Apple granted iPhoto related patents
Apple has been granted four iPhoto related patents by the US Patent & Trademark Office. Following is a summary of each.
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Type of Article: MacTech Blog
Greg’s bite: iPad eats more ebook readers for lunch
By Greg Mills
Sony just dropped prices on it’s e-readers to keep parity with Amazon and Barnes & Noble’s devices. The rush to drop prices is all about customers going to iPad, in mass.
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Greg’s bite: Sony DCR-SX44 and iMovie 9 do work
By Greg Mills
Greg Bites some crow. Not one to easily admit I was wrong, I have to admit that parts of my rage yesterday against the Apple MPEG 2 video import into iMovie were not exactly fair. Sometimes you fool around with things and somehow get it to work.
For one thing, the QuickTime MPEG 2 software, according to Apple, sometimes does work and delivers sound. It depends on the codex being translated. In this case it didn’t work and Apple did give me my money back.
Read MoreWhat’s in store for the Mac? A ‘3D’ Finder
It’s likely that the Mac OS X Finder will go “3D” at some point in the near future. Perhaps in Mac OS X 10.7 or 10.8.
Last year an Apple patent (number 20080307360) appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office is any indication. The patent is for a multi-dimensional desktop.
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Greg’s bite: remember hearing ‘You can’t do that on a Mac’?
By Greg Mills
I wanted to believe platform envy for the Mac faithful towards the dark side of the force was over. WRONG.
Try using some of the more popular USB camcorders on a Mac. I love plug and play, as it just works.Why can’t Apple fix this deficiency in the Mac infrastructure? There are still plenty of incompatible camcorders out there.
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