Using the software update, Apple remembers those who have not passed to the year 09 of iWork. New versions of the three software are offered:
- Keynote 4.0.4
- Pages 3.0.3
- Numbers 1.0.3
This update solves general problems of compatibility as well as compatibility issues with Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2008.
Net Applications’ Web Browser stats for January 2009 show Apple’s Safari hit a new all-time high with 8.29% share of the browsers visiting Net Applications’ network of websites worldwide. The data is aggregated from 40,000 websites that are predominantly ecommerce or corporate sites.
Net Applications’ january 2009 Web Browser Stats: …
Back mid-December IGM reported that the Mac version of Google’s WebKit-based Chrome browser was still in a pre-alpha state.
Although a Mac beta still hasn’t been announced, let alone hinted at, Wired reports that Chrome 2.0 alpha (Windows only) implements an HTTP network library as opposed to the WinHTTP library used in Chrome 1.x. Removal of that piece of Windows-only code means one less hurdle barring the eventual release of Mac and Linux versions.
That said, a number of major impediments still remain—specifically, they’re asking for help with ColorSync issues—but big progress has been made…
This weekend Apple has made the latest build of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard available to developers.
As was rumoured earlier in the week, the seed notes accompanying build 10A190 of Snow Leopard confirm that the Finder is “partially rewritten in Cocoa”.
Snow Leopard was announced at WWDC ‘08 and Apple expected the new operating system to ship “in about a year”.
Seed notes after the jump.
Summary…
Popular virtualization software Parallels has been updated to build 3810. The software offers many upgrades and fixes, including Windows DirectX 9.0 with Shaders Model 2 support, as well as “experimental” support for Snow Leopard and Windows 7 beta.
The “experimental” caution, as you might surmise, means not all features will work. For example, in Snow Leopard, there is no USB support, and Parallels notes there is no shared networking support…
Paragon Software released 30 SlovoEd “talking” dictionaries for the Mac OS this week at Macworld Expo. Containing three explanatory (English, French, Spanish) and 27 bilingual dictionaries, Paragon’s product allows Mac OS X users to obtain a translation or word definition by simply pointing a cursor over the word in question…
Confirming rumors from earlier this week, Apple announced today that more songs would be available at the iTunes Store free of Digital Rights Management (DRM) software, and that songs would be sold at different prices.
Apple has signed deals with Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner Music (in addition to EMI, which started offering DRM-free music last year) to sell music without the Fairplay software which limits how many computers—and more importantly, which digital music players—songs purchased through iTunes may be used. Users will now be free to copy their music how they please, and play it on any device which supports the AAC format. Apple has faced repeated criticism (and lawsuits) about the tight relationship between the iPod and iTunes…
In opening up its Macworld 2009 keynote, Apple today revealed iLife ‘09, an update to its core application package for Macs. Changes to the suite begin with iPhoto ‘09, whose new Faces feature lets users sort images by the people. After running face detection, the app lets users assign names to each of the people involved, and sort photo collections accordingly. Places, meanwhile, now lets users filter photos through geotagging, and can pull information directly from cameras such as Nikon’s Coolpix series or that of the iPhone. Smart albums can be generated to include particular people and locations…
Without any mention of next-generation Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system, Apple’s Phil Schiller on Tuesday morning quietly introduced a new bundle box set: the Mac Box Set, which includes the current generation OS, Mac OS X Leopard, as well as the new iLife ‘09 and iWork ‘09 updates–each of which are available separately for $129 (Leopard), $79 (iLife ‘09), and $79 (iWork ‘09). The latter require the former, thus making it more economical for those who have not
upgraded to Leopard to buy and use the newly introduced operating system. The collection, which will be available for $169 or $229 for a family pack, is expected to ship at the end of month, when iLife ‘09 will become available. iWork ‘09 is available today (24-hr shipping from the Apple Store) and along with a beta of iWork.com, Apple’s online sharing and collaboration tool for iWork documents.
Rumor: Snow Leopard to include QuickTime Pro
You’ll recall that Apple has been gradually increasing the options available to the free version of QuickTime, like full screen playback mode. Other features of the Pro version — like simple editing and export options — were unlocked with in a recent developer’s build of Snow Leopard…