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VLC 2.0.2‘s headlining update is support for Retina Displays (yay!).  However, the laundry list of features, updates and fixes seems monstrous, especially for a ‘.o.2′ release. Download link forthcoming, full list follows:

About a month after passing the 1,000,000,000th download, we are going to release VLC 2.0.2 today.

It includes the following security content:

• Fixed Ogg Heap buffer overflow
• Updated taglib (CVE-2012-2396)

VLC 2.0.2 adds further refinements to the new Mac interface. We improved the video playback experience by enhancing the crop features and restoring the highly desired “go automatically to fullscreen” feature. Additionally, the aspect ratio is respected like in the 1.1.x releases. The Retina Display (HiDPI) on the new MacBook Pro is natively supported, too.

Furthermore, you can drag & drop items between the playlist, services and media library. Growl 1.3 is supported for notifications as well (disabled by default). Playing a video in a window without any further UI elements is supported again, too.

Finally, we removed the font cache. VLC for Mac will never ask you to wait for it, but it will still find all your fonts!

This update also includes video output improvements for a vast number of PowerPC-based Macs equipped with an ATI Radeon 7500, an ATI Radeon 9200 or a NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra ^[1] as well as Intel-based Macs with an Intel GMA 950 ^[2].

Here’s the full list of changes:

• Enabled drag and drop of playlist items between the temporary playlist and the persistent media library
• Various video output improvements, notably for crop, zoom, osd and menu support
• Enabled import of playlist items taken from the service discovery modules to the media library or the temporary playlist
• Added media key support for keyboards by other manufacturers than Apple. This fix was facilitated through a hardware donation by ZF Friedrichshafen AG manufacturing keyboards under the brand “Cherry”.
• Added HiDPI / Retina Display save UI artwork
• Restored the preferences’ fullscreen options, which allows the user to start videos directly in fullscreen mode
• Keep Aspect Ratio when resizing is back
• Added controls to manipulate the Subtitles Duration to the Track Synchronization panel
• Hidden items in the sidebar are being retained for the next launch now
• Fixed crash when trying to open an Audio CD by drag & drop
• Improve reliability when opening DVDs or BDs by drag & drop
• Fixed a crash when attaching harddrives with multiple partitions while VLC is running
• Improved OSD rendering in fullscreen mode
• Improved fullscreen behavior when using a smartphone remote based upon VLC’s http interface
• The selected audio device is retained throughout multiple VLC sessions now
• Since running the Mac OS X interface as an Extra Interface or Control Interface can lead to undefined results, the respective options will be automatically reset on the first launch, if needed.
  • This fixes issues with unresponsive playback controls and crashes on quit.
• Updated Growl plugin supporting Growl 1.3.
• Improved reliablity in detecting VIDEO_TS folders when opened through the “Open Disc” panel.
• Re-implemented the “Window Decorations” option, which, if disabled, hides all the UI elements from the video output window to give you the cleanest experience possible.
• Improved the window title behavior when using the dark interface mode. It correctly responds to right and double-click events now.
• Miscellaneous minor interface improvements

VLC 2.0.2 includes these cross-platform improvements:

Video Output

• PCs running Windows XP will use the DirectX mode by default now, like in VLC’s 1.1.x release due to a fast number of broken drivers
• More accurate colorspace conversions for YUV->RGB in OpenGL
• Misc fixes in the OpenGL module, on all platforms
• Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs equipped with an ATI Radeon 7500, an ATI Radeon 9200 or a NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra.^[1]
• Fixed video output of 10bit encoded contents on Intel-based Macs equipped with an Intel GMA 950 chipset running OS X 10.6 or later.^[2]

Access

• Reworked Digital TV module for Windows. DVB-T and DVB-C work again
• Fixes for RAR compressed files
• Fixed DirectShow crashes on exit
• Improved PulseAudio input latency
• Fixes for HTTP access through a proxy
• v4l2 webcam outputting H264 can now be used directly (use –v4l2-chroma=h264)
• Fixed Subtitle auto-detection in subfolders
• IE http proxy is no longer used by VLC on Windows
• Accepts more extensions for DVD images
• Fixed crash in VC1 packetizer

Codecs

• Fixed crashes in AAC decoder on channels changes, notably in ISDB streams
• Fixed compilation with multiple FFmpeg and libav versions
• Fixed G726 support

Demuxers

• Fixes for MKV segments and MKV title display
• Fixed some mp4, voc, midi and au crashes
• Fixed Real .ram and .ra files support
• Fixed DVB channel file support
• Fixes for alac, vorbis, DTS, VC-1 and Dirac in mp4

Encoders

• Fix for MPEG audio encoding. Use Layer2 for the FOURCCs “mp2 ” and “mp2a”
• Fixed JPEG generation when doing snapshots

Audio filters and output

• Limitation of the Spatializer output volume
• Fixed DirectSound device selection
• Correct PulseAudio volume control
• Fixed Directsound volume initialization
• Volume level is no longer applied to the file output
• Fixed sampling rate for the JACK output

Lua Scripts

• Fixes for stdin/stdout and for different locale issues

Qt interface

• Fixed preferences for audio devices on Windows
• Fixed various crashes
• Fixed multiple issues in the Open Disc dialog
• Fixed playlist search and selector behavior
• Miscellaneous fixes in preferences, buttons, EPG, playlist and customize dialog
• Fixed tags and file names display

Skins2

• Fixed mousewheel on Windows
• Fixes for key events and focus loss

Web interface

• Fixed display of some buttons
• Fixed listing of files in the Open interface

[1] 1st and 2nd generation iBook G4 (PowerBook6,5), a significant number of G4 and G5-based iMacs (PowerMac6,1, PowerMac6,3, PowerMac8,1), an uncertain number of eMac generations (at least the PowerMac4,4 and the PowerMac6,4), some configurations of the 1st generation PowerMac G5 (PowerMac7,2), a single configuration of the PowerMac G4 Quicksilver (PowerMac3,5), the 1st/2nd generation Mac mini (PowerMac10,1 and PowerMac10,2) and the 2nd generation PowerBook G4 (PowerBook3,4)

[2] 1st and 2nd generation MacBook (MacBook1,1 and MacBook2,1), the Mid and Late 2006 iMacs (iMac4,2 and iMac5,2) and Mac minis sold between February 2006 and March 2009 (Macmini1,1 and Macmini2,1).

This post was written by Seth Weintraub from 9to5Mac.
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Betrand Serlet, father of Mac OS X and former SVP of Mac Software at Apple, purportedly retired to go back to academia and science, yet now rumor is spreading that he might just have a secret new startup in the works.

Business Insider's Seth Fiegerman reports:

Business Insider has learned that Serlet has spent much of the time since his departure from Apple working with at least two other former Apple employees to launch a cloud computing startup in downtown Palo Alto called Upthere.

We have since learned that this is a reference to Serlet (the brains behind Mac OS X) and Roger Bodamer, a former VP of product operations and development at Apple who previously worked at Oracle.

It sounds like they're hooking up with some serious design and engineering talent, and are looking to do something insanely great when it comes to cloud.

What remains to be seen is how UpThere will relate to or be different from existing services like Apple's iCloud, Google's Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive and independent services like DropBox, and whether any of those old Apple ties still bind...

Interesting, to say the least.

Source: Business Insider

This post was written by Rene Ritchie from iMore - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch blog.
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Apple has released iOS 6 beta 2, and so redsn0w has been updated to version 0.9.13 dev 2, with support for many bugs and crashes. If you're a jailbreak developer it's probably a good idea to start updating your apps and tweaks as soon as possible to add iOS 6 compatibility. Follow along for a complete walkthrough.

Disclaimer: This release of redsn0w is meant to be a developer release and not a general release to the public. Just as you should expect bugs in a beta version of iOS, you should also expect them in beta jailbreak tools. This release does not install Cydia and is meant only for developers. If you aren't a developer, we advise you stay away.

How to jailbreak iOS 6 beta 2

1. Download redsn0w 0.9.13 dev 2 from our downloads section.
2. Save the iOS 6 beta 1 firmware file (IPSW) from Apple's developer portal somewhere on your computer that's easy to find.
3. Put your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch into DFU mode. If you don't know how to do this, you can check out our guide on how to put your device in DFU mode before continuing but we are assuming most jailbreak developers should be comfortable with DFU mode by now.
4. Now open redsn0w and click Extras

5. Now click the button that says Select IPSW. Navigate to the IPSW for iOS 6 beta 1 that you saved in step 2.

6. Once you've selected the iOS 6 beta 1 firmware file go back to the main screen of redsn0w and click Jailbreak.
7. Now make sure Install SSH is checked and continue.

How to perform a tethered boot

Your jailbreak will be tethered so once the jailbreak process is complete you'll need to perform a tethered boot with redsn0w.

1. Place your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch back into DFU mode.
2. From the main screen of redsn0w select Extras again and then Select IPSW one more time.

3. Navigate to the iOS 6 beta 1 file again but this time select Just Boot from the Extras menu.

Once your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch finishes booting up you will be jailbroken on iOS 6 beta 2. Keep in mind this does not install Cydia. You can use the SSH method to install and test your apps and tweaks. You can also use this method to install Cydia if you'd like. But again, we advise only jailbreak developers use this version of redsn0w and the general public wait for an official release after iOS 6 drops this Fall.

Additional resources:

• How to install iOS 6 beta with Xcode or iTunes
• How to manually update to iOS 6 beta 2 over the air
• How to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 with Greenpois0n Absinthe
• iMore downloads section
• Jailbreak help and discussion forums

This post was written by Allyson Kazmucha from iMore - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch blog.
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BrowserChooser is a jailbreak tweak available from Cydia that will let you set Google Chrome for iOS as you default iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad browser -- something Apple won't let you do.

Here's how to install BrowserChooser and make Chrome your new default web browser.

How to install and set up BrowserChooser for iPhone and iPad

• Launch Cydia

• Tap on Sources

• Tap on Edit
• Tap on Add

• Type in the repo address in the box that comes up rpetri.ch/repo
• Tap on Add Source

• Tap on Return to Cydia
• Tap Done
• Tap the repo you just added to see BrowserChooser in the list of apps

• Tap on BrowserChooser to install it


Tap on Respring when it has finished installing

How to set Google Chrome as your default iOS browser

<li>Launch Settings</li><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-117839" title="BrowserChooser 8" src="http://cdn.tipb.com/images/stories//2012/06/BrowserChooser-8-620x465.jpg" alt="BrowserChooser 8" width="512" height="384" /> <li>Scroll down and tap on the new entry for BrowserChooser</li> <li>Tap on Chrome to set it as the default browser (as opposed to Safari)</li> 

Now that Chrome is set as your default browser, tapping links anywhere in iOS will open them in Chrome and not the stock Safari browser.

How to switch back to Safari as your default iOS browser

• Launch Settings

• Scroll down and tap on the entry for BrowserChooser
• Tap on Safari to restore it as the default browser (as opposed to Chrome)

So there you have it, a simple way to change your default browser and enjoy the power of Google Chrome the way it should be on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. if you give it a try, let us know how it works for you!

This post was written by Chris Oldroyd from iMore - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch blog.
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The Us + U Simple Swivel Case for iPad is beautiful and innovative. It has a soft, plush design. It's not leather but leather-like, but what I like most is the smart hand strap mounted on a swivel on the back. It rotates any which way you like, which makes it really easy to carry around.

All the requisite camera, port, and button holes are there, plus the Us + U Simple Swivel Case for iPad has a handy loop for storing the stylus pen of your choice (not included).

Loading your iPad into the Us + U Simple Swivel Case is easy and velcro keeps it securely in place. If you want to type more easily, there's a built in kick stand as well. (unfortunately, it's landscape orientation only.)

One interesting aspect of the Us + U Simple Swivel Case for iPad is that part of the purchase price is donated to charity. It's not a huge amount, but every bit really does make a difference.

The good

• Hand strap swivels 360 degrees for easy holding
• Integrated kickstand allows for better typing angles
• Loop makes it easy to store a stylus

The bad

• Kickstand is landscape only
• Hardware options mean slightly extra bulk

Conclusion

I highly recommend the Us + U Simple Swivel Case for iPad. They've really thought its design out well and it manages to pack a ton of features into a case that's still easy to carry around.

49.95 - Buy now

This post was written by Georgia from iMore - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch blog.
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