Take a free online business seminar
If you’re a business customer anxious to get off to a great start with your new Mac, you’ll want to sign up for a free, online seminar. It’s called “New to the Mac for Business Users.” Watch it, and you’ll find out how you can run Windows applications on a Mac, download your email from a corporate Exchange server, give presentations to clients using iChat theater, exchange files over a network, and much more.
MacBook Pro earns “Best in Class” from Maximum PC
When Maximum PC pit the MacBook Pro against the Dell XPS M1530, Apple’s pro notebook walked away the clear winner. Awarding MacBook Pro an impressive score of 9 (out of 10), editors praised its thinness (calling it “impressive next to other notebooks in its class”), its fast GeForce 8600M GT graphic processor, its “top-notch” Intel processor, and its battery life. It also found Mac OS X “really, really slick.”
Snow leopards, Steve Winter, and Aperture at 12,000 feet
When National Geographic photographer Steve Winter reviewed his snow leopard images in Aperture, he was literally seeing them for the very first time. Knowing Snow Leopards to be notoriously camera shy, Winter set up 14 camera traps to capture remotely the photos selected for the recent National Geographic article and gallery — just a small sample of the 30,000 he edited and processed in Aperture.
Now playing on iTunes U: Money 101: Buzzwords
Piggyback loans, death bonds, shareholder mansions, ear marks — if you’re puzzled by financial jargon, get the skinny on less-than-clear economic lingo from iTunes U. Money 101: Buzzwords, an excellent audio podcast from American Public Media, takes about a minute to explain arcane financial buzzwords in terms we all can understand.
Quick Tip of the Week: Securely deleting your data
Whether you’re formatting a hard drive or simply deleting files you’ve dragged to the Trash, Mac OS X Leopard offers options for securely deleting the data you no longer need but don’t want anyone else to access. Find out how you can take advantage of Leopard’s secure delete options by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week.
Aperture on assignment at the Kona Skatepark
On assignment for Sports Illustrated Kids, photographer Bill Frakes visited the Kona Skatepark to capture moves made by the latest generation of young athletes at the world’s oldest skateboard park. As part of his all-Mac production, Frakes processed his still images in Aperture, exporting his select to Final Cut Pro. There, he mixed in music created in GarageBand and added video and audio tracks recorded on scene.
Pro Tip of the Week: Mailing iCal Events
It only takes a few minutes to create a new event in iCal — and just one or two more to share that event with friends or colleagues. In fact, iCal does most of the work for you, as you’ll discover by reading the latest Pro Tip of the Week.
Quick Tip of the Week: Keyboard Viewer
When you want to insert special characters in a document, display the Keyboard Viewer in Mac OS X Leopard to learn the combination of keyboard characters you can use to enter a grave accent, copyright symbol, registration mark, epsilon, Euro, and many other special characters. Find out how by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week.
Aperture 2.1 an Editor’s Choice at American Photo
American Photo has named Aperture 2.1 its Editor’s Choice 2008 award winner in the Imaging Software category. “Faster overall,” report editors Jonathan Barkey and Russell Hart, ”Aperture 2.1’s revamped RAW engine significantly reduces noise, improves detail, and fine-tunes color.” “Yet its biggest advance may be the ability to host third-party plug-ins” for selective adjustments, simulated filters, fisheye straightening, and numerous other imaging tasks.
Special event in Apple Retail Store, San Francisco
If you’re in San Francisco next Wednesday evening — June 25, 7:00–8:00 pm — join us at the Apple Retail Store, San Francisco, and meet actors Masi Oka (star of the hot TV series Heroes) and Nate Torrence. The two play CONTROL agents Bruce and Lloyd in Get Smart (which opens tomorrow). At the event, they’ll screen movie clips, discuss their roles, and answer audience questions.