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iDisc Streaming of Your iTunes Songs

There is a great deal of excitement happening in the Mac-space about iDisk streaming of your tunes.  Before you get too excited, read MacWorld’s take:

“In a nutshell, streaming media in the background with its MobileMe iDisk app is a marginally useful feature that Apple added (and mentioned) in July. But it isn’t quite time to break out the credit cards and bubbly in celebration of “iTunes in the cloud” yet.”

Here’s the post that started today’s discussion from MP3.com:

“This is not “iTunes in the cloud” but it is definitely moving the Cupertino company in that direction. First off there is no automated way to get all your iTunes music to your iDisk account. To load files to iDisk you have to select individual files and upload them from your browser. (Apple does let you sync Calendars, Contacts, Bookmarks, etc directly from OSX but excludes music files.) Secondly…

Kindle For Mac Now Available

Without much hype, becomes reality.  When?

Barnes & Noble Reader eReader Coming Soon

According to the famous book seller, iPad users will have access to over a million books and magazine titles.  Combined with the Kindle reader already fro the iPhone, and I have a feeling my Kindle and Sony readers are going to be gathering lots of dust.

Anyone want to buy a kindle, 1st or 2nd generation? 

Podcasting Project

Podcasting is a fun way to talk to a lot of people about things that interest you or about which you are an expert. This article is going to show you how to be up and running with your first podcast in just a few minutes! All you really need is your trusty Mac and a version of iLife – hopefully the latest version, iLife’09.

You’ll also need some kind of microphone, though you can use your built in mic if you are on a MacBook, iMac or a MacPro with a Mac monitor. You probably have a mic laying around the house that will work.

Aperture 3.01 update released, update on my iPhoto ‘09 migration

Over on our sister site ProVideo Coalition, Mike Curtis has a great article about his move to Aperture 3.  Here’s a taste:

Two things:

1.) Apple today released Aperture 3.0.1, addressing many of the issues I raised with version 3.0

2.) I’ve been busy on my iPhoto ‘09 to Aperture 3.0 upgrade saga, but did something incredibly dumb, losing me hundreds of hours of effort.

Executive brief: Apple today released Aperture 3.0.1 fixing many known issues (no guarantees/reports it fixes’em all), and I was stupid and deleted a crucial file, aka the critical and massive iPhoto Library I’d been working on. Remember, kids - your time is more valuable than the cost of yet another hard drive, and the 5 minutes it takes to set up a backup copy rolling before leaving for the night. Even for personal projects. Shut up. It was late. I was on the phone. I was busy. I wish I’d been drinking.

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MacWorld Expo SF 2010

MWSF 2010 is now over, the first MacWorld Expo without Apple’s participation. In short: the Expo was jam-packed with visitors, and the vendors I spoke with were very happy with the crowds. So everyone was happy? No so fast…

Apple Releases Aperture 3

CUPERTINO, California—February 9, 2010—Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Building on the innovative Faces and Places features introduced in iPhoto® ’09, Aperture 3 makes it even easier and faster to organize large photo libraries. Aperture 3 introduces new tools to refine your photos including Brushes for painting image adjustments onto parts of your photo, and Adjustment Presets for applying professional photo effects with just one click. Stunning new slideshows let you share your work by weaving together photos, audio, text and HD video.

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