Category: 644: Macworld 2009 News, Product Announcements and More

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On Monday, Google finally released a public beta of Picasa for the Mac. Picasa is a free desktop app for importing, editing, organizing and sharing digital images–particularly digital photos. Picasa for Macs is a free download from “Picasa.google.com/mac/”:http://picasa.google.com/mac/. You need an Intel Mac running OS 10.4 or later. Picasa has been a popular photo app…

iWeb also received minor updates for Macworld. In iWeb, it’s now easier to upload websites and website changes to MobileMe or to your own server via FTP with a single click. Like iWeb ’08, iWeb ’09 uploads only your changes when you publish, so you’ll enjoy quick site updates. iWeb will now notify your Facebook…

At Macworld, Phil Schiller introduced a new version of GarageBand. The biggest new feature is called “Learn to Play.” It is designed to teach people to play instruments such as guitar and keyboards. You see the a representation of the instrument on the screen with a video of the instructor facing you. Celebrity instructors include…

Apple has updated iMovie ’08 to iMovie ’09 as part of iLife ’09. iMovie ’09 was introduced with the statement that iMovie ’08 “didn’t have all the features that older customers wanted.” Apple has added “a bunch of features that should please everyone.” Phil Schiller continued to say that Apple has added “depth and power”…

iPhoto has gotten many updates in the iLife ’09 edition. iPhoto is arguably the most-used application in the iLife suite, behind iTunes. For starters, there are now three ways to sort your photos: * Events * Faces * Places Events was a new way to view and sort photos with the last iLife release, but…

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,…