Apple

Nearly every rumor about iPhone 5 was true, and this is either because Apple can't keep secrets anymore, or it's because Apple is manufacturing them earlier and secrets are coming out of the factories. We haven't heard anything about the next iPhone yet, but Leo says we should know a lot more come spring next year.

Leo predicts the next iPhone will look exactly the same as this one, except it may have upgraded internal components. Smartphones have reached maturity, and there's really nothing more Apple can do with it. It is what it is.

The Mac reseller that Ed took the computer to replaced the power supply, but couldn't get it to boot all the way up before it shut itself back down. Leo says it could be overheating. Make sure to have the fans cleaned out so the air is circulating in the computer.

Robert is looking at either the Macbook Pro with Retina display, or the Macbook Air. Leo says that Macbook Retina is the best laptop he's ever used, but it's also twice as much as the MacAir. It's also the fastest Mac ever made. Leo thinks it's worth it.

Leo says Joe should have a backup in iTunes to grab from. There's always a risk of data loss when doing an upgrade like this, which is why it's important to backup. He could check iCloud, there may be a backup there. If Joe didn't back it up, then he's out of luck, unfortunately.

Yes it is, and he would just need to update to iOS 6 and Siri will be there. Google Maps won't, and nor will YouTube (although he can redownload it from the app store). Leo hopes that Google Maps will be available again in the app store soon. Meanwhile, try Waze or Motion X GPS Drive.

Scott has a 13" Macbook Pro from last year, and he upgraded to a 128GB SSD drive. Now, he's getting an error message that it isn't properly inserted.

Leo says they're not doomed just yet, but that seems to be the trend. People interested in buying music players tend to go with smartphones and double up so they don't have to carry multiple devices. There's always a need for music players for people working out and hiking, though.

William has a Macbook, and he's dual booting Windows 7 and Snow Leopard with Boot Camp. He's wondering if upgrading to Mountain Lion would rearrange his partitions.

Leo says it won't, and it's pretty easy to do it. It will create a recovery partition for it, but it's pretty straight forward and won't affect other partitions. Leo recommends that he do the upgrade in place.