The fantastic At Bat is on sale (1)
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, iPhone, App Store, iPod touchWhen the App Store opened, I went nuts and downloaded a slew of apps. Two weeks later, I listed the 8 I decided to keep, including Major League Baseball's (MLB) At Bat [App Store link]. This week, At Bat has dropped in price from $4.99US to $2.99US.It's on sale because it will "expire" when the current season ends (Go, Sox!), meaning you'll have to purchase ...
First Look: Logbook for Mac (1)
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Filed under: Software, Internet, First LookIf you frequently use 37Signal's Backpack web software, then chances are you don't like having to open a new web browser tab/window each time you wish to update your Journal. Logbook hopes to ease your woes by updating your Backpack Journal directly from your Mac OS X Menu Bar. The application gives you a simple user interface with which you can update your status and add completed tasks. If you're ...
How to use Photoshop's Lens Blur tool for tilt-shift fakery (Part 1 of 2) - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (13)
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Filed under: Features, How-tos, Graphic Design We all know Photoshop is a powerful tool. In two tutorials, I'll take you through how to use Photoshop CS3's Lens Blur filter to do two things: today, we'll make images look like they were shot with a tilt-shift lens. Tomorrow, we'll create clipping masks for objects that aren't entirely in focus. Lens Blur gives the effect of a narrower depth of field, so some areas of your image ...
First Look: SousChef stores your recipes, allows Mac to cook (3)
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Filed under: Software, Reviews, First Look There are plenty of recipe applications for the Mac, and at first glance SousChef is like most of the others. However, it does have some fine-tuning and refinement that sets it apart from the pack. The thing I like most about SousChef is the ability to use your Mac to view recipes while cooking, without ever having to waste paper printing each individual recipe. This is accomplished through a ...
First Look: i. TV brings schedules, trailers to your iPhone (4)
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Filed under: iPhone, App StoreThere are a lot of App Store submissions and works-in-progress that trigger anticipatory drooling here at TUAW (Sling Mobile! Sling Mobile!), among them the program guide and movie finder i. TV; we first saw it a few weeks ago and I've been checking every day to see if it's shipped. Now you can download this free tool from the App Store and see for yourself what's so exciting. (The promo video ...
Andrew Serff shared as favorite Creating a ringtone using only iTunes (5)
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, How-tos, Tips and tricks, Odds and ends, Freeware, iTunes, iPhone Remember the days when getting a ringtone up on the iPhone was about as hard as, say, fixing the economy? There were all kinds of programs you had to mess around with, and sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't, and most of the time, it just wasn't worth the trouble. Cut ahead a year from those days of ...
Dream Capture 2.2 released (1)
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Filed under: Multimedia, Software, PodcastingThose of you who like to use your iSight cameras to record and upload video to YouTube or other video sharing Web sites will be happy to know that Dream Apps has released version 2.2 of Dream Capture.Dream Capture is designed especially for both internal and external iSight cameras, although it works with other cameras as well. The 2.2 release now features auto-focusing technology derived from Apple's Shake software, metadata support ...
Google Street View, emoji coming to iPhone 2.2? (2)
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Filed under: Rumors, iPhoneMacRumors hears news of some interesting new features that may see the light of day in the next iteration of iPhone firmware. The Maps application will apparently have support for Google Street View. It remains to be seen if the integration will be as impressive as that of Google Android, which used GPS compass data to dynamically change the street view depending on which way you're actually pointed. Also included is support ...
Judge won't dismiss Apple/AT&T suit (2)
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Filed under: Apple Corporate, iPhoneNorthern California District Judge James Ware rejected arguments for dismissal in a class-action case surrounding Apple and AT&T's exclusivity deal for the iPhone. The lawsuit alleges Apple unfairly maintains exclusivity with AT&T, preventing owners from unlocking and jailbreaking their handsets. It also argues that both companies disguised some post-sale costs of ownership. Ware dismissed Apple's and AT&T's requests for dismissal -- a normal, routine part of the lawsuit process -- ruling ...
Rumor: Apple has sold over 10 million iPhones (1)
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Rumors, Apple Financial, iPhoneAn effort by members of The Mac Observer's Apple Finance Board to track numbers of iPhones sold has led two analysts writing for AppleInsider to believe that Apple has already met its goal of selling 10 million iPhones in 2008.TMO's Apple Finance Board has been tracking International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers for new iPhone 3Gs since late June when shipments first began. This spreadsheet shows the ...
Mac 101: Take screenshot and copy to clipboard (3)
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Filed under: Mac 101Are you obsessed with taking photos using the built-in screenshot utility (or by pressing command + 3/4)? Chances are you might have a ton of files left over on your desktop after a long screenshot session. If you don't need the files piling up on your desktop and just want to paste a picture somewhere, pressing Control + Command + Shift + 3 for a full screenshot (or 4 for cross hair ...
This is your iPod on drugs, any questions? (1)
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Filed under: iPod Family, Odds and endsIf this is what Russian artists Aristarkh Chernyshev & Alexei Shulgin see when they look at their iPods every day, I would suggest a medication adjustment at the earliest opportunity. The sculpture version of a giant, warped iPod is fully functional, although you'd have to be relatively immune to eyestrain and vertigo if you wanted to use it on a regular basis.Do you have a favorite iPod or Mac-themed ...
Rumor: 9to5Mac says The Brick is 'a block of aluminum' (6)
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Filed under: Rumors, MacBookIn the ongoing saga of The Brick, the site that first speculated on the blocky code name for a rumored new Apple product now says it knows the meaning of the phrase. Seth Weintraub at 9to5mac has posted that 'The Brick' refers to a new manufacturing process that will carve MacBooks out of solid blocks of aluminum, creating laptops that are structurally superior to current products. While a laser-and-waterjet manufacturing line may ...
First Look: Grocery IQ for iPhone (18)
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Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touchSince most people travel everywhere with their iPhones, it is only fitting that an application would come along that would allow you to create a grocery list. Now if you want, you can shop in the store while listening to tunes and looking at your shopping list -- Grocery iQ [iTunes link] allows you to do this and more. To add an item to your list, just tap the ...
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Nico said:
das klingt durchaus hilfreich
Rumor: Nvidia-powered MacBooks on October 14th (9)
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, Rumors, Apple, MacBook TUAW is hearing from various sources that new MacBooks are right around the corner, and that they might even have some extra Nvidia power in them. A source tells us that Nvidia is showing off new MacBooks to their employees, and word is going around that the new versions will be released as soon as October 14th.Of course these are all rumors, so don't be surprised ...
Apple to show off THQ's De Blob at Apple Stores (2)
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Filed under: Gaming, Retail, Software, Odds and ends, Apple The good folks at THQ just dropped us a note that they've signed a pretty big deal with Apple -- their game, De Blob, which I played at E3 and previewed for Joystiq (and talked with the creator for TUAW), will be installed on in-store iPhones as a demo game. They say that the game's use of the accelerometer and solid 3D graphics (you use the ...
Blast from the Past: Lunatic Fringe (2)
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Filed under: Gaming, Software, Blast From the Past If you're a long-time Mac user, the words "After Dark" conjure memories of flying toasters, Star Trek, city lights, and -- my favorite -- Lunatic Fringe. Lunatic Fringe was a Maelstrom-like game built-in to After Dark, a screen saver utility for Mac and Windows popular in the early- to mid-90s. Fringe Player, from Sealie Software, is a app that brings Lunatic Fringe back to your new, Intel-based ...
Apple TV update 2.2 brings out the "Brick" (7)
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Filed under: Software Update, Apple TVSo, that was like a really bad, mean, and cruel joke. But it does seem that the recent Apple TV update is bricking some Apple TVs. According to the Apple Discussion board, some users cannot get past the boot video. If the update bricks your Apple TV, it's not the end of the world (well, it is if you cannot do the following steps). One discussion board reader reports that ...
Fring brings VoIP to iPhone (37)
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Filed under: iPhone, App StoreWe have all been waiting on an iPhone VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) solution, since we heard that Apple would allow VoIP application access while connected to WiFi. Fring has finally made our dream a reality -- and it's a reality that's available today!Fring is a new, free iPhone application that integrates with Fring's network and allows access to the following IM/presence services: Fring Skype AIM Yahoo Twitter ICQ MSN In ...
Techspansion closes, VisualHub discontinued (25)
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Filed under: Software There are plenty of Mac tools for video compression in the marketplace, ranging from Windows Media-oriented tools (Flip4Mac) to professional workflow builders (Sorenson Squeeze) to hardware-assisted H.264 crunchers (Elgato turbo.264). Few of these products, however, have hit the sweet spot of wide-ranging capability, quality output and extremely affordable pricing like VisualHub from Techspansion. For less than $25, you got Flash and WMV output that rivaled products 3x the price, plus easy conversion ...
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Rick Dillon said:
The problem with closed source software: the author decides it's no longer in his interest to code, and the entire community of users is suddenly left with an aging husk of a once-useful program with no option to pick up the source and continue the effort. Lame.
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Andrew said:
nnnnooooooooooooooo
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joel said:
this is THE best conversion app for the mac, and sadly, it's no longer under development :(
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Jeffrey Blais said:
I need a replacement app that can do everything visualhub can do. Suggestions Please. Also, anyone have the last *.dmg that was released?
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Schlomo Rabinowitz said:
This is bad news as VisualHub is one of the greatest pieces of video conversion software on the market. It's helped me waaay too many times through the last 4 yrs.
