Lion continues to dominate the news, like the king of the jungle that it is, and we continue to rock out hard with stories featuring this good beast. But that wasn't all, by far, that happened this week, because there were some hardware refreshes, some how-tos that came out as a result of the new OS, and more, tons more, in case you missed it.
- How To Make OS X Lion More Like Snow Leopard - Change is good, keep telling yourself that, change is good. But while you're waiting for change to be good for you specifically, now's a good time to think about keeping your good old standbys and favorites. By which we mean, surely you liked some parts of Snow Leopard more than you like the new ways Lion tackles things. Well, if you shelled out the $29.99 but want your old familiar tricks back, here's how you're gonna do it.
- 13-Inch MacBook Pro vs. MacBook Air: Which One Is Right For You? - Questions questions questions, all these questions. Sure, that MacBook Air is looking super light and almost a portable itself, but that MacBook Pro has juice to spare. What to do? Which one to choose? How can you decide? We give you a nice little apples to oranges comparison, let you see how they stack up, then we leave the ball in your court. We won't make your decisions for you, but we will make your decisions a little easier.
- How to Create a Signature and Sign a PDF With Preview - Lion brought with it a ton of sweet features that we can barely cram them all into one review, but here's one we know people have been aching to have. As we move, inexorably, hopefully, toward a paperless office future, signing PDFs just got easier than ever. With Preview's new signature feature, we think your future's gonna be so bright, you'll have to wear shades.
- 6 Lion Gestures You Can’t Live Without - With Lion came multitouch, those things you take for granted in your iOS device, those things that feel so natural there that you don't even think about them when you do them. Well, when Lion brought these to the desktop, some we loved and some we took some getting used to. Here's six that are killer that you simply need.
- iVoxel Review - If you're big on the Krautrock and want to bust out some killer Kraftwerk style jams, this $12 app is just the ticket. Based on the Matrix vocoder that Kraftwerk uses themselves, this is your best possible "voice optimized synthesizer and a vocoder." With over 200 prerecordered tricks for your vocals and a smooth interface, this is one app that's easy to use and access.
- App Showdown: Instant Messengers - With eight million different chat protocols out there and all your friends insisting -- insisting! -- on using old, outdated ones that you can't pry them away from, it's good to know there are services that tackle this Tower of IM Babel with some style. But which one is the right one for you? Aha, that's where it gets tricky.
