Tag archive: iLife

When Apple announced iCloud would be the cloud-computing solution to fix its serious lack of inter-device connectivity and sharing, it was immediately accepted that the service would replace MobileMe. While a competent early go at cloud solutions, MobileMe was generally a headache for users and Apple. It was a short-term, first attempt that early signs indicate will be vastly improved upon by iCloud. Of course there are bound to be snares in the… Read More

By now, you’re all too aware of the Black Friday deals. Target, Amazon, Radio Shack…they’ve all released (or leaked) their red, green, chaos-filled, full-page ads announcing their discounts. Large retailers have been heavily advertising their TVs, iPods, and tablets this year – choosing to focus on general consumer electronics. But finding gifts for advanced gadget lovers is slightly more difficult, and there are far fewer ads for items like… Read More

Regardless of the security issues FaceTime beta has had in the past (and fixed), we worked around it long enough to give it a try. Since there’s pretty high regard for those we work with, the threat of a stolen Apple ID didn’t get in the way of testing out one of the many hyped features of this year's Back to Mac event. After an easy install, there wasn’t anything left to do other than connect with someone – something you can’t do directly… Read More

After literally months of speculation—the vast majority of it completely uninformed—Apple CEO Steve Jobs has finally taken the stage at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts to unveil the iPad, Apple's first entry the nascent mobile tablet market—and at first glance, the iPad seems to have it all: a big touch screen, iPad and iPhone apps, games, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, heaps of storage, and… Read More

Apple’s popular iLife suite of standard applications for every Mac is getting a facelift. The company announced on Monday that iLife ’09, which debuted at this year’s Macworld, will be available for purchase Tuesday, with major updates to iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand. Among the biggest chances, iPhoto will get a host of new tools for organizing photos in more creative ways than filenames and folders. Using face… Read More

Among new product announcements made during his Macworld Expo keynote address, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a new wired remote control for the iPod with an FM Tuner and introduced iLife '06, a significant update to the company's digital lifestyle applications including a new program, iWeb, which lets users create and share online photo albums, blogs, podcasts, movies, music, and more. Apple's newest iPod… Read More