Adobe Photoshop Touch 1.3 Adds Retina Display Support

While the Mac version of Photoshop is still waiting for Retina Display support, Adobe is making good on its promise to bring the same to the touch-enabled iPad app with a new version released on Wednesday.

Adobe has released Photoshop Touch 1.3, a new version of the company's $9.99 image editing app for the iPad. Available now from the App Store, the update brings full Retina Display support for the third-generation iPad and a host of other features.

In addition to Retina Display support for the new iPad, Adobe Photoshop Touch 1.3 now allows even higher-resolution images up to 12 megapixels -- a big improvement over the limitations of the original release.

Photoshop Touch is now localized in Russian and Brazilian Portuguese while including two new effects, Shred and Colorize. Adobe has made animation and scrolling in the organizer, tutorial browser and file picker smoother than previous versions as well.

Finally, Adobe Photoshop Touch includes a new gesture to toggle 100 percent view as well as three-finger tap for fit to screen, with new pixel nudging mode for precision movements and support for iCloud Photo Stream.

Adobe Photoshop Touch 1.3 is now available from the App Store for $9.99, and the update is free for existing users; the app requires and iPad 2 or higher running iOS 5.0 or later.

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Thursday Recap: CEO Chats, Adobe Retina Display Updates, Kindle Fire Sells Out

With a week to go before Amazon holds a media event, the e-tailer has announced its best-selling Kindle Fire is now sold out -- which certainly sounds more like "we stopped making them because a new model is coming" to us. While that seven-inch slate was quite nice a year ago, Google's Nexus 7 has pretty much made many of us forget all about the Kindle Fire, so Amazon is going to have to pull a real rabbit out of its hat to wow us once again. In the meantime, let's get caught up with the day's news for this Thursday, August 30, 2012.

Report: Google, Apple CEOs Holding Patent Talks

Reuters is reporting that Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Larry Page have been holding a series of "behind-the-scenes conversations about a range of intellectual property matters." According to sources in their inner circle, the two executive spoke by phone last week, presumably ahead of Friday's courtroom defeat for Google partner Samsung. Another source claims a new meeting was scheduled for this Friday but "delayed for reason that were unclear," but additional meetings will be held in the coming weeks. The move would certainly fit with Cook's own comments about wanting to settle patent issues outside of the courtroom, but we're a bit skeptical any such talks are actually taking place.

Adobe: Retina Support Coming This Fall for Key Creative Suite 6 Apps

There are still plenty of Mac apps yet to be updated for the MacBook Pro with Retina Display's high-resolution screen, and Adobe's Creative Suite 6 is definitely among them. But that will be changing this fall, as the company has officially announced Retina Display (i.e., HiDPI) support will be arriving in the next few months for a number of the company's key Creative Suite 6 and Creative Cloud software. The free updates will include Dreamweaver, Edge Animate, Illustrator, Lightroom, Photoshop Touch for iPad, Prelude, Premiere Pro, SpeedGrade and yes, Photoshop, which was demoed during the introduction of the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display back in June. According to the company's Photoshop.com Blog, Photoshop Elements "will not fully support HiDPI displays in the immediate future," but the team is hard at work determining what they need to do to make that happen.

Kindle Fire Now Sold Out, We Really Can't Imagine Why

Amazon issued a press release this morning to boast about selling out of the Kindle Fire, its number one best-selling product ever. Claiming the seven-inch tablet has already captured 22 percent of the U.S. tablet market, the news seems curiously timed considering the e-tailer is holding a media event next Thursday, which seems quite certain to debut a new Kindle Fire (and maybe a few other surprises). "Kindle Fire is sold out, but we have an exciting roadmap ahead," CEO Jeff Bezos says. "We will continue to offer our customers the best hardware, the best prices, the best customer service, the best cross-platform interoperability, and the best content ecosystem.

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Wednesday Recap: SimCity Returning to Mac, No Retina Office, Padintosh Case

Your Mac may look nothing like it did back in the '80s, but retro is in and enterprising companies are finding all kinds of ways for us to relive the past. Take for instance the news this week that SimCity is returning to the Mac, or even ThinkGeek's new Padintosh case for the iPad, both which hail from a bygone era. Old or new, we've got something for everyone in today's news recap for Wednesday, August 15, 2012.

SimCity Coming to Mac in February

February, 2013 may sound like a long time from now, but for Macintosh or DOS PC players who fondly remember SimCity, it's sure to be worth the wait. Electronic Arts announced this week that the legendary "king of the city-builders" is making a triumphant return to the Mac in just six short months, available as a digital download via Origin.

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Newer MacBook Airs Receive Power Nap Update, Retina MacBook Coming Soon

After releasing OS X Mountain Lion and a slew of supporting application updates on Wednesday, you'd think Apple would have taken a break -- but instead, new MacBook Air owners received a firmware update to enable the new Power Nap feature.

Apple posted a support document which details the Power Nap feature of OS X Mountain Lion, noting "an SMC update is required to gain all the functionality" with this hot new feature. For now, there are only three MacBook models supported -- and for one of them, the feature is still MIA.

The mid-2011 and mid-2012 MacBook Air models received the required SMC update on Wednesday night, so users who have updated to OS X Mountain Lion can begin taking advantage of the operating system's stealth-like features, even while the notebook is asleep.

So what gets done while a notebook is Power Napping? Ironically, almost everything. The support document details an extensive list that at first glance might have you believing the Mac isn't going to sleep at all, which includes receiving new messages in Mail, new invites or calendar updates in Calendar, changes made elsewhere in Contacts, Reminders or Notes and even Photo Stream updates.

Apple claims that Power Nap is even more impressive while your Mac notebook is plugged into AC power, where it's also capable of downloading software updates, making backups via Time Machine, performing Spotlight indexing and even updating Help Center.

About the only bad news in this support document is that the swanky new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display has no required SMC update available -- at least not yet. It's still listed as "coming soon," but given how busy Apple has been this week, we can probably forgive them for being tardy on this one thing.

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Grab $926 Worth of Mac Software for $50, Enter to Win a Retina MacBook Pro

Although many feared that the Mac App Store might crush those sweet software bundle deals, it seems like there's more of them than ever before. One of the biggest has to be the iStack Mac Bundle, which nets buyers $926 worth of awesomeness for a mere $49.99 -- not to mention a chance to win one of those sweet MacBook Pros with Retina Display.

If you like your Mac software deals sliced thick and dripping with juicy goodness, look no further than our very own Deals section, which is now stocked with the $49.99 iStack Mac Bundle.

This awesome bundle of 10 Mac apps includes MacLife.com favorites like Parallels Desktop 7 (normally $80 on its own), Snagit ($50 alone) and iGlasses 3 ($20), which would almost be a bargain on its own.

But that's not all! The deal also ladles in Elasty, Hands Off!, Clarify, PaintSupreme, Disk Drill Pro and TextSoap to sweeten the deal. But that's still not all! The first 5,000 buyers will also receive the iOS App Development Video Course absolutely free, which is a $497 retail value all on its own.

Collectively, the deal is worth $926, but MacLife.com users can grab it for a whopping 95 percent off. Even if you already own all of these great apps, you can share the deal with friends and get a nice free bonus with Breeze, a simple window manager for Mac that's normally an $8 value on its own.

And last but not least, iStack Mac Bundle is offering up a swanky new MacBook Pro with Retina Display to one lucky winner who enters their giveaway simply by submitting their email address. Be sure to read all of the official rules -- you'll need to be 21 years of age or older to win.

That particular guy or gal we'll all be envious of will be announced when the bundle ends in just under 10 days (at 11:59pm CDT on July 30, 2012), so grab these deals while you can!

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Tuesday Recap: iOS 6 Features Return to 3GS, NOOK for Web, 1Password Retina

Doesn't it feel a little bit like the calm before the storm? We pretty much know that OS X Mountain Lion will be arriving on our favorite Mac computer next week unless Apple pulls a rabbit out of its hat later this week, and the tech world is enjoying a somewhat quiet lull otherwise. But that doesn't mean we can't scrounge up some worthy contenders for today's recap, so read on for everything happening this Tuesday, July 17, 2012.

iOS 6 Beta 3 Brings Shared Photo Streams, VIP Mail to iPhone 3GS

We already know that iOS 6 will be compatible with the iPhone 3GS, but Apple made it clear that certain features won't be invited to the party this fall -- among them are shared Photo Streams and Mail's VIP list as well as VIP and flagged mailboxes. Well, wouldn't you know it, Cupertino may be having a change of heart. MacRumors is reporting that iPhone 3GS users installing iOS 6 Beta 3 have discovered that these handy features do indeed work with the new developer-only update, and Apple has updated the iOS 6 preview page from their website to reflect the change.  After the June 11 announcement, that page contained eight footnotes regarding the iPhone 3GS, which has now been reduced to only six. You know what? We're guessing iPhone 3GS users are not gonna complain about that.

Barnes & Noble Introduces NOOK for Web with 6 Free Best Sellers

Although Barnes & Noble offers very fine Nook apps for iOS and other platforms, that doesn't help should you want to take in a few quick pages on your desktop computer. That's why the company announced today the availability of Nook for Web, which gives readers instant access to the e-reader platform from any Mac or PC browser with no sign-in, download or additional hardware required. And hey, even if you prefer to use your iPad, iPhone or other device, Barnes & Noble is enticing you to try the web version by offering six bestsellers absolutely free until July 26. Titles include The Vow, Sex and the City and a junior novelization of Pixar's Brave, and the good news is that these free purchases get synced to your NOOK app or device as well. Nook for Web doesn't yet support Mobile Safari, but iPad support is listed as "coming soon."

1Password for Mac Gains Retina Display Support

If you've rocking one of those swanky MacBook Pro with Retina Display models, the folks at AgileBits have some great news for you today. 1Password for Mac version 3.9.6 just hit the Mac App Store and adds support for all those luscious extra pixels, while also adding support for the Chrome Web Store version of the 1Password extension. Not a huge update, but certainly a welcome one for Retina Display fans everywhere.

German Court Says Motorola Xoom Doesn't Infringe on iPad Design

Fox Business is reporting that Apple has suffered another defeat in its efforts to get Motorola Mobility's Android-based products off the market. This time it's a ruling in Germany that claims the company's Xoom tablet doesn't infringe on three design patents related to the iPad, squashing any hope Cupertino might have had for getting the device banned throughout Europe. But it's not a total loss, since Motorola's claim against Apple has also been tossed, with the newly-owned Google manufacturer ordered to pay one-third of legal costs, while Apple must pick up the tab for the remaining two-thirds. But it's not over yet, since the German case was focused strictly on the actual hardware design -- Apple still has plenty of ammunition in its coffers where software is concerned that could drag this thing out for awhile.

Firefox 14 Brings Native Full-Screen for OS X Lion

Mozilla is back with another new build of its Firefox browser, and this time it's taking aim at security while beefing up tools for developers. According to The Mozilla Blog, Firefox 14 (actually 14.0.1) is now available for Mac, Windows and Linux, which adds support for HTTPS secure Google searches and a Pointer Lock API to allow web apps such as first-person games to better control the mouse. Last but not least, the Mac version finally plays nice with OS X Lion 10.7's full-screen mode, promising "a better experience with videos and web games like Mozilla's BrowserQuest." The latest version is now ready for download on the Mozilla website.

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Wednesday Recap: Tweetbot for Mac, Apple on EPEAT, Parallels Hearts Retina

Seems as if any time a notable iOS developer makes the leap to the Mac, it's worthy of headlines -- and that's certainly true with the alpha version of Tweetbot for Mac introduced today. If you've already sworn your allegiance to Tweetbot on the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, it's pretty much of a no-brainer. So let's not waste any time here, you'll want to read all about it so you can get to downloading that much quicker on this Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

Tweetbot for Mac Public Alpha Now Available

Despite Tapbots' earlier objections to porting its popular Twitter client from iOS to Mac, the developer surprised many today by releasing an alpha version of Tweetbot for Mac, available today as a free download for anyone willing to give it a test drive. "Developing for the Mac is no easy task, especially a full-featured Twitter client," the company notes in its blog. "However, we’ve gotten to a point where while not complete, it is useable. We’ve decided to release it as a public alpha to a) motivate us to finish faster, and b) get feedback to help us build the best Mac incarnation of Tweetbot we can make." It's important to note that this is just a preview of what's to come -- in addition to creepy, crawly bugs being present, a number of features like multiple windows and iCloud sync are also still absent. The alpha is free for now, but when version 1.0 hits the Mac App Store, you'll have to pony up an as-yet unannounced amount. Also, the release version will be the first app we've heard of to be OS X Mountain Lion exclusive, although the alpha runs just fine on OS X Lion today.

Apple Issues Statement on EPEAT Withdrawal

The Loop managed to wrangle a response out of Apple about its recent decision to withdraw from EPEAT, a voluntary list of green electronics. The move caused the city of San Francisco to lash out against Apple, denying city employees from buying Cupertino's computers with city dough.

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Tuesday Recap: Retina iMac Rumor, iFixit Nexus 7, iCADE Mobile, Beats + MOG

Before we all take a mid-week day off here in the United States for eating hamburgers and hot dogs, drinking beer and watching stuff explode in the night sky, the tech world is busy grinding out plenty of news for this lazy Tuesday. And hey, you don't want to miss a single scrap of news, right? Without further ado, let's dive right into today's news for Tuesday, July 3, 2012.

Rumor: Retina iMac Could Arrive in October

iMac fans are likely green with envy at notebook lovers enjoying the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display, wondering when their desktop models might get the same kind of luscious high-resolution screen. DigiTimes is reporting that Apple will start pushing components down the supply chain for just such a Retina-equipped iMac sometime this month, and sources at those suppliers say it could be launched around October of this year. That runs counter to previous reports that seemed to indicate additional Retina Display Macs would arrive in 2013, but one thing's for sure: Apple is definitely planning to make this a reality. "Sources also noted that Apple plans to expand Retina Display into all the product lines, meaning that the new iMac will have a high chance of featuring Retina Display," the report reveals, while overstating the obvious that Apple has not confirmed such rumors.

iFixit Gets Its Hands on Google Nexus 7, Tears It to Shreds

You'd think the gurus at iFixit would be exhausted after tearing apart Apple's latest notebooks last month, but they're kicking July off in style by gutting the new Nexus 7 tablet from Google and Asus. Not even a week old yet -- and not even shipping to customers until mid-July -- the Nexus 7 would up being slightly less repairable than Amazon's Kindle Fire, which scored an eight out of 10 on the company's "Repairability Score." (The Nexus 7 nabbed a seven out of 10 instead.) iFixit also gives props to Google and Asus for making the slim tablet infinitely easier to repair than Apple's own iPad, despite the fact that the Nexus 7 is a mere one millimeter thicker. Amazing what you can do with that kind of space, we figure...

Beats Paid a Mere $14 Million for Music Streamer MOG

You may have heard that Beats Electronics purchased streaming music service MOG on Monday, but neither company coughed up a figure to go with the acquisition. According to TechCrunch, that's likely because the money in question was somewhat paltry compared to competitor Spotify's recent valuation of $4 billion. Beats parent company HTC was more than happy to spill the beans to investors, however, letting slip on Tuesday that MOG fetched a mere $14 million. The Taiwanese handset maker also confirmed the purchase was made "for certain assets belonging to MOG" and primarily as a "strategic investment" through Beats subsidiary Daisy. Whew! That's a whole lot of companies involved in a simple transaction, but it will be interesting to see what becomes of MOG next.

iCADE Mobile Now Ready for Your iPhone, iPod touch

ThinkGeek.com is at it again, this time appeasing iPhone and iPod touch owners with the $69.99 goodness that is iCADE Mobile. The Bluetooth-enabled physical controller is now in stock and ready to ship, and arrives with eight action buttons and a D-pad ready to give your thumbs a major workout on your favorite App Store titles. Well, that's assuming you fancy one of the more than 100 titles with iCade support, and jailbroken users can also enjoy a much wider variety thanks to the iMAME4all app, which adds support for just about any ROM you can throw at your device. Be sure to find something small to pad out your order with, since orders over $75 also get free shipping as well.

RIM CEO Says "We're Not in a Death Spiral," While Crickets Chirp at Retail Store

Research in Motion's co-founders may be gone, but the company's "everything's okay" attitude appears to persist. Canada.com published a story today in which new CEO Thorsten Heins insists that, indeed, "everything's okay" at RIM -- or more specifically, "there's nothing wrong with the company as it exists right now." Never mind the fact that RIM is laying off 5,000 more employees and announced last week it would delay its already tardy BlackBerry 10 software to next year. While critics continue to insist RIM is in the throes of a "death spiral," Heins will hear none of it, claiming the company is simply in a transitionary period. If that wasn't enough, The Detroit News took a quick stop by RIM's lone BlackBerry retail store in Farmington Hills, Michigan, which continues to be a bit of a ghost town during the handset maker's death spiral -- oh, sorry, "transitionary period"...

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Reeder, VLC for Mac Release Retina Display Updates

A pair of Mac apps received updates over the weekend, adding high resolution updates for the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display and in the case of the latter, a whole big list of other changes as well.

Developers are starting to roll out updates to their Mac apps aimed at supporting Apple's latest MacBook Pro with Retina Display, with two such welcome arrivals this past weekend alone.

Reeder for Mac 1.1.7 hit the Mac App Store on Saturday, updating its graphics for the Retina Display. As existing users can attest to, text looked quite blurry on the MacBook Pro with Retina Display, so the update likely made the weekend for them. The update also addressed a Twitter sharing issue that had cropped up with the previous version.

Meanwhile, open-source media player VLC hit version 2.0.2 which sounds like a minor update, but the developers note that the release "fixes a couple of hundred bugs" while also fixing "a lot of regressions of the 2.0.x branch" of the software.

Of course, Retina Display support is at the top of that list for MacBook Pro with Retina Display users, but VLC 2.0.2 "Twoflower" also improves the user interface to be on-par with the classic VLC many users remember, while offering better performance and removing the font cache that was causing slowdowns for many.

There's a seriously long list of fixes for VLC 2.0.2, so it's worth a peek at the release notes while downloading, but you can be assured there's pretty much something for everyone.

Both app updates are available now; Reeder for Mac is available from the Mac App Store as a free update for existing users ($4.99 for new customers), while VLC can be downloaded directly from the VideoLAN website.

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MacBook Pro with Retina Display Named Editors’ Choice

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Friday Recap: Apple Staff Get Mountain Lion, Acorn Going Retina, Surface Wi-Fi

Just because Apple blessed us with a Retina Display-enhanced MacBook Pro this month, that doesn't mean every Mac is going to get them right away. That's the word on the street for this lazy Friday in late June, with a week left to go before the clock turns to July and we begin the wait for OS X Mountain Lion. In the meantime, take in some tech news for this fine Friday, June 22, 2012.

Apple Enlists Retail Staff for Final OS X Mountain Lion Beta Testing

It's been quite a week for Apple retail employees, with reports surfacing of pay raises, the company's new discount program and now this: According to 9to5Mac, Apple Genius Bar and Creatives have been given access to a near-final build of OS X Mountain Lion as part of the AppleSeed testing program in an effort to put the software through its paces and squash any remaining bugs ahead of the release next month. It's a great move for Apple, who will no doubt again have plenty of customers with slow internet connections at home bringing their Macs into the store to download the operating system update, much as they did last year with OS X Lion -- and now staff members will be ready and waiting with hours of use already under their belts.

Acorn Developer Teases "Retina Canvas" for Upcoming Version 3.3

Now that the MacBook Pro with Retina Display has ushered in a new era of high definition for Mac users, the floodgates should soon open and send forth a wave of Retina-enabled apps. One of them will be Flying Meat's Acorn image editor, which developer Gus Mueller is currently "Retinafying" with version 3.3, introducing what he calls Retina Canvas. "A Retina Canvas is when one pixel equals one physical dot on your hardware display, even though all the other UI elements in Acorn are redrawn

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Spec Sheet Leaks for 13-Inch MacBook Pro, No Retina Display to be Found?

By this time next week, we’ll already know what Apple has up its sleeve for the WWDC 2012 keynote -- but in the meantime, all we have to go on are leaks such as the one pictured here, which is reportedly the spec label from a new 13-inch MacBook Pro.

The Verge is reporting that specs have been leaked from what’s assumed to be a spec label on the box of a forthcoming 13-inch MacBook Pro. The good news is that Intel’s Ivy Bridge processor and USB 3.0 ports are present and accounted for, but the bad news is there doesn’t seem to be a Retina Display in sight.

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Rumor: New 15-Inch MacBook Pro Features USB 3.0, Retina Display, Thin Design

Most of the recent rumors about a new MacBook Pro have been focused on it being as thin as a MacBook Air -- but that may be wishful thinking, according to trusted sources who are spilling the beans on the forthcoming 15-inch model.

9to5Mac has donned its tin hat again and filed an extensive report on what may be coming with this year’s 15-inch MacBook Pro. Those of you hoping for an ultra-thin design like the MacBook Air may be disappointed, but let’s face it: That was probably a pipe dream anyway.

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Keep your iPad Media on a Wi-Fi Hard Drive to Save Room for Retina Apps

All this talk lately about how apps optimized for the iPad's Retina Display are taking up all the precious storage real estate reminded me to tell you there's actually a solution to all of this. While it might sound inconvenient to store your media on a separate device, it might be time to consider it so that you don't have to forfeit downloading new apps to make room for media. Many manufacturers now offer Wi-Fi-enabled hard drives that stream to your iOS device, and it's worth the additional cost if you use your iPad primarily as an entertainment portal.

Our favorite Wi-Fi hard drive so far is the Seagate GoFlex Satellite, which offers 500GB of storage for your media, music, and documents. It's easier to simply transfer over data to the hard drive rather than waiting for iTunes to convert and import everything, and all you need to do is download the GoFlex media app for it to work. The GoFlex satellite also works with up to three devices at time. Seagate has also updated the firmware on the hard drive to allow users to simultaneously surf the web and stream to the iPad.

If you're looking for something more compact, the Kingston Wi-Drive offers up to 32GB of of flash storage and is only a third of the size of the GoFlex Satellite. Like Seagate's offering, the Wi-Drive streams to your iOS device via a free app, and also lets you surf the web as you're streaming to the iPad. 

Or, if your iPad stays at home most of the time, you could consider getting a Buffalo Cloudstor or some other kind of personal cloud device and accessing your media that way. Regardless, don't let your iPad's limited storage space get in the way of enjoying its remarkable capabilities.

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Monday Recap: Retina Updates, Retro Telephones, Apple Retail Staff Schedules

So big surprise, people are loving their new iPads, despite all the quibbles you’ve been reading about in the media. Today you’ll have four more reasons to love it thanks to a fresh batch of apps updated to take advantage of that slick Retina Display, which we have to admit, is hard to put down once we hold it in our hands. And there’s even more for this first Monday of April, so sit back and enjoy the ride as we zip through the news for Monday, April 2, 2012.

Revenge of the Retina: Another Wave of iPad Apps Get Updated

Developers continue to unleash App Store updates to take advantage of the new iPad’s gorgeous Retina Display, and today we got a few pretty great ones. Avatron Software released Air Display 1.6, which can now take advantage of OS X Lion’s

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21 Stunning Retina Wallpapers For Your New iPad

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The iPad's high resolution Retina Display is remarkable, but if you've recently upgraded, you might be dismayed that none of your old wallpapers look all that great on your new iPad. We've got you covered--check out these 21 amazing high resolution wallpapers for your new device, all perfectly sized at 2048 x 2048 pixels. There's bound to be one you like.

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