Looking at the sales volume only, most software developers must be pleased with Mac App Store, which Apple, Inc. opened in January 6. That’s true with us, too. Well, we were first skeptical. In fact, we weren’t even interested in selling our software titles at Mac App Store at first. Now, more than two dozen software titles of ours are available there. Even for Mac users, Mac App Store offers a relatively easy way of purchasing software. It offers an uniform way of making purchases and updating software titles regardless of developers.

It sounds like Mac App Store offers a win-win situation for both Mac users and software developers. Or maybe not… Let’s see some of negative aspects of Mac App Store.   Continue reading →

We already know that Apple, Inc. is scheduled to release Mac OS X Lion (OS X 10.7) this summer. The official announcement of Lion was made on the day when the company had its “Back to the Mac” event on October 20, 2010. So we are just 2 or 3 months away from seeing Max OS X Lion.

In the meantime, it has been more than nine months since Apple introduced the last line of iMac models. According to the company, the last line was introduced in July 27. It’s referred to as iMac Mid-2010. In fact, we have one 2.8 GHz Quad-Core 27″ model. Anyway, chances are that Apple will introduce a new line of iMac models soon after they release Mac OS X Lion.

By the way, aside from a new line of iMac models, now that Apple runs Mac App Store successfully, some Mac users may wonder if Apple will sell Mac OS X Lion at Mac App Store? Or will they even sell OS X install discs in the form of DVD?

So what should we expect on new iMac models? Maybe a bigger display than 27″? Maybe faster Core i5 microprocessors than 2.8 GHz (4-Core)? Well, human wants are limitless. Nonetheless, there are a couple of features that we would really like to see with an introduction of new iMac models.   Continue reading →

TOKYO (MacHouse) – The third software title we are releasing this month is called Audio2Join. It is currently available as a freeware title as it’s still in beta. So what is Audio2Join? As the name suggests Audio2Join allows the user to combine multiple audio files into a single, independent audio clip.

Source: MacHouse

Remember that there is no User’s Guide available for Audio2Join since it’s a still beta version (to be expired in May 1). However, it shouldn’t be difficult for anyone to figure out how to use it. Simply, drag and drop one or more audio clips onto the drop box. And click on the Export button at the bottom or choose Export Audio under File. Audio2Join will subsequently proceed to combine the audio clips as shown in the top screenshot. In a matter of several seconds, you will be prompted to choose an export format.

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Audio2Join is a product of MacHouse.

TOKYO (MacHouse) – The second software title we are releasing this month is called JoinMovies. It’s a spin-off of Split n Join, again. As the name suggests, JoinMovies allows the user to put video clips of the same format or similar ones together to create a new independent movie file.

Source: MacHouse

Under JoinQT, you can combine QuickTime-readable video clips (3GP, 3GP2, DV, M4V, MOV, MP4) into one, and you can create a QuickTime video (MOV). It’s an independent video clip, and you can open it with QuickTime Player. Note that you need the freeware version of QuickTime Player 7 in order to use JoinQT. You can also combine Matroska-container video clips (MKV) of the same kind into one video clip under JoinMKV. Or use JoinAVI to put AVI video clips together to create a new one.

Source: MacHouse

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JoinMovies is a product of MacHouse.
QuickTime Player is a product of Apple, Inc.

TOKYO (MacHouse) – The first software title to release this month is called SplitMovies. Just as other several software titles we previously released, SplitMovies will only be available at Mac App Store.

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So what is SplitMovies? In a sense, it’s a reduced version of Split n Join, our top selling software title. SplitMovies allows the user to split a movie file into multiple independent video clips, each of which can be opened and viewed with a media player. Currently, SplitMovies supports such media formats as 3GP, 3GP2, DV, M4V, MOV, MP4, MKV (Matroska), AVI.

Source: MacHouse

Hopefully, SplitMovies will be available at Mac App Store by the end of this month.






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SplitMovies is a product of MacHouse.