http://www.appleology.com Apple News, Opinions, Reviews, and Tips for every Mac user Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:33:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Magnetism Studios (aka Monkey Business Labs), makers of some awesome Dashboard widgets and some insanely great tees, has released a new application called Filemark Maker for Mac OS X that allows an iPhone or iPod Touch user to convert any Safari-compatible media file into a bookmarklet, making it possible to ... http://www.appleology.com/2008/01/27/store-files-on-your-iphone-or-itouch-without-jailbreak-with-filemark-maker/ iMovie has always made it impossible to produce advanced slideshows, especially when setting custom Ken Burns start-and-end frames. The problem used to lie with iMovie's sluggish importing and encoding functions, however the problem seems to have been fixed with iMovie '08, thanks to Apple's decision to completely rewrite the application. ... http://www.appleology.com/2007/08/08/imovie-08-makes-custom-slideshow-production-easy/ iWork '08 introduces many new features, which Steve said "Completes the productivity suite". Apple has published a set of webpages that tour each new feature in Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. The features in this productivity suite really do make it a fierce competitor with Microsoft Office. The new innovative features, ... http://www.appleology.com/2007/08/07/iwork-08-highlights/ Apple has published a twenty minute guided tour of the new iLife '08 application suite, highlighting the key features and demonstrating the user interface. The guided tour is available for viewing on Apple's website. The user interface on these new applications are stunning and fresh, and it truly does seem to ... http://www.appleology.com/2007/08/07/ilife-08-guided-tour-highlights/ Today it seems the classic game ROM community is growing and growing as more and more are discovering how to play classic arcade and console games on their computers. For a long time, the Mac platform has lacked great emulators that feature solid compatibility and a full-set of features. However, ... http://www.appleology.com/2007/05/16/a-guide-to-nintendo-64-emulation-on-the-mac/ I am really not a fan of negative news, and it really hurts when I hear a Mac developer or team decides to cease development of a great Mac application. A few weeks ago, the Bitpim development team has announced their inability to produce any further updates to the Mac ... http://www.appleology.com/2007/03/15/bitpim-team-ceases-development-for-mac-binaries/ One of the benefits of Cocoa applications is its compatibility with one of my favorite utilities, Afloat. Afloat offers several benefits to Cocoa applications, such as the ability to adjust the transparency of a window and keep the window "Always on Top". Other features include a "Keep Afloat" action, which ... http://www.appleology.com/2006/11/03/afloat-make-windows-always-on-top-and-transparent/ I've always been an UNO fan. But for a while I got annoyed with its inconsistencies with some applications: Adobe's Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, preference windows, dialog boxes, etc. Many also complained about its shrunken Spotlight and Apple menu icons, and lack of support for Mozilla apps. So, I uninstalled ... http://www.appleology.com/2006/09/27/uno-131-update-improves-the-popular-streamlined-ui-theme/ UsedMac.ca the web site that offers a place for Canadian Mac users to buy and sell used Apple and related products has relaunched with a brand new look and improved search capabilities. Visitors can now search by Category, Province and Postal Code which will allow you to find that used ... http://www.appleology.com/2006/09/26/usedmacca-relaunches-with-new-look-and-improved-search/ BitPim is one of the coolest, cheapest (freeware), easiest, ugliest apps available to Mac users with cell phones. Ever since I got my LG VX8300 from Verizon Wireless, I have been wanting a way to transfer pictures, ringtones, etc. to my cell phone from my Mac and vice-versa. I struggled ... http://www.appleology.com/2006/07/17/bitpim-for-mac-os-x/