Author: Mike Moffit

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…

Noted features: * Easily create formulas, using *visual placeholders with plain language text.* * Perform calculations using *over 250 functions.* * Organize your data instantly using *Table Categories.* * Check your calculations at a glance with *Formula List view.* * Create two-axis charts and combine line, column, and area series in a single mixed chart.…

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,…

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…

Some big changes were announced to the iWork suite of productivity applications today. 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 will be able…

Today at MacWorld, 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. 700:1…

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In “6GB of RAM in your MacBook?” published last week, my description of eligible computers included 2.33GHz MacBook Pros. Unfortunately, these models have a capacity of three gigabytes, not six. If there is any question whether your machine can handle the upgrade, give us a call at 800-511-MACS and we’d be happy to confirm for…

Happy Tuesday, While I’m saddened there won’t be another Macworld keynote address, I’m thrilled that this last one was so exciting. The Places feature in iPhoto ’09 is both endlessly cool and useful; iMovie’s long list of improvements, particularly the image stabilization feature, brings the product into true prosumer territory; the 8GB of RAM option,…