Weekly Wrap: New Macs, delightful apps

07.08.2011
We took a week off from the Weekly Wrap, because your devoted wrapper was stuck at jury duty. But now we're back and ready to summarize the week that was, highlighting our biggest and best stories in case you missed them. Just don't let it happen again.

Dan Frakes says that , but he misses the machine's optical drive. Jason Snell, meanwhile, says that . Both gentlemen joined Philip Michaels ; the challenge was getting Jason to stop hugging his new Air long enough to record the darn podcast.

Instagram scored its . Through a complicated mathematical formula, we've calculated that each of those uploaded photos has earned the company precisely $0. Regardless of its lack of a business model, , along with Hipstamatic, Flare, and others of that ilk. (Oh, and if you would prefer to browse your Instagram photos on your Mac, .)

On the other hand, if you prefer your photos filter-free, check out . If you prefer taking photographs only during vampires' witching hour, Regardless of where you take your pictures, let us help you . (Step 1: Ensure computer is plugged in.)

, and if you haven't downloaded our Superguide yet, you should soon: We're not going to let the editors involved out of our literal lion pen until the book sells its 150 millionth copy.

; Roman Loyola explains how, and you know how much fun it is to do as the Roman does. Ted Landau can help you resolve --we've started calling him The Lion Tamer around these parts. Though it's not quite part of Lion yet, Apple did lift the curtain on .

If you love Lion but hate its iOS-style autocorrect, Christopher Breen figured out . Personally, though, I love autocorrect, despot its occidental flowers.

And since Lion and Quicken don't mesh, Jeffry Battersby rounded up some of the best .

Over the past week, we showed you how to , how to , and even how to . You could have the loudest, newsiest, PDFiest locked iOS device on the block armed with all that information--but we didn't stop there.

We reviewed , which helps you mix drinks using your iPhone (though not as a swizzle stick). We also reviewed , a game so frustrating it will drive you to drink cocktails no doubt prepared with help from InMyBar. Other apps we covered included , , and .

Google pulled down on its iOS Gmail interface and updated it with . --the board game, not the U.S. territory--is now available for the iPad.

Contributor Joel Mathis rattled off oodles of . Marco Tabini wrote up . Use your noodle: Read those oodles.

Elsewhere, Jason Snell posited that as the kings of Comic-Con. And Alexandra Chang reported on a combination of software and hardware that enables pilots to . (Perhaps those infamous birds are so angry because they still rely on slingshots to gain their own ability to fly.)

Artist Kyle Lambert wrote up advice on . (Warning: Do not put actual paint on your iPad.) In case Words With Friends isn't dominating your life enough, Lauren Crabbe wants you to know that .

, adding the ability to stream old TV show purchases, along with the ability to watch Vimeo videos. The downside, of course, is that now your Apple TV knows every show you ever bought, including that episode of the reboot from 2008.

We spill a lot of virtual ink on iPads and iPhones, but the Mac that is our namesake remains our first love. We reviewed a plethora of Mac apps, including , , , , , and .

We don't just want you to know about the quality of new software; we also want to make your life better. That's why we wrote up tips like how to , Sharon Zardetto's , and a tutorial on . Sometimes it seems like the only how-to article we don't publish is "How to find more hours in the day to better consume all the incredible articles publishes."

It's worth noting that your friend and mine, senior associate editor Dan Moren, published --not to mention another thrilling edition of our intermittent series .

Another Weekly Wrap, much like the week it encapsulates, has now come and gone. We'll see you next week, unless we get called in for some other civic duty.