Apple September Event Earlier Today

I’ve posted my thoughts about Apple’s September Event that was held earlier today over at MobileGenealogy.

I thought it was a pretty good event. We knew going in that it would be focused on mobile devices, and that’s exactly what happened. iTunes 10 adds some new features that I think they will be useful to a lot of people. The iPod nano, shuffle, and touch updates were really good if you are in the market for a new iPod.

Keep in mind this wasn’t a Mac event or a developer’s event, it was a music-related event with TV and movies thrown in, and the vast majority was focused on portable devices.

Anyways, if you’d like to read my comments and how the new devices/updates relate to genealogy, head over to Mobile Genealogy.

Apple’s September 1, 2010 Event, Plus Autocad

Apple has sent out an alert stating that they will be directly streaming tomorrow’s event live:

Apple.com – PR

What:
Live video stream of Apple’s September 1 event

When:
Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 10:00 a.m. PDT

Where:
www.apple.com

Requirements:
* Apple Mac running Safari on Mac OS X 10.6
* Also can be accessed on an iPhone or iPod touch running iPhone OS/iOS 3.0 or higher or an iPad.

Basically it’s going to be streamed over HTML5, showcasing the standard that Apple chose for the iPhones and iPads over Flash.

Meanwhile, this week it was confirmed by Financial Times that Autodesk would be bringing AutoCad back to Macs. It’s a big deal since it dominates its market and is the first time AutoCad has been seen on Macs since the early ’90s. This is on par with Family Tree Maker for Mac 2011 coming back to Macs.

Update: I’ve posted my thoughts about the September Event over at Mobile Genealogy.

Apple iWork 09 9.0.4 Update – Adds ePub Support

While I’ve recommended Apple’s productivity suite, iWork to to plenty of people doing family newsletters or related documents, I normally don’t mention it here except in passing, but iWork 09 9.0.4 fixes some issues in all three apps – Keynote, Pages, and Numbers, including with tables.

More importantly the word processing app, Pages, now has the ability to export to the standard ePub file format. This is a very big deal as you can now export your documents and newsletters to a format that can be read across a lot of mobile platforms, including iBooks on the iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, Barnes and Noble’s nook, Sony’s Reader, plus Google’s Android platform.

Changes:
Keynote 5.0.4
* Addresses an issue when printing handouts with rule lines.
* Fixes an issue with the slide switcher.
* Resolves an issue when automatically resizing some images while changing slide size.
* Fixes an issue with tables.

Pages 4.0.4
* Fixes an issue with tables.
* Includes compatibility with the standard ePub file format (for use with iBooks) when exporting.

Numbers 2.0.4
* Fixes an issue with tables.

This is the official support article: Support.Apple.com/kb/HT4165.

If you already have it installed, check your Software Update – it showed up on mine this morning.

If you don’t have it, but are interested, you can pick up a free trial (30 days) from the iWork trial downloads.

It can be purchased through there for $79, however it’s on sale through a retailer on Amazon.com for $49.

Reunion 9.0c

Reunion 9.0c has been released by Leister Productions, Inc.

The main feature of Reunion 9.0c is adding support for a new companion application – Reunion for iPad (Mobile Genealogy). There is already a Reunion for iPhone (Mobile Genealogy) application, however the Reunion for iPad offers several key differences that take advantage of the iPads hardware and software, including size/resolution as well as the iPad Photo Gallery/iPhoto implementation.

Changes/Updates in Reunion 9.0c
* New Feature: Added support for Reunion for iPad.
* Source List – fixed a problem when sorting on source type.
* iPhone – fixed a crash when sending family files with a large number of pictures to the iPhone.
* iPhone – fixed some memory problems when creating web media pages.
* Picture window – fixed a problem when using space-drag to pan a cropped picture.

This is a free update to current Reunion 9 users.

You can download it through Leister Productions, Inc.

If you are not a current Reunion 9 owner, you can also purchase it through Lesiter Productions, Inc. or through Amazon.com

You can purchase and download Reunion for iPad for $14.99 through the Apple/iTunes App Store.

MobileFamilyTree with Native iPad Support

Two weeks ago, there was a mention in MacFamilyTree 5.7.5 that native or full support for Apple’s new iPad would be coming to MobileFamilyTree.

With version 2.5 of MobileFamilyTree, support for the iPad’s native resolution has been added.

Updates to version 2.5:
* First Version to fully support the iPad
* Sorting in list views improved
* Performance enhancements
* French localization added
* Bug fixes

Keep in mind you do need a full copy of MacFamilyTree, version 5.7.5 or later, since MobileFamilyTree loads/syncs its data with the Mac OS X genealogy application.

MobileFamilyTree at the Apple App Store ($4.99 USD)

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