Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad , iPad , iPhone , iPod touch , iDevice Apps , iDevice Accessories , Mac Software Macintosh and iPhone/iPod/iPad product updates and announcements for March 9, 2010: Macintosh iPod Macintosh FileMaker, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 11 . Packed with new and innovative features led by charting, “on the fly” reporting, a new Quick Find capability, and a host of productivity tools for easier database creation, FileMaker Pro 11 makes using databases easier and quicker than ever. For advanced FileMaker users and developers, FileMaker Pro 11 delivers many new features for creating professional solutions in record time. Also available today with new features is the entire FileMaker 11 product line, which includes FileMaker Pro 11 Advanced, FileMaker Server 11 and FileMaker Server 11. Araelium Group has released Querious 1.0 , its all-new database management application for Mac OS X. Querious includes the ability to view, edit, and search data, manage table schema, indexes, queries, and users for MSQL 5. Direct, SSH, and SSL connections are all supported. Querious has been built from the ground up for Mac OS X, featuring a well-crafted user experience that is both comfortable and manages to stay out of the way of experienced developers and database administrators. Mapdiva has announced Ortelius 1.0.7, the latest update of their map design software for Mac OS X. Ortelius is a vector-based cartography application that helps you create high-quality custom map graphics, plans, and scaled drawings

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Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad , iPhone , iPod touch , iDevice Apps , Mac Software , Originals Macintosh and iPhone/iPod/iPad product updates and announcements for February 17, 2010: Macintosh iPod Macintosh Vinotekasoft has announced Vinoteka 1.6 , a major update to their ultimate wine cellar management solution for Mac OS X. Customizable and user-friendly, straight-to-the point and nevertheless very professional, Vinoteka is the ultimate companion every wine lover needs. Version 1.6 sports many new and major feature improvements and enhancements and is a highly recommended update. Veenix Technologies has announced TypeBook Creator 2.4 , its highly acclaimed Macintosh font/type specimen book creation software for graphics professionals. TypeBook Creator features precision automatic font categorization via Veenix’s GlyphLogicEngine smart font technology. The new version features an innovative new approach to font organization which sorts fonts by energy and ranks them using an associative color, making it easy to index fonts of similar weights and more. So you want to connect your new Apple computer equipped with Mini DisplayPort to a flat panel display using HDMI, DVI or DisplayPort? Gefen makes it easy with three new Mini Display Port Adapters. In addition to providing a simple signal adaptation, all three are packaged as cable solutions, offering a flexible, plug and play method to send high resolution video from computer to display. iPhone/iPod/iPad Mindwarm Incorporated has released Swip 3.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch users looking for a faster, easier way to share contact information.

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Section: Software + Apps , Miscellaneous , Third-Party , iPod + iTunes , iPod touch , iPod Accessories , Cases , iPhone , iPhone , iPhone SDK & Apps , Mac + Computers , Software Macintosh and iPhone/iPod updates and announcements for November 19, 2009: Macintosh TheMacBundles has begun a 2-week survey of the users visiting its website so that it can gather additional feedback about the software users are most interested in. This feedback will be utilized when planning future bundles. Each week the users that choose to complete the brief survey automatically will be entered into a weekly drawing to receive a free copy of the following month’s bundle. Xeric Design has announced EarthDesk 5.1.1 , an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map for Mac OS X. EarthDesk 5 was entirely rewritten in Cocoa, adds many new features and is compatible with both Leopard and Snow Leopard. Version 5.1.1 fixes a stubborn bug that caused partially downloaded cloud images to be displayed, resulting in a milky white area across the bottom portion of the map. Apimac has announced Compress Files 5.0 , their compression tool for Mac OS X. Compress Files enable Mac users to create Zip compressed and encrypted files; XAR archive files, 7zip and 7zip crypted archives, TAR archives; Gzip compressed archives; Bzip2 compressed archives and compressed and encrypted disk images. The new release primarily adds Mac OS X Snow Leopard Services support letting user access via Services menu to compress and archive commands associated with files and folders. BKeeney Software has announced Task Timer 4.2.5 , an update to their time management software for Mac OS X and Windows. Task Timer is an easy-to-use project management tool that tracks time spent on an unlimited number of projects and tasks down to the minute. Version 4.2.5 is a maintenance release for improved performance and increased functionality. The dock and status menus are now hierarchical for Mac OS X users. Uncomplex gmbh today released Mailplane 2.1 , their popular Google Mail client for Mac OS X

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iTunes 9’s Home Sharing lets you drag-and-drop content between up to five computers on your home network after you tie each to your iTunes Store account. SuperSync obliterates Home Sharing’s limitations, letting you sync and share music and videos between as many machines as you like, either over the local network or the wide-open Internet. That’s its main draw. But it can also restore media from an iPod and export items to an external drive or directory to keep your library backed up. You could keep your whole collection on a NAS drive and use SuperSync to download content to your local machine for syncing to an iPod. And its built-in Web server and TiVo Media Server let you access your MP3s from a Web browser, an iPhone, and your TV. SuperSync is like iTunes’ own sharing, but without any of the pesky rules and limits. SuperSync is easy to set up. The symbol-heavy, color-coded interface can be confusing at first, but the thorough documentation helps and everything’s tweakable. At any time, the app can be connected to a local library and a remote library, then you can compare the two libraries, so you can decide what to sync. The options are extensive but simple to manage by unchecking boxes to filter out certain file types, duplicates, items missing metadata, and more. Or you can use the browser menus to only sync specific genres, artists, and albums. SuperSync will only sync to other Mac or Windows computers running SuperSync, so you need a separate license code for each, but multipacks are affordable, and you get free updates for life. Transfer speed depends on your network connection, but we synced a 20GB music library to a new laptop over a local 802.11n Wi-Fi network in just under an hour. Syncing over the Internet requires forwarding the ports on your router, but if your router is UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) compliant, SuperSync can attempt to forward the ports for you.

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Section: Software + Apps , Developer , Third-Party , iPod + iTunes , iPod touch , iPhone , iPhone , iPhone SDK & Apps , Mac + Computers , Software Macintosh and iPhone/iPod updates and announcements for June 24-25, 2009: Macintosh Veenix Technologies has announced a special summer software bundle for its highly acclaimed TypeBook Creator software for Mac OS X. Purchasers of the Studio Version or Corporate Version of TypeBook Creator will receive a free copy of Veenix Font Tools, font management tools featuring a unique fast-font-previewing system. Veenix TypeBook Creator was developed for Mac graphic professionals and allows them to easily create and print type specimen books and font sample sheets of their fonts. Zevrix Solutions has announced the release of Instant Backup 1.6 , an update to its simple solution to securely back up selected data on-line and locally. Instant Backup is designed to back up the most valuable and sensitive projects just when you need it, to ensure they’re always extra safe. And FTP backup assures that the data won’t be lost in the case of theft, fire or flood. The new version allows users to process data without creating the compressed disk image. Boxee has announced users can now watch live baseball games with MLB.TV Premium on boxee.  MLB.TV Premium, MLB.com’s online streaming service for baseball fans, delivers high quality video streams of live games and premium features like DVR functionality and HD Video (where available.)  This addition brings live sports content to our rich content platform

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Macintosh/iPhone software update roundup – June 24-25, 2009

I recently switched from my iPhone to a BlackBerry. A few weeks after the transition, I have discovered my likes and dislikes between phones, and by far the most frustrating difference is the “syncing with computer” feature. An iPhone is literally plug and play, whereas a BlackBerry requires tons of configuration, even for the simplest tasks. Below I have roughly outlined how to send files between your BlackBerry and computer via Bluetooth. Pair BlackBerry to your computer On your BlackBerry, turn on Bluetooth. From your manage connections menu on your BlackBerry select “Set up Bluetooth.” Click the menu button and select “Options.” Next to discoverable, select “Yes.” On your Mac, launch System Preferences (Applications → System Preferences). Under the “Hardware” section click on the “Bluetooth” icon. Make sure Bluetooth is turned on. Click the “Set up New Device” icon in the middle of the Bluetooth window. (If you already have a device set up, click the plus arrow in the device column.) The setup wizard will pop up

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How-To: Transfer Files Between Your Blackberry & OS X Via Bluetooth

Welcome iHome: doors recently opened on a solar-powered, energy efficient prefab house that creators hope has the design cachet of Apple products. Miles away from the usual trailer park digs, the homes feature v-shaped rooflines, bamboo floors and rooftop decks. The name’s a hat tip to Apple — much like the iApartment building or the iHotel we’ve written about before. “We love what it represents,” Kevin Clayton of Clayton Homes told the AP . “We are fans of Apple and all that they have done. But the ‘I’ stands for innovation, inspiration, intelligence and integration.” The recession-friendly iHouse goes for $100 to $130 a square foot, depending on extras in what’s billed as “a moderately-priced plug and play dwelling” for the eco-conscious.  The ribbon was cut on the iHouse in the US a few days ago at the annual shareholders’ meeting of investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire-Hathaway Inc. in Omaha, Neb. Via AP This article is copyright Cultomedia Corp .

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iHouse: Mobile Digs for the Recession

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Peripherals , Wireless , Cult of Mac , iTunes , Apple This morning when my alarm clock went off (playing some Harold Budd ) I was reminded how things have changed over the years for Mac users. My alarm clock is a Logitech Squeezebox Boom , a well reviewed product that will wirelessly stream your iTunes playlists, give you access to thousands of internet radio stations, wakes you up, puts you to sleep, and does it with good quality audio. It’s basically a Squeezebox with speakers in a clock radio form factor. It has an extensive feature set, and like other Squeezebox products, can be controlled or re-programmed from Safari or Firefox from anywhere in my house. Not too many years ago, a cool new product would come out, and the chances of it working with a Mac was pretty slim. In the mid nineties, when Michael Spindler, Gil Amelio and friends just about destroyed Apple, we Mac owners were pretty much on our own. Now, companies are falling all over themselves to make nice with Macs, iPods and iPhones. Walk into any electronics store, or even a department store, and marvel at the gaggle of products that boast about how compatible they are with Apple. Long time owners of Macs will remember those dark days when nothing mated to an Apple product other than a SCSI drive. While new owners of Apple products take this interoperability for granted, it wasn’t always that way.

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The bright side of owning a Mac