Archive for the 'Software' Category

Apple’s support for legacy applications going down the drain

Thursday, April 17th, 2008, by moose

The terrible news came this morning through Apple’s Kbase RSS feed:
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard does not include support for iPhoto 2.

Oh my! I so liked the way you could go for a cup of coffee while iPhoto2 tried to scroll through the couple thousands 2 megapixel images I had in my Library. [...]

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Aperture 2.1 released, now with image processing plugins, numerous interface tweaks [updated x2]

Friday, March 28th, 2008, by moose

So, Apple really DOES listen to its pro users, and has just released Aperture 2.1, a mere 6 weeks after 2.0 and two weeks after 2.0.1.
Let’s see what the 48MB update does for you:
[UPDATE: I noticed something: on my MacBook Pro, Aperture 2.1 now launches in like a couple dock bounces, it's almost instantaneous!]
[UPDATE 2: [...]

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Ars technica reviews Safari 3.1 for Windows, like it a lot

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008, by moose

Safari 3.1 on Windows: a true competitor arrives (seriously):
When 3.0 beta came out, it behaved like the Mac version, only allowing you to resize from the bottom-right corner. Apple heard the pleas. The Macintosh manufacturer wants Windows browser market share, and both Microsoft and Mozilla should be concerned now that Safari 3.1 shows that Apple [...]

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EMC to release new version of Retrospect for Macintosh as Universal Binary

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008, by moose

As I mentioned in my previous post, EMC (formerly Dantz) Retrospect is a serious, industrial-strength backup solution, that I have been using at work for quite a while, for backing up a mix of PCs and Macs.
Problem is, the Mac version has been languishing for literally years: the Mac version is 6.1 and has been [...]

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Extensive in-depth look at Time Machine’s innards

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008, by moose

If you are curious as to how Time Machine does its magic, you might want to take a good half hour to read the lengthy piece by Sven-S. Porst.
X.5 Time Machine (Quarter Life Crisis):
The impression I get from this – my limited experience spanning a few months and the reports I read – is the following: Time [...]

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Ars Technica reviews Aperture 2.0, gives lukewarm praise

Monday, March 10th, 2008, by moose

Aperture 2.0: the Ars Technica review:
Aperture 2 isn’t doing anything groundbreaking over the previous version, but the better overall speed and Quick Preview combined with background processing alone will be worth the cost of the upgrade for many users. If you’re just checking out Aperture since running like the wind from version 1.0, rest assured [...]

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iPhone a real mobile console says SEGA

Thursday, March 6th, 2008, by moose

SEGA’s First iPhone SDK Title - Super Monkey Ball:
This is not a cellphone game. This is a full console game. And we underestimated the power of the device. We had to fly in a developer to upscale the art for the iPhone.

Pippin, is that you?

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iPhone SDK detailed, is everything people feared it would not be

Thursday, March 6th, 2008, by moose

So Apple has finally lifted the curtain on the long-awaited iPhone SDK.

Here is a quick rundown of the main features:

the SDK is basically Xcode, with special stuff for the iPhone…

there will be a $99 fee for developper, who will receive an authentication key
the developpers choose the price of their apps, and keep 70% of the [...]

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