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I discuss what I deem to be important changes made to the iLife suit with this release, mainly focusing on the redesigned iMovie and updates to iPhoto as well. Music this week is “Teenagers” by My Chemical Romance.

Here is the welcome video you get the first time you turn on a Mac running Leopard. Bundled with the background, found here, it seems that Apple is moving to an outer space type design. Phill Ryu talks more about the interface changes and what that means for Aqua. Personally, I’m excited about the innovation [...]

Freeridecoding announces a major update for its straightforward backup tool SmartBackup v2.1. SmartBackup supports sorted archiving of deleted or changed items, file exclusion, handling of multiple backup sets, one-click restore and automation using iCal, Automator or shellscripts. Version 2.1 includes many important improvements. IMMEDIATE RELEASE Freeridecoding announces a major update for its straightforward backup tool [...]

All Out Software announces their first release of Hana 1.0, a web-browser-type application to specialize in the support of web-apps, such as webmail, calendars and organization systems. Based on the built-in WebKit, Hana is a Universal Mac OS X application designed to work with any web site that supports Apple’s internet browser, Safari. Hana strips [...]

I just wanted everyone to know that I’ve moved out of the parent’s place and into an apartment, which currently means I’m lacking internet access. I’m sure we’ll fork over the money and get it up and going here shortly, but at least for the next week or so, I have practically no access to [...]

Not that it’s any major surprise, but I thought that I would share a quick screenshot to remind everyone that Leopard is indeed on its way to us. Read: “An audio preview lets you audition Garageband projects in the Finder, Time Machine, and other applications, but takes longer each time you close a project.” Just [...]

I know that I haven’t released a podcast in ages, but I promise I haven’t been ditching the site entirely. In the time I would have been recording these last several weeks, I have instead worked on improving the aging and cluttered site, and my efforts are now online for all to see. Changes include: [...]

Apple released a slew of Mac-related products on August 7 and after using a few of them already, I figured I would take the time to comment on the products themselves, as well as the strategy Apple is taking. First, the ‘new’ iMac is new.  Sort of.  Yes, it has a redesigned keyboard and is [...]

So evidently a lot has been happening over at RealMac Software these last few weeks and I’ve missed out on the action.  First off, Button Builder, a pretty cool application that allows you easily create attractive buttons for your website, has gone the way of open-source and is now free.  Pretty cool.  The updated website [...]