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Posts Tagged ‘Mac’

iTunes 7: Apple’s Piss & Vinegar

By Emile • Sep 20th, 2006 • Category: General

I don’t like being quick to judge things (at least, not very often), but sometimes I just can’t help it. I’ve held off riding the deluge and tidal wave of bad blood towards iTunes new UI because I wanted to form my own opinion. But the kneejerk reaction was simple: I don’t like […]



Google Releases Google Video Player For Mac

By Emile • Jun 6th, 2006 • Category: General

It must have been announcement day over at the GooglePlex, but they released the Google Video player, which:

Watch videos downloaded from Google Video
Browse scenes within a video using thumbnails
Skip to anywhere in the video, even if that portion hasn’t downloaded yet
Sit back and watch videos in full screen mode
Resume video downloads automatically

The system requirements seem […]



Google’s SketchUp Now Free!

By Emile • Apr 27th, 2006 • Category: General

In a great and positive move, Google recently released a new and FREE version of SketchUp. The new application highlights some of the wonderful basic features of SketchUp and lets users build 3D models and render them in a sketch view, as well as add them to Google Earth. There remains a Pro […]



The Death Of Mac OS 9

By editor • Apr 21st, 2006 • Category: Entertainment, General

I remember this conference most especially for Steve Jobs line to the attending developers:
“It’s not dead for them [Mac users], but it is for you.”



v6: This is your iLife…

By Emile • Feb 6th, 2006 • Category: General

So after giving myself the time and space to play with iLife, I’m happy to say I’m impressed. It is a solid upgrade but one that will not be necessary for all users. There is something for everyone.
iPhoto
On my PoweBook G4, 1Ghz with 1g of RAM and a photo library of 7400 images […]



So I received iLife…

By Emile • Jan 12th, 2006 • Category: General

My thoughts on Apple’s venerable suite “…for the rest of your life” will be coming as the package arrived in the mail today. Without some decent reviews out yet, I’m looking to post my thoughts on it ASAP.
That being said, the installer initially couldn’t install because it needs 7.3GB of free space. Wha??? […]



Google Earth is officially released for Mac!!

By Emile • Jan 10th, 2006 • Category: General, Software, WWW

After a long, long wait, we Mac users can rejoice in the beauty that is Google Earth. Download it here.