iOS 7 is set for public release on the 18th, making now a good time to start preparing for the major iOS update on any iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. But before jumping ahead with the 7.0 upgrade, you should check on compatibility and do some simple cleanup and backups with your iOS devices… so here are seven steps to prepare for iOS 7 the right way.

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Though you should be patient and wait a week for the official release of iOS 7 on the 18th, you technically don’t have to. For the incredibly impatient who don’t mind a few inconveniences, you can get a head start and update a compatible iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the iOS 7 GM build right now. Of course there’s a catch: you’ll have to download the iOS 7 GM build IPSW from third parties, you have to do a clean install (not an update), and you won’t be able to sync the upgraded iOS 7 device to a computer afterwards – that means no backups, music transfers, restoring from a backup through iTunes, etc – and those inconveniences will remain until the public build of iTunes 11.1 comes out. If for some reason that sounds good to you, then Lifehacker offers up the solution with plenty of links to the GM build to get you on your way, and beyond that, it’s like any other clean installation of iOS.
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Apple has released OS X 10.8.5 system update for all Mac users running OS X 10.8. The update focuses entirely on bug fixes, many of which pertain to various network bugs and quirks that have bothered Mac users since the release of Mountain Lion. The most notable resolution appears to fix the frustrating bug that negatively impacted AFP-based Mac-to-Mac file transfer speeds when any sharing was done over Wi-Fi, and a similar quirk that impacted ethernet transfers.

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Everyone loves good wallpapers, and iOS 7 comes with 33 snazzy new wallpapers for your iOS gear. These particular offerings are sized specifically for iPhone and iPod touch, and due to their limited resolution (744 x 1392) they are not worthwhile for the iPad or desktop yet. Presumably, the high resolution versions from an iPad retina model will surface soon, but for now these should be limited to smartphones.

• Download a zip file of them all here courtesy of MacMixing – (Note: you can open and extract zip files in iOS using apps like WinZip)

If you don’t want to get them all at once in a big zip, click on any thumbnail image below to go to a full size version that can be saved onto your iPhone directly:

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Fresh off the announcement of new iPhone models, late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel took to the streets of LA and handed people a 7.8″ iPad Mini telling them it’s the new iPhone… then got their reactions on the “new iPhone”. The results are hilarious and well worth watching for a quick laugh.

Video is embedded below:

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Apple’s recent iPhone event wasn’t live streamed, but if you want to watch Tim Cook and co you can now view it all directly from Apple’s website. The event video includes a brief overview of iOS 7 which is scheduled to arrive to the masses next week (or right now if you’re a developer), and goes on to the unveiling of the iPhone 5c and the iPhone 5s.

Apple has also posted several videos for the new iPhone hardware, with an a four minute introductory video for the iPhone 5c, and two separate videos for the iPhone 5s, one to cover the new 5s camera features, and the other discussing the all new Touch ID fingerprint sensor. You can watch all videos below:
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iOS 7 GM has been released to those registered with the Apple Developer Program. The GM (Golden Master) build is the final release version, which will become available to the general public at a wider release next week.

Devices supported by the final iOS 7 build include the iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2, iPad mini, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, and iPod touch 5th gen.
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Apple has announced the iPhone 5s, the new upper-end iPhone model that comes with some pretty interesting features.Though the iPhone 5s is based upon the same aluminum enclosure as the prior iPhone 5 model, it is now offered in two revised color options including a new black (called space grey), the familiar white, and an entirely new gold color.

These colors are obviously much more subdued than what is offered on the new vibrant iPhone 5c model, and the 5s is also a much more feature-rich prodcut, justifying the price differentiation between the two major iPhone offerings.
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Apple has announced the iPhone 5c, a colorful variation of the iPhone 5 that features plastic enclosures rather than the aluminum casing that was prominent on last years models. Internally, the 5c is the same as the 5, though it ships with iOS 7 preinstalled, with a background wallpaper matched to the color of the iPhone model. Colors are white, a salmon pink, yellow, baby blue, and bright green.

The iPhone 5c replaces the iPhone 5 in the product line up and is priced accordingly, slightly cheaper than the new upper-end model iPhone 5s.
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iOS 7 will be available to the public on September 18, according to Apple. The release date was announced today at Apple’s iPhone event held at their Cupertino campus.

The update will be available through an OTA Software Update on all compatible devices, and also accessible from iTunes and ISPW as usual. Supported hardware for iOS 7 includes iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad mini, and the iPod touch 4th and 5th gen. Of course, the new iPhone 5C and 5S models will also support iOS 7 and will ship with the redesigned OS preinstalled.

iOS 7 is a free update offering many new features, along with a significant user interface overhaul to Apple’s mobile experience. Additionally, iWork and iLife apps will become free and be available along with the iOS 7 release, which includes apps like Keynote, Pages, Numbers, iMovie, and iPhoto.

As usual, users are advised to back up their devices before updating to any new version.

QuickTime is usually thought of as a movie viewing app, but it also has a few simple editing features that are extremely easy to use, and that don’t require the launching of a more complete video editing suite like iMovie. We’ll focus on the Trim function of QuickTime here, which lets you lets you shorten the total length of the movie clip by trimming it down to a shorter length. This is perfect for eliminating needless parts of a video, whether it’s a long intro, end credits, or some otherwise unnecessary piece of a video clip.
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Recording and capturing the screen of an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch while in use is infinitely helpful for education, teaching, instructional guides, and what we do here at OSXDaily. If you’ve ever wondered how to record the screen of an iOS device you’ll find there are a variety of options out there, but one of the best solutions is an app named Reflector.

Cross platform compatible, Reflector allows iOS device screens to be mirrored directly onto a computer screen through AirPlay, plus it’s loaded with easy screen recording abilities with a video export option, and allows for some alternate uses like live streams over the web and even audio streaming if video isn’t needed. For this article, we’re focusing on the screen recording ability of Reflector though, which is extremely easy to use.

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If you suspect someone is snooping through your iPhone call log, messages, email, or through other apps, you can set a simple trap of sorts to potentially catch such intrusions on privacy. The idea behind this is pretty simple: quit out of all apps to leave the task bar empty, then check on the multitask screen to see if someone used an app. Since most people don’t bother to check what apps are running, they will unintentionally leave their app usage traces behind.

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iOS on the iPad has an “Undo” and “Redo” option. Undo does just what it sounds like, it undoes the last text based action. For example, if you typed out a sentence but decided it wasn’t what you wanted to say, you could hit “Undo” and it would instantly disappear. Redo is also fairly self explanatory, as it redoes the prior text action that was just undone. For example, if you wanted to restore that sentence you typed out but made disappear with “Undo”, then hitting “Redo” would make it appear again.

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It’s never fun to accidentally delete a contact that is needed, let alone multiple contacts or even an entire address book. If you find yourself in a situation where you have deleted contacts from your iPhone that you then must recover, you can often get them back by performing a variety of tricks.

We’ll cover four ways to get your address book or an individual contact restored to iPhone, read through each of them to understand their efficacy and determine which is most likely to work for you.
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OS X has a handful of typing tools that can help Mac users of just about any skill level improve their writing skills and typing abilities. Whether someone is just learning how to type and needs a few pointers for common errors, to help recalling words, or even diversifying word choice and language a bit, that’s what these four simple tricks come in.

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Each new version of OS X and iOS tends to come with some gorgeous new wallpapers, and it looks as if OS X Mavericks will be no different. Found in the latest Developer Preview 7 build of OS X Mavericks by a member of iClarified, this collection of 8 beautiful wallpapers are offered at an absolute whopper resolution of 5120×2880 (a resolution that, conveniently, would be the equivalent of a Thunderbolt or iMac 27″ with a 2x retina display).

These are hosted on a third parties Dropbox account IMGUR and iClarified, so click through each thumbnail to be able to access the full resolution image.

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Apple has released OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 7 to individuals registered with the Mac Developer program. The update includes bug fixes and inches Mavericks ever closer to the final Golden Master (GM) build. Developers running Mavericks DP6 will find the update available now in the Mac App Store, accessible through Software Update, and weighs in around 1GB for most machines.

The public release of OS X Mavericks is scheduled for sometime this fall, and it’s possible that a Mavericks release date will be announced alongside iOS 7 and the new iPhone models at the upcoming Apple event.

OS X Mavericks includes over 200 new features and enhancements for the Mac, including major revisions to Safari, tabbed Finder windows, Finder file tagging, a Maps application, iBooks for OS X, and more. There is no word on pricing, but if it follows precedent set by prior OS X updates it will likely cost around $20.