iTunes Updating Apps – Auto Update of Multiple Apps

iTunes (at the time of writing this is iTunes 11) has changed the way you update your Apps.

Previously you clicked on the Apps Tab in the left hand column then towards the bottom right of the screen the was an ‘Update All’ Button that has now gone.

You will now notice that in your apps listing the icons of apps that have an available update have a nice wee tag in their upper left corner.

So to update all of your apps in one go here’s what you do, don’t fret it is easy!

1.  Below you will see the new look ‘Update’ Flag on the relevant icons.

2.  You will see the new ‘Updates’ Tab at the top.  Click it!

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All Apps that have an available update will now be shown…

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3. Click ‘Update All Apps.’

That’s it your done and on the way to be fully updated again!

A week without a computer

So it has been seven days since I sold up on my Mac set up. I have been ‘computerless’ for a full week and I have to say it is grim.

My set up consisted of an i7 MacBook Pro (early 2011) with an Apple Cinema Display (24″). The MBP was used in clamshell mode with an Apple wireless Keyboard and Magic Trackpad.

I had decided that I wanted to update to a new iMac as the portability of the MBP was something that I did not utilise.

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Flipboard : Your Social news Magazine Updated to v2.0

Flopboard, everyone’s favourite iOS App has been updated to version 2.0 and along with the nice new version number we get an impressive list of new features.

If you don’t know what Flipboard is you need a good shake but obviously that’s not going to happen so a brief explanation will have to suffice.

Flipboard is basically a magazine that you make and control by selecting your interests such as tech, motors, news, nature, photography and so on. You can also link in your favourite social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Flipboard then pulls all the latest news from your feeds and interests from across the web, categorises them for you within the app presenting them in a user friendly and intuitive manner, giving you your own tailored interactive magazine.

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New PS3 firmware version 4.40 out now

21 Mar, 2013

Sony has released Playstation 3 firmware version 4.40.

The firmware doesn’t come with any specific details, although it does seem to fix the stability problems with connecting online which seem to have been occurring over the last few days.

You can download the firmware via your PS3 using the system update option.

Apple AppStore – Unale to Purchase Error – FIX – For iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch

Have you get the “Unable to Purchase” error on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch when you try to update, or purchase apps from the AppStore?   The error looks like this : Although maybe not as bad, as I have 56 Errors!

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Unable to Purchase Error

The name of the app and the number of “other items” will of course be different from person to person, and over time the number of “other items” will also increase.

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