ByMike Moffit

Rabbit, Rabbit!

Greetings, all—I can’t believe it’s already September! Back-To-School is in the air and things are hopping at the retail stores. Here at Small Dog we have everything and more that your student will need—from MacBooks and MacBook Pros to laptop locks and protective keyboard covers to Microsoft Office for Mac and iWork!

If you still need to do some shopping, check out our Mac-To-School deals here!

For those of you who are new to Macs or looking for refreshers, we have a great new promotion running. It’s called the Class Pass—for $99.99 you will be able to attend our Absolute Mac Basics and Mac Basics Level 2 classes AND a 30 minute one-on-one in-store consult where you can chose the agenda! The Class Pass will get you familiarized with your Mac before you know it.

Snow Leopard, Apple’s newest operating system, 10.6, is here! Every new Mac now comes with Snow Leopard. We had so many pre-orders for the upgrade to Snow Leopard we’re working to keep our shelves stocked—call us to reserve your copy today. There are a lot of reasons to upgrade—including marked speed increases and a recovery of up to 7GB of your hard drive space (over Leopard)!

Want to learn more about Snow Leopard? Have questions about which upgrade you need or if your computer can be upgraded to Snow Leopard? Visit our full Snow Leopard resource here.

One final note: Our retail stores will be closed Monday, September 7th for Labor Day. Enjoy your long weekend and we hope to see you soon!

Katie
katie@smalldog.com

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    *Mac to School 2009*
    Student or not, you can take advantage of these specials (with the exception of select Adobe Academic titles).

    “View ALL Mac to School 2009 Specials here!”:http://www.smalldog.com/mactoschool

    *Skullcandy*

    $5 off Smokin’ Buds, Asym, Full Metal Jackets and Lowriders
    $10 off Agent, G.I Hesh, and Skullcrushers

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$19.99 – $69.99*
    “Check out the Skullcandy lineup here.”:http://www.smalldog.com/search/?find=skullcandy

    *Microsoft Office 2008*

    Save $20.00!


    *$129.99*
    “Click here to order online.”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/70713

    *Chill Pill Mobile Speakers*

    Available in Red, Silver or Black


    *$39.99*

    *Lenntek Sonix Earphones*

    SX-800 Red Earphones

    *$19.99*
    “Click here to order online.”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/73830

    *Save 10% on Apple Final Cut Express HD 4.0*

    *$179.99*

    “Click here to order online.”:http://www.smalldog.com/wag19390/

  • Aperture 2 Review

    If you’ve been using iPhoto, Lightroom, or Photoshop, Aperture 2 may be the perfect program for you. It combines iPhoto’s award-winning interface, Lightroom’s workflow capabilities, and Photoshop’s raw processing power.

    As a long-standing iPhoto user with thousands of photos, I can appreciate how easy it was to switch my library over. Most of my photos are in RAW, which is supported in both iPhoto and Aperture, but Aperture 2 also supports JPEG, PNG, GIF, and almost every other type of image.

    To import your iPhoto Library, just click Import iPhoto Library in the file menu. It’s that easy. You can even choose to keep those photos in the iPhoto library file, and just create links to them in Aperture 2 (this saves quite a bit of disk space).

    The equivalent of an Event in Aperture 2 is called a Project. In a project, you can create multiple albums, web pages, light tables, and slideshows. When it comes to editing them, the Inspector allows you to either change elements in the main window, or edit fullscreen. The controls only show up when you need them, and are very easy to use. The only downside to Aperture 2 is that it doesn’t support Face Detection or Geo-Tagging. This may come with a later release of Aperture 2, but we’ll just have to wait and see.

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  • September Class Schedule

    Each class is taught by an Apple Product Professional and features take-home materials.

    *Absolute Mac Basics:*
    09/20/09 5:15pm to 6:45pm
    09/27/09 5:15pm to 6:45pm

    *Mac Basics Level 2:*
    09/13/09 5:15pm to 6:45pm

    For a detailed description of our classes, “find out more here.”:http://www.smalldog.com/classes

  • Product of The Month: September 2009

    *Closeout Aluminum MacBook!*

    MacBook 2.0GHz 2GB/160/SD/AP/BT
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  • Accidental Damage: Why Protection Is Important

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    **3.** If you prefer a sleeve-style laptop case, know that they provide less protection, but are still better than carrying around a naked computer. My favorite is the new “Hammerhead line,”:http://www.smalldog.com/search/?find=hammerhead named for CEO Don Mayer’s bulldog.

    **4.** “KB Covers”:http://www.smalldog.com/search/?find=kb+cover makes a line of form-fitting super-thin plastic covers that’ll save your bacon if you spill a small amount of liquid on your keyboard. It only takes a drop of water to make it through your keyboard and onto complex (and very expensive) circuitry below!