Archive for April, 2009

Quicktime X brings native screen recording to 10.6

By Luke On Apr 24, 2009 Apple | Rumor 0 No Comments Tags: ,

“People familiar with the latest betas of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard have been reporting over the past several weeks the addition of a ‘Screen recording’ option in the File menu of the new Quick Time X Player due to ship with the OS overhaul later this summer.”
“When selecting the screen recording option under recent pre-release distributions of Snow Leopard, a recording interface prompts the user to begin a video capture then disappears. A small footprint controller in the upper-right hand side of the Mac OS X menubar can be used to end the video capture.”

Via Appleinsider.

I just keep on getting more and more excitied for 10.6. Check back often for news and reviews covering everything Apple.

flickery 1.1

By Luke On Apr 23, 2009 Apple | Software/Freeware 0 No Comments

flickeryflickery is a unique desktop flickr client for Mac OS X 10.5 which combines the flickr photo-community with the ease-of-use and elegance of Mac OS X.

    With flickery, you can easily upload photos to your flickr photostream (you can even take pictures right inside the application with your built-in iSight or screenshots of your desktop), organize photos in photosets and groups, browse your Favorites and add to them, check out the gorgeous photos available in “Explore”, take a look at your contacts’ photos, their photosets and favorites. flickery even features basic photo editing capabilities like resizing, cropping, rotating or running filters on them

      flickery 1.1 features sharing of photos through iChat Theater and Twitter, interface- and speed-improvements and lots of bug fixes.

        Requires OS X 10.5

          Get the 15 day free trial here. ($19.20 to purchase)

            OLED goodness to grace MacBook Pro at WWDC?

            By Luke On Apr 23, 2009 Apple | Rumor 0 No Comments Tags: , ,

            “An LG staffer has made the very bold claim that 15in Apple notebooks equipped with OLED displays will appear within months… the mole added that once Apple’s unveiled its 15in OLED notebook, LG will then launch its own standalone 15in OLED panels later in the year.”

            An interesting rumor to say the least. Would it be plausible to have this as a BTO option, or would we simply see this implemented in Apples higher end models?

            You can find the original article here. 9to5mac

            The BT-1. A Wireless Webcam for your Mac.

            By Luke On Apr 17, 2009 Apple | Gadgets 0 No Comments Tags: ,

            bt1_largephotoThe BT-1 is a Bluetooth Webcam produced by Ecamm and marketed towards mac users. It offers native H.264 video streaming and AAC audio, Two great codecs which should hopefully compensate for its lackluster 640×480 resolution. (Really? 640×480? maybe I’m missing something, and maybe it has something to do with streaming rate limitations from using Bluetooth (300KBps), but 640×480 seems a little out of date.)

              Other then the relatively low video resolution, the BT-1 does have a few nice features. The thing itself can run for 4 hours before needing to be plugged in again for recharging. I don’t know anyone who would wanna video chat longer then that anyways.

                It also comes with a nice mini-tripod that makes it easy to setup just about anywhere.

                  While I still can’t exactly think of a situation where a wireless webcam would be overly useful, I’m sure it serves its purpose well.

                  Purchase and find more details here.

                    Do you have a great idea for using this wireless webcam? Let us know in the comments below!

                      Enable streaming of HD Web Content in Front Row.

                      By Luke On Apr 16, 2009 Apple 0 No Comments Tags: , , , ,

                      logoFront Row alone is a great app, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement.
                      Let me tell you a little bit about a nice open source piece of code called understudy.

                        Understudy is a free add-on that allows OS X’s Front Row to access HD Streaming content via the web.
                        It’s still early in development but Understudy already supports Netflix and to some degree, Hulu.

                          As the developer states. it’s still a work in progress. But for those of you with a Netflix account, a definitely recommend you give it a try.

                            Download and find more details here.

                              Because everything you do is important…

                              By Luke On Apr 6, 2009 Apple | Gadgets | Hardware 0 No Comments Tags: , ,

                              4-06-09tcThe 2TB Time Capsule from Apple. Leaving no bits or bytes unbacked up.

                                Rumor has it the it’s in the works, a 2TB version of Apple’s ever so useful Time Capsule. I don’t know about you, but if actually did important work I would be super ecstatic about this. 2TB, double what Apple currently offers, is enough for serious digital professionals to actually utilize. The higher capacity device also extends its abilities to backup multiple machines. This new 2TB model is actually a great investment for small companies looking to centralize and backup their important data.

                                  No word on pricing or date of inception yet but you can find the full story over at engadget.com

                                  In case you lived under a rock last month

                                  By Luke On Apr 1, 2009 Apple 0 No Comments Tags: , , , ,

                                  skype_1Here is what popped up in the Apple-sphere during the month of March.

                                      Here is whats in the works for April.playerindexstreaming2005042

                                        • Web Based Photo editor round-up.
                                        • Unique Mac Apps
                                        • Core i7 MacBook Pro?

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