iLife ’09 looks like an awesome upgrade. Too bad it won’t be released until the need of the month. Fortunately, Apple has an iLife 09 up-to-date program. If you’ve purchased a qualifying computer on or after January 6, 2009, that does not include iLife ’09, you can upgrade to iLife ’09 for US $9.95 plus […]

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The biggest new feature in GarageBand ’09 is “Lessons.” As Apple says, “Music video games are fun. But nothing is more authentic than learning to play a real song on a real instrument.” There are Basic Lessons, which Apple says are “the easiest way to learn piano and guitar, right on your Mac. Follow along […]

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On Monday, Google finally released a public beta of Picasa for the Mac. Picasa is a free desktop app for importing, editing, organizing and sharing digital images—particularly digital photos. Picasa for Macs is a free download from Picasa.google.com/mac/. You need an Intel Mac running OS 10.4 or later. Picasa has been a popular photo app […]

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Parallels Desktop 4.0 for the Mac was released at the beginning of this week. Parallels is the very popular virtualization software that allows you to run Windows or Linux next to Mac OS X on an Intel Mac. With Parallels, you don’t have to reboot your computer every time you need to run Windows as […]

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Apple officially released MobileMe, iPhone 3G and the iTunes Apps Store today, but users are experiencing some trouble accessing Apple’s website. .Mac has been killed to make way for MobileMe, so the URL www.mac.com greets you with the following message: Similarly, its replacement, www.me.com, gives you the following message: Apple’s servers are undoubtedly getting hammered […]

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Small Dog Electronics has teamed up with our friends at Mac|Life to offer a discounted subscription rate to their great magazine. Small Dog currently offers copies of Mac|life at both of our retail stores, and it’s very popular with both customers and Small Dog Electronics employees. Mac|life is extremely well-produced, packed with useful reviews, tutorials, […]

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