Apple has released the Take 2 update for the Apple TV today without much fanfare. This has been eagerly anticipated since it’s mention at MacWorld. You can update your AppleTV through the device itself. Please leave comments and thoughts on your experience with the new software below!
Apple has announced the release of Aperture 2. This comes as an unexpected suprise to the TweakOSX team. Aperture is our favorite photo management software and is extremely powerful and easy to use for photo correction. The release adds over 100 new features, many which we have been hoping would appear in Aperture. Too many to list here, they include Highlight Recovery, Definition, Vibrancy, and Vignette image tools, a new UI, 50 new tutorials, and many more. To find out whats new, check out the new features page at apple. If you purchased recently (between Jan. 1, 2008 and Mar. 14, 2008), there is a small upgrade fee of $9.95, for everyone else, the price now stands at $199, thanks Apple!
Gadget blog Gear Live is reporting today that Flash for the iPhone is just around the corner. This would be very big news and quite exciting. Their recent rumor track record has been very good accurately predicting the jiggly icons in the latest iPhone software update. Here is a snippet of what they are saying. Be sure to visit them for the full story.
Gear Live wrote:
Flash on iPhone is just around the corner
We’ve been waiting for Flash support to hit the iPhone ever since…well…it launched. We’ve had to make do without Flash for almost eight months, and YouTube even had to convert a bunch of their catalog to H.264 in order for the service to be enjoyed on the iPhone. Well, we’ve just got word from a reliable source that Flash support is on its way to the iPhone, and it should be coming very, very soon. Speculating a bit further on our own, we are guessing that it would be pretty convenient for Flash support to be introduced alongside the iPhone SDK, wouldn’t you say?
Apple has released the newest update for Leopard afternoon. It weighs in at a large 180MB and includes quite a list of improvements! It is available with the software update.
The 10.5.2 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307109.
For detailed information on security updates, please visit this website: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798.
This update includes updates and improvements Airport, Back to My Mac, Dock, Desktop, iSync, RAW Image, Safari, Time Machine, and many more!
Big news today from News Gator. Our all time favorite RSS reader for the Mac, NetNewsWire, is now free. If you have not tried out NetNewsWire in the past due to its cost, now is your chance. This is, in our opinion, one of the must have Mac applications. Download it today! Oh and did we mention, you now get the News Gator Online account which syncs with NetNewsWire for free as well.
Free, open-source chat client Adium has released a new version complete with a large assortment of bug-fixes and new features. Adium happens to be one of our all time favorite programs here at TweakOSX. Be sure to dowload and install this one!
Along with Quick Look, the new Leopard feature I use most is the built in Screen Sharing. Screen Sharing is accessible in Leopard through several different paths including iChat and Finder. My favorite way, however, is to access the System/Library/Core Services folder, and drag a shortcut to Screen Sharing down to my Dock.
Rumors are swirling today about a pending launch of an “Ultra-Portable” Notebook at Macworld in January. This rumor is gaining traction on news that Apple has placed a massive order for 13inch LED backlight units. Read more at MacRumors .
A German court has overturned the temporary injunction issued against T-Mobile requiring it to sell unlocked iPhones in Germany. Engadget has the story.
Apple has also launched a new Mac and PC Guy ad entitled “Misprint” in which the PC Guy asks how a Mac could be the fastest Vista notebook tested this year. The ad is great, however I do find it amusing that the latest online ad featured the “give up vista” tagline and now this ad promotes the Mac’s ability to run Vista. View it at YouTube.
Quick Look has quickly become one of my favorite additions to OS X in Leopard. If you are like me, you find yourself scrolling through directories and using the space bar quite often. I even find myself watching movies and listening to songs using Quick Look. One of the best things Apple did in designing Quick Look, was to make it easily expandable through extensions. Read the rest of this entry »
After using Leopard for the past week and resisting the urge to “play”, I finally gave in and began messing with some of my Dock settings. These leopard tweaks and hints have appeared several places and this is our experience with them.
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