Apple Store highlights Holiday Gift Guide

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 16 November 2006 05:50:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

The Apple Store today went down briefly for updates displaying the company's classic "We'll be back soon" post-it note image, followed by the highlight of its Holiday Gift Guide. Apple is offering iPod gifts with its previously-reported unique holiday gift wrapping as well as gift cards for the Apple Store and the iTunes Music Store. The gift guide...

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Briefly: MacNN review, Apple patent

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 16 November 2006 04:40:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

In brief: MacNN has reviewed the Slim Devices Squeezebox ($250-300), a device that streams a music collection from a computer to a stereo system through the network.... The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office today published Apple's continuation patent application titled 'Active enclosure for computing device' which originally described the company's iM...

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Apple Remote Desktop 3.1 released

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 16 November 2006 04:40:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Apple today released Apple Remote Desktop 3.1 Client and Admin, updating the remote management software for Mac OS X with functionality improvements as well as a security fix. Apple Remote Desktop 3.1 includes improvements to software distribution, asset management, remote control, remote assistance, automation, and other areas. The security update...

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CatDV 5.1 adds new thumbnail view

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 16 November 2006 04:00:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Square Box Systems today released CatDV 5.1, a major update to its suite of video logging and media asset management software. CatDV 5.1 is a scalable media asset database with particular support for dealing with video content. The software features media analysis tools and automatic scene detection to extract the metadata inherent in most media fi...

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iPod-compatible video glasses debut

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 16 November 2006 03:45:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

22Moo today debuted the SeepuStar DV230, its portable video glasses designed to connect to virtually any mobile or home video source, including Apple's video iPod. The glasses include two enhanced definition displays to offer a theater experience with a virtual 35-inch screen, and include three sizes of nose pads for added comfort. The display is a...

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NewerTech ships G4 1.6GHz CPU upgrade

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 16 November 2006 02:25:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Newer Technology (NewerTech) today introduced the new MAXPower G4/7447A 1.6GHz processor upgrade for the Power Mac G4. NewerTech upgrades incorporate FreeScale (formerly Motorola) PowerPC G4 processors, and are capable of doubling or tripling Power Mac performance, according to the company. The upgrades increase universal software compatibility, of...

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Excited like a little boy…

post from The Art of Adam Betts on 16 November 2006 02:08:00 PM. © The Art of Adam Betts

Got it this morning :)Now I gotta wait till Nov 21st. © The Art of Adam Betts | Permalink | 2 comments Browse the archive of posts filed under News.

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Briefly: MacNN review; iPod case patent

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 16 November 2006 01:50:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

In brief: MacNN has reviewed MindManager 6 ($230, shown at right), a visual mind mapping tool designed to map out particular tasks that occur in projects.... The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office today published a patent for Sik describing an iPod 'form-fitted molded protective case,' relating generally to the making of protective iPod cases and produ...

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AMD-based Apple laptop in the works

Apple and AMD are joining forces to build an AMD-based Apple laptop, according to a report by DigiTimes. The publication claims that Taiwan passive component makers are seeing an aggressive rise in orders for high-capacitance multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), and that most of the MLCCs are for use in an AMD-based Apple notebook. The new lapto...

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Copy Path Contextual Menu for Finder

I was recently considering writing a Finder Contextual Menu plug-in that would copy the POSIX path of a file or directory into the clipboard when you right clicked on the file and choose "Copy Path".

I thought someone might have done this before, so I searched around and found this article, Writing Contextual Menu Plugins for OS X, that used that concept as it's example project and included the Xcode project source code. I updated the project for Xcode 2.4.1 and made it Universal without to much difficulty, and just thought that I would point others over to this useful piece of software. I've attached my updated project here.

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