Announcements

Heredis 2015 will be out in April

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Heredis 2015 will be out on April 8, 2015. I don’t have any specifics yet (those will be released on April 8)., but I can tell you that should you purchase Heredis 2014 between now and April 7 (through Heredis.com), you’ll receive Heredis 2015 for free. Heredis is cross-platform, both … Read more

Apple Spring Forward/March 2015 Event

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Apple’s “Spring Forward” event for March of 2015 is set to start in about 10 minutes (10am Pacific, noon CST, 1pm EST). Of course, the Apple Store is down ahead of the event. Obviously, Apple’s Watch is going to be the main focus, with pricing, new apps, and release information … Read more

TUAW Ceasing Publication on Tuesday

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TUAW Another bit of sad news to bring you – TUAW, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, is ceasing publication this coming Tuesday, February 3, 2015. The parent company, AOL (yes, that AOL) is folding TUAW and the video games-oriented Joystiq into their larger properties (Engadget and Tech Crunch):

We have a large, loyal following of readers and we still have the fire in us when it comes to our passion for Apple products. However, TUAW is a small cog in a big machine — AOL — and our niche offering did not fit in with the corporate direction for larger content providers such as Engadget and TechCrunch.

The corporation is doubling down on all of the large properties, and the resources — however meager — being expended on sites like TUAW and Joystiq are being reallocated to fuel that big machine.

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Dropbox Dropping Support for OS X 10.4 – 10.5

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Dropbox This is kind of a Big Deal for Mac users who are using older Macs running OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard), particularly those who are still using PowerPC-based Macs.

As of May 18, 2015, Dropbox will end support for both OS X 10.4 and 10.5. What this means is that users of those OS X versions will not be able to use the desktop application on those Macs.

NOTE: You will still be able to use the Dropbox website to upload/download files, and will still be able to use your iPhone/etc. clients, and other compatible devices/computers.

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Family Tree Builder 7.0 for Mac

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Family Tree Builder for MacFamily tree Builder 7.0 for Mac was made available last week. You can read the announcement here, and I’ll be doing an in-depth look at it later this week.

It’s exciting news, as many people use MyHeritage.com. It does Sync with MyHeritage, and has all of the normal features that Windows users of MyHeritage.com have in Family Tree Builder, with a few exceptions: maps, note formatting, book reports (offline), and right-to-left languages. These are most likely due to compatibility issues with the underlying Windows system files (see my notes below).

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Jan 21, 2015 Updates: LastPass for Mac, CrashPlan, iPhoto Library Manager

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LastPass iPhoto Library CrashPlan Three interesting updates/releases for Mac users – LastPass, the password manager, has finally been released for OS X users, and iPhoto Library Manager 4.1.11 and CrashPlan 3.7 (a cross-platform online/cloud backup service) have been released.

CrashPlan now has better support for OS X 10.10 Yosemite, but the big news is that LastPass, a popular cross-platform/cross-application password manager is now officially available for Mac users.

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