Thursday, 30 June 2011
Podcast: Final Cut Pro X
Final Cut Pro pro Gary Adcock joins host Chris Breen to discuss all that is and isn't Final Cut Pro X.
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Mac OS X 10.6.8 Brings TRIM Support for Apple SSDs, Graphics Improvements [Updated]
Support for TRIM has been included in OS X Lion since its early developer builds, but Apple has apparently decided to push the feature out to Snow Leopard users as well. The new native TRIM support does appear to limited to stock Apple drives, as users who have installed third-party SSDs into their machines have reported that TRIM is not enabled by the update.
Mac OS X 10.6.8 also appears to have brought graphics improvements that have been most apparent to gamers. According to one set of benchmarks, Mac OS X 10.6.8 outperforms Mac OS X 10.6.7 in many measure of graphics performance, sometimes by a significant margin.
User reports in the MacRumors forums and the Steam forums similarly point to significant improvements in graphics performance under real-world conditions. A number of users has actually reported significant declines in graphics performance with Mac OS X 10.6.7, so improvements with the new Mac OS X 10.6.8 are certainly to be welcome.
Update: To clarify Apple's TRIM support, the new MacBook Pros released in February shipped with a special build of Mac OS X 10.6.6 that included TRIM support for Apple SSDs. But that TRIM support had not been extended to all SSD-configurable Macs until the release of Mac OS X 10.6.8 last week.
Update 2: A number of users of pre-"Late 2010" MacBook Air models have reported that Mac OS X 10.6.8 does not enable TRIM on their machines.
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Six tips for better fireworks photos
Everyone knows Independence Day fireworks are stunning in the sky, but capturing that glory in photographs can be tricky. Use these 6 simple tips to bring their pop to your prints.Source: http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=16cb6a5ce7ba6d80c5e62e031a75fbb6
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Apple's Asia-Pacific profits reportedly soaring
Apple might be growing in the US thanks to brisk sales of the MacBook Air and the expansion of the iPhone 4 to Verizon Wireless, but in Asia-Pacific, the Cupertino company is exploding. Over the past five years, Apple's revenue has climbed from US$14 billion in 2005 to $64 billion in 2010. During that time, international revenue grew a staggering 727%, while US revenue grew 268%. Profit showed a similar trend with Asia-Pacific increasing by a whopping 2,991% in the last five years. US profit also grew, but only at a comparatively small rate of 682%.
This upward trend is expected to continue in the current 2011 fiscal year. Last year, Apple reported $8.25 billion in sales to the Asia-Pacific region. We are half way through this year and Apple has already reached $5 billion in sales. Its sales are expected to quadruple year-over-year, and Apple hasn't even tapped into China's lucrative mobile phone market.
Apple sells the iPhone through China Unicom, which has 170 million subscribers (a number that pales in comparison with 600 million subscribers on China Mobile). Overall, China has over 900 million mobile phone users. If Apple could produce an iPhone for China Mobile and China Telecom, its resulting revenue and profits could go off the charts.
Apple's Asia-Pacific profits reportedly soaring originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/28/apples-asia-pacific-profits-reportedly-soaring/
Apple posts Final Cut Pro X FAQ
In what seems to be an attempt to address the widespread controversy over the recent release of Final Cut Pro X, Apple has posted a FAQ on its site to address some of the concerns that have been raised thus far. Designed to answer the biggest questions that professional editors have raised over Final Cut Pro X, Apple has given very few straightforward "no" answers to questions regarding the video production suite's "missing" features.
One of the few "no" answers regards importing projects from Final Cut Pro 7 to Final Cut Pro X. Apple claims the change in product architecture prevents "translating" projects from the old format into the new one. Many other answers either explain how to accomplish tasks that may have confused users accustomed to the old interface.
A fair number of the FAQ's points address questions by saying, "Not yet." As an example, professional editors have been up in arms over Final Cut Pro X's inability to support multicam editing, but Apple says support for this feature is coming "in the next major release." XML exporting will also be offered soon; Apple will release APIs "in the next few weeks" that will allow third-party developers access to the new XML in Final Cut Pro X.
Final Cut Pro X has been one of the most controversial Apple software products in recent memory. It's unclear at this early stage if this FAQ goes far enough in addressing the concerns of the "pro" community to which the suite is supposedly targeted, but it's at least obvious that Apple is aware of users' concerns and working toward addressing some of them in future updates.
Apple posts Final Cut Pro X FAQ originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/29/apple-posts-final-cut-pro-x-faq/
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Apple reportedly leaves Samsung for A6 production
Apple may drop Samsung and switch to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the production of its next generation A6 chipset. The Cupertino Company is reportedly working with TSMC to move to a 28 nm ARM SoC in 2012. Rumors of this TSMC partnership surfaced earlier this year before Apple filed a trademark infringement suit against Samsung. Though the A4 and A5 are still being produced by Samsung, the Korean company may be out of the loop in future Apple hardware.
This move away from Samsung may have a deleterious effect on the Korean manufacturer as Apple is reportedly one of its biggest customers. Apple has secured LCD displays, chipsets and NAND flash memory from Samsung that are used in its iOS devices. If the impending legal battle between the two companies sours the relationship, Apple may be forced to turn to costlier options for its device components, and Samsung may lose one of its biggest customers.
Apple reportedly leaves Samsung for A6 production originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/27/apple-reportedly-leaves-samsung-for-a6-production/
Automator workflow of the month: Move files from subfolders
If you've managed to bury files deep within your Mac's folder structure, this Automator workflow can help. Use it to easily move a group of files out of subfolders.Source: http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=1f3241890d20cce401dfaa1d195aa6ea
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Video App Demo: ProtoTap
Here's a look at ProtoTap from SeriousApps. Designed to facilitate designing apps for clients, ProtoTap looks like a relatively painless way to get your clients clicking around in a prototype without having to mess with a million emails. ProtoTap isn't available yet, and is still in beta testing.
ProtoTap is full of time-saving features, like pulling graphics directly from Dropbox. When you're ready to go through the app's UI, ProtoTap allows you and a client to go through the app together, but remotely. Check it out in the video below.
Video App Demo: ProtoTap originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/27/video-app-demo-prototap/
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Software Update: Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5, Mac OS X 10.5 Update 10
Java for Mac OS X 10.6 has just been updated to Update 5, and a visit to Software Update will bring the latest and greatest version of Java to your Mac. If you're still using Leopard, Java for Mac OS X 10.5 is now at Update 10.
According to the release notes, "Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5 delivers improved reliability, security, and compatibility for Java SE 6. Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5 supersedes all previous versions of Java for Mac OS X 10.6." The Snow Leopard release is only for Mac OS X 10.6.6 and later. The Leopard updater is available for Mac OS X 10.5.8 and Mac OS X Server 10.5.8.
The security notes for the updates state that the new version fixes "multiple vulnerabilities in Java 1.6.0_24, the most serious of which may allow an untrusted Java applet to execute arbitrary code outside the Java sandbox." The updaters bump Java to version 1.6.0_26.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4593 has more details about the updates.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 will be the location for information about the security content of the updates, although that information had not yet been posted by Apple at the time this article was written.
You can check out all our software update posts on the right hand side of TUAW.com or on this page.
Software Update: Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5, Mac OS X 10.5 Update 10 originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/28/software-update-java-for-mac-os-x-10-6-update-5-mac-os-x-10-5/
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Slideshow: Drive docks to help re-use old hard drives
What do you do with those used but still useable hard drives? You can get a drive dock. Here are 11 drive docks for your considerationSource: http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=f7a6b86b8f6508b92e8346ac0817fcca
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Supreme Court strikes down violent video game law
The Supreme Court ruled that a California law that bans the sale of "violent" games to children is unconstitutional.Source: http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=476b11e9b4c43684bdb06298178b1a74
Bedtime apps: The Going to Bed Book and Nighty Night
Both The Going to Bed Book and Nighty Night HD aim to help you use your iPad to put your kids to sleep. Are the apps entertaining? Too lively for bedtime? Lex Friedman and his kids take a close look.Source: http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=d7f19aa8d0f87aaa05e339705b98011a
AirPlay and Thunderbolt May Be Limited to High-End Devices to Start
iLounge now reports that slow roll-out of Thunderbolt and the lack of consumer-based options may be due to high pricing for incorporating the technology, an issue that appears to also be affecting third-party peripherals compatible with Apple's AirPlay streaming technology. According to the report, the inclusion of Thunderbolt or AirPlay compatibility can add as much as $100 to the price of these devices, limiting their ability to address mainstream consumer markets.
Our sources have described the AirPlay technologies as considerably more expensive to incorporate than Apple's standard docking Made for iPod/iPhone/iPad Dock Connectors, and noted that Apple is very heavily pushing developers to adopt the wireless technologies despite the costs involved.For the time being, announced Thunderbolt products do seem to be coming in at price points above those typically within range of mainstream consumers, as evidenced by Promise's 8 TB Pegasus RAID R4, which briefly appeared on Apple's store priced at $1399.95 before being pulled. That price is only $100 more than for Promise's current 8 TB RAID offering, but it remains to be seen just how quickly Thunderbolt will be able to make its way into more mainstream products.
We similarly have learned that the price of the components required to add a Thunderbolt port to an external hard drive is roughly equal to the cost of a low-end hard drive itself, a high cost that one developer has suggested will limit Thunderbolt's near-term use to products aimed at the professional market.
iLounge suggests that there may at least be some hope for price drops for AirPlay devices in the relatively near future, noting that Philips earlier this week debuted AirPlay-compatible speaker systems with price tags as low as $229, a new floor in what has until now seen the feature primarily limited to higher-end receivers.
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