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March 30th, 2010

Mac OS X 10.6.3 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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June 1st, 2009

Apple Software Updates: June 1, 2009

Information from Software Update.

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January 21st, 2009

QuickTime 7.6 Update Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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November 18th, 2008

QuickTime H.264 Compatibility Update 7.5.5 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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September 9th, 2008

QuickTime 7.5.5 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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June 9th, 2008

QuickTime 7.5 Update Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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April 3rd, 2008

QuickTime 7.4.5 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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February 22nd, 2008

How to Embed a QuickTime Movie in a Web Page or Blog

New article on Peachpit.com.

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February 7th, 2008

QuickTime 7.4.1 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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January 17th, 2008

A Trip to Macworld Expo 2008

A few thoughts about this year’s trip.

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January 15th, 2008

QuickTime 7.4 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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December 19th, 2007

Downgrading from Leopard

Maybe you and your Mac just weren’t ready.

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December 15th, 2007

QuickTime 7.3.1 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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December 13th, 2007

Using Leopard’s Mosaic Screen Saver

A very cool screen saver for folks with a lot of photos stored on their Macs.

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November 6th, 2007

QuickTime 7.3 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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September 12th, 2007

QuickTime 7.2 Compatibility Update 1.0 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

This update delivers increased compatibility with iLife.

September 6th, 2007

iTunes 7.4 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

As promised by Steve Jobs yesterday, iTunes has been updated to add new features for iPhone users and support for the new iPod models:

With iTunes 7.4, sync your favorite music and more with the new iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, and iPod touch, plus create custom ringtones exclusively

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July 11th, 2007

QuickTime 7.2 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

QuickTime 7.2 addresses critical security issues and delivers:

Support for full screen viewing in QuickTime Player Updates to the H.264 codec Numerous bug fixes

This release is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users.

May 29th, 2007

Security Update (QuickTime 7.1.6) Now Available

Information from Software Update.

This update is recommended for all users and improves the security of QuickTime 7.1.6.

For more information on security updates, visit: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798

May 16th, 2007

Gila Monster

My first Final Cut Express video project.

After spending three days going through a tutorial to learn Final Cut Express HD, I was ready to create my first video project. I’m sharing it with blog readers so you can see how much effort a person can expend on 25 seconds of video.

About

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May 1st, 2007

QuickTime 7.1.6 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

QuickTime 7.1.6 delivers numerous bug fixes, addresses a critical security issue with QuickTime for Java and includes support for:

Final Cut Studio 2 Timecode and closed captioning display in QuickTime Player

This update is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users.

Important Notice to QuickTime Pro Users QuickTime 7 will

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April 13th, 2007

Using the Multiple Item Info Window

A quick tip (with video) for Macintosh users.

Suppose you have a bunch of files in a folder and you want to know what the combined size of several files would be.

Select all the files you want to include. You can hold down the Command key to select multiple files. Hold down

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April 12th, 2007

Podcasting Instructions Update

Apple revises its Podcaster Tech Specs document to provide information on Apple TV compatibility.

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March 19th, 2007

How to Create a Slide Show for iDVD with iPhoto

The details.

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March 13th, 2007

Creating a Slide Show for iDVD

A shortcut with good results.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been banging away at an iDVD project. The goal is to show still images from my helicopter tours and excursions as slide shows with music. I’m rather picky about these things and decided that I wanted to use the Ken Burns effect with

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