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Event streaming to stress-test new datacenter

by Michael Rose (Sep 1st, 2010)

Not much of a surprise, but nice to have some details: Cult of Mac cites a source close to Apple saying that the live stream of today's iPod event will be used to put some real-time load on Apple's new North Carolina data center. The facility isn't all the way operational quite yet, but it's ...

Vimeo embeds now working on iPad, iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Aug 17th, 2010)

[Note: While most videos on Vimeo.com would play back on iDevices prior to this update if watched on the Vimeo site, the new 'Universal Player' embed code should allow publishers and website developers to include compatible embeds on their sites. Vimeo does not provide mobile versions of every ...

TUAW Liveblog: Apple Q3 earnings call

by Michael Rose (Jul 20th, 2010)

We're liveblogging today's Apple earnings results in the CoverItLive widget below -- be sure to click and join in to share your comments! You can also listen in on the call via QuickTime streaming. TUAW Coverage of the Apple 3Q Financial Call ...

Apple iPhone OS 4 Event now posted for QuickTime streaming

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 8th, 2010)

It's been a day of excitement surrounding the iPhone OS 4.0 event, and now you can relive the keynote at your convenience. Apple has posted the iPhone OS 4 Event keynote on its QuickTime site. Watching Steve wax on is always a good time, but be sure to come back here for the latest in-depth ...

Apple updates QuickTime for Leopard, Windows; iPhone Config Utility

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 31st, 2010)

In the midst of all the hoopla over iTunes 9.1 yesterday, Apple quietly snuck a few other updates out the door. iPhone Configuration Utility 2.2 for Mac OS X lets you create, maintain, encrypt, and install configuration profiles, track and install provisioning profiles and authorized ...

iMovie, other non-Apple QuickTime components updated

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 26th, 2010)

Hot on the heels of yesterday's Aperture 3.0.2 update, Apple has released iMovie 8.0.6. The update improves reliability when working with videos from Aperture and requires Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later and iLife '09. The update weighs in at 35.84 MB and is available via the download link above or ...

TUAW Tip: Get your animated slideshows to MobileMe

by Mel Martin (Jan 8th, 2010)

For all the things Apple does right, there are some strange decisions in the integration of iPhoto and MobileMe. iPhoto has a wonderful way to create animated slideshows with music and professional looking transitions and you can look at them all day on your Mac, or send them to your iPhone or ...

Flash beta update, Perian gets a refresh

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 18th, 2009)

There were two minor video plug-in related updates last night. First Adobe released a new beta of their Flash Player 10.1 beta 2 (this on the heels of a set of security patches for the stable release version last week). Flash 10.1 is introducing a host of new features, but is primarily aimed at the ...

Development of VLC for Mac 64-bit is on hold, project needs developers

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 17th, 2009)

Development on the 64-bit version of VLC Player for Mac has hit the pause button. The Videolan team is looking for Mac development talent to help move the project forward, and revamp the program's interface to be more Mac-like. While the team says that reports of VLC Mac's death are 'greatly ...

Apple releases updates improving printing, scanning, iSight cameras and QuickTime

by Joachim Bean (Nov 19th, 2009)

Over the past few days, Apple has been releasing updates for printer and scanner drivers in Snow Leopard, iSight cameras in LED Cinema Displays and QuickTime 7 for Windows. First, Apple released printer driver updates for Snow Leopard for Lexmark printers and Brother, Canon and HP printers and ...

Quick QuickTime Q&A

by TJ Luoma (Nov 5th, 2009)

QuickTime was one of the few apps which changed significantly in Snow Leopard. We've heard from some readers who missed the initial reports about it, so we're repeating it here, with some additional QuickTime information. Q: "What happened to QuickTime in Snow Leopard?" QuickTime Player "X" ...

Using aliases to extend Front Row's capabilities

by Sang Tang (Oct 1st, 2009)

While Front Row's integration with iTunes and iPhoto provides a nice, seamless experience, there are times when your needs demand a not-so-integrated approach -- say, for example, if you have an external hard drive full of videos that you'd like to watch on Front Row, but don't necessarily want ...

VLC 1.0.0 released

by Robert Palmer (Jul 7th, 2009)

While being a useful tool for several years now, VLC has finally reached that first pinnacle of software development: 1.0. VLC is an alternative media player for Mac, Windows and Linux that handles a wide variety of media file formats without requiring additional software (like Perian) to be ...

Batch tagging your iTunes videos the easy way

by Sang Tang (Jun 30th, 2009)

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet If we applied Shakespeare's logic to today's digital age, then it would also mean that watching mis-tagged or untagged videos on your Apple device (be it a Mac, iPhone, iPod or Apple TV) would be just as ...

First Look: Pixelpipe 1.4.1

by Tim Wasson (Jun 23rd, 2009)

So you got a shiny new 3GS (no more space!) and are looking for new ways to play with the new videos you've recorded? If the iPhone's built in YouTube uploading functionality isn't quite enough for you, Pixelpipe has stepped in to fill the void and allow you to send that video (or photo) to over 40 ...