Not much time spent on the quest this week. Started doing some research to see what software I had was ready for leopard, and which wasn’t. Hopefully I’ll have enough to post sometime this week.
I spent some time in iPhoto and developed a new appreciation for it. Spent some time with the various adjustment sliders and found them easy to use once I got the hang of it. I especially like the ability to do non-destructive edits during the printing process. I still don’t like the way iPhoto hides the original in the background and only displays the edited copy. It is non-destructive, but the only way I found to get back to the original is to “revert to original” which deletes the edits. Of course, a copy can be made before doing this but it’s of both the original and edited version. This can result in lots of identical “originals”. If I have an edit I like I export it then re-import it so it’s an original. Not very efficient so I don’t do it a lot. I’m still in the habit of only working with originals and routinely “revert” all photos to the originals. I keep thinking I’m missing something. Am I?
Software Upgrades
In what seems like a rare event, none of the software I use was upgraded this week. Microsoft patch Tuesday doesn’t count because I only reason I fired up Windows was to patch it.
Links & News
Universal Music seems to be developing a business strategy called “anything but Apple”. Ars Technica has their latest plan for a music subscription service.
Daring Fireball: The ‘Un’ in ‘Unsupported’ - Lots of iPhone news this week. The only article worth reading is this one.
Hands-On Review: Pixelmator, a ‘Photoshop Lite’ for Mac Shutterbugs - Wired News has a pretty good summary of Pixelmator.
Macworld.com: Mac OS X Hints: Hand-code Smart Folders - Example of how to edit - and extend the power of - smart folders.
TheRegister.co.uk: Mandriva Linux 2008 is out and about - Mandriva Linux has been updated and is now a 4.1GB download.
ArsTechnica.com - OEM pricing for Windows Home Server comes into focus at below $200 - This seems like a well thought out product (based only on the press). I wish it was a little cheaper although the price isn’t unexpected.
LifeHacker.com - Online Storage: Free Remote File Storage Space at Who.hasfiles - Lifehacker brings another free online file storage solution. Free up to 100MB.
RoughlyDrafted.com - Rise of the iTunes Killers Myth — RoughlyDrafted Magazine - With all the news about new online music stores going after iTunes Roughly drafted has an article worth reading. I’ve been using Amazon lately but I’m not calling it a iTunes Store killer.
TUAW.com - Rumor: Aussies call Leopard date of 10/20 - Most rumors put the Leopard release date at 10/26 or so. This one says 10/20.
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