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Updates

So you think we’re just local?

May 17, 2010

We are not ‘alone’ Web Site statistics tell an interesting story of who visits our site and where they come from.
What you see above is our ‘log’ for April and it has some interesting locations that visitors to our site came from. Would you have ever guessed that 33 came from Sth. [...]

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Flip4Mac WMV

May 6, 2010

The FREE version of Flip4Mac WMV Components allows you to play Windows Media video and audio files on your Mac.
To import or export WMV files you would need to purchase one of the higher options. Flip4Mac WMV export components can be used with QuickTime Pro, Final Cut Pro, Compressor, and iMovie 06 – (iMovie ’08 [...]

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Perian

May 6, 2010

Perian calls itself “the Swiss Army knife for QuickTime,” a description that’s pretty much spot-on.
Technically, Perian is a “QuickTime component” and it’s a preference pane rather than an application (which means that after installing, you’ll find it in System Preferences, not in your Applications folder).
But if the technical details leave you blurry-eyed, all you need [...]

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May 3, 2010

Controlling Automatic Updates
When new versions of Apple software are available for download, Software Update opens automatically and asks if you want to install them. Software Update automatically downloads updates in the background, which can be a problem if you need to control when large downloads occur. Open the Software Update preference pane (image below), in [...]

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Adobe CS 5

May 1, 2010

Adobe CS 5 now available

Adobe released CS5 today – All the individual programs have been updated in features and are now 64-bit enabled (You need an Intel MAC that is up to date with Apple Software to make use of the increased speeds available using 64-bit)
CS5 is available in a number of ‘bundles’ as well [...]

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MacBook Pros

April 13, 2010

Looks like the rumours over the past 2 weeks are about to become facts – the MacBook Pro range of Laptops should be released tomorrow (Wednesday) with bigger better processors and maybe new style screens and video cards.
Early ‘leaks’ I have seen suggest that if there are any changes in pricing, they will be [...]

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Snow Leopard Updated to 10.6.3

March 30, 2010

Apple on Monday released Mac OS X 10.6.3, the latest software update to its Snow Leopard operating system, bringing improvements in the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X and addressing compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications
The Combo Updater is 783MB and will be available at the next Club Meeting on April 13th.
The ‘standard’ updater is also [...]

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MAGIC PREFS

March 15, 2010

Those of you who have a MagicMouse, you know some of the limitations. MagicPrefs is a FREE menubar and preference pane application for OSX that eliminates many of those limits. It adds functions like Middle Click , Hold Down Both Mouse Buttons , Spaces , Expose, Dashboard etc.
Also featured is a real-time display of the [...]

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Sneak Peek at the next D.O.T.M’s.

March 15, 2010

Available for download are 2 PDF files describing the contents of the next 2 Disk of the Month offerings.
Both are DVD’s this time around.
Disk 1 contains good stuff on the iLife and iWork suites. Download HERE
Disk 2 contains Mac OS X How to Guides – Download HERE

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PDF Downloads available

March 13, 2010

As a result of having O’Reilly Books send us some great manuals for the library, and review, I have found some articles I think will interest some of you.
First is a chapter on iLife with a great look through Garageband, and the second article I chose was one on “What’s in that Script Menu?”
The iLife [...]

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