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Apple goes to the office: Ars Technica Reviews iWork '08
Integrating Apple TV with a new computer
iPhoto 08 to iDVD - My Favorite Method
In-car Navigation System Courtesy Of Apple TV
Pages 3.0: Inappropriate tab order for controls in Find/Replace dialog
Apple goes to the office: Ars Technica Reviews iWork '08
Ars Technica's Iljitsch van Beijnum reports:
You work, I work, we all work with iWork
Several months later than expected, Apple has released the third edition of iWork, the Mac maker's productivity software suite. Returning cast members include Keynote, the presentation program, and Pages, the word processing/page layout hybrid. Keynote 4 and Pages 3 are joined by newcomer Numbers, a spreadsheet.
By using '08 in the name, Apple suggests that we're not getting this year's software late—iWork '05 and '06 were both released in January of their respective years—rather, we're getting next year's software early.
Let's take a look at what's new this time around.
You can check it out at:
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/iwork-08-review.ars
Integrating Apple TV with a new computer
A new Apple Knowledge Base article says:
The Migration Assistant that came with your new Macintosh is the best way to migrate your iTunes content to your new computer.
However, the copy of iTunes installed on your new computer needs to obtain some information from your Apple TV to enable syncing services. To enable an existing Apple TV on a new computer, disable syncing on your Apple TV, then turn it back on and set it up again to resync your content. Remember that you'll need to open up iTunes on the new computer and authorize your iTunes Store content.
Note: If you have a new Windows PC and used the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard," "Windows Easy Transfer," or another utility, you may need to follow the steps above to enable syncing services.
Important: If you won't be using you're old computer, be sure to deauthorize your iTunes account from that computer.
For more information, visit:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306638
iPhoto 08 to iDVD - My Favorite Method
thedigitalstory.com says:
There are many ways to share the images stored in iPhoto, and thanks to the power of the entire iLife suite, photo DVDs are a beautiful option. But I don't care for the Share > Send to iDVD command in iPhoto. I think it brings you into iDVD in an awkward place. Instead, I like to open iDVD separately, then use the "Magic iDVD" approach. Here are the steps: In iPhoto, create an album and put the pictures in it that you want to use in your DVD slideshow. You can create several albums and put multiple slideshows on...
You can check it out at:
http://www.thedigitalstory.com/blog/2007/10/iphoto_08_to_idvd_my.html
In-car Navigation System Courtesy Of Apple TV
ppletvsource.com reports:
Brandon Holland (of the wireless keyboard hack fame) is at it again. This time, he's managed to fit an Apple TV into his 1990 Eagle Talon and have it hooked it up to an LCD screen. Not only that, he also wrote a custom GPS plugin to use with his USB GPS unit.
For the full report, visit:
http://appletvsource.com/content/view/410/1/
Pages 3.0: Inappropriate tab order for controls in Find/Replace dialog
Betalogue's Pierre Igot says:
On my Mac, I always have the Full Keyboard Access (FKA) feature on. This is not because I am disabled or suffering from a repetitive stress injury, but because, as a writer, I spend most of my time with my hands on the keyboard and it is often easier or more efficient to use controls with the keyboard than with the mouse.
And because I am a regular FKA user, I am particularly sensitive to keyboard-related issues and, in particular, to the inconsistencies in support for FKA in various Mac OS X applications, including Apple’s own.
Indeed, it is quite sad to observe that, after all these years, in many cases support for FKA still seems to be an afterthought for Apple’s own developers. (Let’s not even mention Microsoft and Adobe developers here.)
Here is one particularly glaring example that is very much in evidence in the most recent version of Apple’s word processor Pages. It affects the Find/Replace dialog when used in “Advanced” mode, i.e. with more options available.
For the full report, visit:
http://www.betalogue.com/2007/10/10/pages-30-inappropriate-tab-order-for-controls-in-findreplace-dialog/
Charles W. Moore
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