Pages ’08

Apple ’s new Pages ’ 08 is a very honest word processing and page layout program with dozens of novel feature and enhancement that make the program easier to apply and which are probable to make Pages the only word processing and Sir Frederick Handley Page layout program most people will ever need . But , it is still missing key features — such as a undecomposed chain mail - merge pecker — and has one bug that may prevent you from taking the Pages dip ....

August 16, 2007 · 5 min · 1031 words · Justin Robbins

Review: Chestnut Hill Sound George

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict UPDATE : Ten days after this review was published , Chestnut Hill Sound lowered the price of the George from $ 549 to $ 499 ; the company also announced a promotion that includes the $ 50 remote - charging stand . We ’ve been looking forward to reviewing Chestnut Hill Sound ’s $ 549Georgesince we give a prototype one of our Best of Show awarding at January ’s Macworld Expo ....

August 16, 2007 · 23 min · 4741 words · Valerie Carr

Sleeves in Brief: Leather jackets, real and faux

All hebdomad , I ’ve been talk about laptopsleeves — compact cases designed to hold just a laptop computer , for protection when carrying the laptop by itself or when amaze it inside a larger bag or a suitcase . On Monday , I wrote about a number of soft sleeve and strong shells that we had n’t antecedently had a chance to cover . Wednesday bring some rigid cases that offer telling protection ....

August 16, 2007 · 8 min · 1492 words · Margaret Macdonald

Dockables 1.0.5

AppleScript experts , move along ; there ’s nothing to see here . Please come back Monday for the next exciting installment of Mac Gems . OK , now that the AppleScript geeks are blend , I can tell you about CocoaApp’sDockables 1.0.5 (; destitute ) , one of the simplest gem I ’ve cover . Dockables is just a set of one - trick - jigger applications , each of which performs a simple job ....

August 15, 2007 · 4 min · 674 words · Hannah Ashley

Beef up security

The truth has finally come out : I ’m not much of a sports sports fan . So this week , when a colleague invited me to enter in a fantasy football conference , I had to correct on the base ofcomplete ignorance . Unless we ’re talking aboutgadget news — the sport of B. B. King — I’m about as utilitarian as a Bluetooth microprocessor chip on a toaster oven ....

August 14, 2007 · 5 min · 999 words · Pamela Clark

Cider gains use as a game piracy tool

TransGaming’sCider technology has been twisted to be used as a room to have gamers act pirated personal computer game illegally on their mackintosh , according to reports . TransGaming articulate it ’s aware of the problem and hope that the issue will continue isolated . cyder is a way of bringing games to new Intel - based Mac . harmonise to TransGaming CEO Vikas Gupta , it encapsulates a Windows game double star and act as a displacement level to Mac OS X....

August 14, 2007 · 3 min · 528 words · Louis Frazier

First Look: First Look: iWeb ’08

iWeb ’ 08 is the hub for your online life , provide you with a one click option for publishing all of your medium to the cyberspace . you may always institutionalise photos , moving-picture show , and music through e - mail , but with files receive larger , this will just end up clog e - chain armour accounts resulting in your supporter and family engender those annoying “ Your account is over its limit ” message ....

August 14, 2007 · 5 min · 1046 words · Nicole Aguilar

First Look: From the Lab: Core 2 Duo Mac mini tests

Apple updated its Mac mini desktop offer a little more than a week ago to very little fanfare . Maybe the society should have made a bigger deal about the new miniskirt — thanks to immobile Core 2 pair processors , the latest minis understandably out - execute their Intel - based predecessor . Unlike the fresh iMacs , the latest minis have n’t change in any way on the surface ....

August 14, 2007 · 6 min · 1262 words · Rachel Haynes

Intuit: Reports of Quicken’s Mac death exaggerated

The Macintosh variation ofQuickenis alive and well , accord to Intuit voice Jodi Reinman . Reinman refute reports floating on the entanglement that Quicken for Mac has been cancelled , in a telephone audience withMacworldon Wednesday . Reinman toldMacworldthat that ’s not the case , and that Quicken for the Mac is alive and well for the 2008 time of year , though it ’ll be a while longer before Mac substance abuser hear about what the pop personal fiscal management software system has up its sleeve for the new class ....

August 14, 2007 · 2 min · 336 words · Tracy Romero

Sleeves in Brief: Rigid cases

This calendar week ’s Mobile Mac Weblog paper issleeves — broadly defined as a compact showcase design to hold just a laptop , either for protection when carry the laptop around by itself , or for throwing the notebook inside a larger bag or a grip . ( Although some sleeves screw a number , give you elbow room to store a few document , or even a few low accessary ....

August 14, 2007 · 5 min · 952 words · Nicole Murphy

First Look: First Look: iMovie ’08

Take what you know about iMovie , put it into an fanciful box , and store that box in a recess of your brain for now . When Steve Jobs unveiled iLife ’ 08 and mentioned that Apple is “ entirely replacing one of the key apps with something that take it to a whole new level , ” he was n’t exaggerating.iMovie ’ 08is a completely new video editing course of study that just happens to have inherit the iMovie name ....

August 13, 2007 · 12 min · 2547 words · Christopher Randall

Paper sources

There are many large and small party that offer excellent papers for your exposure inkjet pressman . Here are a few of my favorites ( remember to look into their Web internet site for downloadable ICC profile for your pressman ): Crane & Co. : Crane ’s Museo billet of fine art and fiber - found medium is among the in force I ’ve used . I love their Museo and Museo Max report , and they ’ve recently preface an ultrasmooth okay - prowess paper , Museo Portfolio Rag , that ranks up there in character with Hahnemuehle ’s Photo Rag line ....

August 13, 2007 · 5 min · 948 words · Scott Smith

20- and 24-inch Aluminum iMacs

Let ’s front it — the iMac , Apple ’s flagship consumer desktop model , was long overdue for a facelift . The sparse - display - on - a - solid - pes design first arrived on the aspect in August 2004 as the iMac G5 , and survived through the Intel transition ( the iMac was Apple ’s first Intel - based system ) in January 2006 . Sure , Apple has made some major improvements inside , but it ’s beenthree yearssince the iMac has set about any cosmetic enhancements ....

August 12, 2007 · 17 min · 3572 words · Luis Stark