Quark has announced XML Author 3, the latest version of its XML authoring tool that enables users to create XML content within Microsoft Word. Standing as a core component of Quark Dynamic Publishing software, the application provides both creation and editing tools for making XML content. Features in the update add support for Microsoft Word 2007 and Windows Vista, toolbar improvements, and new i...
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MP3 moves on to Lossless
Thomson launched a new format, the mp3HD. Its this name hides a new format that is supposed to be lossless , i.e. does not lose any information compared to the original. Of course, the files explode in size, the encoding being done with data flows ranging between 500 and 900 Kbits/s. A 4 minute file of music will be 14 and 26 MB.
This format wants to be retro-compatible with the immense installed base of readers able to read MP3. They will be able to restore these files, but with a quality less than the really compatible apparatuses.
Remain to be seen if Apple will make an effort to include this format in its next iPods. Nothing is less sure. Even though MP3 were impossible to circumvent at the launch of the first iPod, Apple has since done everything to push AAC or the Apple Lossless.
A SSD as a Photoshop Swap Drive
Hereafter is a report from Clément:
I just installed an OCZ SSD Vertex of 30 GB to be used as my Photoshop swap drive on my Mac Pro (I boot from an Intel SSD 80 GB). HEreafter is the result:
Such performance level is quite astonishing for a entry level SSD available for around 120 Euro. However, the 3.5" adaptors provided by OCZ are not compatible with the HD tray of the Mac Pro.
Mac 101: Spaces for your screen and brain
Filed under: Tips and tricks, Mac 101
To activate Spaces, go to System Preferences > Exposé and Spaces > Spaces. From there you can enable from 2-16 "spaces" (virtual screens) and you can fine-tune application behaviors. For example, I have Skitch set to appear in Every Space, which simply means it'll appear in whatever space I happen to be working in when I open Skitch. Normally switching to an application will take you back to the space you left it in (you can turn this off in the preferences).
The really awesome thing about Spaces: it's like Exposé on steroids. If you're used to hitting a key and seeing all open windows, now you'll be able to hit a key and see all windows in all the Spaces you have open -- thus expanding your screen real estate considerably. Plus, you can use the two together. Hit a key to see all Spaces, then hit your Exposé key to see all the windows in every Space. You can also easily drag windows to another space either in the zoomed out view or just by pulling a window to the edge of the screen (depending on which space you wish to travel to). It's hard to explain, so watch the video to see what I mean.
Note that there are some apps (Microsoft Word 2008 in particular) that don't play well with Spaces, so your mileage may vary.
Want more tips and tricks like this? Visit TUAW's Mac 101 section.
TUAWMac 101: Spaces for your screen and brain originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Quark's XML Author 3.0 adds support, improvements
Quark has announced XML Author 3, the latest version of its XML authoring tool that enables users to create XML content within Microsoft Word. Standing as a core component of Quark Dynamic Publishing software, the application provides both creation and editing tools for making XML content. Features in the update add support for Microsoft Word 2007 and Windows Vista, toolbar improvements, and new i...
AT&T stores now offering early upgrade pricing on iPhone 3G
In the latest move aimed at helping Apple clear inventory of iPhone 3Gs ahead of new models anticipated this spring, AT&T retail stores are now offering some customers early upgrades to the Apple handset at subsidized pricing.
MP3 moves on to Lossless
Thomson launched a new format, the mp3HD. Its this name hides a new format that is supposed to be lossless , i.e. does not lose any information compared to the original. Of course, the files explode in size, the encoding being done with data flows ranging between 500 and 900 Kbits/s. A 4 minute file of music will be 14 and 26 MB.
This format wants to be retro-compatible with the immense installed base of readers able to read MP3. They will be able to restore these files, but with a quality less than the really compatible apparatuses.
Remain to be seen if Apple will make an effort to include this format in its next iPods. Nothing is less sure. Even though MP3 were impossible to circumvent at the launch of the first iPod, Apple has since done everything to push AAC or the Apple Lossless.
A SSD as a Photoshop Swap Drive
Hereafter is a report from Clément:
I just installed an OCZ SSD Vertex of 30 GB to be used as my Photoshop swap drive on my Mac Pro (I boot from an Intel SSD 80 GB). HEreafter is the result:
Such performance level is quite astonishing for a entry level SSD available for around 120 Euro. However, the 3.5" adaptors provided by OCZ are not compatible with the HD tray of the Mac Pro.
Mac 101: Spaces for your screen and brain
Filed under: Tips and tricks, Mac 101
To activate Spaces, go to System Preferences > Exposé and Spaces > Spaces. From there you can enable from 2-16 "spaces" (virtual screens) and you can fine-tune application behaviors. For example, I have Skitch set to appear in Every Space, which simply means it'll appear in whatever space I happen to be working in when I open Skitch. Normally switching to an application will take you back to the space you left it in (you can turn this off in the preferences).
The really awesome thing about Spaces: it's like Exposé on steroids. If you're used to hitting a key and seeing all open windows, now you'll be able to hit a key and see all windows in all the Spaces you have open -- thus expanding your screen real estate considerably. Plus, you can use the two together. Hit a key to see all Spaces, then hit your Exposé key to see all the windows in every Space. You can also easily drag windows to another space either in the zoomed out view or just by pulling a window to the edge of the screen (depending on which space you wish to travel to). It's hard to explain, so watch the video to see what I mean.
Note that there are some apps (Microsoft Word 2008 in particular) that don't play well with Spaces, so your mileage may vary.
Want more tips and tricks like this? Visit TUAW's Mac 101 section.
TUAWMac 101: Spaces for your screen and brain originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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