Cards

New in Cards 2.0 is native support for the iPad, so that you can now send your 100 percent letterpress missives from iOS devices of any size. Other new options in the app include the ability to send cards to multiple recipients at once, new holiday designs, new layouts for adding up to three photos to a single card, better image sharpening, integration with iPhoto, and--unsurprisingly enough--support for the iPhone 5's taller screen.

iPhoto

iPhoto gets bumped to version 1.1 and gains several new features. The app now supports the iPod touch (fourth generation and newer); the Help system also gets several new tips. New ink effects can be applied to images, and the existing tilt-shift and gradient effects can be rotated. Also new: You can edit images up to 36.5 megapixels within the app if you're using a third-generation iPad. The "Updating Library" message should appear less frequently, Apple says, and you can save multiple photos to your device's Camera Roll at one time.

Other iPhoto additions include smarter automated cropping, which leverages face detection to try to prevent cropping right in the middle of your yapper. You can create tag albums by adding custom tags to photos, and you can share photos and videos to Facebook leveraging iOS 6's built-in Facebook single sign-on option. Locations and friend tags can now be set when posting photos to Facebook, and comments and locations can be set on individual photos when sharing a group of photos on the service.