You can order either the black or white iPhone 4 right now, and the best news of all is that you’ll be able to tack on Sprint’s unlimited data pricing plans, too. Sprint announced via official press release on Wednesday that it would be making unlimited plans available for both the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, which start at $69.99 plus $10 Premium Data add-on for plans with restricted minutes, and go up to $99.99 plus $10 Premium Data add-on for the Simply Everything plan.

Sprint will start taking pre-orders for the iPhone 4S on Friday, Oct. 7. Pricing for the iPhone 4S on Sprint is the same as it is on other U.S. carriers; $199 for the 16 GB version, $299 for 32 GB and $399 for 64 GB. To get those prices, you have to sign up for a new two-year agreement, either as a brand new customer to Sprint, or and existing customer who’s eligible to upgrade.

The iPhone is a notorious network data hog, and some were worried that unlimited data might not fly when Sprint got the device. In a recent article, wireless consultant Chetan Sharma noted that Sprint is in much better shape than AT&T was to deal with iPhone data demands. However, another wireless industry expert, Michael W. Thelander, cautioned that because of the nature of Sprint’s bandwidth spectrum, it may run into coverage problems similar to those encountered by AT&T customers.

It might also just generally be slower. Stacey went into detail about why; Sprint uses a CDMA-based 3G network with considerably slower theoretical speeds than AT&T’s HSPA+ network can offer. However, Sprint’s network divides voice and data traffic on different networks, which should enhance call quality even as it sacrifices some speed in terms of tasks like loading mobile video.

Are you planning to pre-order an iPhone from Sprint, and if so, is unlimited data a motivating factor? Does it matter that network speeds may be perceptibly lower?

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Sprint would be the only U.S. carrier to offer an iPhone with an unlimited data option for new subscribers, which Bloomberg’s sources say is the reason it plans to offer such a plan. It should provide a good reason for consumers interested in the iPhone 5 to choose Sprint over AT&T or Verizon for their purchase, especially considering that iPhone owners tend to use quite a bit of mobile bandwidth. Despite high usage among iPhone owners, recent studies suggest Android users are actually ahead when it comes to smartphone data, however, so Sprint may not have to account for a very dramatic spike in usage if and when it begins offering the iPhone.

The Bloomberg report also echoes the WSJ‘s report that the iPhone 5 would be available from Sprint beginning next month in October. That’s also in keeping with many other recent reports regarding the next iPhone’s general availability. Neither Sprint nor Apple offered a comment on the report as of publication.

Would unlimited data sway you to Sprint for your next iPhone purchase?

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Earlier this week, the GSMA reported that 65 percent of devices that offer Internet-connected apps use iOS as their operating system, compared with only 30 percent for Android. This is only a measurement of connected apps that need to hook into a cellular network or active Wi-Fi Internet connection to transfer data, so offline apps and general phone use don’t factor in. But that’s a huge margin, and one that network operators eager to sign users up for lucrative, high-limit bandwidth plans are no doubt paying attention to. Developers, too, will likely see this as an indication that if you want to land connected customers, iOS is the way to go.

Mobile web developers might glean the same takeaway when considering the latest data from comScore. The iPad is running away with mobile web browsing among iPads in the U.K., with 21.3 percent of total mobile traffic. Android tablets hold only 0.3 percent of web access in the market, by contrast. The iPhone is still king, however, with 29.9 percent of the overall picture. Android smartphones only represent 15 percent of U.K. web traffic, which is even less than the iPad taken alone.

Admittedly, Android still dominates mobile web access in the U.S., accounting for 35.6 percent of traffic on smartphones, according to comScore, beating out the iPhone’s 23.5 percent by a decent margin. But the U.S. is the exception, not the rule. The iPad and iPhone are the top contenders for mobile web access in most other countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Brazil and Japan. Nor is iOS just barely edging out the Google competition: In some cases, Android lags behind the iPhone by 10 to 20 percentage points. Add to that a new report by Yankee Group (via BGR) that says 40 percent of European smartphone shoppers intend to buy an iPhone next, versus only 19 percent intending to go with Android, and the global picture for iOS is very rosy.

Despite Android’s gains in the mobile device market in recent years, Apple still seems to have a hold on mobile data use and web access in many key international markets. It’s a reality that developers have to take into account, especially when preparing apps and websites that appeal to a broad international user base. If your Flash intro automatically cuts out the 50 percent of Australians who browse the mobile web using an iPhone, for instance, that’s a lot of potential customers you aren’t reaching.

Apple may not be the only game in town, but it does have a growing stake in the burgeoning smartphone user community, which is turning more and more to mobile devices to access the web.

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A T-Mobile spokesman told 9t05Mac that there are currently more than a million active iPhones using T-Mobile’s network. T-Mobile’s network uses a different frequency for 3G connectivity, so even though it’s a GSM network, which the iPhone supports, anyone using an iPhone on T-Mobile in the U.S. will only get 2G EDGE speeds.

Most of these iPhones are pre-iPhone 4 models, the spokesman said, but the iPhone 4 was also fairly well represented, which means customers had to physically alter their SIM cards to get the phone working on the network. The iPhone 4 uses a micro-SIM, smaller than the standard SIM card, and T-Mobile doesn’t carry the micro-SIM variant. T-Mobile iPhone users would also have had to unlock their devices via jailbreak, or purchased them factory unlocked in order to get them working on the carrier’s network, which those considering an iPhone 4 can now do in the U.S.

For a technically unsupported device, 1 million is a big number. Consider that estimates for Windows Phone 7 total sales so far puts its reach at about 3.6 million globally (combining estimates from late last year and the first quarter of 2011), and that T-Mobile’s total subscriber count is somewhere around 33 million, and the number is even more impressive. If and when the T-Mobile / AT&T merger goes through, iPhone customers may be legitimized, but for now, that’s 3 percent of T-Mobile’s overall network that’s going rogue for the love of the iPhone.

Does Apple need to bring 4G to the iPhone 5? Not if customers are already bending over backwards to use legacy devices on a previous generation network. The iPhone’s popularity when it was only available on AT&T, which by almost all accounts provides dismal service in certain locations, including major urban centers like New York and San Francisco, is another indication that people are prioritizing the hardware when buying an Apple smartphone.

The increased availability of Wi-Fi hotspots, and offloading efforts by carriers also make mobile cellular network speed less of a priority, especially since mobile data plans now come with caps that can seriously restrict their usefulness anyway. So while the competition tries to dangle the carrot of 4G speeds, which may or may not be relevant to users, Apple can focus on hardware and software, which apparently draw in customers even when just getting any kind of cellular service can be a bit of a hassle.

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User reports of the Verizon iPad problem were accumulating quickly in the official Apple tech support forums when we reported on the issue last Thursday. Apple made its official statement regarding the problem on Friday afternoon, though it didn’t claim any responsibility for the problems in the statement, nor did it promise a fix. Verizon did not issue a statement, but as Charles suggested in our article last week, the problem appears to reside with Apple, since the company is providing exchanges for affected units in at least some cases.

Monday, BGR reported that one of its Apple sources let it know that iOS 4.3.2, which should arrive within the next week or two, will fix the Verizon iPad 2 issues. The update is also said to include a fix for FaceTime problems (which could include the app’s tendency to freeze and redisplay pictures temporarily), as well as security patches. BGR has a fairly good track record when it comes to this kind of information, and it makes sense that Apple would move quickly to address an issue that’s been getting a fair amount of attention in the press.

We’ll be sure to keep you up-to-date regarding the status of this problem, and provide any updates regarding how to fix it. If you’re an affected Verizon iPad 2 owner, please share your experience in the comments.

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If some 11,000 page views and counting is any indication, a discussion at Apple Support suggests that at least a small number of Verizon iPad 2s are having difficulties accessing Verizon’s network.

The problems begin as soon as iPad 2 owners activate an account with Verizon. Up until then, “Verizon” will be displayed in the menu bar for the 3G network, but after a data plan is set up and activated that changes to “Roaming.” Further, the affected iPads will not be able to access 3G unless “Data Roaming” is turned on in Cellular Data settings. Finally, some iPads also exhibit problems if 3G is switched off, or if the iPad is shut down with 3G off, requiring 3G to be turned on and the iPad to be restarted to regain network access.

Reported conversations with Apple and Verizon tech support give varying answers on the problem and which party is to blame, but the issue may have to do with the Preferred Roaming List. The PRL is a database for determining how the device connects to the network, including provider identifiers. For some reason, some iPad 2s are not recognizing Verizon towers. According to Verizon, consumers are not charged for data roaming in the U.S., so arguably this aspect of the problem is minor.

However, Apple appears to be taking it very seriously. Users are reporting Apple Stores exchanging affected Verizon iPad 2s for new ones, and that was my experience. In the Apple Store I visited, I noted Verizon iPads that had no problem correctly connecting to the 3G network, while mine remained in roaming mode. Apple tech support personnel were polite and helpful, but were unable to fix the problem. Apparently, Apple is now “capturing” iPads exhibiting this behavior and replacing them, though I was told that a replacement iPad would not necessarily work correctly, either.

It did not. After calling Verizon and transferring the cellular data account to the new iPad 2, the same behavior manifested. I was transferred to Verizon tech support, where the process of resetting network settings and  re-provisioning the account was repeated, but again without success. It was suggested I update to iOS 4.3.1, which, of course, I was already running. There were no other suggested fixes.

At this point impacted iPad 2 owners can try either returning their devices, or hope that Boy Genius Report is right concerning a rumored update to iOS. Version 4.3.2 supposedly will be launched in the next two weeks. The update  will “include a few enhancements, address security issues, and it will also fix several bugs that have affected users.” Those considering a Verizon iPad 2 might want to wait and see if the network issues are resolved with this update, or reconcile themselves to the idea of an ever-roaming iPad 2. Anyone having this problem? Share you stories and possible fixes in the comments.

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The idea behind Fon is that using the company’s Fonera routers, customers can offer up a small portion of their home internet bandwidth for use with public Wi-Fi spots maintained by the company throughout the world. In exchange for buying a Fonera router and sharing a small fraction of your bandwidth, you get access to Fon’s more than three million worldwide Wi-Fi access points for free, and, once you link your PayPal account, you also make money based on the revenue Fon makes from users buying paid Wi-Fi access via your router’s public hotspot (which the company calls a Fon Spot).

Om mentioned in his piece on the hard truths of Wi-Fi that Fon never anticipated the unique opportunities that the company would glean from the introduction of the iPhone and the connected device revolution it was instrumental in popularizing, but Fon founder Martin Varsavsky went one further, arguing that Fon would not even exist today had it not been for the iPhone, the iPod touch, the iPad, and all the other devices these provided the mold for. “Fon almost went bankrupt until the iPhone came along,” he told me over email.

According to Varsavsky, before the arrival of the iPhone, interest in the Fon model of public Wi-Fi sharing wasn’t sustainable with laptops alone:

So our strategy was failing. We had spent all our funds building our systems and giving Foneras away (through you as well) and there was just not enough interest in Fon. So Fon let go of half of its people, my partners stopped investing. Things were BAD.

Varsavsky believed in the core concept behind Fon so deeply that he wound up funding the company with a personal loan in 2008, determined to stick it out until the company could find its way to profitability. And profitability did come, on the backs of the BT/Fon partnership in the U.K., but more importantly, because the pool of devices that most benefit from available mobile broadband experienced a massive boom. The introduction of iPhones and iPod touches, and later iPads and Android devices, meant that, in Varsavsky’s own words, “Fon became USEFUL.”

The company’s revenues grew from around $5 million in the previous year to about $40 million in 2010, and instead of losing $4 million a year as it did during the worst years, the company started seeing profits of around $4 million in 2010. Varsavsky was able to pay back his loan, and the company looks very strong in 2011, especially now that much of its business comes from selling its routers to mobile network operators in order to help those companies offload 3G traffic. Offloading mobile broadband demand now accounts for much more of Fon’s business than does the consumer side, and cable and fixed operators see Fon as a cheap way to reduce subscriber churn, increase their average revenue per unit and decrease customer acquisition costs, according to Varsavsky. The company’s next move is to gain a major foothold in the U.S. market, something it hopes to achieve thanks to a recent $14 million funding round led by investment fund Atomico.

The impact of the iPhone and devices that followed its example on the Wi-Fi and broadband ecosystem is often explained with charts, figures and graphs, but Fon provides a good look at how it actually affects companies on the ground. The iPhone may not be solely responsible for the sea change when it comes to mobile data usage, but it clearly lead the way and helped galvanize the realization that the future of computing is in the palm of your hand, and companies like Fon couldn’t exist without that realization.

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DataMan for iPad with 3G ($3.99) monitors any cellular data usage (3G/EDGE/GPRS) on your device, breaking it down by day, time and location. You can set up notifications to be triggered when you hit certain limits, which you can custom define. So, for instance, you can set up DataMan according to your specific data plan (mine allows me 5 GB, so that’s what I set as the total monthly threshold) and then adjust your own weekly and daily limits accordingly. You can even input the date you receive your bill so the app knows when to reset its totals.

I’ve long suspected I’m using nowhere near the maximum allowed under my plan, and am considering stepping down to the next tier available. Rogers (my carrier here in Canada) provides me with approximate data usage information, but I have to log in to my account to check it. With DataMan, I can see exactly how and when I’m using data, and be notified when I’m approaching caps. That way, I can set caps this month as if I was already using the lower-tiered data plan (250 MB max per month), and receive push alerts when I come near my daily, weekly and monthly limits. I’m especially curious about the geographic distribution of my usage, and would like to see if I have data “hotspots” where I find myself more likely to need to connect.

As with the iPhone version, you can turn off precise geographic tracking, or geotagging altogether if you want to preserve battery life. You can also compare your current usage with your historical data, which the app stores by default. This is a great app for anyone who wants to find out more about how much data they use with their 3G-capable iPad, for developers testing data usage with their own apps, or for iOS observers or analysts looking to track usage for the purpose of reports or analyses.

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While the free trial comes with no minimum commitment period or additional service fees, if you plan on taking advantage of the offer you should note that you have to cancel prior to the end of the 30 day period or before using 2 GB of data in order to avoid being charged. Also note that the offer is only available over the phone at AT&T’s customer service line (1-888-237-5888) or by visiting an AT&T retail store. If you activate using the built-in interface in your iPad’s settings, you’ll be in for normal charges effective immediately, with no trial period.

Remember that the iPad 2 comes in two distinct flavors, a GSM model for AT&T and a CDMA-capable version for Verizon, so you can only take advantage of the offer if you have an AT&T iPad  2 or any 3G-capable original iPad. There’s probably a lot of 3G-capable second-hand iPads in the hands of new owners right about now, so this is a smart move by AT&T to win some of those users over. Any international iPad owners visiting the U.S. right now might want to see if they can take advantage of the offer, too. Free service is never a bad deal.

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Because I hail from Massachusetts, where our politicians are famous for being against something before they are for it, I’ll just state this: I was dead set against another data plan for wireless Internet before I was for it. I pay $70 a month for my Edge iPhone contract. Adding in any sort of additional data plan would jump my “out of house” Internet access costs to over $100/month.

However, as I look to use an iPad to supplement my iPhone usage — or have a device that does sit between an iPhone and my MacBook Pro — I’ve been giving this question a lot of thought. I’m not a heavy traveller. Most of my “travel” time is spent on the commuter rail, and the MBTA has at least one or two Wi-Fi-equipped coaches per train. The service isn’t great — Edge access on my iPhone is faster — but it’s handy if I need to get my laptop online. Due to security reasons, I can’t get a device on the wireless network at work, so I would have to hope that if I needed to get a file onto the iPad, the rumored mounting solution would work.

So, assuming I always have my iPhone with me, the odds are very good I’ll not be without Internet access. The problem, though, is the more I check my e-mail, read blogs, Twitter, watch a video, etc. on the iPhone, I’m running the battery down and can’t use it as a phone. This is problematic for emergency uses, and a hassle when you get home and your wife asks, “Did you get my voice mail about picking something up for me?” As a result, I have a support line of charging cables (one by the bed, one in my home office, one in my work office, two in my bag, one in my truck) because the iPhone battery life is so abysmal.

Which gets me to thinking: if the iPad can handle that and the battery dies down, I’m not crap out of luck. I can wait until I get home, to the office etc. to charge it. Plus, there’s enough times during the year I want a device larger than an iPhone to get online with: My dad and I take road trips, and I’d like to leave my MacBook at home and not worry about getting online if the hotel doesn’t have free Wi-Fi. A month’s worth of iPad data usage is roughly 2-3 nights of paid Wi-Fi in a hotel. So, I came around to the idea that additional “always on” Internet isn’t a bad thing. Once  I had that paradigm shift, I started debating the idea of a Verizon MiFi vs. the iPad 3G.

The MiFi is an interesting device. It’s about the same size as a credit card and can get up to five devices online, Without a two-year contract it’s $269 and then $60 a month. With a two-year contact, it’s $99 and $60/month. The iPad 3G is $130 more, and no-contract plans range from $15 (for an almost useless amount of data) to $30 for what they claim is unlimited.

On the surface, the 3G seems like a better economic model. If financial hardships befall me, I can cancel the 3G plan and suffer like the rest of the great unwashed masses, or, if I don’t use it much, I can just activate it when I need to. It’s very flexible.

Where the MiFi starts to shine is connecting more than one device , and each of those devices thinks it’s on a Wi-Fi network. This is very key when you think of the restrictions Apple has placed on the iTunes store. Want do download an album that’s over 20MB? You can’t. Also, apps that simply don’t work on 3G (like placing Skype Calls) now do. The extra frosting is it’s not on AT&T, so I’m doubly covered for data access.

In the end, I’m going to just get the 3G iPad. It’s cheaper with no contract, and if I really have to, I can use it as a bridge to getting data to and from my MacBook — I can’t tether, but if needed I can exchange Word files via sync. It’s also an all-in-one device; I won’t have to worry about extra charging cables or another battery life. Were I a more heavy traveller, carrying all three devices with me, I would be giving the MiFi serious thought. As an aside, for the rare times I need to get my MacBook online, I might look at the Virgin Broadband2go. It’s only $100, and pay-as-you-go prices range from $10-50.

How about you? Are you getting the iPad 3G, or looking into a device like the MiFi?

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Bellaria and Liebovitz didn’t specifically mention AT&T by name, but it seems fairly obvious who they’re talking about in the FCC blog post last week, especially given that the iPad so far only has one official carrier in the U.S.:

With the iPad pointing to even greater demand for mobile broadband on the horizon, we must ensure that network congestion doesn’t choke off a service that consumers clearly find so appealing, or frustrate mobile broadband’s ability to keep us competitive in the global broadband economy.

The blog post also recalls a time not too long ago when AOL’s unlimited internet usage plan caused connection and service problems, and how that time mirrors our own:

The congestion problem circa 1996-97 revealed an intense latent demand for Internet access.  Similarly, wireless network congestion today reveals intense demand for wireless broadband.  Widespread use of smartphones, 3G-enabled netbooks, and now, perhaps, the iPad and its competitors demonstrate that wireless broadband will be a hugely important part of the broadband ecosystem as we move ahead.

Finally, Bellaria and Liebovitz leave off with the conclusion that AT&T and other mobile broadband providers must expand their spectrum offerings to ensure that a similar congestion problem doesn’t happen again. No doubt, AT&T is taking steps to galvanize its network (which it knows is in trouble already) against the demand increase it has to have anticipated as a result of the iPad’s introduction, but will it be enough?

This problem is one that affects the fundamentals of mobile communication in this case, unlike before with AOL’s home Internet access issues. Even though it doesn’t make as much sense from a profitability perspective, AT&T has to make every effort not only to anticipate demand, but to over-prepare for the iPad’s release. If there’s one lesson the telecom should’ve learned from its ongoing iPhone usage problems, it’s that half measures will only continue to exhaust the patience of its subscribers.

I realize that a just-in-time approach to bandwidth probably makes more financial sense, but surprise everyone by taking a slightly longer view, AT&T. Presumably the next-gen iPhone will be available on your network, too, as an exclusive or otherwise, so factor that into the estimates of what you’ll need to provide for the iPad’s launch. Stay just one step ahead of the game instead of two steps behind and maybe you can go some of the way towards improving your terrible reputation.

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A subsidized laptop offering from Apple would help alleviate complaints arising from the October 14 event that pricing on their new notebooks remained too high. Thompson also thinks that Apple is keen to avoid a netbook, as it might cannibalize MacBook sales, so discounting an existing product through a third-party allows them to essentially have their cake and eat it too.

The model to be discounted is thought to be the $999 entry-level white MacBook, a likely choice because it would require a much smaller subsidy than any of the new aluminum models. Many other computer manufacturers, like Dell and Asus, currently offer netbook/subscription packages with wireless carriers like the one proposed between Apple and O2, though such bundles have failed to attract much interest in North America.

O2 is already the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the U.K., making it the natural choice for a laptop subsidy partnership. Vodafone and Orange currently offer netbooks bundled with mobile broadband subscriptions in the U.K. Vodafone has both £25 and a £30 per month plans, offering 1GB and 3GB of data transfer, each of which includes an Inspiron Mini, free of charge. Orange offers 3GB at £25 per month, and throws in an Eee PC 900 (WinXP, 16GB SSD) for no further cost. Both providers require a two year minimum subscription to get the free hardware. If Apple does go ahead and offer a similar deal in partnership with O2, expect similar monthly pricing and bandwidth limits, and not free, but deeply discounted hardware.

Would you sign a contract to pick up an Apple notebook for a low initial cost? Or are mobile broadband bundles just another example of the cheap razor/expensive blades school of marketing misdirection?

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Over at Noodlesoft, Paul Kim has penned some interesting thoughts on the topic, and it’s clear he sees the problem that ‘Switchers’ are up against. It’s worth a read if you’ve got some minutes to burn. But until Paul’s ideas take the OS X software world by storm, here’s a rundown of how you handle the installation and uninstallation of programs if you’re new to the Macintosh platform.

The Windows way of doing things is usually a lot more complicated (read: more hoops to jump through than necessary) than it needs to be. Welcome to Macintosh! Clearly this is for the relatively new users to the platform, so please don’t leave comments saying this isn’t useful information – it’s bound to be helpful to someone out there.

Formats You Can Expect to Encounter
When you download software from the internet, you’ll get it in either the typical zip format or a dmg. Dmg stands for Disk Image. Sometimes the zip will contain the dmg which you’ll need to open. When you open the Disk Image it will mount it as a temporary drive on your Desktop. So when you’re done with the stuff that’s on the Mounted Disk Image, you can eject it and delete the dmg from your system. (The same goes for any zip file that you may have encountered in this process.)

So what’s on the Disk Image? Usually this will be the application to install. But sometimes there will be an installer pkg. An installer pkg looks like a cardboard box with a yellow block inside of it. You can double click the installer pkg right from inside the disk image. It will install the program and any related resources it requires on your system. When it’s through installing, you just eject the Disk Image and you’re all through. You just go to your Applications folder and you can launch your newly installed application.

Dragging and Dropping
As I mentioned above, sometimes the Disk Image will just contain the program itself. Don’t launch the application from the Disk Image! The Disk Image is only temporarily mounted to your system, and is only meant to hold the software for you until you copy it to your Applications folder on your system.

So how do you copy it to your system’s Application folder? Drag the application to the Applications folder. Drop it there. Yes, it’s really that simple. In fact here’s a mini-screencast to show you the quick and easy way I perform this action…

So anyway, much of the time on Macs, the software and all of its resources are self-contained. They don’t [usually] install things all over your system, leaving you wondering what’s where and taking up space. Nice eh? So now that you’ve dragged that application to your hard drive’s Applications folder, you can eject the Disk Image and throw it in the trash can. Now you can go to the Applications folder and launch your new program from there from now on.

Getting Rid of The Riff Raff
So the time has come that you’ve realized that installing every single news reader client wasn’t necessary. How do you uninstall the unwanted programs from your system? In most cases – or rather, where you installed the program by dragging it directly onto your system – you can just delete the program from your Applications folder (dragging it to the Trash Can is the same thing). It’s really just that simple.

However, there are those times when the program was installed using one of those Installer pkgs… It’s kind of hard to say where all that program’s support files have been placed. I could go deeper into those places, but seeing as this is aimed at the beginner crowd, we’ll save that talk for another day. So how to cleanly uninstall everything that came along with one of those programs… Well, you can use Spotlight to attempt tracking down all the files for the program, but that can be risky if you mistakenly delete files that shouldn’t be deleted.

My recommendation is to pick up AppZapper. I feel I need to mention that I gain nothing by making this suggestion. It’s just truly, the app uninstaller that OS X is missing. Plus it’s kinda fun – I know you don’t get how it could be fun, but try it and you’ll see what I’m talking about. AppZapper tracks down all the files that pertain to a certain program and zaps them into oblivion, keeping your hard drive as clean as possible. It’s nice to keep things clean, isn’t it?

So there you have it friends. The steps necessary for installing and uninstalling software on your Mac, really are quite simple. Your days of over-thinking how to do things on your computer are at an end. Just keep in mind these important details:
- Disk Images are temporary
- Copy the App to your Hard Drive and run it from there, not the Disk Image
- When you’re done, clean up! (Delete the zip/dmg/etc from your Desktop/Downloads folder)
- Come uninstall time, just delete it from Applications and you’re set

Hope this has been helpful for those who are new to this great platform. Things are easier than you realize, and we’re here to open that world up to you a little bit at a time. If there are other New to Mac tips that you’d like us to cover for you, please don’t hesitate to let us know!

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