Brand: MacTech

CryptoEdit for Mac OS X adds Menu service

Posted by | Aug 13, 2010 | , |

Tension Software has updated CryptoEdit (http://www.pomola.com/products_cryptoedit/cryptoedit.html), a Mac OS X program to create and edit protected encrypted documents, to version 1.6. In the update a Menu service available to create a CryptoEdit document with selected text within any other application.

CryptoEdit can import from other documents in standard TEXT or RTF or RTFD (RTF + images) . Documents can also be exported as TEXT, RTF or standard RTFD (included images)

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New Take Control ebook help readers wrangle fonts in Snow Leopard

New Take Control ebook help readers wrangle fonts in Snow Leopard

Posted by | Aug 12, 2010 | , |

Take Control Books has released “Take Control of Fonts in Snow Leopard” (http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/snow-leopard-fonts). Created by font
expert Sharon Zardetto, who has been writing about the Mac professionally since 1984, this ebook covers not only Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”), but also special font situations in Adobe CS4 and CS5, Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008, iLife, and iWork.

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Apple releases iMac Display Brightness Update

Posted by | Aug 12, 2010 | , |

Apple has released the iMac (Mid 2010) Display Brightness Update 1.0 (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1080). It addresses an issue with 21.5-inch iMac (Mid 2010) display brightness.

It’s a 378KB download and requires Mac OS X 10.6.4. You can obtain it via the Software Updates component of Mac OS X’s Systems Preferences app.

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O’Reilly publishes fourth edition of ‘iPhone: The Missing Manual’

O’Reilly publishes fourth edition of ‘iPhone: The Missing Manual’

Posted by | Aug 12, 2010 | , |

O’Reilly (http://www.oreilly.com) has published the fourth edition of “iPhone: The Missing Manual.” Written by David Pogue, it costs US$19.99 for the ebook edition and $24.99 for the print edition.

The “Missing Manual” looks at the iPhone 4 and its features, iOS 4, the various apps available and tricks and tips. And there are lots of illustrations.

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iPad chair offered by Elite Home Theater Seating

iPad chair offered by Elite Home Theater Seating

Posted by | Aug 12, 2010 | , |

There are lots of interesting iPad accessories out there; now there’s a chair made especially for the Apple tablet. The iPad Chair is designed by Elite Home Theater Seating (http://www.elitehometheaterseating.com/), and it’s a bit futuristic to say the least.

A whisper quiet motor reclines the seat back while raising the foot rest, leaving you swaddled by the ergonomically designed chair. The lumbar support, elbow positioning, and a seat cushion are based on those normally found in a European sports car, says Elite Home Theater Seating founder and CEO, Bobby Bala.

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