Chronos announces iScrapbook retail box, availability

Chronos announces iScrapbook retail box, availability: "Chronos today announced that its digital scrapbooking product, iScrapbook, is now available for purchase in a retail box at Apple Stores nationwide..."

(Via MacMinute.)

Monopoly for Mac now available

Monopoly for Mac now available: "Macgamestore today announced the release of Monopoly for the Mac, which is licensed by Hasbro and published by Real Arcade..."

(Via MacMinute.)

Technorati Tags: Games, Macintosh

Changing the order of your Web Gallery albums

Changing the order of your Web Gallery albums:

(Via .Mac Blog.)

Yummy FTP 1.7: Now Leopard flavored

Yummy FTP 1.7: Now Leopard flavored: "

Filed under: Software, Internet Tools, Leopard

Although there are lots of good FTP options out there for the Mac, my personal favorite is Yummy FTP. It's lightweight, feature rich, FAST (it's why I stopped using anything else) and now it's Leopard Compatible. Version 1.7, which was released on November 20, includes the following updates (per the Yummy Software web site):

• Mac OS X 10.5 ready


• QuickLook Integration


• Leopard UI update


• New icons


• Finder-like rename


• Bookmark color labels


• Bug Fixes

Additionally, a 1.7.1 beta update was released on November 22, making QuickLook behave more like Finder (pressing space bar opens or closes the QuickLook pane) and fixing a few other bugs.

Yummy FTP is $25 for a single-user license, but you can try it out for free for 30 days.

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).)

Paypal your way to Apple Store Happiness

Paypal your way to Apple Store Happiness: "

Filed under: Retail, Tips and tricks, Apple

Got your eye on some free-shipping merchandise at the Apple store but need to pay with Paypal? If you call the customer support number, they'll tell you that Apple won't accept Paypal. You can sigh and walk away, or you can point your browser to the PayPal Plug-in Page and set yourself up a Secure Card virtual credit card number, valid wherever Mastercard is accepted--including the Apple online store.

Tap on the phrase 'Mac user?', tap, Continue, and then tap on Secure Cards. Use the Paypal tools to generate your (unique) MasterCard Secure Card number, which you can use at the Apple Store. You'll need the card number, the expiration date and the CVC2 number for checkout.

Thanks, drudge.

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).)

Inc.com: iPhone is "next major computing device"

Inc.com: iPhone is "next major computing device": "

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone

Zach Nelson at Inc.com has seen the future of computing, and it is the iPhone. He writes:'Some people use it to play music. Others marvel at the photo-browsing interface, and some of its users just want to look cool. I don't care about any of those things when I look at the iPhone. What I see is the breakout of the next major enterprise computing platform.'This is basically what I said after my first full day with the iPhone. It's a portable computer that just happens to make phone calls, not a phone that performs a few tricks. Months later, my feelings haven't changed. I use it primarily as a computer (and an iPod) and occasionally as a phone. In fact, when I'm showing it off to people, the phone features (making calls, working with contacts, etc.) are what they're least interested in. Email and the internet are always first.With that in mind, I'll share my ten favorite iPhone-optimized web sites.

1. meebo. Nice AIM implementation. No frills, just function.
2. PocketTweets. Until we get Twitterrific for the iPhone, I'll use PocketTweets. It looks nice and works.
3. Leaflets. A portal for several useful iPhone-optimized pages. I especially like their Newsvine, Flickr and Major League Baseball implementation.
4. JiWire. Quickly find public Wi-Fi in your neighborhood.
5. Tomatometer. Find reviews on nearly any movie.
6. MoviesApp. Somehow, pulling up movie times on an iPhone impresses people more than anything else.
7. PopTakeout. Browse top headlines from Digg, Newsvine, Delicious, more. Plus, the Chinese takeout box icon is cute.
8. MyPhoneFootball.com. No frills, just speedy updates on NFL scores and standings.
9. Fumbleview. Real-time, java-powered play-by-play on your favorite NFL games plus chat. I love it.
10. Weather Underground humiliates the iPhone weather widget.

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).)

Technorati Tags: Apple, iPhone, Productivity, Software

Mac 101: Drag and drop in the Application Switcher

Mac 101: Drag and drop in the Application Switcher: "

Filed under: Leopard, Mac 101

We've talked previously about the wonders of the Application Switcher, the translucent bar that comes up when you hit ⌘-Tab. However, thanks to Macworld I realized today that the Leopard version adds a great feature that should have been there a long time ago: drag and drop. In Leopard the application icons in the Application Switcher are live. This means you can grab a file in the Finder, hit ⌘-Tab, and drop the file on the running application of your choice. So, for instance, you can easily drop a plist on a text editor instead of using the default plist editor. In previous versions of OS X you needed LiteSwitch X ($14.95) to achieve the same thing (though it's true that LiteSwitch X still has a few tricks up its sleeve that the default Application Switcher is missing).

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).)