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We're at Macworld Expo 2009 in San Francisco with the latest news about the show. Check back often this week for updates!
- Phil Schiller Delivers Lackluster Keynote
- iPhoto '09 Adds Faces and Places
- iMovie '09 Seems to Fix Everything from iMovie '08
- GarageBand '09 Adds Music Lessons
- iWork Turns '09
- Apple Moves to Unprotected Music, Tiered Prices
- Apple Pioneers New Battery Tech with 17-inch MacBook Pro
- Jobs Clears the Air on Health Issue
- Welcome to Macintosh Movie to Screen at Macworld Expo
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- TidBITS Events at Macworld SF 2009
Open Files with Finder's App Switcher
Say you're in the Finder looking at a file and you want to open it with an application that's already running but which doesn't own that particular document. How? Switch to that app and choose File > Open? Too many steps. Choose Open With from the file's contextual menu? Takes too long, and the app might not be listed. Drag the file to the Dock and drop it onto the app's icon? The icon might be hard to find; worse, you might miss.
In Leopard there's a new solution: use the Command-Tab switcher. Yes, the Command-Tab switcher accepts drag-and-drop! The gesture required is a bit tricky. Start dragging the file in the Finder: move the file, but don't let up on the mouse button. With your other hand, press Command-Tab to summon the switcher, and don't let up on the Command key. Drag the file onto the application's icon in the switcher and let go of the mouse. (Now you can let go of the Command key too.) Extra tip: If you switch to the app beforehand, its icon in the Command-Tab switcher will be easy to find; it will be first (or second).
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| Jobs Splits iMac Line
In an invitation-only event in Cupertino, Apple Interim CEO Steve Jobs introduced two new iMac computers. The new low-end iMac will sport a 350 MHz G3 processor, 64 MB of RAM, a 100 MHz system bus, and optional Airport wireless networking capabilities - like those found in the Apple iBook - and will retail for $999, making it (just barely) Apple's first official foray into the sub-$1,000 computer market. Expected to retail for $1,300 to $1,500, the higher end iMac DV will feature a 400 MHz G3 processor, a special tray-less DVD-ROM drive, and two FireWire ports offering high-speed connectivity for external devices like video cameras and hard disks. The iMac DV will also come with iMovie, a consumer version of Apple's Final Cut Pro video editing software, which Apple apparently hopes will reveal a market for consumer video editing it has been trying to find for more than three years, beginning with Performa 6400 video editing systems. The new iMac systems don't have cooling fans and sport a transparent plastic chassis. The base models will be available in blueberry, while the the DV models will be available in the now-traditional five iMac colors plus a graphite iMac DV Special Edition (with added RAM and hard disk capacity) matching the Power Macintosh G4 product line. All the new iMacs will sport the Harman/Kardon Odyssey sound sytem, offering greater audio fidelity and bass response, enhancing the iMac both as a gaming platform and for playing back music or video. An iSub 6-inch subwoofer and "SoundStick" slim vertical speaker towers can further enhance the iMac's audio capabilities.
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