TOKYO (MacHouse) – It’s been only 10 and a half months since Roxio (http://www.roxio.com), a division of Sonic Solutions, released the last version of a popular Mac CD/DVD-burning software title. Today, the company has released new version – Roxio Toast 10, which comes in two editions. One is Roxio Toast 10 Titanium, whose list price is set to $99.99. The list price of Roxio Toast 10 Pro is set to $149.99. Continue reading
Little Stick is a Mac-only software title developed by a small British company. What it does is to let users create 3D movies / snapshots of dynamic tree movements. Personally, I thought at first that this Mac software title didn’t quite impress me. But you will be surprised to see how minutely the tree is depicted after you export a project to a QuickTime movie.
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To begin with, you need to select a tree type under a top pull-down menu. As shown in Screenshot 01, Little Stick comes with Dawn Redwood, European Larch, Japanese Larch, Swamp Cypress, … The list goes on and on. How many tree types are included? The full version comes with at least 94 tree types. If you go to Real Trees A-Z, you can find one that you want in the alphabetical order. (See Screenshot 02.)
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There are several factors that will change the look of the tree. One is tree’s age. The age pull-down menu includes Sapling, Child, Adolescent, Adult, Ancestor and Dead. (See Screenshot 03.) As shown in Screenshot 04, another important factor is Season. For example, if I choose Winter, the tree will lose all leaves. (See Screenshot 05.) Continue reading
TOKYO (MacHouse) – Apple, Inc. has released Mail Update 1.0, whose installation requires Mac OS X 10.5.6 or higher. This update, according to the company, is designed to stop Mail from unexpectedly quitting due to outdated third-party Mail plugins. So far, Software Update does not cover this release.
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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Apple Developer Connection has updated its developer tool package to 3.1.2 for Mac OS X 10.5 users. According to the group, this update ‘provides additional GCC and LLVM compiler options, general bug fixes.’
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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Apple, Inc. has released Pro Applications Update 2008-05. According to company’s Final Cut Studio website, this software update ‘addresses general performance issues and improves overall stability.’ This update should be available for Final Cut Studio users through Software Update. However, at the time of our writing this report, Software Update did not show Pro Applications Update 2008-05.
 Source: MacHouse |