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Apple Releasing Security Update 2008-008 and Mac OS X 10.5.6

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – In conjunction with a new security update patch (2008-008), Apple, Inc. has released Mac OS X 10.5.6. A security update patch is also separately released for Mac OS X 10.4.11. According to the company, the security update covers such programs as ATS, BOM, CoreGraphics, CoreServices, CoreTypes, Flash Player Plug-in, Kernel, depending on the version of the operating system.






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Adobe Releases Adobe After Effects CS4 9.0.1 Update for Mac

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Adobe Systems Incorporated has released an update for Adobe After Effects CS4 for Mac. This update seems to be available for the Mac version of the application only. According to the company, Adobe After Effects CS4 9.0.1 update provides ‘general stability and performance fixes’ as well as ‘updates to Mocha for After Effects.’ The update file is 219.6 MB in size and provided in the form of a DMG disk image.






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Apple Releasing EFI & SMC Firmware Updates for Late 2008 MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Models

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Apple, Inc. has released a firmware update for MacBook Air, MacBook and MacBook Pro, all models released in late-2008. According to the company, the SMC firmware updates for MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro ‘improve the sensing and accuracy of the MagSafe Power Adapter indicator light and the battery charge indicator lights.’ of the computers. As for the EFI firmware updates for MacBook and MacBook Air, the company says these updates fix ‘several issues to improve the stability’ of the computers.






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Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 and Fireworks CS4 Reviews – Should One Upgrade Adobe Dreamweaver & Fireworks?

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Some 9 years ago, I bought Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 Studio for about $150 to 155 with an academic discount. I was still a graduate student at that time. I only wanted Dreamweaver and didn’t use Fireworks very much.

Nowadays, our work without Fireworks is unthinkable. Fireworks is not necessarily a great application to use. It’s just that you can edit graphic files fast. It’s not like there are many things that you can do with Fireworks, which you can’t with Photoshop.

How about Dreamweaver? I won’t say life without Dreamweaver is unimaginable. It’s true that Dreamweaver is one of the most widely used HTML editor for both Mac and Windows. Dreamweaver is a mature product just like Microsoft Word and Excel. Some Mac users had a good reason to upgrade their Microsoft Office, though. Microsoft never released a Universal upgrade for Office 2004 products so that they could sell more units of Office 2008, which runs natively on Intel Mac computers. Again, how about Dreamweaver?

Adobe officially started shipping CS4 products including Dreamweaver CS4 and Fireworks CS4 in mid-October. The release cycle is quite short. It’s only 18 months. Adobe started shipping CS3 products in April, 2007. Dreamweaver 9 and other CS3 products were already compatible with Intel Mac computers natively. So some Mac users may not feel they need to upgrade their Adobe CS3 products. And our recommendation is… Don’t waste your money.  Continue reading →