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what's happening brian Tong here and welcome to the app abide it's all the good and bad stuff inside the world of Apple we're back from comic-con 2011 and we were welcomed with open arms back at the office plus I brought you some goodies back with me but first let's get to the show now the macbook airs are here in our cnet benchmarks rate the new 13-inch air as one of the best performing laptops on the market even out doing the 13 inch pro but what could possibly top that well macrumors reports the big a is currently working on an ultra-thin 15-inch macbook notebook and it's already in the late testing stages Apple did tell us that this was the direction that we're moving forward with after the very first macbook air release the unofficial web blog claims this will be the next macbook pro line with a 17 inch model also in the works now there's no timetable for release yet the last update was in late februari and even if they did update it would be at the end of this year so don't hold your breath for them anytime soon until we get some more real information but does it make sense to completely remove the optical drive on the proline and limit you to purchasing apps only through the mac app store so that apple gets a larger cut of the profits of course it does that's becoming the Apple way and you might get a sexier form factor but that's a bad apple and look at what they did to the new mac mini how many people are really going to buy that thing it looks like a cool shiny paper weight for 799 it also looks like you won't be waiting too much longer for the next iPhone that's if you believe the China times we have pinpointed the release to the second week of September the reports of Apple stores reaching out to past holiday and part-time employees to help out from the middle of August to the middle of September the China times also reports that the ipad 3 may be delayed until thanksgiving because of component shortages but i'm still saying it's not coming this year apple doesn't need to release an ipad 3 just for a higher res display and a little speed boost six months later it just doesn't make sense now with all those rumors who can you really trust these days 9to5 mac reports asian case manufacturers who have historically been on the money with unreleased apple products are now shopping case design for the next gen iphone the case molds point to a larger display a larger home button and a thinner profile and it's a similar source to the one that leaked the ipad 2 case designs also up to this point Mac os10 lion seems to be a success after 1 million copies were downloaded on the first day alone the number one issue that is probably driving you crazy is the inverted scroll directions that mimic devices like the iPhone and iPad but if you want to turn it off so it functions the way you're used to just go into your system preferences then select the mouse settings remove the check box then you'll be back to what you're used to now line also has some great features but my personal recommendation is that for your high end power user who does work with photoshop Final Cut Pro Tools or any high-end programs don't do the update just yet but if you're more of a general user who uses the I apps and word processing the update will be worthwhile there are also people who have had trouble during the upgrade process so apple has released a new update it's a patch from Mac OS 10.6 point 8 to fix this and you probably want to get this if you haven't already alright let's take a quick break and show you how to use one of the best features in lion called versions with mac OS 10 lion you get autosave inversions two new features that are going to save you a lot of trouble when it comes to editing documents with autosave inversions you don't have to worry about losing any unsaved work let's open Tek set it to show you how it works once you make an edit you'll see edited show up at the top bar of the file click it and you'll see a little menu lock lets you lock the file so that no more changes can be made it's useful if you want to create a template or just prevent your dog from being changed if it is a template you can use duplicate in this menu to quickly create and open a copy of that file now if you're editing the document and realize you want to get it back to the way it was when you opened it click edit it and hit revert to last saved version below that option is browse all versions now the autosave backs up all your changes you can browse all versions of a document click browse all versions to see how it works right now only a few apple-branded apps like text edit and I work support autosave inversions but hopefully other apps will be updated to incur break these features thanks for that video now in more fun news we were away last week so we weren't able to report about the fake apple stores that were popping up in China that captured the look and feel of a real Apple store while selling authentic apple products you Chinese people are amazing now the stores were so believable that even their own employees but they were working for an actual apple store now two of the stores have been closed and not because they're completely ripping off apples retail design but due to lack of proper permits also Apple might one up the stores with one of the best Jedi Mind Tricks of all time according to a survey released by pricegrabber thirty five percent of all respondents intend to purchase the iphone five without seeing anything or knowing anything about the actual device fifty-nine percent of the people said battery life was the most important feature and forty-six percent of the respondents said 4g was an important feature especially after a few episodes ago we told you how many users think their iphones already have 4g alright let's announce our giveaway for the mi SI gadget keyboard and the winner is chris from albuquerque he went deep into the archives to find out some of the brands that I rockin he'll be receiving the awesome bluetooth keyboard case combo and since we're back from comic-con we have a killer giveaway thanks to our friends at performance design products or PDP we also built the kick-ass Mortal Kombat arcade stick they're hooking you guys the Apple biters up with the official captain america iphone 4 cases like the one you see here but you won't be able to throw it like a shield or protect yourself now we have five iphone cases for you three ipod touch cases to give away to send us an email to the apple byte at cnet com with the reason for why you deserve a case and if you beg hard enough you might get lucky alright that's going to do it for this week's show thanks for watching and we'll catch you guys next time for another bite of the Apple you