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マックで使える製品の紹介：ロアス マウスパッド MUP-801CW

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ロアス マウスパッド MUP-801CW
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お正月もあっという間に過ぎてしまいましたね。さて、このサイトではこれから数日に渡り5・6点のマックで使える製品を紹介する予定です。そのうちの少なくても3点はマウスパッドです。

マウスパッドと言えば、有名な日本のメーカーとしてエレコムやサンワサプライなどが挙るかと思います。またamazon（amazon.co.jp）でコンピュータの製品を買ったことがあれば、ロアスというメーカーの名前を聞いたことがあるのではないでしょうか？今回紹介するのはそのロアス株式会社のマウスパッドで、製品番号はMUP-801CWです。

ロアス マウスパッド MUP-801CW
写真1: 資料元 – マックハウス

ところで、マウスパッドを選ぶ場合に注意をすることが何点かありますね。第一に、どのようなマウスに対してそれを使うのか。エレコムのマウスパッドだと、「光学式マウス用」または「レーザー式マウス用」とはっきり表示されている製品が多いようです。このロアスのマウスパッドに関して言えば、前面に「オプティカルマウスにも対応」と書かれています。（写真1参照）更に裏面を見てみると、「オプティカルマウスもボールマウスもスムーズに操作できます」、と書かれているのがわかります。（写真2参照）と言うことは、レーザー式マウスは駄目なのかな？、と考えてしまいそうです。まあそれはいいとして、第二に注意したいのが、マウスパッドの大きさです。日本の市場でよく出回っているのが180mm x 150mmの大きさの製品のようですね。このロアスのマウスパッドの大きさは180mm x 145mm。ですから、大きいマウスパッドとは言えませんね。   Continue reading →

Apple Releasing Mac OS X v10.6.6 Update

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Apple, Inc. has released a software update only for Snow Leopard users. It’s been released on the same day when the company is scheduled to launch its online application store, which suggests that this software update has to do with App Store. In the meantime, there is no software update available to Leopard users. That means the door is not open to Mac users who run an OS version lower than 10.6 and/or have PowerPC-based Macs. That suggests that Apple wants to give a push for the sale of OS X 10.6 discs.





App Store Mac OS X 10.6.6
Source: MacHouse






By the way, MacHouse will not join the party at App Store. The reoccurring annual fee of $99 is not the only problem. We don’t know exactly who is reviewing software submissions. We fear that it’s the same group of people behind Mac OS X Downloads Submission. We have no doubts that Chinese vendors who sell counterfeit products at App Store for iPhone and iPad will be there on our behalf.






Click on the button for more information on this security update. VTC

What’s Coming Up Next? – MacHouse Introducing MacReady (Ready2Work)

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – We didn’t release any products during the first half of this month. We then released two Mac software titles last week. Actually, a third software title is ready for release. It’s called MacReady. It may also be called Ready2Work at Mac App Store.





Mac software MacReady
Source: MacHouse






MacReady lets you perform a series of tasks so that your Mac can get ready to work. Emptying Trash, opening this folder and that folder, launching this application and that application… If you add it to the Login items list (System Preferences > Accounts), MacReady can automatically perform dozens of simple tasks soon after your Mac starts up. Make sure you enable Auto run, opening Preferences.





Mac software MacReady
Source: MacHouse






Changing the labels of this folder and that file, accessing this website and that website with your default web browser… MacReady can do all the dirty work on your behalf in no time.






Click on the button for more information on MacReady. VTC
Click on the button for more information on Ready2Work. VTC






MacReady is a product of MacHouse.
Ready2Work is a product of MacHouse.

What’s Coming Up Next? – MacHouse Releasing VersionsX

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Whenever we submit a software update to Download.com, MacUpdate, Softpedia or whatever, we try to make sure that the file path is correct. As for Download.com, they will give you an automated message saying that the software file you’ve specified cannot be found if it’s invalid. MacUpdate won’t, and they will simply trash your software submission. We try to make sure that every software submission we make has a valid URL. But we do make a mistake from time to time in this regard.

VersionsX is a new Mac application that is designed to let software developers document software version history. If you use VersionsX, the probability that you will give them an invalid file path should be reduced dramatically because it will check and see if the given URL is valid for every 1.5 seconds in real time.





Mac software VersionsX
Source: MacHouse






VersionX is currently available as a freeware title because it’s still in beta. It’s a beta version, so it won’t come with a user’s guide.






Click on the button for more information on VersionsX. VTC






VersionsX is a product of MacHouse.

What’s Coming Up Next? – MacHouse to Introduce Switchies

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Mac software Switchies






TOKYO (MacHouse) – It’s a software title we’ve developed ourselves, but we love CopyReady. Hopefully, you will try it out. Or some people probably find Stickies more useful.

Yes, we like Stickies, too. Unfortunately, Stickies won’t allow you to have different categories of windows. If that’s a wish that hasn’t come true, try out Switchies.





Mac software Switchies
Source: MacHouse






Switchies is a new Mac software title we are about to release. Switchies will allow the user to create and maintain multiple sets of Stickies windows. And you can switch from one category to another with just a click of Mouse.






Switchies is a product of MacHouse.