Author: Mike Moffit
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iLife '09 New Features and Mac Box Set
Get the most out of the photos, movies, and music on your Mac with the latest versions of iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, and iDVD! It has lots of new features, which we’ll highlight below. *Note that iLife ’09 includes all five applications which are not available for purchase separately.* On a related note, the Mac…
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iWork '09: Keynote
Featured updates: * Easily create sophisticated animations with *Magic Move.* * Add dramatic object and text transitions using *new visual effects.* * Visualize your data with *new styles and animations* for 3D charts. * Dramatically *reduce file size* without compromising quality. * Create dynamic flowcharts and diagrams using *connection lines.* * Choose from *eight new…
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iWork '09: Pages
Pages received a bunch of updates this time around, most notably: * *40 new Apple-designed templates* (for over 180 total). * A new *full-screen view* option so that you can focus only on your writing! * *Dynamic outlines* allow you to organize your ideas as they come. * *Mail merge with Numbers* makes adding addresses,…
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iWork '09: New Features
Some big changes were announced to the iWork suite of productivity applications at Macworld on Tuesday. Like iWork ’08, iWork ’09 includes Pages, Keynote and Numbers. Integration and sharing have been vastly improved across the suite, and it still offers excellent Microsoft Office compatibility. The addition of iWork.com is huge. Much like Google Docs, you…
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New 17" MacBook Pro!
At Macworld on Tuesday, Phil Schiller introduced a brand-new 17″ MacBook Pro. The new MacBook shares the revolutionary aluminum unibody construction offered on the MacBook and 15″ MacBook Pro. Other specs: * .98 inches thin * 6.6 pounds * The world’s lightest and thinnest 17-inch notebook * Features an LED backlit display, with 1920×1200 resolution.…
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Survey: What Was the Best Announcement of Macworld 2009?
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_Dear Friends,_ I am writing from my hotel room in San Francisco at Macworld. I just came back from the nearest Starbucks for a grande black eye before I get on the plane to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. I walked outside and everyone seemed to be all bundled up with down coats,…
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iLife '09 Up-To-Date Program
iLife ’09 looks like an awesome upgrade. Too bad it won’t be released until the need of the month. Fortunately, Apple has an iLife 09 up-to-date program. If you’ve purchased a qualifying computer on or after January 6, 2009, that does not include iLife ’09, you can upgrade to iLife ’09 for US $9.95 plus…
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Artist Lessons In GarageBand '09
The biggest new feature in GarageBand ’09 is “Lessons.” As Apple says, “Music video games are fun. But nothing is more authentic than learning to play a real song on a real instrument.” There are Basic Lessons, which Apple says are “the easiest way to learn piano and guitar, right on your Mac. Follow along…
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Changes in the iTunes Store
Millions of cheers were heard ‘round the world when Phil Schiller announced some of the changes coming to the iTunes Store in April. The main one: all DRM-free music, meaning that songs can be played and burned without restriction. The four major record companies (Sony, Universal, Warner and EMI) are all now on board with…