Apple, Inc. has released an OS security patch. This security update applies to both PPC and Intel-based Mac models with OS 10.3.9 to 10.4.9 as well as OS X Server 10.3.9.

For more information, check out this Apple’s security page.

A few weeks ago, Telestream, the developer of Flip4Mac (QuickTime WMV component) has updated its Mac-only applications Episode and Episode Pro to 4.3, respectively. So what do these Mac applications do? Episode is a compression suite. It’s similar to Sorenson Media’s Sorenson Squeeze. Episode contains many compression profiles. And it supports many multimedia formats such as MOV, AVI, MPEG and WMV. Continue reading →

French software developer Aquafadas has recently released an updated version of PulpMotion. What is Pulp Motion? It’s a slideshow maker. There are several Mac applications with which you can create QuickTime-based slideshow movies with ease. One is… Yes, QuickTime Pro. Another one is Roxio Toast Titanium 8. PulpMotion is a little bit different from those applications to the extent that you can apply motion effects. So it may remind you of Apple’s iDVD themes. Or it’s sort of a motion version of Freeverse’s Comic Life Deluxe. Continue reading →

Sonic Solutions, the developer of Roxio Toast Titanium, quietly introduced Roxio Crunch 5 days ago. What is it for? Roxio Crunch is a video exporter. More specifically, it is an MP4 transcoder. Roxio Crunch allows the user to decode video (MOV, AVI, MP4, MPEG, WMV, ISO, Video_TS, DVD) and then re-encode it with a different video compressor (MPEG-4 Part 2 or Part 10) under MP4 format (.m4v). Transcoded movies are iPod and Apple TV-ready. Continue reading →

Apple today released Pro Application Support 4.0. This update will not only be used for the users of the latest version of its professional application pack Final Cut Studio 2 but also by the users of older versions of Final Cut Express HD, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soudtrack, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Aperture, Logic Express and Logic Pro. Accoring to the company, this “update improves general user interface reliability for Apple’s professional applications.”

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