Thursday, January 29, 2009

Apple Approves Podcaster App, Provides Another Ray of Hope

It was the rejection heard ’round the world when Apple’s reviewers rejected the user-favorite Podcaster app, citing as the cause the fact that it duplicated functionality provided by Apple’s own software. That proved to be the case, but only after Apple released the 2.2 iPhone firmware update, which brought direct podcast downloading support to Apple’s [...]

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Higher-priced Premium Game Section Coming to App Store?

One of the barriers to big studios developing big name titles for the iPhone and iPod Touch has been pricing. The kind of investment that goes into making blockbuster titles requires a pricing scheme that the App Store probably couldn’t currently support. Users are now used to the extremely low prices most of the apps [...]

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An Avalanche of Snow: 10 iPhone Snow Reporting Apps Compared

If sliding down mountains of snow is your thing, it’s quite possible that you’re keen on staying up to date with the current and upcoming snow conditions. As with most niches, this space too has been filled for those of us toting an iPhone or iPod touch and there are several free, and a handful [...]

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Guide to QuickBooks on the Mac

QuickBooks is a critical tool for many small businesses, and one of the more frustrating issues for switchers to figure out as they come to the Mac from a Windows PC. While the options for running QuickBooks on the Mac are improving in 2009, there are also good reasons, and good solutions, for running QuickBooks [...]

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Apple�s Multi-Touch Patent: A More Realistic View

So Apple is finally awarded their multi-touch patent, and the hue and cry from the Apple Bashers is pretty loud. But not only Apple Bashers are worried, Daring Fireball had this to say:
Very broad language - taken at face value, Apple effectively owns the IP rights to multi-touch in the U.S. This sucks.
DF’s major beef [...]

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Gold Rush: Treasure Hunt [(universal) Demo]

Unearth a fortune in fast fun with Gold Rush - Treasure Hunt for Mac. Prospector Jack was once a successful digger, but he was overcome by greed and now his ghost haunts the gold-filled caverns. Click on matching groups of blocks to remove them from the screen and gather gold nuggets for Jack.

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Gently Used iPod for Sale, Comes Complete With Military Secrets

It’s a good thing we’re on friendly terms with New Zealand, because one of the residents of that green, hilly island recently acquired 60 pages of sensitive U.S. military data. Total cost of national secrets? $15. Which would’ve been great if that’s what the man who bought it was in the market for, but he [...]

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Appigo Todo: Detailed Task Management on the iPhone

My recent look at Appigo Notebook for the iPhone and iPod touch had me reevaluating my choice of task management app for the platform. Conveniently, Appigo also offers Todo ($9.99, App Store), one of the leading task management apps in the App Store. While the “integration” Appigo offers between the two apps is more of [...]

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On The Job 3.0

It’s been nearly two-and-a-half years since we reviewed On The Job here at TheAppleBlog, and we gave it high marks back then. Today Stunt Software has released On The Job 3.0, their time & expense tracking and invoicing application. The new version has some nice new features, but it keeps the excellent simple, yet powerful [...]

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iWork �09 �an excellent investment for Mac users�

Looking for a �well-designed and easy-to-use productivity suite�? Jason Parker (cnet.com) thinks you�d be well served by iWork �09. Giving it a �Very Good� editors� rating, Parker calls iWork �09 �the best office suite choice on the Mac,� saying that it �offers an extremely intuitive interface and has plenty of advanced time-saving features to make it a worthy replacement for the much more pricey Microsoft solution.�


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How Should Apple Address the Netbook?

With all the interest in Netbooks these days, many eyes are on Apple to see what kind of move they may make in this relatively new space. Some analysts believe that Netbooks are a risky idea for all PC makers, while others foster the belief that Apple could be in trouble because of such devices. [...]

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Four-mouse rating for Numbers �09

Numbers �09 �is a solid improvement over its predecessor� and offers �a compelling alternative� to Microsoft Excel for many spreadsheet users, reports Macworld�s Rob Griffiths. Praising its �new functions, Function Browser, Formula List feature, Table Categories, and charting options,� Griffiths notes that �at only $79 for the entire iWork bundle, Numbers �09 is also an incredible value, delivering features well beyond its price.�


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Make Your eBay Experience More Mac-Like With GarageBuy

I’ve been a fan of GarageSale for a few years and, while I don’t use eBay regularly, I tend to use OS X software when placing a listing. It always results in something which looks stunning and makes the item you’re selling a great deal more appealing.
A friend recently told me about a similar eBay [...]

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Evidence Points to New iPhone: Two, Count�em, Two Sources

Once again, the future is being told in code. Firmware code, specifically. MacRumors has discovered evidence that suggests a major hardware revision is in the works for the iPhone line.
They arrived at this conclusion after finding a section of code in the latest iPhone firmware that makes reference to an “iPhone 2,1″ model. Apple uses [...]

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Photog Rob Galbraith Rates MacBook Pro Display "Not Acceptable"

An anonymous reader writes "Professional digital photographer and website publisher Rob Galbraith has performed both objective and subjective tests on laptop displays, finding that the late-2008 Macbook Pro glossy displays are 'deep into the not acceptable category' when used in ambient light environments. The Apple notebook came in dead last for color accuracy, and second to last in viewing angles (besting only the Dell Mini 9). He concludes: 'Macs are no longer at the top of the laptop display heap in our minds.'"

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First Look: iPhoto �09

I’ve spent several hours tinkering with Apple’s new iPhoto ‘09 — part of the newly updated iLife ‘09 suite of media applications — and I like what I’ve seen so far. The entire application is a strong step forward, and the exciting new features (facial recognition and geotagging) don’t disappoint. The following is a focused [...]

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Daily Apple: Imaginary Apple, Bad Android, & NVIDIA Fail

Crazy Apple Concepts From 90’s, No Grunge Model Though - Here are some great Flickr photos of concept designs of Apple products from the early 90’s. Some of it is just bizarre, and others are not so different from concepts that continue to crop up to this day, which is a sad reflection on how [...]

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Daily Apple: Better Picture, Better Position, Better Reading, and Better MP3 Player

Fix for NVIDIA Graphics Issues Released - Users experiencing trouble with their Dual-DVI connected monitors can breathe a sigh of relief now that a fix has been officially released by Apple. The fix addresses cursor problems on DisplayPort enabled Macs, and HD playback quality on machines using newer NVIDIA cards.
Apple Nets Multi-Touch, iPhone Patents, Better [...]

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Daily Apple: Indie iPhone, Opposite World, & the Papermaster Returns

iLife ‘08 Updates Land Along With iLife ‘09 - The big story might be the release of iLife ‘09, which features major additions to iPhoto, iMovie, and Garage Band, but iLife ‘08 also got some lovin’ from Apple. Those updates include stability improvements and minor issue resolution for both the iLife Media Browser and iDVD [...]

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First Look: iMovie �09

iMovie ‘08 was not considered one of Apple’s best releases — to put it mildly. In fact, the outcry of disappointment was so high, that Apple responded by re-issuing iMovie HD 6 (v6.0.4 to be exact) for those who were unwilling to embark on the new movie creation paradigms in iMovie ‘08.
Well, fast forward 16 [...]

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Boxee Tells Mac Users to Get LOST

Boxee is telling their Mac users to get LOST — that is, they are telling them that they can watch the hit show on their Mac.
Boxee is releasing a new update for their Mac version today that allows users to stream content from ABC. The release is timed to coincide with the season premier of [...]

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iPhone & Bluetooth Take Their Relationship To The Next Level

So your iPhone and Bluetooth have known about each other for some time now, but nothing more than a quick headset connection has happened so far. Well, it’s finally time to take the relationship to the next level!
Bluetooth file transfer has long been a dream of iPhone users, right there on the list with [...]




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An Avalanche of Snow: 10 iPhone Snow Reporting Apps Compared

If sliding down mountains of snow is your thing, it’s quite possible that you’re keen on staying up to date with the current and upcoming snow conditions. As with most niches, this space too has been filled for those of us toting an iPhone or iPod touch and there are several free, and a handful [...]

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App Store Pick of the Week: Lose It!

Like to shed a pound or ten? Try Lose It! With the free App Store fitness app, you can set weight loss goals and track your progress meeting them. The app�s searchable database lets you easily enter meals, track nutrients, and account for workouts. You can even add custom foods and exercises. Will a half hour on the elliptical help you atone for that extra slice of chocolate cheesecake? Lose It! will let you know.

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iPod Games: Trivial Pursuit [(iPod) Article]

Trivial Pursuit on the iPod recreates that classic board game with 1,000 questions spread across six categories: Geography, Arts & Literature, Sports & Leisure, Science & Nature, Entertainment, and History. Play against friends or the computer in Classic mode or see how quickly you can answer questions in Pursuit mode. Find a reason for spending more time on Wikipedia.

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Apple Ordered to Pay Up for 1G Nano Scratches

At any given time, there are so many active suits against Apple that it can be downright impossible to keep track of them all.
Answer me this: How many of those actually end up with an “L” in Apple’s column? In fact, how many of those are we even privy the outcome of, considering the number [...]

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Appigo Todo: Detailed Task Management on the iPhone

My recent look at Appigo Notebook for the iPhone and iPod touch had me reevaluating my choice of task management app for the platform. Conveniently, Appigo also offers Todo ($9.99, App Store), one of the leading task management apps in the App Store. While the “integration” Appigo offers between the two apps is more of [...]

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Picturesque 2.1 Image Software Updated

Acqualia has released a notable update to their 2007 Apple Design Award winning image editing application, Picturesque. Picturesque is a “simple app with a simple goal: to make images more beautiful.”
The latest features include interface enhancements, new saving options, faster loading, and a number of general effect improvements. This review will cover a few of [...]

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More Mac Viruses, Similar Sources: Time to Worry?

Depending on how closely you stick to the word of the law, you may or may not be aware of the potentially dangerous trojan called “OSX.Trojan.iServices.A” unleashed on some of the Mac community last week via a pirated copy of iWork ‘09. The trojan, discovered by Mac security software company Intego, allows the distributor of [...]

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Apple Approves Podcaster App, Provides Another Ray of Hope

It was the rejection heard ’round the world when Apple’s reviewers rejected the user-favorite Podcaster app, citing as the cause the fact that it duplicated functionality provided by Apple’s own software. That proved to be the case, but only after Apple released the 2.2 iPhone firmware update, which brought direct podcast downloading support to Apple’s [...]

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Gently Used iPod for Sale, Comes Complete With Military Secrets

It’s a good thing we’re on friendly terms with New Zealand, because one of the residents of that green, hilly island recently acquired 60 pages of sensitive U.S. military data. Total cost of national secrets? $15. Which would’ve been great if that’s what the man who bought it was in the market for, but he [...]

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What Makes a Mac App

One of the things that I’ve always loved about the Mac is its cohesiveness. Everything just flows. It’s the experience that careful attention to design has created.
When I open the lid of my MacBook, OS X springs back to life, just as expected. When I press CMD+I in Safari, the page I’m viewing is opened [...]

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Weekly App Store Roundup: Jan, 24. 2009

Unholster your iPhone and boot up iTunes because it’s that time of the week when we all gather round the App Store and have a look at some of the freshest picks from the last seven days.
While I’ve been wandering the boutiques and bars of Berlin this week, things have been busy for Apple. First [...]

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Guide to QuickBooks on the Mac

QuickBooks is a critical tool for many small businesses, and one of the more frustrating issues for switchers to figure out as they come to the Mac from a Windows PC. While the options for running QuickBooks on the Mac are improving in 2009, there are also good reasons, and good solutions, for running QuickBooks [...]

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Keep Your Fonts Together With Fontcase

Bohemian Coding have announced the public release of their font management application Fontcase, providing an elegant and powerful workflow to help you organize the fonts you have installed on your system.
Aiming to act as iPhoto for your typography, Fontcase has been designed with applications like iTunes and iPhoto in mind; the interface is very intuitive [...]

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Startup Shortcuts: An App for Misbehaving Macs

You own an iPhone. You probably own a Mac as well. We all know that there are startup keyboard shortcuts for every troubleshooting procedure a user can follow when his or her Mac misbehaves. Some are easier to remember than others. Some are truly arcane. If you remember only some but not others, developer Eric [...]

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iLife �09 Shipping, It is Indeed Now Late January

Looks like Apple’s estimate of a late January ship date for iLife ‘09 is coming true after all, since customers who ordered the application suite have begun to get notices that their copies are now shipping. Those customers will likely receive their copies of the product early this week, with official word from Apple putting [...]

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Daily Apple: Take 3, Bad Apples, & Boot Camp Heritage

Apple TV “Take 3″ Update Next Month, Here’s a Wish List - TG Daily seems to be under the impression that Apple is in the business of giving customers their dream machines, so they’ve provided a list of exactly what it’ll take to propel Apple TV to the next level with their upcoming update. If [...]

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iLife �09 now shipping

iLife �09 � with major upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand � is now available for $79 at the Apple Online Store, the Apple Retail Store, and Apple Authorized Resellers. Included with every new Mac, iLife �09 offers breakthrough new ways to organize and manage photos, create movies, and learn to play music. iLife �09 also includes iWeb �09 for authoring custom websites and iDVD �09 for creating DVDs.

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Daily Apple: Better Picture, Better Position, Better Reading, and Better MP3 Player

Fix for NVIDIA Graphics Issues Released - Users experiencing trouble with their Dual-DVI connected monitors can breathe a sigh of relief now that a fix has been officially released by Apple. The fix addresses cursor problems on DisplayPort enabled Macs, and HD playback quality on machines using newer NVIDIA cards.
Apple Nets Multi-Touch, iPhone Patents, Better [...]

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Tweetie Does Twitter Right

In the AppStore, one of the big subcategories that have popped up is clients to interact with the messaging service Twitter. There are a lot of them out there (both free and paid) and different ones appeal to different people, but Tweetie seems to be the best.
Tweetie packs in all the stuff you�d expect from [...]




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Video Profile: Cell Signaling Technology

While they concentrate on finding a cure for cancer, the scientists at the biotech company Cell Signaling Technology don�t have to worry about viruses or trying to fix problems on their computers. That�s because �everyone in the company has a Mac,� explains IT manager Carlos Del Castillo. �It gives the scientists all the tools that they really need.�


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Daily Apple: Better Picture, Better Position, Better Reading, and Better MP3 Player

Fix for NVIDIA Graphics Issues Released - Users experiencing trouble with their Dual-DVI connected monitors can breathe a sigh of relief now that a fix has been officially released by Apple. The fix addresses cursor problems on DisplayPort enabled Macs, and HD playback quality on machines using newer NVIDIA cards.
Apple Nets Multi-Touch, iPhone Patents, Better [...]

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An Avalanche of Snow: 10 iPhone Snow Reporting Apps Compared

If sliding down mountains of snow is your thing, it’s quite possible that you’re keen on staying up to date with the current and upcoming snow conditions. As with most niches, this space too has been filled for those of us toting an iPhone or iPod touch and there are several free, and a handful [...]

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iLife �09 shipping tomorrow, January 27

Apple today announced that iLife �09 � with major upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand � begins shipping tomorrow, January 27, for $79. Included with every new Mac, iLife �09 offers breakthrough new ways to organize and manage photos, create movies, and learn to play music. iLife �09 also includes iWeb �09 for authoring custom websites and iDVD �09 for creating DVDs.

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Quick Tip of the Week: Securing your PDFs

You may already know that in Mac OS X Leopard, you can create a PDF in most applications simply by selecting Print from the File menu, clicking the PDF button, and choosing Save as PDF from the drop-down menu. But did you know that you can also password protect the PDFs you create, making them more secure in the process. Find out how by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week.


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ShiveringKittens: iPhone Game Presents Mild Risk of Frostbite

I like puzzle games on my iPhone, and I like Tetris. With that in mind, I approached ShiveringKittens ($2.99, App Store) fairly optimistically since, since it is a puzzle game which resembles Tetris. Certainly, other apps for the platform have used this recipe to great success, like ngmoco’s Topple. Maybe I was making unfair comparisons [...]

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Running QuickBooks for Windows on Your Mac

QuickBooks is one of those key business applications that many people who are considering a switch to the Mac are worried about leaving behind. While QuickBooks 2009 for Mac might be the perfect answer for many, others do not want to give up some of the key features of the Windows version.
Intuit provides a list [...]

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SlotZ Racer Falls Just Shy Of Greatness

SlotZ Racer is an iPhone racing game based on toy slot car racing. Basically, cars race around a track on a set path (defined by a slot which would power the car in real life) with the player only controlling the cars speed. Go too slow and you�ll lose, go too fast and you�ll send [...]




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Reading Between the Lines: Some Takeaways From Apple�s Q1 2009 Conference Call

Apple’s quarterly earnings call is primarily a retrospective affair. They report their numbers for the previous quarter, discuss strengths and weaknesses (and what made them strengths and weaknesses), and spend a little bit of time talking about how they plan on continuing and repeating success next time out. In the end, the only clear message [...]

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iLive Makes Available New iPhone Speaker Systems

DPI, through its iLive brand of consumer electronics, unveiled last week some new iPhone accessories for 2009. These play-and-charge products should be available this spring.
DPI is launching the iSP209B, a small portable speaker unit, for around $80, as well as the iSP389B, a combined tabletop clock and speaker, for around $100, and the iSP809B, a [...]




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Trojan Hides In Pirated Copies of Apple iWork '09

CWmike writes "Pirated copies of Apple's new iWork '09 suite that are now available on file-sharing sites contain a Trojan horse that hijacks Macs and leaves them open to further attack, a security company said yesterday. The 'iServices.a' Trojan hitchhikes on iWork '09's installer, said Intego, which makes Mac security software. 'The installer for the Trojan horse is launched as soon as a user begins the installation of iWork, following the installer's request of an administrator password,' Intego said in a warning. Once installed, the Trojan "phones home" to a malicious server to notify the hacker that the Mac has been compromised, and to await instructions."

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iPhone to Have Larger CES Presence

Plans are in motion for there to be a much larger and more organized iPhone accessories manufacturers presence at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. It is being put together by the trade show’s organizers as well as the popular iPod Web site iLounge.
The new iLounge Pavilion, which will be located in the Las Vegas Convention [...]




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Keep Your Fonts Together With Fontcase

Bohemian Coding have announced the public release of their font management application Fontcase, providing an elegant and powerful workflow to help you organize the fonts you have installed on your system.
Aiming to act as iPhoto for your typography, Fontcase has been designed with applications like iTunes and iPhoto in mind; the interface is very intuitive [...]

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In Pursuit of Quality: The Apple �Fanboi�

For quite a while (heck, pretty much forever), the knock on Apple has been that it’s overpriced, that the same thing can be had for much less elsewhere.
A much more recent complaint is that somehow Apple never gets any critical reviews, it’s all just shoddy reporting. A couple of big hitters on the other side [...]

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