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miss in all the hubbub about Wednesday’sPower Mac G5 announcementis that these new Power Mac G5s will be the first to contain an upgraded Setup Assistant diligence that will remove your file and druthers from your old Mac to your fresh one , reducing one of the openhanded hassles that comes with moving to a young Mac . Of course , back in the twenty-four hours of Mac O 9 you could just climb up one Mac ’s hard drive on the other ’s screen background and copy all the file over ....

For an innovative troupe that always seems to be make the future ’s engineering science today , Apple is very focused on the present . Talk to an Apple congressman about where the party is headed in the time to come , and they wo n’t say a word . That ’s because Apple wish to make a big splash with surprising new Cartesian product — like , say , AirPort Express — and does n’t want to spoil things by talking up forthcoming engineering before they ’re ready to be roll out in a marketing blitz ....

Today AppleannouncedAirPort Express , a product that bring off in true Apple style to be about a half - dozen ideas roll together into one small livid plastic box seat . Looking weirdly like an Apple power brick ( it appraise less than 4 - by-3 - by 1 inches , and weighs less than 7 ounces ) , the $ 129AirPort Expressis an AirPort Base Station , a wireless relay race , a wireless bridge , a music banner for stereo system and powered loudspeaker system , a wireless print waiter , and an answer to the petition of PowerBook - sum up concern traveller ....

I spent a little second of time with Greg Joswiak , Apple ’s Vice President of Hardware Product Marketing , speak about how the unexampled AirPort Express works , especially the new AirTunes audio feature . basically , AirTunes is a method of create outback speakers for a transcript of iTunes , and sending data point to those removed speakers via a wireless internet . That internet can be formed by tie in an AirPort Express to another AirPort Express , to an AirPort Extreme Base Station , or even to a non - apple 802....

Thanks to iTunes and the iPod , music has become an integral part of the Mac lifetime . Those two products have helped preempt the slews of CDs most of us have been amassing for the preceding 15 long time . The benefits are clear . Digital euphony files take up very little computer memory space on your Mac ; allow you to explore , categorise , and take on your music in newfangled and exciting ways ; and are portable ....

Utilities — Backup Clone’X($50 ) , from Tri / Edre ( www.tri-edre.com ): This miserable trivial backup utility does only damage ( October 2003 ) . DV Backup 1.1($45 ) , from coolatoola ( www.coolatoola.com ): This apt shareware cab lets you back up computer file to a domestic DV or Digital8 camcorder through your Firewire port ( November 2003 ) . Utilities — Communication 24U Email OSAX 2.2($17 ) , from 24U ( www....

3-D Software Carrara Studio 3($399 ) , from Eovia ( www.eovia.com ): Carrara Studio 3 is an exceptional value , and its fresh feature , particularly in interpretation and modeling , make the midlevel 3 - D program quicker and more sophisticated ( March 2004 ) . ImageModeler 3.5($750 ) , from Realviz ( www.realviz.com ): This fun tool for making 3 - five hundred models from photographs may be pricey for hobbyists ....

Displays — LCD Cinema Display($1,299 ) , from Apple Computer ( www.apple.com ): This 20 - inch flat - jury proctor manages to maintain consistent color no matter what your advantage point is . If your Mac has an Apple Display Connector , you ’ll be happy with this exhibit ( August 2003 ) . CinemaLift($369 ) , from Innovative Office Products ( www.lcdarms.com ): This clever product allows you to freeze your LCD screen above your background ....

Graphics — Consumer EasyShare 3.0(free ) , from Kodak ( www.kodak.com ): The best lineament of this solid option to iPhoto is its tight desegregation with Kodak ’s Ofoto WWW site . Still , EasyShare ’s unfitness to easily create slide shows and its unfitness to integrate with Mac OS X ’s build - in screen saver give iPhoto the edge ( November 2003 ) . iView Media($30 ) , from iView Multimedia ( www....

Input Devices — Keyboards rfkey($69 ) , from Macally ( www.macally.com ): The rfkey wireless keyboard comes with light - to - use computer software , but it ’s prostrate to interference with its companion mouse . Plus the keyboard and mouse require disjoined base post ( March 2004 ) . Wireless Keyboard($69 ) , from Apple Computer ( www.apple.com ): This wireless keyboard had the longest effective range of the model we tested , chiefly because it uses Bluetooth ....

USB Instant DVD($229 ) , from ADS Technologies ( www.adstech.com ): This ironware - software combination is a good alternative for Mac user who have the videodisc itch but do n’t have Apple ’s iDVD or DVD Studio Pro . With some software advance , this will be a real success ( June 2003 ) . Multimedia Software Director MX($1,199 ) , from Macromedia ( www.macromedia.com ): Director MX is an excellent upgrade for be Director users , though it is n’t a revolutionary release in damage of fresh feature ....

In any effect , I ’m starting to wonder if I ’m receiving secluded psychic content from Steve Jobs via my iPod . Apple ’s iTunes declaration came just five day after I suggested that the company integrate lossless audio compression in iTunes and the iPod . Kooky ! Two and a one-half month ago , I groused about missing iTunes feature of speech and was joined by an avalanche of reaction fromMacworldreaders wish you ....

I am a pathologic saver of stuff . Not that I want to be a pack rat ; I really would favour if my life was uninfected , ordered , and dim-witted — sort of like an Ikea catalog . But I ca n’t be , mostly because of thecertainknowledge that if I were to cast out something out , I would inevitablyrue the day . That ’s because , eventually , you always need the thing you fling ....