iLife, Aperture and Camera RAW gets updated
Both iLife and Camera RAW have gotten updates to them. In terms of iLife, the updates will improve stability for the Media Browser and iPhoto slideshows and offers compatibility with the new Aperture 3 and the Media Browser.
Speaking of Aperture, Apple has already pushed out the first update to Aperture 3, addressing an issue affecting the playback of video clips used in Aperture 3 slideshows on Snow Leopard.
Also Camera RAW is getting an update with support for the following cameras:
- Canon PowerShot S90
- Canon sRAW
- Canon mRAW
- Leica D-LUX 4
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3
All updates are accessible from Software Update.
OS X Tip: Reveal App Location in Finder
A quick OS X tip for you all today. If you command-click on any application in the dock, it will open Finder and take you right to the location of the app on your hard drive.
Appthrough #35: TweetDeck
In this weeks Appthrough we take a look at the social media application, TweetDeck. It allows you to access your social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace, updating your status and having conversations through their systems. You can watch either the HD version or the low-res version below, or subscribe right in iTunes, either to the HD Feed or the iPhone/iPod Feed!
Aperture 3 “Takes Photo Editing Further”
Apple has released Aperture 3, the newest version of their professional photo editing software. There are over 200 new features in the new release, according to Apple, listing all of them on their website.
Some of the highlighted new features are the addition of both Faces (face recognition) and Places (mapping of geo-tagged photos) to Aperture. These were previously only available in iPhoto. Other big new features are brushes (allowing for local area adjustments), adjustment presets, a full-screen browser including more advanced slideshows.
You can get a free 30-day trial for Aperture 3 or go ahead and get it from the Apple Store. If you are a current Aperture user, you can get the upgrade for $99 and if you are a new user, Aperture 3 sells for $199.
Postbox e-mail app introducing version 1.1.1
The e-mail app Postbox, aiming to be in between Apple Mail and Microsoft Entourage in terms of features and style, released version 1.1.1 on Monday, adding in tighter OS X integration.
From within the app, you can now use Spotlight to search for your e-mail messages and attachments. You can also, by setting Postbox as your default email client, have it work two-way with iCal, brining over notifications and events. Of course the integration now also features a full integration with the built-in address book of Mac OS X and as a bonus, you can now create a new email message by just dragging a file on top of the dock icon.
Postbox is available for $39.95 from their website and will require Mac OS X 10.4 or later.