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Interface changes coming to iCal, Mail in Mac OS X Lion

Whenever there’s an Apple media event, I find myself getting lost in the content and announcements and missing the details. Unfortunately for me, the details are often pretty interesting. Thankfully, there are always those crafty people who analyze every frame of Sir Jobso and the demoes he and other Apple executives present to fill us in. Most recently are some interesting interface changes in Mail.app and iCal.

How to share your iCal with select users on Mobile Me

So, you want to share your calendar with someone. Maybe its with your friends to coordinate your social life. Maybe you want to set up a family vacation with your siblings who live across the country. Maybe you want to schedule a secret trist with your lover. No matter what the occasion happens to be, you can share our iCal calendars over Mobile Me with these simple instructions. All you need to do is be on the family pack.

Apple releases new MobileMe Calendar beta

Apple has released a beta preview of the MobileMe Calendar web application that offers an updated design and several new features. The new design follows similarly to that of the Calendar application on the Apple iPad, which allows users to see more of their calendar in a single screen and, according to Apple, will load data faster than before, especially when used through Safari 5.

How to share your iCal calendars online

Did you know you can publish your iCal calendars online so you can share it with the world? Share your team’s pee-wee times with the rest of the parents without having to waste all of your printer ink to do it. Share your vacation plans with the rest of the family. Whatever your reason, if you need to share your schedule via the web, then this is way to do it.

iTunes 9 + Snow Leopard = The Digital Lifestyle Hub, renewed

Many years ago, back when lamp-style iMacs were cool and iPods came in only one color, Apple promoted a vision of the Mac as the hub of the then-emerging “digital lifestyle.” With so much of the spotlight on iPhone OS products, there has not been a clear central pillar of this digital hub strategy. The recent release of Snow Leopard for Mac users, coupled with the just-announced iTunes 9, has refocused the digital hub strategy squarely on the Mac, and brought a wide audience some extremely cool features.

Could Apple pull off one app for all Internet-based tasks?

Apple currently ships a ton of full-fledged programs with Mac OS X. Safari, Mail, iChat, Address Book, and iCal are all great examples. As the operating system paradigm shifts, though, I think Apple could be the one to pull these apps all together into one really useful application that many people would rarely ever leave.

Google Calendar now supports iCal

When it comes to using iCal, one of the biggest issues from many users was all of the not so pleasant work-arounds they had to go through to sync their iCal calendar with Google Calendar so they could get it anywhere, or vice versa. That is no longer an issue. A recent application introduction for more »

Jobs admits Apple was wrong (gasp!) [Update]

According to Ars Technica, Steve Jobs sent an e-mail to Apple employees last night admitting that MobileMe was launched too early.

“It was a mistake to launch MobileMe at the same time as iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store,” said Jobs.

More after the break.

A quick MobileMe update

It seems Apple has finally fixed MobileMe’s Mail. David G. is back to give us the news via Apple’s MobileMe Status Page update #3. We have completed restoring Mail service, including historical messages, to all of the 1% of affected members. Thank you all for your extreme patience during this trying time. Apple also resolved more »

Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard Server Edition detailed

The Keynote may be the main attraction at WWDC, but there is always much more to come even after Steve leaves the stage. In today’s WWDC happenings, the Apple team detailed the server version of Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. The following comes from a MacNN report. “As with [Consumer Version of Mac OS 10.6], more »