Now Available for Download: Aperture 1.5

Now Available for Download: Aperture 1.5: "Aperture 1.5, a major update to the all-in-one post production tool for photographers, is now available for download. Aperture 1.5 delivers a powerful new open library, seamless iLife ’06 and iWork ’06 integration, XMP metadata support, powerful new adjustment tools and an export API that makes it easy to extend the Aperture workflow to third party applications and services."

(Via Apple Hot News.)

Review: “Apple’s New and Improved iPod”

Review: "Apple's New and Improved iPod": "Eric Dahl writes for PC World, 'Refinement: that's what you get out of Apple's latest iPod, which comes with a brighter screen and an extra 20GB of storage. I tested the $349 iPod - the 80GB flagship of the revamped line - and found a music player that's about as good as there is.'"

(Via Apple Hot News.)

MacSpeech releases iLife 06 ScriptPak Bundle

Wow, folks! Check out the number of commands that can be "understood" by your Mac after installing these scripts. -TG

MacSpeech releases iLife 06 ScriptPak Bundle: "MacSpeech has announced the release of a new ScriptPak bundle for iLife '06..."

(Via MacMinute.)

Apple releases Final Cut Pro 5.1.2 update

Apple releases Final Cut Pro 5.1.2 update: "Apple has released Final Cut Pro 5.1.2 update, the latest version of the company's video editing software..."

(Via MacMinute.)

Could Apple become games console king?

Could Apple become games console king?: "Also: Paul Allen project maps the brain. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra."

(Via CNET News.com.)

Roll up this laptop

Photos: Roll up this laptop: "Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a laptop that can be rolled up as easily as a paper."

(Via CNET News.com.)

Cingular to Offer Apple IPhone?

Cingular to Offer Apple IPhone?: "Insider sources say Apple and Cingular are teaming up to offer some sort of iPod/phone hybrid in 2007 that will be available exclusively on the Cingular network for the first six months. In Listening Post."

(Via Wired News: Top Stories.)

New Apple Commercials Air in Canada

TUAWer Connor let us know that he was able to upload two Get a Mac commercials that are airing in Canada (though not in the US, as of yet). The ad pictured to the [left] features the Mac talking about getting some work done, while Counseling depicts the PC and the Mac trying to see eye to eye with the help of a counselor (it doesn't go well).

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

iMac Sporting 802.11n?

Core 2 Duo iMacs sporting 802.11n cards?

Filed under: Desktops, Wireless

Well, what have we here? Since the IEEE taskforce apparently can't make up its mind about a final 802.11n protocol, some manufacturers have (understandably) just rolled out products based on the current draft(s). An eagle-eyed user has reportedly spotted one such wireless card in a less-than-expected location: within Apple's newest iMac. While booted up into the latest version of Windows Vista, the built-in network adapter was recognized as being of the "Broadcom 802.11n" variety -- not exactly the 54Mbps version we all expected to see. While we aren't certain if there's really a draft-spec card under the hood -- especially since OS X is fairly adamant that it only supports 802.11b/g -- Windows Vista is either uncovering a subtle secret (iTV to support 802.11n?), or else its a bit too sauced up to be taken seriously.

[Via MacRumors]

 

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New Keynote Animations

These are just too cool. -TG

Jumsoft today released Keynote Animations 4.0, a one-of-a-kind collection of 150 animated objects with transparent backgrounds designed to add pizazz to Apple Keynote presentations and Pages documents. Jumsoft’s revised and supersized animations package contains 50 new movie clips for layering over or under Keynote theme layouts or electronic text files generated in Pages. Within Apple’s Keynote, these animations can be changed in size, rotated, increased or decreased in opacity, fitted with shadows or even overlapped with one another to create extra-special special effects. The package is available for download for US$45.

Mac News First. | MacMinute News

Apple Unveils New Store Design

Apple is unveiling a new store design that will focus more on iPods and its Macintosh line, giving more show room space where customers can get technical help with their products, reports Bloomberg. Among the new features off the redesign will be an "iPod Bar" and a studio for artists to give advice to customers on creative projects. "The new design puts twice as many Macs and iPods on display and should speed customer service, said Ron Johnson, Apple's VP of retail operations in the report." Bloomberg goes on to note that the stores will be modeled after Apple's Fifth Avenue Store.

Mac News First. | MacMinute News

A New OS X Utility

Jim Mitchell has released Yasu 2.0.2, the latest version of his maintenance utility for Mac OS X 10.4. Designed to be a quick first line of defense for solving Mac OS X-related issues, Yasu was originally developed with System Administrators who service large groups of workstations in mind, enabling them to perform a specific group of maintenance tasks quickly within a few clicks, rather than typing shell script commands in the Terminal application. This release removes all Keychain-related functions in response to a potential bug that could corrupt a user's login Keychain, and is a recommended update for all users. Yasu is provided as "Donationware."

Mac News First. | MacMinute News

Adobe Releases Update to Lightroom

Adobe Systems today announced an update to the public beta of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software at the Photokina tradeshow in Cologne, Germany, which gives professional photographers a new way to import, manage and showcase large volumes of digital photographs. More than 325,000 people have opted to try Lightroom during the beta period and feedback has been fueled by over 3,400 of them sharing input in Adobe online forums. The final version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is expected to ship in early 2007. Pricing and further details will be released in the future.

Mac News First. | MacMinute News

New Version of Aperture

September 25 - 12:32 EDT Apple today released Aperture 1.5, a major update to the all-in-one post production tool for photographers that delivers enhancements across each phase of the entire workflow. The company says Aperture 1.5 delivers a powerful new open library, seamless iLife ‘06 and iWork ‘06 integration, XMP metadata support, powerful new adjustment tools and an export API that makes it easy to extend the Aperture workflow to third party applications and services. Aperture 1.5 is now supported across Apple’s full line of Macintosh computers, from Mac mini to Mac Pro, and offers powerful new integration with the iLife ’06 suite of digital lifestyle applications and iWork ’06 productivity software. Continued...

Mac News First. | MacMinute News

This is a MUST Read

As you probably know, Apple’s been in the news quite a bit lately. (That’s “lately,” as in, “pretty much every other month for the last five years.”)
Nowadays, Apple is a media darling. The critics like the company’s direction, and so does Wall Street.
But it wasn’t always so. This summer marked the tenth anniversary of Apple’s lowest point–a time in 1996 when the company’s profits and products were hitting bottom. (Steve Jobs’s return to the company he founded was still a year away.)
Not only was Apple NOT a media darling, it was the dog the media loved to kick. The analysts and columnists were amazingly confident that Apple would not live out the year, let alone the decade.
With a little help from the Lexis-Nexis database of all articles from all major publications, it’s my pleasure to present, for your nostalgia pleasure, some of their predictions from ten years ago:

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OpenOffice Competition

Openoffice Template and Clipart Competition announced

If you haven't looked into the OpenOffice suite, this may be a good opportunity to do so. I've been using their applications on my Windows XP machine for about six months with very little fuss. For a closer look at the OSX version take a look at NeoOffice Aqua. -TG

The folks at Openoffice.org are having a competition sponsored by Worldlabel.com for templates and clipart...

Disney CEO on Apples' iTV

During the same Goldman Sachs conference during which he announced first-week sales of Disney movies through iTunes, CEO Bob Iger revealed that he has seen Apple's upcoming iTV device in action and that it has a hard drive, a feature that many assumed would be missing. He said: "It can also stream it live through the box to the TV or it has a small hard drive on it so they can download what you put on the device on your computer, on your iTunes, through the television set."

The iPod Observer - Now Playing - Disney's Iger: iTV Has a Small Hard Drive

SubEthaEdit 2.5.1 gets a significant update with v2.5.1

SubEthaEdit 2.5.1 gets a significant update with v2.5.1: "TheCodingMonkeys today released SubEthaEdit 2.5.1, a significant update to its award-winning collaborative text editor for developers, Web designers, schools and small businesses..."

(Via MacMinute.)

'Woz' to speak at Oxford on Apple's history

'Woz' to speak at Oxford on Apple's history: "Apple co-founder Steve 'Woz' Wozniak will speak at Oxford University's Said Business School on October 23, reports Macworld UK..."

(Via MacMinute.)

Disney sees $50 mln in rev from iTunes in 1st year

Disney sees $50 mln in rev from iTunes in 1st year: "Robert Iger, Chief Executive of Walt Disney said today that the company sold 125,000 movie downloads worth US$1 million in revenue through Apple's iTunes online music store during the offering's first week, reports Reuters..."

(Via MacMinute.)

Apple notes iTunes 7 support issues | MacMinute News

Apple notes iTunes 7 support issues | MacMinute News: "September 19, 2006 - 13:39 EDT   Apple has started publishing support documents noting several supports issues with its recently released iTunes 7 software, notes Macworld UK. Several of the advisories issued so far include: iTunes 7 won't play interactive booklets purchased from iTunes Store; AirTunes won't connect to remote speakers; Album art does not download properly; and more. Macworld UK's report provides further details"

(Via MacMinute.)

Saving Money of .Mac

With each update to the Mac OS, Apple seems to add more integration and functionality with their .Mac service. Even if you don't use it for email, the ease of publishing iPhoto and iMovie projects to the Web, syncing your bookmarks and other information between different Macs with iSync, backing up critical data off-site with Backup or just being able to drag-and-drop copy to your iDisk makes it a worthwhile investment.

Even with all that, though, sometimes the $99 price tag can be a bit difficult to justify, especially if you have more than one .Mac account. However, there's nothing that says you have to pay full retail.

Amazon recently cut their price on the boxed version .Mac 4.0 to $79.99, or $20 off Apple's retail price of $99.95, with free shipping. Since you already have all the software installed on your machine, just log in to your .Mac account and use the included code to update your subscription. Voila! You just saved $20! (More if you do this for multiple accounts).

Caution: There are a couple other vendors offering .Mac for less, but they include shipping charges. Even selecting the least expensive option doesn't meet the Amazon price. When comparing, be sure to calculate it out to the bottom line before making the purchase
The MUG Center - Macintosh User Groups:

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EmiratesMac Sets A Fast Pace with Unique Promotion

A few weeks ago we told you about EmiratesMac, the first Mac User Group in the United Arab Emirates, that was just getting started. Well, that was then, this is now, and EmiratesMac is fast out of the gate.

Magnus Nystedt, one of the group's founders told The MUG Center that is group has just been approved as an Apple-recognized group. Not bad for just a couple weeks as a MUG.

But more interesting and unique is the fact that they are promoting the group in very unusual fashion. One of their members, "iDubai," will be participating in the Gulf Radical Cup high performance car series, and has agreed to have the EmiratesMac logo displayed prominently on his car's front fenders.

Not content with that, the group is arranging to have as many members as possible present, all wearing EmiratesMac shirts and hats to both support their car and promote the group as well.

When was the last time your group's logo went whizzing by at over 100 mph?

You can see all the details, including a mock-up of the Radical car with the EmiratesMac logo, on the EmiratesMac web site.
EmiratesMac Sets A Fast Pace with Unique Promotion:

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One size fits all. The new Shuffle

You know what they say about good things and small packages. But when something 1.62 inches long and about half an ounce holds up to 240 songs, “good” and “small” don’t quite cut it. Especially when you can listen to your music for up to 12 continuous hours.(2) In fact, iPod shuffle just may be the biggest thing in small.
Apple - iPod shuffle:

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Very Short but Interesting Interview

Steve Jobs interviewed on CNBC - even talks about Stock Option Probe

(3 min 3 sec Video) Steve Jobs interviewed on CNBC after the September 12 2006 Apple media event. He relates iPod sales and stock-option probe

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For An Alternative View

iriver s10 Slam Dunks the shuffle One Day Later

To h@ll with that Cupertino Fruit Company, if you want a full-featured portable audio player check out the iriver s10, not much bigger than the iPod shuffle but bringing a 1.15-inch 128x96 OLED screen and FM recording, too.

Movies On Your (New?) iPod

Though Apple may have had more evolutionary than revolutionary announcements, I for one am still excited to see the steady progress being made in hardware and software. The new version of iTunes rocks! I absolutely love the new iPod manager window and the new organization scheme. And who doesn't love the new Album view and Cover Flow view?! Of course, I'm waiting now for people to start blogging about how Apple has once again taken someone else's ideas and incorporated them into its own software... -TG

"Now that you can buy movies from the iTunes Store and sync them to your iPod, the whole world is your theater. With a 30GB or 80GB iPod in hand, those movies fit comfortably next to TV shows, new iPod games, podcasts, audiobooks, photo albums, and, of course, an entire library of music — up to 20,000 songs, in fact. Now starting at $249, iPod is a pocket-size prodigy."
Apple - iPod:

Apple's - New iPod nano!

A thinner design. Five stylish colors. A brighter display. Up to 24 hours of battery life. Just about the only thing that hasn’t changed is the name. In 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB models starting at $149, iPod nano puts up to 2,000 songs in your pocket.
Apple - iPod nano:

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New Magazine for Ilustrator Users

For all you llustrator fans out there, this is GREAT news!

Adobe Illustrator Techniques newsletter announced: "The creative team behind Photoshop User magazine and Layers magazine today announced the release of Adobe Illustrator Techniques newsletter, a how-to periodical specifically for users of Adobe Illustrator..."

(Via MacMinute.)

Apple Announces Media Event

Apple Showtime-Created by Michael

Apple is hosting a media event at 10 AM on Tuesday Sept, 12, 2006 at Yerba Buena in San Francisco. What will they announce? The Apple Video store, iPhone, widescreen iPod. Speculation abounds. (more)

Brand New iMacs!

iMac Line Now Features Intel Core 2 Duo Processors
The entire iMac line now features the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor, delivering up to 50% faster performance than the previous iMac. A new 24-inch iMac with a brilliant 24-inch widescreen display joins the 17- and 20-inch models. iMac prices now start at just $999. [Sep 06, 2006

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