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Apple examining ways to pack an entire Mac into a keyboard

Apple examining ways to pack an entire Mac into a keyboard

Talk about your compact Mac! Apple has filed for a patent (number 20220057845) dubbed “computer in an input device” that involves packing an entire Mac into a keyboard. About the patent filing In the patent filing, Apple notes that large components have traditionally...

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Future Apple Watch bands may incorporate touch sensors

Future Apple Watch bands may incorporate touch sensors as evidenced by a newly granted Apple patent (number 11,003,289) for a “flexible touch sensor panel.” The idea is to incorporate such panels into an Apple Watch strap. This would provide an additional touch...

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Kool Tools: Transcend StoreJet Portable Hard Drives

Kool Tools: Transcend StoreJet Portable Hard Drives

The Transcend StoreJet range of portable hard drives available from US memory supplier Data Memory Systems (www.datamemorysystems.com) is helping Mac users boost their devices capabilities with external storage space and high transfer rates.

With two models available, the SJM300 (a traditional portable hard drive) and the SJM500 (a portable solid-state drive, or SSD), Mac users can now supercharge their laptops or desktops with the addition of one of these devices.

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Kool Tools: U73b Compressor effect plug-in

Kool Tools: U73b Compressor effect plug-in

Audified’s (www.audified.com) U73b Compressor effect plug-in for Mac (AAX, AudioUnit, VST2, VST3) and PC (AAX, VST2, VST3) is an authentic emulation of the Sixties-vintage German broadcast compressor/limiter hardware predecessor that shares its name.

But before delving deeper into Audified’s authentic-sounding U73b Compressor effect plug-in, perhaps a little history lesson is in order here? After all, only by gaining an appreciation of its namesake hardware predecessor can U73b Compressor be truly appreciated in its own right.

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Kool Tools: RE1750A router

Kool Tools: RE1750A router

Amped Wireless’ (ampedwireless.com) US$179.99 RE1750A wireless router is one of the the industry’s most powerful range extender. It delivers up to 12,000 square feet of Wi-Fi coverage and up to 1750Mbps of combined Wi-Fi speed.

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Kool Tools: BetterZip 3 for Mac OS X

Kool Tools: BetterZip 3 for Mac OS X

MacItBetter’s (http://macitbetter.com/) BetterZip 3, an archiving solution for Mac OS X, has been revved to version 3.

The biggest new feature is the Direct Mode, which speeds up working with large archives by making archive preparation and recompression obsolete.The archive password manager helps you work with encrypted archives by collecting a list of archive passwords in your OS X keychain. These can be used automatically whenever you open  encrypted archives. BetterZip 3 adds a password generator which suggests strong passwords whenever you need them.

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Kool Tools: Duplicate, a copy and paste tool for Mac OS X

Kool Tools: Duplicate, a copy and paste tool for Mac OS X

MacDaddy’s Duplicate 1.0 is a Mac OS X Yosemite application that enhances the Finder’s standard copy and paste functionality by making them more efficient, as well as performing approximately 10% faster than stock copy and paste methods.

Duplicate can also copy large folders with no issues involving file permissions, as well as the ability to copy entire volumes, creating an exact duplicate bootable copy of the original volume. It installs itself as an option into the contextual menu that appears when you Control-Click or right-click a file, folder, or drive.

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