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- Amazon Update Save a bunch on MobileMe renewals at Amazon and get Aperture 3 updates at a discount. The iPod Touch is discounted, too, along with the Mac Mini, iMacs and MacBooks. (Save money on the MacBook Pro, Mac Pro and MacBook Air, too.) Check the great selection of DRM-free MP3 music at very competitive prices (including free downloads!). Digital cameras and HDTV's get outstanding discounts, plus helpful reviews as well. *And*, while you're saving yourself money, you're also providing critical MacInTouch support just by clicking through any of our links to purchase!
- iPad FAQ Our comprehensive iPad FAQ gets more details today about international availability, pricing and wireless support; price discounts; ATT hotspots; mice; video formats; ePub documents; iWork video output, iWork Mac and MS Office compatibility; Motion-JPEG video support; alternative input notes; screen sharing; data exchange; AppleCare and more....
- Report: Apple Flash vs. HTML; Newton and MacBook Air; Jobs's stock
- Report: FileMaker 11 performance, Panorama and upgrades
- Report: Help Please TCP tuning; login-items mystery
- Report: Internet Services U.K. visits
- Report: iPad data plans and FAQ notes [updated]
- Report: Mac Marginalization libraries, PDF problems, fax
- Report: Safari Proxy Auto-Config (.pac) file
- Report: Security Apache updates
- Report: Virtualization Windows on Mac servers
- Apple: Aperture SlideShow Support Update 1.1 This update fixes a bug affecting the playback of HD video clips used in Aperture 3 slideshows on Snow Leopard and ensures that audio/video sync is maintained in clips that have been trimmed.
- Update: VueScan 8.6.21 Recent changes in Hamrick Software's scanner software includes a number for Mac OS X, including fixes for some document feeders and some Image Capture scanners, a fix for a problem with USB on some Macs, a fix for a problem with the Canon LiDE 100, and more.
- Update: StatPlus:mac 5.8 The Excel-based statistical analysis package gets another "major statistical engine upgrade" plus new tests, an updated K-S test, and updated translations.
- Update: Sente 6.1.5 Third Street Software's academic reference manager gains support for custom naming and filing strategies, automatic refiling if filing strategy is changed, the ability to delete PDF annotations and/or highlighting, updated AppleScript support, and other improvements.
- Update: xmCHART 3.4.2 Recent changes in the FileMaker Pro chart plug-in include color schemes, cylinder bar charts, PDF metadata support, a calendar with mouse support, and new example databases.
- Update: PDF OCR X 1.6 Web Lite's OCR tool for PDF files now also works with images, including GIF, JPEG, TIF, BMP, PSD, PNG, and others.
- Update: PrefEdit 2.2 Recent changes in Marcel Bresink's viewer and editor for all formats of property list and preference files include full support for cut/copy/paste when handling complete subtrees, drag-and-drop reordering of elements when editing arrays, 64-bit support for Snow Leopard.
- Update: Justinmind Prototyper 3.0 The web site and application prototype builder gains an improved interaction system with arithmetic calculations and automatic conditions, a brush tool to copy events, pause action at events that can be used to simulate animations, and other improvements.
- Update: Fontcase 1.5 Bohemian Coding's font manager gets auto-activation of fonts, automatic detection of duplicate font activations and of newly-installed fonts, incremental export of fonts and their metadata, greater speed working with large libraries, and some bug fixes.
- Update: GraphicConverter 6.7 The multi-function graphics tool adds scrap file import, HMR import, multiple find/replace of IPTC data, gamma-aware scaling, HD Photo import for grayscale images, and more.
- Update: Tunnelblick 3.0 Recent changes in the open source VPN tool include the latest stable version of OpenVPN, DSA signatures on updates, openvpn-down-root support, a guided installation and configuration process, and other improvements.
- Security: Safari 4.0.5 Apple's latest Safari update patches a bunch of security problems in Mac OS X and Windows (both in the application and in separate libraries, including WebKit).
- Update: PageZephyr 2.0 Markzware's InDesign and QuarkXPress document search program adds support for QuarkXPress format back to Version 4.0 and for Microsoft Publisher 2002 through 2007.
- Update: TextExpander 3.0 SmileOnMyMac's auto-typing and snippet utility is now an application instead of a preference pane and adds support for multiple blank fields in snippets (for manual content entry), snippet search from the menu bar, support for Tab and Return in snippets, and more.
- Security: Office 2008, 2004 updates Microsoft released updates for Office 2008, Office 2004, and Open XML File Format Converter to address security issues.
- Apple: MainStage 2.1.1 Apple patches a long list of bugs.
- Update: Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac Build 9344 The virtualization software adds support for Google Chrome OS as a guest system, improved performance of virtual machines with Mac OS X Server 10.6.3 and 10.6.2 guest operating systems installed, and more.
- New: KosmicTask 1.0 Mugginsoft's KosmicTask is designed for creating, editing, and running AppleScript tasks, functioning as "an AppleScript powered task server."
- Update: FileMaker Pro 11 FileMaker's latest version still runs on PowerPC hardware and Leopard, offering charting and other updates.
- Update: Amadeus Pro 1.5 HairerSoft's audio editor and processor adds a Suppress White Noise batch action, a Trim Silence function, support for lyrics metadata, drag-and-drop support for iTunes tracks, support for larger spectrum sizes, proper handling of Audio Unit latency, and other changes.
- Update: OsiriX 3.7 The open source DICOM image management and visualization package gains full DICOM TLS (Transport Layer Security) support for network operations, WADO Server support, a new built-in web server with HTTPS encryption and zip export, and much more.
- Update: Flickery 1.8.0.1 Recent changes in the desktop Flickr client include Google Maps integration, which brings geotagging of photos before uploading, searching by location, and display of photo locations on maps.
- Beta: Eudora 8.0.0b9 The latest beta release of Mozilla's version of Eudora is now based on Thunderbird 3.0.1 and includes Penelope 1.0b1.
- Snow Leopard Compatibility List Dec. 19: Covering more than 1400 items, our searchable, sortable list gets 38 additions and updates today, including Pro Tools, Perian, MacPractice, TapDex, miXscope, Back-In-Time, CSSEdit, Vienna, Raw Photo Processor, MultiLedger, SousChef, and Volocity.
- Mini Server Review We've added an addendum to cover some tips and questions brought up by readers in response to our in-depth review, which examines the $999 Mini Server product product from Apple, which combines a dual-hard-drive Mac Mini with a full version of Snow Leopard Server (unlimited client license). We look at everything from web services to performance, along with security, installation, admin utilities and more.
- Snow Leopard Review Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in-depth review: 11,000 words on migration and installation; the new Finder and QuickTime X; additional features and refinements; security and technology; and our conclusions; plus links for additional information.
- Snow Leopard FAQ [Expanded Sept. 12] - answers to questions about pre-requisites, installation, security, QuickTime, Rosetta, 64-bit operation, networking, compatibility and much more...
- Review: iPod Nano 2009 We review the newest Nano, which brings the surprising additions of a video camera and microphone, an FM Radio (complete with "Live Pause"), and a pedometer, among other nifty features in the tiny device, priced the same as before. We include video samples for comparison (Nano 5G, iPhone 3GS and Flip MinoHD).
- Special Report: iPhone FAQ reviews, basics, availability and pricing, networks and carriers, features, sync with iTunes, Internet, apps, widgets, tech specs, jailbreaking and unlocking, misc.
- Review: iPhone 3GS In this detailed review of the new iPhone 3GS, Robert Mohns covers everything from hardware chips to pricing, performance to photographic capability, features, issues and everything in between. The review includes visual tests and samples, a long list of related links, and much more.
- Review: iBox and iPack We review two UPSes (uninterruptible power supplies) from Italy's iDowell, designed to complement Macintosh aesthetics while featuring sine-wave power output at reasonable prices. Runtime benchmarks and links to more information are included.
- Review: iPod Touch (2G) Robert Mohns reviews the second-generation iPod Touch, covering its fast hardware, OS 2 software, App Store, compatibility issues, applications and much more.
- Voyager Q Review Robert Mohns examines the quad-port SATA hard drive dock, with detailed performance benchmarks across FireWire 400/800, USB 2 and eSATA on a Mac Pro, finding it fast and effective for backup, testing and many other storage tasks.
- Review: Kindle 2 Kindle 2 improves on the highly successful original version of the wireless media reader, bringing faster performance, better grayscale imaging, speech synthesis, and Apple-like design improvements. We also include audio samples, screen shots, comparison photos and lots of links to more info.
- Review: Fastmac iV We examine Fastmac's multifunction iPhone battery sleeve, which extends run-time, functions as a charger and even offers a fill light for the iPhone's camera.
- Review: iPod Shuffle 3G The new Shuffle has just one button: off/play. Everything else is controlled by earbuds, proprietary Apple controller chips and synthesized voices....
- Review: FireKing MediaVault HD Robert Mohns examines a unique storage system that protects your data in the event of a fire.
- Review: iLife '09 We examine fancy new features in Apple's latest creative-consumer software suite, as well as its user interface elements and its misfeatures/bugs.)
- Review: EFi-X PC Kit This unique hardware module creates an EFI boot environment for Mac OS X on cost-effective, high-performance PC hardware. (Includes performance benchmarks and links to additional information.)
- Review: Flip MinoHD Like an iPod for video recording, the MinoHD combines friendly simplicity with effective media processing in a remarkably tiny device at an attractive price. [Includes HD video sample.]
- Review: Aluminum MacBook We have added photos and discussion about a matte screen film to our detailed review of the new, aluminum MacBook, which covers design, features, issues, performance, pros and cons, with links for more info, and a gallery of photos.
- Review: iPhone 3G Robert Mohns's review of Apple's new iPhone 3G offers comparisons with the first iPhone, discussion of new features and enterprise support, a look at the new "ecosystem" Apple has built around the device, a screenshot and sample photo gallery and links for more information.
- Review: Time Capsule Our detailed Time Capsule review includes a "Best Practices" section and lots of other tips, plus performance benchmarks, feature analysis and more.
- Review: MacBook Air Our MacBook Air review digs into details of its design, features, performance, compatibility and suitability for various customers. Includes benchmark test results.
- Review: Office 2008 Robert Mohns examines features, performance, compatibility and more in his detailed review.
- Leopard: FAQ essential info, including data-loss bugs
- Leopard: Finder Data-Loss Bug Updated with new notes on possible locations for the bug (and consequent implications), plus warning about potential for problems in Finder automation scripts.
- Review: SoftRAID We dig into the technology and benefits of RAID storage systems, along with a number of issues involved, as we review SoftRAID, the leading application for configuring these systems on the Mac.
- Review: VMware Fusion We delve into the details of VMware's new virtualization system for the Mac with some hands-on testing.
- Review: MacBook Pro 15" (LED) We've added some benchmark results charts (with more to come later) in a thorough review of Apple's latest laptop from Robert Mohns, covering technical advances, the overall experience, and an audio quality issue.
- Review: Apple TV We have updated our in-depth Apple TV review from Robert Mohns, who covers set-up, features, performance, compatibility, omissions, hacking, competition and the overall experience and value, with links to more resources.
- Review: AirPort 802.11n Base Station We have added a few more notes on Ethernet and Airport Disk performance to our comprehensive examination of Apple's new wireless base station (complete with benchmark test results.
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