Thursday, 16 December 2004
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Organize PDF files in iTunes
Drag any PDF file into your iTunes Library window, or into a playlist; you'll see that it gets added to the library or playlist. All the fields in iTunes are empty, except for the song name (which is the filename without the ...
[Via macosxhints]
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Mac OS X Tip of the Week: Be a Show-off
Want to impress your Windows-using friends and colleagues? Start a QuickTime movie, play a DVD, click on the visualizer in iTunes while it plays a song. Then press F9 and watch what happens. [Dec 15]
[Via Apple Hot News]
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Personal Eddy-fication: Bluetooth on the Mac
Apple gets Dan Frakes’ personal Eddy for Bluetooth done right
[Via Editors' Notes Weblog] 'After two years of Bluetooth done right, I had (wrongly) assumed that this was the way it worked for everyone. I know better now. Bluetooth on Windows is not the same as Bluetooth on a Mac; if it was, Bluetooth would be the biggest thing since USB, printer manufacturers would be including Bluetooth support with all their printers, and Verizon Wireless might have some decent Bluetooth phone support.
Hopefully Bluetooth will hang on until Windows gets it right. In the meantime, we Mac users can enjoy it the way we have been for a couple years now. And I award my personal Eddy Award to Apple for Bluetooth done right.'
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2004 Eddy Awards: Digital Music Products
Is there any doubt that the Mac has become an important part of the digital music scene? Apple operates the most successful online music store. It sells the most popular hard drive-based music player. And when Bono and The Edge decide to appear on stage with a tech executive to announce a U2-themed music device and the release of a digital boxed set of their albums, it's Steve Jobs and not Michael Dell or Steve Ballmer that gets the nod.
[Via MacCentral] This really comes home when you walk into a Mac dealer store or look at one of their ads. While the music industry goes through contortions suddenly computer dealers are making a mint selling music iPods and accessories.
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2004 Eddy Awards: Design and Video Products
Our look at the best Mac products of 2004 continues, with a focus on two crucial creative segments of the Mac market-design and video production. Our Eddy-winning products in these areas include a venerable page-layout application, an innovative tablet, and a new Apple motion-graphics program that delivers nearly real-time performance at an unbelievably low price. They join previously announced Eddy winners for hardware and digital-music products.
[Via MacCentral]
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2004 Eddy Awards: Design and Video Products
Our look at the best Mac products of 2004 continues, with a focus on two crucial creative segments of the Mac market-design and video production. Our Eddy-winning products in these areas include a venerable page-layout application, an innovative tablet, and a new Apple motion-graphics program that delivers nearly real-time performance at an unbelievably low price. They join previously announced Eddy winners for hardware and digital-music products.
[Via MacCentral]
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Concertino for iPod features tube-based amp
Munich, Germany-based Goldster Audio GmbH has announced Concertino, a premium-priced sound system for the iPod that mixes old and new technology. It combines a tube-based audio amplifier and full range speakers, along with a second audio-in port that lets you also attach a CD player or other audio equipment. Priced at €3,200 ($4,283), it's not likely to appeal to the masses, although it's sure to create a stir among well-heeled, iPod-toting audiophiles.
[Via MacCentral] Let's hope the people who buy this thing know enough to use Apple's lossless packing and not the typical lossy codec.
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Apple releases Mac OS X v10.3.7
Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday released an update to Mac OS X Panther, bringing the current version of the operating system to 10.3.7. The update includes "enhanced functionality and improved reliability" and is recommended for all users.
[Via MacCentral]
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