device will at least be introduced alongside the new iPhone, iLounge is unsure whether it will be included during the September media event or if Apple will hold a separate event for the device a bit later. Apple is also said to be developing versions of its Smart Cover and Smart Case for the smaller iPad.
Apple’s fourth-generation full-size iPad is unsurprisingly said to be seeing a move to the smaller dock connector that will debut with the next-generation iPhone, but is also said to offer only “relatively modest” tweaks to the design while also seeing the addition of a rear microphone for better audio capture while shooting video or perhaps for noise cancellation purposes.
iLounge‘s source seems a bit unclear on the timing for a fourth-generation iPad launch, suggesting that it could come late this year alongside the iPad mini but agreeing that the timing seems unlikely. Consequently, speculation points to an iPad mini launch late this year, followed by an iPad update early next year in line with its traditional life cycle.
iLounge has proven fairly accurate with its rumors, pinpointing a thicker third-generation iPad shell and Apple’s new Smart Case for the iPad.
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New command line tools in Mountain Lion manage encryption, sleep and sharing
For fans of the Terminal, Mountain Lion brought some new command-line utilities. Perhaps the most notable is fdesetup, which Apple explains briefly: “fdesetup allows third-party management tools to enable FileVault, determine encryption status, capture and manage recovery keys, and add users to a FileVault-encrypted system as well as synchronize directory-based user authentication credentials with the local credentials for FileVault access.”
Apple provides a ‘man’ page for fdsetup, but if you want more information about it, Rich Trouton at Der Flounder has a very thorough walk-through with a bunch of screenshots and excellent explanations. I’m definitely keeping this one in Pinboard for the inevitable day when I want or need to use fdsetup. I’m also glad to have a more low-level tool for working with FileVault.
I had written previously about the “hoops” which were necessary to disable certain users from being able to unlock the computer with FileVault. That process is now a lot easier.
But wait, there’s more!
Patrix over at the Ask Different blog discovered several other new command-line utilities. Some of them are generic Unix utilities (pgrep and pkill) but there are also some OS X specific ones, including:
- caffeinate – prevent the system from sleeping on behalf of a utility
- serverinfo – determine server status (is this OS X Server, and, if so, are these things enabled)
- sharing – create share points for AFP, FTP and SMB services
- tccutil – manage the privacy database
See the original article for more details. Of these, caffeinate seems like the most interesting. I have used Caffeine, the free app from Lighthead Software, to keep my Mac awake at times, but being able to do it in shell scripts could definitely come in handy.
Still missing your favorite Unix utility?
If Mountain Lion still doesn’t have your favorite utility, don’t forget you have other options. I have used Rudix when I wanted precompiled binaries, and Homebrew when I want to make my own. Mostly these days I stick with Homebrew, which is regularly updated by a bunch of people, versus Rudix which has a smaller library and seems to be mostly the labor of love of one developer.
Others may prefer Fink or MacPorts; I have used both in the past but haven’t kept up with them recently. Both of them appear to have been updated for Mountain Lion.
New command line tools in Mountain Lion manage encryption, sleep and sharing originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Front & back panel purportedly from Apple’s next iPhone captured on video
On the heels of photos claiming to show the front and back of Apple’s next-generation iPhone, a new video shows a close hands-on look at the parts, giving an idea of how such a device might look and feel.
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Front & back panel purportedly from Apple’s next iPhone captured on video
On the heels of photos claiming to show the front and back of Apple’s next-generation iPhone, a new video shows a close hands-on look at the parts, giving an idea of how such a device might look and feel.
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Track your Mac’s battery cycles with Sleep Monitor
Although several battery-tracking apps exist in the Mac App Store, few offer Sleep Monitor’s visual graph, which is the most important feature of the app.Twitter crashes day before Olympics kick off
The day before the opening of the 2012 London Olympics that are expected to light up major social networks, Twitter has crashed.Get Save As back on Mountain Lion’s File menu easily and without hacks
Much rejoicing accompanied the news that Mountain Lion brought back the “Save As…” option (which had been taken away in Lion and replaced with the not-nearly-the-same-thing “Duplicate” command). Unfortunately, Save As was relegated to a sub-menu which could only be seen if you held down the Option key, or you could use the not-very-convenient keyboard shortcut Command+Shift+Option+S.
For some reason, that keyboard shortcut never worked for me, so I decided to remap it using System Preferences.
Since I am never, ever, ever going to use the “Duplicate” item, I decided that I would remap “Duplicate” to something else, and restore Command+Shift+S back to its rightful spot as “Save As…”
I went to System Preferences » Keyboard » Keyboard Shortcuts and selected “All Applications” on the right side. Then I clicked the plus-sign under the right column and added “Duplicate” for “All Applications” to be the keyboard shortcut Command+Shift+Option+D (aka “I am never going to use this shortcut and don’t want to press it accidentally”).
Then I did the exact same thing, except this time I used “Save As…” for the menu. Note that both “Save” and “As” must be capitalized, and you must use a proper ellipsis character at the end. On a Mac with the US-English keyboard, you can get this by holding down the Option key and typing a semi-colon.
Voilà! This will now work in every Mac application which has a Duplicate and/or Save As… menu. If an app does not have one of those menus, it will just ignore the keyboard assignment. You could also assign this for specific apps if you only want to use it in certain apps.
An unexpected but very pleasant side effect of making this change is that OS X makes the “Save As…” menu item visible again even without holding down the Option key.
Before (no Save As… visible):
After (welcome back old friend!):
Quite frankly, I think I would have paid $ 20 for this alone.
If you don’t mind Apple’s suggested keyboard shortcut for Save As… but would like it to show up on the menus, all you have to do is rename the Duplicate menu item (as described above). Once that was renamed, the “Save As…” menu item appeared. I only added the custom keyboard shortcut for that because I wanted it to respond to Command+Shift+S as it had always done before Lion.
Get Save As back on Mountain Lion’s File menu easily and without hacks originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Safari 6 available for Mountain Lion and Lion, but not Windows
An Apple spokesperson confirmed that Windows users will not be able to upgrade to Safari 6, meaning they can’t get access to features like Safari’s unified URL and Search bar, iCloud Tabs, or Tab Views.Safari 6 available for Mountain Lion and Lion, but not Windows
Safari 6 available for Mountain Lion and Lion, but not Windows
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