2006 Macworld Coverage
January 10, 2006 by admin · Leave a Comment
MacNN has their Macworld coverage page up. The keynote begins in just under half an hour.
Macworld - January 2006
January 9, 2006 by admin · Leave a Comment
Don’t forget, Macworld San Francisco 2006 starts this week, with the keynote from Steve Jobs being tomorrow morning at 9:00am PST/California. Nothing as earth shattering as the move to Intel announced last year, but there are good indications of new hardware being rolled out (Intel Core Duo powered Mac minis and iBooks being mentioned/hoped for).
There are a lot of predictions flying around - we know for sure .Mac will probably be updated, it’s official that it will be down tomorrow morning. It would be logical that iWork would be updated with some kind of spreadsheet application.
Arstechnica has photos of the areas around Macworld and even a few inside shots (nothing is revealed).
Should be interesting, to say the least.
Mac OS X 10.4.3 - Available
October 31, 2005 by admin · Leave a Comment
You can now download Mac OS X 10.4.3 through Software Update.
You can read about the updates here (Apple.com) and the security updates here (Apple.com).
Some of the updated areas:
* AFP, SMB/CIFS, NFS and FTP networkÊfile services
* AirPort and Bluetooth wireless access
* Core Graphics, Core Audio, Core Image, and RAW camera support
* disc recording when creating and burning media
* .Mac sync services
* Spotlight indexing and searchingÊ
* Dashboard widgets: Dictionary, Flight Tracker, Stickies, and Unit Converter
* Address Book, AppleScript, Automator, Dictionary, Font Book, iCal, iSync, Mail, and Safari applications
* Disk Utility, Keychain Access, Migration Assistant, and Software Update
* compatibility with third party applications and devices
* previous standalone security updates
New iMac, iPod with video
Apple has released some new products today, one being a heavily updated iMac G5, the other a new iPod capable of playing videos (including a video-out feature to play on your TV).
Now you can take your home movies with you to your next family gathering. No more slide trays, no more VCRs (or DVD players). Just fin da TV with video input, plug in the cables, and go.
.Mac, Apple Backup Upgraded
September 20, 2005 by admin · Leave a Comment
.Mac has been upgraded to 1GB of storage (for email/iDisk). Good news for those using MacFamilyTree who use MacFamilyTree’s .Mac/iDisk publishing feature, as well as those who use .Mac/iDisk in general for publishing their genealogy information (since iDisk makes it easy).
The .Mac website is also now available in French and German.
Apple has also upgraded Backup to Backup 3.0 with new features, including:
* Simple one-step iLife backup
* Flexible backup plans (including scheduled
* Multiple Backup Destinations
* Shared backup to iDisk (between multiple Macs)
* Incremental Backups (saves only when the files have changed - handy for genealogists).