Articles by Serenity Caldwell
Hands on: iBooks Author effortless to use, but iPad-only
At Thursday's education event, Apple put glee into the heart of every ebook publisher with the announcement of iBooks Author, the company's new ebook authoring tool. Naturally, after all her griping and wishes over such an app, staff editor Serenity Caldwell had to take it for a spin: Here's what she discovered.iPhone and iPad styluses compared
The iOS stylus market is ever-growing: To figure out which one is right for you, check out Macworld's set of iPhone and iPad stylus charts. Here, we've rated every stylus we've reviewed in the following seven categories from 1 (worst) to 5 (best): resistance, ergonomics, precision, navigation, writing, linework, and painting. In addition, there's an overall mouse rating.iTunes Match: What you need to know
iTunes Match has entered the public arena (for the U.S., at least), and it's brought along a rush of questions. Never fear: Macworld is here to help make sense of it all. Here are some of the most common queries, concerns, and misconceptions about Apple's music service, laid out for your reading pleasure.Move to an iPhone 4S
Congratulations, you've just gotten an iPhone 4S. Let Macworld help you set it up, transfer data from your old phone, and get you playing with all its new features.All about iCloud: Common signup scenarios
Apple's iCloud service, paired with iOS 5 and Lion, offers users a whole wealth of new sync features, access to purchased content, and geolocation fun. Unfortunately, as iCloud is the company's fourth online service iteration, trying to upgrade can be confusing at best, slam-your-head-against-a-wall-in-frustration at worst. To help ease the pain (and keep your walls dent-free), we've put together some common upgrading scenarios for migrating to iCloud.Up close with iOS 5: iMessage
Our look at the major changes iOS 5 introduces continues with iMessage, a way to send text, picture, and video messages to other iOS devices users without racking up SMS/MMS charges.Getting started with iCloud, Apple’s new sync service
Over the past few years, consumers have become obsessed with the notion of having their documents and data instantly available wherever they are, on whichever device they happen to be using at the time. In the past, Apple experimented with this by offering limited sync services; with iCloud, the company is charging head-first into the digital-sync sphere.One more thing: The spirit of Steve Jobs lives on
Though Jobs is gone, his hands have undoubtably shaped Apple: his hires, his management style, his spirit. And with his company, he has shaped all of us, too. Macworld staff editor Serenity Caldwell muses over Jobs's continuing legacy.iFixit’s Mac Mini kit lets you add a second hard drive
If you just purchased a brand new Mac Mini and want to add an additional drive without paying $750 for a solid-state drive addition or $999 for a Mini with Lion Server, iFixit has the $70 kit for you.
Apple offers Mac malware removal instructions
Mac users who've downloaded the Mac Defender Trojan horse got some help from Apple Tuesday in the form of instructions on how to removal the malware off their Macs.