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Analyst: Face ID coming to the Mac in a couple of years

In his latest Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Face ID will come to the Mac in a couple of years. He adds that he thinks Apple’s goal is to move all its products to the technology. “It won’t happen this year, but I’d bet Face ID on the Mac is...

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Apple wants Siri to be better at pronouncing names

Apple has been granted a patent (number 11,069,336) that shows the company wants Siri to be better able to pronounce names. About the patent It’s dubbed “systems and methods for name pronunciation.” In the patent, Apple notes that name recognition is a particularly...

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Kool Tools: Patina for Mac OS X

Kool Tools: Patina for Mac OS X

Mac users in search of a simple drawing app now have an appealing option in a polished but low cost app called Patina. Developed by a California company called Atek, Patina echoes the simplicity of Microsoft Paint, the widely used go-to drawing tool for generations of Windows users.

Patina sports a modern and slick appearance with large tool buttons and color controls. Basic operations, such as drawing and manipulating shapes, setting and changing colors, moving and resizing objects, and doing annotations, are all very straightforward.

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Kool Tools: Duplicates Finder for Mac OS X

Kool Tools: Duplicates Finder for Mac OS X

Nektony’s Duplicates Finder 3.0.6 (https://nektony.com) is a useful freeware utility to find any duplicate file on Mac OS X.

The tool was specifically developed to help anyone find and delete all duplicate files en masse. Files are categorized by types for images, videos, music, archives, documents and all other specific extensions. Every found file is displayed in a corresponding category with its location on the hard drive, a quick link to the Finder, as well with a file preview.

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Kool Tools: MagicScore Guitar Tab and Notation software

Kool Tools: MagicScore Guitar Tab and Notation software

MagicScore Guitar notation software by Maestro Music Software is now up to version 8. The software offers guitarists and other fretted instrumentalists easy tablature and notation software. Version 8 delivers a fast, enhanced workflow, and allows guitarists to work simultaneously with tab and/or notation and synchronize their display if desired.

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Recommended Reading: ‘Python Playground’

Recommended Reading: ‘Python Playground’

“Python Playground” (http://tinyurl.com/odwk23r) from No Starch Press, $29.95, 352 pp., November 2015) isn’t just another introduction to the Python programming language. This is a collection of 14 complex and compelling projects designed to challenge anyone with moderate experience with Python, from programmers who want to tinker with computers and electronics to those who just find the workday programming world a bit dull.

The projects in “Python Playground” will have readers using OpenGL and popular Python libraries like numpy, matplotlib, and pygame to create things like:

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Kool Tools: UPPERCASE MacBook accessories

Kool Tools: UPPERCASE MacBook accessories

UPPERCASE Design’s Premium Ultra Thin Keyboard Protector and its Palm Rest Protector Set for the new 12-inch MacBook provide protection for the laptop’s keyboard and surface and are styled to perfectly match the new MacBook in fit and appearance.

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