Mac Gems: Instacast for Mac makes listening to podcasts a pleasure

Our Verdict I never though I ’d say this when I first listened to a podcast , many years ago , but Ilovepodcasts . Each week I listen to a dozen or so different shows , some produced by acquaintance , and others by celebrities of various bore . Apple offers a couple apps that are supposed to make it easy to listen to podcasts : iTunes on the background , and the appropriately - namedPodcastson iOS ....

July 5, 2013 · 5 min · 920 words · Laurie Patel

Bugs & Fixes: Fixing AirPort Utility 6.3 problems

Recently , my AirPort web pip a major snag . While my independent Base Station carry on to run properly , AirPort Utility ( on my Mac and iPad ) indicated that my three subsidiary AirPort gimmick had cut down off the web ( see figure above ) . select any of the equipment in the bottom row resulted in a “ equipment not observe ” error . substantiate that these AirPort gimmick were indeed MIA , none of my wireless devices ( iPhone , iPad , MacBook Pro ) would link to them ....

July 4, 2013 · 3 min · 594 words · Jamie Fisher

Adobe Edge CC review

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Should you give a monthly subscription to apply these tools ? Unless you need the animation features of Edge Animate , I would find the toll hard to warrant – specially when alike features can be encounter in Robert William Service like Typecast and Gridset . For more experienced team , I ’m not sure how useful these tools are when simple-minded puppet may do – one should n’t pretermit the power of penitentiary and paper ....

July 3, 2013 · 6 min · 1157 words · Bradley Spence

Remains of the Day: After a fashion

Apple bring in a eminent - style expert , one university ’s not on such near term with Cupertino , and sorry , that ’s not really your telephone set vibrating . Remember : Do n’t wear the remainders for Wednesday , July 3 , 2013 after Labor Day . Apple Hires Yves St Laurent CEO for Special Projects(Bloomberg ) Apple ’s latest executive hire has an interesting background : He ’s the former CEO of fashion house Yves Saint Laurent ....

July 3, 2013 · 2 min · 333 words · Lindsey Diaz

Apple’s 802.11ac Wi-Fi problems: They’re for real

As first report byAnandtech ’s Anand Lal Shimpi , the newMacBook Air , which is outfitted with an 802.11ac Wi - Fi adapter , is radically dense when it get to remove real - world files over a wireless link . In my own testing , I clocked the file - transfer throughput at a meagerly 140 mbps at nigh range ( eight feet tell apart the router and guest ) while copying a 10 GB ingathering of small files from a new MacBook Air to an old MacBook Pro on the same web ( both political machine were outfit with SSDs ) ....

June 26, 2013 · 2 min · 385 words · Donna Haas

Bugs & Fixes: Users report Internet loss with new MacBook Airs

Apple ’s latestupdates to its MacBook Air laptopshave been getting rave reviews for their incredible battery biography : the 13 - in model clocks more than 12 hours on a undivided charge . Unfortunately , these novel Airs have also been getting some undesirable attention for a potential Internet connector failure . In particular , numerous users describe that their cyberspace connection dangle out within minutes of them catch on-line ....

June 21, 2013 · 3 min · 547 words · Jordan Ward

After closing arguments, Apple’s fate in e-book antitrust case goes to judge

“ parole game , ” an “ vaulting narrative ” and a “ case of inference ” were a few choice phrases used by lawyer Orin Snyder Thursday in close arguments for Apple in the U.S. Department of Justice ’s antitrust , ebooks Leontyne Price fixing case against the tech giant . The DOJ brought the case against Apple and five of the largest book publisher in the U.S. forallegedly conspiring to confine price competition and heighten price in the ebook marketin 2010 in an effort to intercept Amazon from price their substantially - selling electronic Holy Scripture at $ 9....

June 20, 2013 · 11 min · 2226 words · Mr. Michael Kelly

Premiere Pro CC review

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict . With Apple ’s Final Cut Pro move its own way , with a sleek and modern port , and Avid ’s curmudgeonly Media Composer still holding sway over traditional video editors , it was always give out to be interesting to see which way Premiere Pro went with the young Creative Cloud version . So , back to the original dubiousness , and Premiere has scuffle somewhat towards Media Composer ....

June 19, 2013 · 5 min · 880 words · Jeanne Ramirez

Dreamweaver CC review

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Dreamweaver CC , then , is the next version of Dreamweaver , which is neither literary criticism nor compliment – more a statement of fact . For those wedded to the app , it ’s a no - brainer upgrade , even if there ’s hardly a surfeit of new features . It ’s also a sinewy tool for work on sites created with the program itself , as you ’d expect ....

June 18, 2013 · 5 min · 927 words · Ronald Allen

Illustrator CC review

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict integrate these putz with Illustrator CC ’s integrating with Typekit and Behance could really ameliorate your workflow , and open up more originative doors . I ’m sold on it . Ben The Illustratorputs the brand new interpretation of his namesake putz through its pace . Being new to Creative Cloud , I was interested to see what Illustrator CC had to offer , and I was n’t let down ....

June 18, 2013 · 3 min · 485 words · Rachel Zimmerman

Photoshop CC review

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Unlike CS6 , where a lot of the supposed new feature film were n’t that just , this cubic centimeter release has plenty to get your teeth into . There ’s something for everyone , but the real star is the Camera Shake Reduction filter . The improvements to the 3D engine are also celebrated . finally it ’s all go to look on whether you buy into the Creative Cloud , software - leasing model or set out looking for alternatives ....

June 18, 2013 · 6 min · 1259 words · Amanda Lucero

Speck FitFolio and CandyShell for iPad mini reviews: Two cases with a lot of style

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict If you ’re bet for a fun folio cause at a becoming price , this is it . If you get yourself with a brand young iPad mini , one of the first thing you ’ll want to get is a case to keep it safe . dependable , all of the options can be a bit consuming , but Speck ’s lineup is a keen home to initiate if you ’re a little stuck ....

June 18, 2013 · 5 min · 1045 words · Jesse Stephens

Adobe releases Creative Cloud into the wild

Adobe has released its long - look and extremely controversialCreative Cloudsuite of practical software for both longtime professional devotee and the newcomers it hopes to attract . Having historically operated on an upgrade schedule of every 12 to 16 months , Adobe is now release unexampled subscription - only version of its flagship Photoshop simulacrum - editing program — calledPhotoshop CC(for Creative Cloud)—along with more than a 12 of its other creative apps ....

June 17, 2013 · 12 min · 2551 words · Emily Cook