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A Tale of Two iMacs - iFixIt Teardowns
Pixelmator 2.2.1 "Blueberry" Released
iMac (late 2013) EFI Update 2.1
Ashton Kutcher's Jobs Movie Goes Quickly To DVD
Transintl Offers Memory Upgrades For New iMacs
A Tale of Two iMacs - iFixIt Teardowns
iFixit Chief Information Architect Miro Djuric says that not resting on their iPhone 5s/c teardown laurels -- nor on anyone else's laurels, for that matter -- they harassed the folks at the Apple Store until they sold iFixIt a couple of the newly upgraded iMac units. Djuric reports:
Sporting an all-new EMC 2638 designation, the 27"'s kid brother has two pretty significant changes. Contrary to last year's model, users can now put in a second hard drive via the Fusion Drive SSD port, even if they don't pick the iMac with the Fusion Drive right out of the factory. That port is now PCIe, which should help get drives/adapters onto the market that will enable a second hard drive installation.
But it's not all good news. The CPU is now soldered to the logic board, and no longer replaceable by the user. As far as we can tell, this is the first aluminum iMac to have a soldered CPU; it's a silent, but clear, shift to even poorer iMac upgradeability. That's sad news for Apple's power user community, who appreciated the ability to upgrade their Macs on their own schedule.
The AirPort/Bluetooth card, now conforming to the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, still clings to the back of the logic board making replacement no easier than before. Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac transceiver and BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 chips lurk within, as well as a Skyworks SE5516 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN front-end module.
An update to the hard drive SATA power/data cables they now come together in a glorious union and a slimmer CPU heat sink round out the changes.
The 27" model also gets a new EMC 2639 designation. And just like its little-base-model-buddy, it also has an unused PCIe Fusion Drive SSD port, as well as the fancy new 802.11ac AirPort/Bluetooth card. However, the big-brother iMac thankfully still has a replaceable CPU!
Miro Djuric
You can check it out at:
http://goo.gl/Dxucao (27-inch)
and
http://goo.gl/OxUViU (21.5-inch)
Pixelmator 2.2.1 "Blueberry" Released
Pixelmator is a beautifully designed, easy-to-use, fast, inexpensive, and powerful image editing app for the Mac.
The latest Pixelmator upgrade, codenamed Blueberry, brings many great new features and improvements, including faster open and save, background saves, faster iCloud save, better Quick Look support, an option to open images in their original format, improvements to the Effects Browser, improvements for Sharpen, Light/Dark, Halo, and other effects, and more.
Smart Shapes New
Use the new smart Shape tools to create beautiful compositions, illustrations, logos, and so much more, all easier than ever before.
Custom Shapes New
If you know how to drag and drop, you will know how to use dozens of beautiful and readily available custom shapes.
Text as Shape New
Convert type layers to shape layers, and then quickly and easily apply gradients, shadows, strokes, or even reshape individual letters.
Shape Styles New
Effortlessly create more polished, advanced shapes with the new Gradient Fill, Stroke Style, and Inner Shadow shape styling features.
New Gradients New
The new Gradients palette is redesigned with easier gradient controls and more beautiful gradient presets to add them on pictures and shapes.
Color Popovers New
Quickly skim through and easily choose the colors or gradient presets you need for the painting tools with the new and handy Color Popovers.
Paint Selection Tool New
The simplest and the fastest way to make even challenging selections in your images with just a few brush strokes.
New Move Tool New
The new smart Move Tool knows when you are working with image or shape layers and gives you the options you need at that time.
Light Leak Effect New
Have fun and easily create stunning, retro-artistically illuminated images with the new and absolutely gorgeous Light Leak effect.
Layers
Building gorgeous, non-destructive image compositions begins with layers. And Pixelmator is a complete, layer-based image editor.
Effects
Over 160 breathtaking effects, including Light Leak, Miniaturize and Vintage, to combine and play with for unique near-effortless artistic creations.
Color Adjustments
Enjoy a simple and elegant collection of handcrafted, intuitive, professional- grade color correction tools to add any desired mood to your images.
Type Tool
In addition to easily placing, editing, and formatting text in your images, now also enjoy a full set of advance typography features.
Painting Tools
Use the full-featured painting tools to paint as you would on canvas. Select from realistic or stylized, and preset or custom brushes of all sizes and shapes.
Retouching
Count on Pixelmator for all the tools you need to quickly and expertly improve, correct, repair, and get rid of any flaws in your photos.
Built exclusively for OS X - and it shows
iPhoto, Aperture, Automator, ColorSync, FaceTime Camera, Core Image, Quick Look, Spotlight, 64-Bit... you name it
Photo Browser
Quickly access your iPhoto or Aperture library, events, albums, smart albums, or any folder via Pixelmators Photo Browser palette.
Automator
Use powerful Pixelmator actions in Automator to resize, watermark, and even transform a bunch of your images at once.
ColorSync
Pixelmators ColorSync color management ensures accurate and consistent color throughout the whole image editing process.
FaceTime Camera
Enjoy taking pictures with Pixelmator via your Macs built-in camera and automatically place them as layers into your compositions.
GPU-Based
Pixelmator is based on OS X Core Image tech-nology, which uses your Macs graphics card to ensure blistering-fast image processing.
64-Bit Architecture
With its 64-bit architecture, Pixelmator is built to take full advantage of the incredible power of todays Macs.
Looks great
Attention to detail, innovative interface exclusively designed for working with images, a real Mac app.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.6.8 and up
Pixelmator 2 is currently $14.99, and is available only in the Mac App Store.
For more information, visit:
http://www.pixelmator.com
iMac (late 2013) EFI Update 2.1
A new Apple Knowledge Base article says this update is recommended for iMac (late 2013) models. This update addresses an issue which may cause a black screen to appear when installing Windows 7 or Windows 8 using Boot Camp Assistant if both an external optical drive and USB thumb drive are connected to the system. This update also ensures that the system will boot by default into OS X after installation of Windows 8.
System Requirements
• OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.4 (12E4022) or later
For more information, visit:
http://goo.gl/ZH5Wyr
Ashton Kutcher's Jobs Movie Goes Quickly To DVD
Ashton Kutcher portrays Steve Jobs in a biopic dramatization of a true American visionary
Jobs will be available on Digital HD starting November 12, 2013, two weeks before it's available on store shelves. Fans can own the movie on Blu-ray and DVD as well as rent it On Demand starting November 26, 2013, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
Ashton Kutcher is Steve Jobs, the iconic Apple innovator and groundbreaking entrepreneur. This film chronicles Jobs' early days as a college dropout to his rise as the co-founder of Apple Computer Inc. and forced departure from the company. More than a decade later, Jobs returns and single-handedly sets a course that will turn the once-tiny startup into one of the world's most valuable companies.
His epic journey blazes a trail that changes technology and the world forever. Co-starring Dermot Mulroney (The Grey, "New Girl") and Josh Gad (Love & Other Drugs, 21).
The Blu-ray Combo Pack includes a Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD with UltraViolet.
Blu-ray unleashes the power of your HDTV and is the best way to watch movies at home, featuring 6X the picture resolution of DVD, exclusive extras and theater-quality surround sound.
DVD offers the flexibility and convenience of playing movies in more places, both at home and away.
DIGITAL HD with Ultraviolet lets fans watch movies anywhere, on any device. Users can instantly stream or download movies to watch on iPad, iPhone, Android, smart TVs, connected Blu-ray players, game consoles, and more.
BLU-RAY and DVD Bonus Features:
Deleted Scenes
Ashton Kutcher Is Steve Jobs: Ashton Kutcher and others discuss the challenges of playing one of the most enigmatic figures in American history, and co-stars reflect on how Kutcher transformed himself into the groundbreaking entrepreneur.
The Legacy Of Steve Jobs: Cast and crew reflect on how Jobs and his innovations have impacted and inspired everyone's daily lives.
Jobs: Behind The Score: Composer John Debney explains how he approached creating the score.
Feature Commentary With Director Joshua Michael Stern
Cast And Filmmakers:
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, J. K. Simmons, Matthew Modine, Lukas Haas, and James Woods
Directed by: Joshua Michael Stern
Written by: Matt Whiteley
Producer: Mark Hulme
Co-Producer: Gil Cates Jr.
Executive Producers: Arthur Benjamin, Ronald Bulard, Michael Cain, Sheri L. Deterling, Douglas Hansen, Mark Hulme, Bill Johnson, Melina McKinnon Cain, Jacob Pechenik, Marcos Rodriguez, Jim Seibel, James D. Stern and David C. Traub
Line Producer: Mark Benton Johnson and Alton Walpole
Editor: Robert Komatsu
Production Designer: Freddy Waff
Cinematography by: Russell Carpenter
Costume Designer: Lisa Jensen
Casting by: Mary Vernieu
Music by: John Debney
TECHNICAL INFORMATION BLU-RAY COMBO PACK:
Street Date: November 26, 2013
Copyright: 2013 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Selection Number: 61126841 (US)
Running time: 2 Hour and 9 Minutes
Layers: BD-50
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.35:1
Rating: PG-13 for some drug content and brief strong language
Languages/Subtitles: English, Spanish and French
Sound: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/DVS Dolby Digital 2.0 (English)
TECHNICAL INFORMATION DVD:
Street Date: November 26, 2013
Copyright: 2013 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Selection Number: 61126900 (US)
Running time: 2 Hour and 9 Minutes
Layers: Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 2.35:1
Rating: PG-13 for some drug content and brief strong language
Languages/Subtitles: English, Spanish and French
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 (English)
The official site for the movie is:
http://jobsthefilm.com/
Transintl Offers Memory Upgrades For New iMacs
Memory Type: 204 pin SO-DIMM, Speed: DDR3-1600MHz (PC3-12800), Cas latency: 11 Voltage: 1.35V, Rank: Dual Rank
Warranty: Lifetime
Meets Apple electrical and thermal specifications. Compliant with JEDEC standards. RoHS Compliant.
16GB KIT (2X8GB) DDR3 1600Mhz PC12800 SO DIMM
$168.00
8GB KIT (2X4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz PC12800 SO DIMM
$96.00
32GB KIT (4X8GB) DDR3 1600Mhz PC12800 SO DIMM
$328.00
For more information, visit:
http://goo.gl/zDVkKQ
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