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Boxee goes beta

by Aron Trimble (Dec 7th, 2009)

After what has seemingly been a never-ending "alpha" period for the famous XBMC fork, Boxee, tonight the Boxee crew have finally (as expected) unveiled the first beta release of Boxee. For starters, they have totally revamped the user interface especially surrounding the home screen. Up top are ...

ColorSchemer Studio 2 is here, and we have licenses!

by Brett Terpstra (Dec 1st, 2009)

We brought you a sneak peek at ColorSchemer Studio 2 last week, and I'm excited to share the news that it's available today. Any screen-based designer should be excited, and with the new CMYK support and advanced color manipulation tools, anybody who works with color at all should have a look. Some ...

Orb has landed for Intel Macs

by Mel Martin (Nov 9th, 2009)

If you are a sometime PC user you probably know about Orb, a multimedia sharing tool that allows you to access your media from anywhere you have an internet connection and a browser. Now, Orb has come to the Mac and it's got great possibilities -- but it's a mixed bag in terms of reliability. You ...

The AT&T MMS launch: How was it for you? A TUAW Poll

by Mel Martin (Sep 26th, 2009)

The long awaited and much vilified AT&T MMS service was finally launched in the U.S. yesterday. I've scoured the Apple support boards, and it seems like it was pretty tame, with some reports of failure to get the update, failure to get the MMS functions after an update, late delivery of MMS ...

Front Row performance on the mini takes a dive with Snow Leopard

by Aron Trimble (Sep 1st, 2009)

Here's an interesting feature of Snow Leopard that you may or may not (probably not) find particularly useful. Apparently after upgrading to 10.6 several users at the Apple Discussion Forums -- mostly owners of Mac mini or MacBook models with the GMA950 graphics subsystem -- are reporting poor ...

Apple store back up; Final Cut Pro 7, Logic Pro 9 released

by Lauren Hirsch (Jul 23rd, 2009)

It's always an exciting day when the Apple Store goes down. And it's not even a Tuesday. Apple has updated Final Cut Studio, including Final Cut Pro 7 and Logic Pro 9. That's good news for artists! Musicians and filmmakers now have something new to play with. Even better, they can do it for less: ...

AudioBoo lets you broadcast audio directly from the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Jun 26th, 2009)

Back when we looked at Radar, a photosharing site with an accompanying iPhone app, I mentioned that while Twitter had monopolized the "text exporting" function from your iPhone, there would be a slew of companies to try and grab the rest of the media you want to broadcast. Radar, I said, wanted to ...

SlingPlayer for iPhone submitted to app store

by Mel Martin (Mar 26th, 2009)

It's something many iPhone owners have been waiting for since the iPhone first appeared 2 years ago. It was on again, off again, will they, won't they? Well, it seems they did. Sling has announced that SlingPlayer for iPhone has been submitted to the app store for approval. The company had ...

motionVFX: 40% off for TUAW readers

by Brett Terpstra (Dec 22nd, 2008)

Since we last wrote about them, motionVFX has expanded their selection of high def templates for Apple's Motion significantly. The website is just as easy to navigate as it was before, but there's a lot more content fit for professional video work or great starting points for custom titles, intros ...

AtomicView: UI bomb

by Brett Terpstra (May 23rd, 2008)

AtomicView bills itself as a super-efficient multimedia manager with an interface that "combines elegance and sobriety." When I first loaded it up, I was frustrated enough with its almost total disregard for consistent UI design and controls to swear it off for a week. I've given it another run and ...

Is the Multi-display Mini finally about to debut?

by Erica Sadun (Mar 31st, 2008)

Mac Mini users have been waiting a long time for a true dual-monitor solution. Sure there are a bunch of work-arounds out there that let you run more than one screen at a time but a real multi-screen solution hasn't yet been available as far as I know. (Honestly, I haven't been looking all that ...

Beta Beat: Screenium

by Brett Terpstra (Dec 29th, 2007)

Screencasting is becoming a standard method of conveying software-related information. I'm fairly certain that even my mom knows the word, which is my typical buzz-guage. And here you were, thinking "I wish there was yet another contender in the screencast recording arena", right? Lucky you. ...

Adobe Premiere Pro, Soundbooth updated for Leopard

by Brian Liloia (Dec 8th, 2007)

Here's a quickie update notice: Adobe recently updated both Premiere Pro and Soundbooth for complete Leopard compatibility. Premiere Pro 3.1.1, a 54MB update, also includes "important bug fixes" (but what they are, is anyone's guess), and is available from Adobe's website, in addition to the 4.1MB ...

Sneak-a-peek inside Final Cut Express 4

by Brian Liloia (Nov 28th, 2007)

A lot has changed in the video production realm over the past year, and thankfully, Apple's recent Final Cut Express 4 addresses these new advancements in camcorder capture and post-production technology. It's been a full year and a half since Final Cut Express 3.5, and there's a number of notable ...

EyeTV software update supports iPhone, iPod Touch

by Dave Caolo (Sep 24th, 2007)

Elgato's EyeTV software lets users watch, record and schedule TV on their Macs, as well as transfer recordings to the iPod. I've got an EyeTV Hybrid connected to my G4 iMac and it works wonderfully, despite the older processor and modest video card (64 MB DDR RAM). Our own Mike Rose wrote a thorough ...