Weekly Wrap: Mastering Mountain Lion and plenty more

04.08.2012
Now that you and Mountain Lion have had the chance to get to know each other a bit better, the pressure's off: No more first date jitters. We're delighted you and Mac OS X 10.8 have reached this comfortable point in your relationship, so you and the big cat can curl up together, stress-free, and catch up on some of our biggest stories from the week gone by.

We think there's a good chance you're already running Mountain Lion, since . Those would be good numbers even for a YouTube video of a dog on a skateboard.

If you need a little help with Mountain Lion, we're here for you. We have hints on , we can advise you on , and we can help you understand , the first OS X feature to sleep its way to the top.

And if you're running into minor bugs in need of fixing, boy howdy, it seems like on those kind of Mountain Lion woes is custom built for you.

We're still in the midst of GemFest, our annual celebration of great, affordable Mac apps. This week, we praised , , and , three apps that each take a unique approach to mushing together two distinct words.

Other Gems from the week included and .

And if you think GemFest is worth talking about, we agree; hence .

If you're constantly reading our iOS coverage and wish you could find a way to join in without buying a brand new iPhone, you're in luck, thanks to our guide to .

Now that you've procured your iPhone, you can enjoy our iOS app coverage, and we shared plenty this week. Here's a guide to . We reviewed apps like and , and .

We also covered the new video support in the travel journal app , advised you on , and maybe got involved in a .

Amazon this week unveiled for iPad, which lets Amazon customers stream movies and TV shows. That new app came hot on the heels of Apple adding .

And, in coverage that's hard to fit in any other bucket, we shared our thoughts on ; we reviewed the , a portable external laptop display; and we dished on both and Justin Long's grooming habits.