Apple Aperture 2.1

Adjustment settings can be saved and quickly applied to new photos.  We have thousands of digital photos, but still feel nostalgia for the days of leafing through prints crammed willy-nilly into dented shoeboxes. Wouldn’t it be nice to get your jumble of digital images out of their virtual shoeboxes? Blow up that favorite, or frame that one from last year’s family reunion and send it to your sister in St. Paul. Aperture 2 handles these tasks and more without the nagging clutter—or sneeze-inducing dust clouds—of those old shoeboxes. Meanwhile, it lets you nudge exposure levels and retouch problems. It essentially manages your photo library from import to export, keeping track of your changes and making the daunting task of cataloging hundreds or thousands of photos much easier than you ever thought it could be.

Mailing & Merging in iWork ’08

In this letter, the word “First” has been enabled as an Address Book field, and will be replaced by the recipient’s first name when you perform the mail merge.

Leopard Install Problems

Leopard's password paranoia

Leopard Dock Changes…

This is CandyBar’s Float theme, which changes the Dock indicator to a blue triangle.

Filemaker Bento

iWork's Missing Piece

Final Cut Express 4

Champagne Video Editing on a Beer Budget

Apple Logic Studio

Listen up as we review Apple's sound studio hit.

Living with Leopard

There's a lot to like about Leopard - and a few things we don't like. Apple has done their part to stoke the excitement, as well. If you’re a true MacLifer, you’ve watched the Guided Tour and have pored over the oh-so-comprehensive list of Leopard's "300+ New Features." You've also perused Leopard's system requirements and have taken note of the more-demanding requirements for iChat. If you're a tech type, you've dug into the Leopard Dev Center and have given the Leopard Technology Overview more than a passing glance. But the question remains: What's it like to actually use Leopard for day-to-day work?

create. share. enjoy. (Part 2)

Do more on your Mac with iLife ’08 and iWork ’08.