MAYDAY! MAYDAY! Yes, that was the date on Friday, and it was also what everyone who had an iPad 3G was shouting from the rooftops if the UPS truck didn’t pull up outside their front door to deliver the sweet mobile goodness into their hot little hands. Round two of iPad madness, though it’s never quite the same, the second time around. For solace, let’s look at what the Mac|Life kiddies got up to this week, just In Case You Missed It. Features: – Upgrade Guide – Build a Better Mac – Holy moley, it’s not often we field an article that makes even us feel so incredibly nooby anymore – your mileage may vary – but these super-powered tips and tweaks culled from years of genius are a must read if you’re planning on slapping a cape on your Mac. It’s the easy way to get pro-power action and it’s laid out for you here, 1, 2, 3. – 99 Awesome iPhone & iPad Apps You Must Download – We didn’t start out small with our Mac|Life dreams. No, we pitched reviewing every single app in the App Store. With almost 200,00 apps out there and new ones showing up every day? We dreamed the impossible dream. At the very least, here’s 99 apps that have made our lives fitter, happier, and more productive. How-Tos: – Uber-Handy Bookmarklets List! – If you’re only going to bother reading one of these articles, by all means, read this one. Bookmarklets have made our life so much easier with their linky quickness that we couldn’t not drag and drop your attention on this fine bit of tippery. If you’re not reading this, you’re just making your online life that much harder for yourself. Don’t say we didn’t tell you so later. – Apple Posts Step-By-Step Guide To iPad 3G Setup – Here we go.

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In Case You Missed It: Apr. 26 – May 1

Section: Apple News , Rumors , Mac + Computers , Desktops , Mac mini An image circulating the internet at the moment, shows the rear side of what could be the next Mac Mini from Apple. Featuring 5 USB ports, 1 FireWire 800 and both mini DVI and mini DisplayPort connections. This sounds similar to what we’re expecting to see when Apple finally update their most basic Macintosh desktop computer. All signs are pointing towards the update officially coming in March, possibly around the time of the CeBit exhibition in Germany. Despite recent troubles with Intel, it will most likely be Nvidia that will supply the chipsets—similar to what the MacBook ranges are using, and what the next-gen iMacs will use. There’s been no confirmation of the image, but despite amazing possibilities with Photoshop, it looks pretty genuine. The Mac Mini has always been a favorite of mine, as the perfect Macintosh for people to swap to from using Windows-based machines. It’s cheap and small, but still completely Apple. I’m very much looking forward to seeing what Apple reveals with the new Mac Mini, and I’m sure many of you are the same. [Editor’s Note: And remember, if this isn’t to your liking you can show us what you want out of the new Mac mini for your chance to win a Logitech NuLOOQ Navigator.] Via [ AppleInsider ] Full Story » | Written by Ed Parry for Appletell . | Comment on this Article »

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Mac Mini closer than we thought?

Section: Apple News , Retail & Apple Store One of the things I’ve always enjoyed about the Apple Store was that you could walk in and find a fully functional computer with a slew of applications and an internet connection. It gave users a chance to see how the apps worked, and for potential new buyers, a true experience of what the Mac OS was like. Plus you could kill some time before a movie by checking the social networking sites. But no more! MySpace (Which still exists? You’re kidding me. MySpace ? With the magenta and chartreuse backgrounds and the obnoxious MIDI files that play automatically and you can’t turn them off because the layout runs off the screen for 4,000 pixels? MySpace still exists?) was blocked from Apple Store computers in 2007, and now popular Internet time-sink Facebook has been added to the kill list. tinyComb reports: In an effort to thwart off time-theft and loiterers, Apple has decided to add Facebook to the list of banned websites at retail locations nationwide. When I asked some of the genius’ today whether or not anyone noticed the change, they all said Facebook stopped working sometime in the past week. No word on whether this affects people using their own computers on an Apple Store network, or just the display Macs. Please brace yourself for your idiot PC friends to tell you that Macs don’t support Facebook at all . But seriously, MySpace? Via [ tinyComb ] Full Story » | Written by Bill Stiteler for Appletell . | Comment on this Article »

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Facebook banned at Apple Stores

Right then, lovely Cultists. We want your help. We want to know what the Mac community’s favorite new apps are. What software – first released during 2008 – has fired you up, made you incredibly productive, had you screaming with joy or laughing with delight, or generally just been jolly useful? We want to know. We’re prepared to be a little fuzzy with the rules. If your nomination first appeared as a beta in late 2007, that’s fine. If it’s only just appeared in the last few days, that’s fine too

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Your Nominations: New Mac App Of The Year

Yeah, well, you see, I really don’t get this one.

Not sure if it’s a joke, or an actual Apple ad for a brand new Mac Photoshop thingie.

I still like it tough, It’s good enough to be posted, sent, re-sent, LOLed at, and being misunderstood over and over and over. Some one out there did a good job advertizing, or just creating a load of viral…