TOKYO (MacHouse) – We are quite slow this month. We’ve released one software title so far. Wait… There’s one more Mac application to come. A new software title that we’ve just released is called Shrinkables.

Source: MacHouse

Shrinkables is a batch-exporter that will allow the user to shrink (not to enlarge) any number of source images at 20 different sizes (or less) of their choice at a time. Simply, drag and drop one or more image files directly onto the listbox, which serves as a drop box.  Then enable any of the checkboxes and set a new size (picture dimensions) at which you want to shrink image files.  Finally, set an export folder by clicking on the Select button.  By this time, the export button at the bottom should be accessible.  So click it away.

Source: MacHouse

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Shrinkables is a product of MacHouse.

最近はMacintoshコンピュータで使えるメモリーも結構安いのを見つけることができます。16・7年前は36 MBのもので10万円を超えていたことを考えると、ちょっと時代も変わったようです。ただ、いくらインターネットが普及して商品を見つけ易くなったからといっても、Macintoshコンピュータ対応の安いメモリーを見つけるのはそう容易ではないようです。「マック　メモリー」で検索すれば、まあマック対応のメモリーを見つけることができることは確かです。あるインターネット販売の店だと今現在iMac用のメモリーが2 GBで何と10,080円とあります。ちょっと高い、と思う方に今回紹介するのがKingston TechnologyのiMacに対応の4 GBのメモリーです。価格は安くて2,800円のものがみつかるようです。製品番号はKTA-MB 1333/4Gです。

写真1: 資料元 – マックハウス

そうそう、iMacと言っても色々な機種がありますね。このKingstonのKTA-MB 1333というメモリーはiMac 2010年モデル（MC508J/A、MC509J/A、MC510J/A、MC511J/A）及び2011年モデル（MC309J/A、MC812J/A、MC813J/A、MC814J/A）に対応します。と言うよりも、アップル社がメモリーの構成を変更していないだけなんですが。ただ構成はこの1年間変わってなくても、iMacに搭載されているメモリー自体は変わっているようです。写真1にあるのは、2010年に登場したiMac 2.8 GHz Quad Core（MC511J/A）のものですが、これはSAMSUNGのもので、中国で製造されたもののようです。また写真2にあるのは今年の5月に登場したiMac 3.1 GHz Quad Core（MC814J/A）に使われているもので、日本のエルピーダが台湾で委託生産したもののようです。   Continue reading →

You may probably know that Apple, Inc. began selling OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive, a USB install drive for Mac OS X Lion, several days ago. Apple Store currently sells it for US$69.00. You may have also heard that you can actually create your own USB install drive saving some 20 to 30 bucks, provided that you have a Lion installation disk from Mac App Store.

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A question that I had a few days ago is “Can I use my SDHC card to create a Lion install drive?” These days, I don’t use USB memory sticks. Rather, I have quite a lot of SDHC and Compact Flash cards. As you know, all new iMacs, which Apple, Inc. introduced in early May, come with an SD card slot. Maybe, create a Lion install card and plug it into this slot to start up an iMac? I was a bit skeptical. But I had to try it. So I just bought a new iMac 27″ Quad Core 3.1 GHz plus a SDHC card yesterday. Actually, it arrived this morning.

An SDHC card that I was going to use is Silicon Power 4 GB (Class 10) SDHC card. I’ve bought one just for this attempt. I was going to use it, but I didn’t. That’s because this card doesn’t have sufficient capacity. 4 GB isn’t enough. So, instead, I ended up using an existing Transcend 8 GB (Class 6) SDHC card. Well, I didn’t have to buy a new 4 GB SDHC card after all. But that’s all right. Furthermore, since I’m a member of Mac Developer Program, I get a free copy of OS X Lion installation disk. And I have a copy sitting on my external hard drive.   Continue reading →

TOKYO (MacHouse) – It’s been quite a while since we released the last software title. It’s most likely that we are not going to work on many Mac projects as we used to as Apple, Inc. is such a very disappointing company to work with as far as Mac App Store is concerned. Meanwhile, a new Mac software title that we’ve just released is called BOMM.

Source: MacHouse

BOMM is a Mail assistant that is designed so that users can read e-mail messages from older versions. If you have a backup Mail folder dating back to days when you used OS X 10.5 Leopard, you can use BOMM to browse e-mail messages on a computer running Snow Leopard or Lion.

Source: MacHouse

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BOMM is a product of MacHouse.
Mail is a product of Apple, Inc.

So Mac OS X Lion is out. We’ve tested almost all our software titles that are available at Mac App Store. We regret to inform that at least two of them are unlikely to run under Mac OS X Lion.

1. FileTidy: The way Mac OS handles the view arrangement of files has changed. We used to press Control + Shift + 3, 4 or whatever under Snow Leopard. It’s now totally different under Lion. It would be easier for us to release a separate update that would run only under Lion. But that’s not how Mac App Store works. To our understanding, Mac App Store applications must run under Snow Leopard and Lion.
2. QuickMarks: We were going to update this software title. In fact, we’ve submitted an update to Mac App Store. They’ve just informed us that it will crash after the user drags and drops a piece of clipped text onto the drop box once or twice. In fact, they are right. The application doesn’t crash under Snow Leopard. For now, we cannot figure out why it will crash under Lion.