Category: 606: iLife ’09 Mania (Now Shipping with All New Macs), iPhoto ’09 and Merging Docs in Preview

I am off on the adventure of a lifetime on Monday and will be out of communication. It is the first time in at least a decade that I will be traveling without access to my computer or cell phone. I don’t know if I can withstand the technology withdrawal but I’ll bet there aren’t…

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Windows. Unfortunately, for some people it’s a fact of life, like death and taxes. Ok, I’m teasing. I’ve always tried to downplay the Mac vs Windows debate, so I shouldn’t even bring it up. I prefer the Mac for a number of reasons, but I know that the various flavors of Windows all have benefits.…

Make sure your new Mac has the latest version of iLife! As of now, Macs shipped from Small Dog will either have iLife ’09 pre-installed, a DVD insert of the upgrade, or be eligible for an instant $9.95 rebate.** You can upgrade to iLife ’09 for $9.95 if you have a qualifying Mac with iLife…

The blogosphere has been abuzz with claims that the first Mac virus or trojan has been identified in the wild. It’s been reported that many users downloading iWork ’09 or Adobe Creative Suite 4 programs from less-than-legal sources (read: pirating it) got more than they bargained for. It’s been reported through several outlets that the…

__Note: iLife ’09 has started shipping, and we’re eagerly putting it through its paces. This week we have an overview of iPhoto ’09. Next week, our focus will be on iMovie ’09.__ Along with iTunes, iPhoto is an essential part my daily digital life. For the past few days I’ve been testing the newest version,…

Do you ever have two or more PDF documents that you’d like to merge together into one single PDF? It’s actually very easy to do this with Preview in OS 10.5 Leopard. I’ve not tested merging PDFs in Preview with Tiger, but I suspect it works. To do this, open one of the PDF’s in…

In last week’s Kibbles & Bytes, we wrote about Vermont outlawing slavery. Indeed, “Vermont abolished slavery in 1777”:http://www.slavenorth.com/vermont.htm (not 1977), via the newly-formed state’s constitution. We apologize for the error (and as reader Joel noted, we must still be “stuck in the Carter years!”). Thanks to all who wrote in!

_Dear Friends,_ I started playing with the new features in iPhoto, which is part of iLife ’09. I love the Faces feature and started to go through my photo library and identify faces. I started out with my grandkids and it was funny that iPhoto thought the faces were the same as their dad and…