Apple eNews: March 29, 2007

	“In our tests,” Walter S. Mossberg and Katherine Boehret report for the Wall Street Journal, “Apple TV “worked great, and we can easily recommend it for people who are yearning for a simple way to show on their big TVs all the stuff trapped on their computers.”
	“Macs Save Money,” says Leander Kahney (Wired.com). And as he points out, he’s not the only one coming to this conclusion. “In fact, there seems to be a widespread re-evaluation of Apple going on, a cultural shift that’s changing the way people think about the company. It’s been building for a while but it has reached a tipping point in the last couple of months.”
	Reviewing the Apple TV for PC World, Edward N. Albro writes, “It’s the first media streaming device I could imagine recommending to a non-geek.”
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From tips (using the “Invert Selection” keyboard shortcut) to articles on the digital workflow to podcasts, Aperture users have a new source for information and inspiration. It’s the Aperture Users Professional Network (AUPN), an “international user association for photographers, designers and other creatives.” The AUPN strives to “provide education, training, and support for Mac users working with (and around) Aperture.” Pay AUPN a visit, and be sure to bookmark the page.

Join developers and IT professionals from around the globe as they come together for the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2007, June 11-15, San Francisco. Connect with Apple engineers, get a firsthand look at the latest technology, and spend a week getting the kind of inspiration you won’t find anywhere else.

Do you know who celebrates his 50th birthday this year? “The Cat in the Hat,” of course. If you haven’t read it to your kids (or yourself), you should. And you’ll find a delightful audio version on the iTunes Store. Narrated by Kelsey Grammer, it’s available for just $2.95 — as are numerous other Dr. Seuss titles.

Podcast Pick. Wouldn’t it be great if you could take some “Fresh Air” with you wherever you go? Now you can. Just subscribe to the podcast of the award-winning NPR show (broadcast by WHYY in Philadelphia), and you can take Terry Gross and “Fresh Air” with you on your iPod or listen to the show on Apple TV right in your living room.

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Every week, developers release new products for us to enjoy. This week brings us a ton of new arrivals from IMSI, Inc., Software MacKiev, MagneticTime, Cyan Worlds, Inc., and other great Mac developers. Like to see some of the more recent arrivals?

Apple eNews
March 29, 2007
Volume 10, Issue 6

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If it’s on iTunes, It’s on your widescreen TV.

Download. Sync. Watch.

That’s how easy it is to enjoy your favorite iTunes content — music, music videos, TV shows, movies, podcasts, and photos — on the widescreen TV in your living room. Using Apple TV, now shipping from the online Apple Store and in the retail Apple Store, as well.

You’ll have Apple TV connected to your widescreen in no time. Then open iTunes on your Mac or PC. iTunes automatically detects Apple TV and lets you easily pick and choose how and what you’d like to watch on your widescreen TV. And since Apple TV stores up to 50 hours of video, you can enjoy dozens of movie titles or entire seasons of your favorite television shows from any seat in your living room.

You only purchased a few tracks from John Mayer’s “Continuum.” Then couldn’t stop listening to them.

Now you want to get the rest of the songs — and the bonus material you can only get when you purchase the album — without having to pay for the singles you already purchased. Is that possible?

You bet: Thanks to “Complete My Album,” a new iTunes service, you can get a credit for each single you previously purchased when you opt to complete the album within 180 days of the original download. In fact, you have until June 26 to take advantage of this new service to complete any album in your iTunes collection for which you previously purchased one or more singles from the iTunes Store. That goes for singles you received as gifts, too.

Announced earlier this week at a special event in New York, Adobe Creative Suite 3 is here. And the Intel-based Mac family is ready. Are you ready to bring your most visionary ideas to life in print, on the web, and on mobile devices?

Built for Mac OS X and optimized for Intel-based Macs, Adobe Creative Suite 3 is the designer’s dream toolkit, combining all-new versions of essential tools for designing engaging websites, interactive experiences, and mobile content in a unified design environment.

Learn all about the new Adobe Creative Suite 3. And visit a retail Apple Store to see how quickly the powerful applications in Creative Suite 3 run on Intel-based Mac systems.

On location, you’re editing the day’s shoot on your MacBook or MacBook Pro. Did you know that you can quickly and easily give yourself more room onscreen to view your images?

Start by hiding the Project Panel. All it takes is a single keystroke (”W”) to gain more display space for photos. You can also type “I” to hide the Inspectors Panel; “D,” to hide the Control Bar at the bottom of the Browser window; “Shift + T,” to hide the Tool Bar.

Fact is: Aperture offers virtually unlimited opportunities for customizing your workspace — whether you’re using one or multiple displays. To discover how you can customize your Aperture workspace, listen to “UI Customization in Aperture,” the latest Inside Aperture podcast featuring Senior Product Manager Joe Schorr.

Walk into Dr. Mark Botwin’s practice, and you may think you accidently wandered into an Apple Store. No matter where you look, you’ll see a Mac. So far, Botwin has 19 of them, and they handle every aspect of his business — from scheduling appointments to acuity testing to billing — and let him offer very innovative services.

For example, customers can walk up to an iMac and use its built-in iSight camera and Photo Booth software to snap photos of themselves wearing different frames. They can even email them to friends and family for advice.

“Sure, I’m a lifelong Mac devotee,” says Botwin. “But my reasons for using Mac in the practice are all based on sound business principles. It serves clients better. It costs less. And it just works.”

On April 17, Nine Inch Nails will release its eagerly awaited new studio album, “Year Zero.” You can already pre-order the album on iTunes for $9.99, and when you do, “Survivalism,” one of the tracks on the album, will download immediately.*

But that’s not where the story ends.

As he’s done with several earlier singles, Trent Reznor has posted a multi-track version of “Survivalism” on the Nine Inch Nails website in GarageBand format. Download it, and you can see how he built the song and create you own signature remix of “Survivalism” using GarageBand, the popular music creation application that’s part of iLife. Enjoy.

^{* Please note that while you’ll be billed for the track, the $.99
will be deducted from the total cost of the album when you download
it on or after April 17.}