Archive for the Mac OS X Category

Next versions of Adobe Lightroom only for Intel Macs.

Posted on August 15, 2009 by admin

Following the decision of abandoning PowerPC Macs with the releases of the future versions of Creative Suite, Adobe decided not to support PowerPCs in the future versions of Lightroom.

This decision was ease to predict, actually I presume that all of the major software makers will abandon PowrPC support in their new products. Adobe decided also [...]

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ShadowControl for Mac OS X – windows without shadows

Posted on August 14, 2009 by admin

Screenshots of the open windows of running applications are everyday life. There is no limitations to the Mac OS X only. Screenshots are taken in almost every operating system. Since I am dealing mostly with Macs, I use system tool for simple screenshots and LittleSnapper if I need to blur something. Usually I take a [...]

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard release on Friday, 28th of August?

Posted on August 14, 2009 by admin

Yesterday almost All “about Apple” websites were struck by the news about possible date of release of awaited new OS – Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It may be released in two weeks on 28th August.

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New MS Office for Mac for Xmas 2010

Posted on August 14, 2009 by admin

Yesterday Microsoft announced that next version of MS Office for Mac will be released in late 2010 (probably about Christmas) and it will contain Outlook that will replace Entourage.

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Anti-glare screens for MacBooks Pro 15″

Posted on August 12, 2009 by admin

Finally Apple has decided to provide MacBooks Pro 15″ laptops with anti-glare matte screen. They are available through Apple.com website.

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Chromium for Mac gets Flash and other functions.

Posted on August 6, 2009 by admin

Chromium is a test version of Google Chrome for Mac OS X. I have been watching its development since April this year. Once a week or two weeks I download and install the newest Chromium build. Every installation I see new functions added. Unfortunately Chromium wasn’t functional for a long time due to the lack [...]

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Minuteur, yet another timer app for Mac OS X

Posted on August 5, 2009 by admin

There is a few timer apps for Mac OS X, both counting forward and counting down. One of my favorities is Minuteur, by Philippe Galmel.

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ShootShifter for Mac OS X – keep your folders of photos tidy

Posted on August 4, 2009 by admin

Imagine situation, when you have on your hard disk man photos from the same event, but taken by many cameras and maybe by more than one person. All those photos are divided between many folders, and you want to keep them in one, but having them sorted chronologically when you add them to iPhoto library. [...]

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Keylogger onboard Apple keyboards?

Posted on August 3, 2009 by admin

Apple keyboard has 8 KB Flash memory and 256 bytes of RAM. Both of them enables keyboard firmware to run. This feature is also a possible weakness.

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Make mosaics from your photos – MozoDojo for Mac OS X

Posted on August 2, 2009 by admin

I guess, most of the readers of my blog have come upon mosaics – a bigger pictures made of hundreds small ones. Usually the big picture is related somehow to its pieces. There is an app for Mac OS X that can help you to create nice mosaics – it is MozoDojo.

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