Last Fall Steve Jobs promised that the long overdue Final Cut update would blow people away and that users should be patient and hang in there. Now, Apple’s given a select group of post production professionals a pre-release peek at the new version and at least one them came away very much impressed.
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The event is over and usually we have to wait several before the cached stream of the event gets posted at Apple.com for all to see. Not this time, however, as the live stream of the event has been transitioned seamlessly to the cache and it’s ready for you to watch right now.
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For the first time in waking memory, the mothership will live stream an event, and QuickTime isn’t listed as a required application. What’s more, you’ve gotta have a Mac, iPhone, iPod touch or iPad running Safari to tune in, which likely has the last few Windows-only tech editors scrambling for a device to watch on.
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There are still days to go until the iPad ships, but Apple’s way out front with the delivery of iTunes 9.1, which brings — as predicted — tablet related features and updates, including media syncing and a new way to buy books.
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Here’s a brilliantly simple way to download YouTube videos without any additional software or using a dodgy online conversion service. So, saddle up — you’re one simple keyboard shortcut away from downloading anything you want whenever you want.
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There’s a wealth of music available on YouTube, especially remixes and special edits that aren’t easily available from other sources. Here’s a quick n’ easy way to download and convert them into iTunes ready music files for Mac, iPod and iPhone.
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A set of application-level (AL) specifications designed to simplify the creation and distribution of multimedia software — including audio, video and imaging functionality — across multiple platforms. That sounds quite a bit like Apple’s AL multimedia specification (writ large).
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Apple continues to build out the features (and fluff) in their does-everything jukebox, content, store and device management application. With Jobs and his famed “reality distortion field” off stage, let’s take a closer at the guts of today announcements to separate the digital wheat from the marketing chaff.
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Apple’s taken a lot of heat for the features it took out of QuickTime as part of the transition to version “X.” However, they knew the criticism was coming, so Cupertino included a copy of QuickTime 7 to keep the critics at arm’s length, but that just leaves us with two half measures.
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Have you made the leap to Cupertino’s latest spotted feline festooned operating system? Although I’ve only been using Mac OS X 10.6 for a week, I’m really quite pleased with how it’s running and some of the neat little features I’ve discovered. Click through for some insight, tips and just plain old-fashioned fan boy cup-runneth-over joy.
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