iMovie 10.0 now available, here’s a list of all the new features

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, PC / Laptop, Software,

Up next for today's Apple software updates coming out of the Apple iPad event is iMovie. iMovie sees a redesign, and also bring in a bunch of iCloud functionality, allowing you iMovie content to be found and played back on your iOS devices, and Apple TV. Here's the full list of what's new:

• All-new, streamlined design
• Share clips, movies, and trailers to iMovie Theater and watch them anywhere
• Video browsing mode with quick clip sharing
• Adjustments Bar for easy access to video and audio controls
• 16 new title styles
• 14 new trailer templates from iMovie for iOS
• Eight new movie themes from iMovie for iOS
• Use photos in trailers
• Plus button for quickly adding clips to your movie
• Trim video and audio clips directly in the timeline
• Simplified drag and drop for picture-in-picture, side-by-side, green screen, and audio-only effects
• One-click Enhance for video and audio
• Adjust shadows, highlights, and color temperature
• Match the color of two clips
• Ken Burns Effect for panorama photos
• Improved video stabilization
• Enhanced green screen and blue screen effect
• Volume-aware audio ducking
• Speed change controls in the timeline
• Add just a portion of a song from iTunes to your movie
• Email video clips and projects
• Sharing support for Youku and Tudou
• Import, analyze, and share clips in the background
• Native support for AVCHD video
• 64-bit support

You can find the iMovie update in the Mac App Store for free if you're an existing user. If not, you can buy iMovie for $14.99.

Apple releases major iPhoto ‘11 update, here’s what’s new

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As announced during this morning's Apple iPad event, the company is also updating its entire suite of creative and productivity apps across OS X and iOS. First up, iPhoto, which is bumped to version 9.5. Below is a list of what's new:

• 64-bit support
• The Places feature now uses Apple maps to display photo locations
• Adds support for iCloud Photo Sharing, including the ability to post videos to shared photo streams and the ability to have multiple subscribers contribute to a shared stream
• Adds support for iOS 7 camera filters applied to photos imported from iOS devices
• Includes a new, streamlined interface for printing
• Replaces the Create menu with an updated Share menu providing access to all sharing options, including print products such as books, cards and calendars
• Fixes an issue that could cause iPhoto to quit unexpectedly when sharing an edited photo from a MacBook Pro with Retina display
• Addresses an issue that could cause iPhoto to show incorrect file type and size information for imported TIFF and PSD files
• Comment sheet now appears correctly when sharing multiple photos to a new or existing photo stream
• Fixes an issue that caused photos with specific color profiles to display incorrectly on iOS devices after being shared via iCloud
• Captions instead of version names are now synced between iPhoto and Facebook for newly-created albums
• Privacy settings can now be managed when sharing photos from iPhoto to a Facebook Timeline
• Videos up to three minutes long can now be shared to Flickr
• Addresses an issue that could cause photos synced to iPhoto from Flickr to appear rotated incorrectly
• Fixes an issue that could cause photos synced to iPhoto from Facebook or Flickr to be duplicated and reposted
• URLs in the photo comments field can now be clicked to open the corresponding links
• Improves reliability when working with custom locations in the Places feature
• Improves reliability when copying and pasting photos to a new event
• When a single photo is selected in an album, clicking the Trash button in the contextual menu now removes the photo from the album rather than from the library
• Includes stability and performance improvements

You can download the new iPhoto now. If you're an existing user, the update is free. If not, you can download it for $14.99.

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Apple releases iOS 7.0.3 with iCloud Keychain, iMessage fix, Touch ID tweaks

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Handhelds, Software,

Alongside all the major news coming out of today's Apple iPad event, the company has also released an iOS update. iOS 7.0.3 bring a few new features to the platform, like iCloud Keychain, which works alongside the same feature in OS X Mavericks (which was also released today on the Mac App Store) to keep your account names, passwords, and credit cards synced across your devices, while protecting them with your Apple ID. Here is a rundown of all the changes in iOS 7.0.3:

• Adds iCloud Keychain to keep track of your on account names passwords and credit card numbers across all your devices
• Adds Password Generator so Safari can suggest unique hard to guess passwords for your online accounts
• Updates lock screen to delay display of "slide to unlock" went Touch ID is in use
• Adds back the ability to search the web and Wikipedia from Spotlight search
• Fixes an issue where iMessage failed to send for some users
• Fixes a bug that could prevent iMessage from activating
• Improves system stability when using iWork apps
• Fixes an accelerometer calibration issue
• Address is an issue that could cause Siri and VoiceOver to use a lower quality voice
• Fixes a bug that could allow someone to bypass the lock screen passcode
• Enhances the Reduce Motion setting to minimize both motion and animation
• Fix is an issue that could cause VoiceOver input to be too sensitive
• Updates the Bold Text setting to also change dial pad text
• Fix is an issue that could cause supervise devices to become unsupervised when updating software

You should be able to check the Software Update area on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to grab the update now.

OS X Mavericks now available, grab it from the App Store for free

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, PC / Laptop, Software,

As we noted earlier, Apple OS X Mavericks is a free update to its desktop operating system, and is a big shift in the approach in pricing for OS X. The update is available now in the Mac App Store, weighing in at 5.29GB in size. Go ahead and download it, and then grab a snack because it'll take about 45-60 minutes to do its thing. Let us know how you like it!

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Apple announces iPad mini with Retina display

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Handhelds,

The one glaring hole in the iPad mini has now been fixed, as Apple has announced a brand new iPad mini with Retina display. It sports the same 2048 x 1536 display that is found on the new iPad Air, and also sports the same processor as well--the Apple A7 processor, also found in the iPhone 5s. It even has the M7 processor built-in as well. In fact, it sports all of the same features internally that are found on the iPad Air--the only difference seems to be the size of the actual display, and since the iPad mini and iPad Air share the same display resolution, the mini ends up having the more pixel dense panel. No exact launch date has been announced yet, but we know that it'll launch in late November, starting at $399 for the 16GB model--that's a $70 price increase when compared to the original non-Retina iPad mini.

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Apple announces new iPad Air

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Handhelds,

Apple has announced the new iPad Air, the 5th generation and the next evolution for its 9.7-inch tablet, and it has taken on a whole new design. If you've seen the iPad mini, then you have an idea of what the new full-sized model looks like. It's rear shell is the same shape that the iPad mini has been using since its launch. The smaller bezel results in a much smaller footprint, making it 20% thinner at 7.5mm thin, and weighs just 1 pound (down from the 1.4 pounds of the iPad 4.) On the inside, you get a 64-bit A7 processor, along with the M7 coprocessor found in the iPhone 5s. No major camera upgrade, as the shooter remains at 5-megapixel, although the FaceTime front camera does see a modest update. MIMO 802.11n Wi-Fi support rounds things out.

You can pick up the new iPad Air at the Apple Store on November 1, starting at $499. LTE models are available as well for AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and for the first time, T-Mobile.

Check out the rest of the news from today's Apple iPad event!

15-inch MacBook Pro updated, now starts at $1999

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, PC / Laptop,

Alongside the new 13-inch MacBook Pro, Apple also announced an updated 15-inch MacBook Pro at today's Apple iPad event as well. The 15-inch model includes the new Intel Crystalwell Iris Pro graphics chip, and ships with OS X Mavericks (which includes a bunch of performance enhancements on its own.) As far as power efficiency, Apple says the new 15-inch model has an 8 hour battery, includes Thunderbolt 2, and supports 802.11ac Wi-Fi. The price is slashed by $200, with a starting price now at $1999 with a 2.0GHz Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. You can get the new 15-inch MacBook Pro today.

13-inch MacBook Pro refreshed with Retina display, starts at $1299

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, PC / Laptop,

At today's Apple iPad event, the company revealed a new 13-inch MacBook Pro. The Retina display model from last year is now the default, and it's is thinner and lighter, at 0.71 inches thick and 3.46 pounds. Apple also cut the price by $1299 (but also defaults now to 4GB RAM instead of 8GB in the base.) Apple says that the new 13-incher gets 9 hours of battery life, Thunderbolt 2, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi support. You can pick up the new 13-inch MacBook Pro today.

The new Mac Pro launches in December for $2999

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Apple has revealed more details about the new Intel Xeon-powered Mac Pro at today's Apple iPad event. The new, small cylinder relies solely on PCIe flash that sees 1.2/GB/s reads and 1.0GB/s writes, with six Thunderbolt 2 ports and AMD FirePro graphics with up to 12GB of GDDR VRAM. The Mac Pro can support up to three 4K displays over Thunderbolt plus an additional over HDMI (it supports HDMI 1.4.) Four USB 3.0 ports, 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0, and a motion sensor round out the main features. It starts at $2999 for a 3.7GHz Quad-core Xeon, 12GB RAM, and launches in December.

OS X Mavericks will launch today, completely free

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, PC / Laptop, Software,

Update: You can download OS X Mavericks now!

At this morning's Apple iPad event, the company announced that its next major desktop operating system, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, will launch today. It will be available exclusively in the Mac App Store, and in a huge shift for the company, it will be completely free. Mavericks brings a few cool features and optimizations to OS X--things like Apple Maps, iBooks, greatly-improved multi-monitor support, native tabbed Finder, tagging support in Finder, iCloud Keychain, and much more.

Mavericks is compatible with a wide range of Macs:

• iMac (Mid-2007 or later)
• MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, Late 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later), (15-inch, Mid/Late 2007 or later), (17-inch, Late 2007 or later)
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
• Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later)
• Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
• Xserve (Early 2009)

There you have it! Who's planning on grabbing that upgrade when it hits the App Store?

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