Wii Transfer updated for Mii capture
Making cartoon avatars of yourself is hard work, and nobody wants to redo all that tweaking when you've got a perfectly good doppelganger sitting right there on your Wii console... with no good way to get it off the TV and onto your Mac. What a drag! Good thing there's the new version 2.6 of Wii Transfer, the Swiss Army Knife of Mac-Wii connection tools, to the rescue.
Aside from the headline feature of copying your Miis to your Mac as JPEG images (which requires a bit of fancy dancing with Bluetooth and the Wii controller, but it's doable), the new version adds support for most popular movie formats, improved movie playback with random timeline access, selection of specific iTunes playlists for streaming access, and more. For $19, you can get a long way towards turning your Wii into a low-budget Apple TV.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
yargo said 7:04PM on 8-14-2008
FAIL!
This article IS NOT even about the iPhone!
Seriously - WTF!
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Michael Rose said 7:05PM on 8-14-2008
Oh, goodness, you're right -- how could I have BEEN so CARELESS, to post something NOT about the iPhone?
Ah, cripes. I'd best pop out and beat myself thoroughly about the head and neck with a firm piece of rebar. Ta for now!
:-)
yargo said 7:22PM on 8-14-2008
Yes Michael - even I, owner of 3 iPhones and 70 downloaded Apps, have suddenly tired of reading endlessly about the iPhone.
My two 30" displays were a great pair as they worked side by side. One would showcase iTunes in all her glory, the other shared duties with Apple Mail and Safari in my endless search for the breaking news that yet another app had been released and was awaiting my subsequent review.
But then it dawned on me earlier today ... what was life like before iPhone? Ah yes ... those were the days. I walked to the studio, cranked up the trusty Macpro and actually created graphical imagery that somehow convinced people to give me their credit cards and recommend me to their friends.
Now my days are filled with playing Chopper and comparing my iPhone screens with my son and daughter. I guess when AT&T cancels my service, I will be left with just a trusty iPod and I will never have to be bothered with those pesky client calls again.
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Tim said 7:05PM on 8-15-2008
Sounds cool. Is there any software out there that could send video of my current screen to the Wii, because it'd be nice for netflix videos running under VMware Fusion.
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