Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category

First Update to iWork ‘08

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Apple released the first update to iWork '08 yesterday. This seems to be a maintenance release, and does not appear to add new features. The update to Numbers, which takes it to version 1.0.1, states: "primarily addresses issues with tables and performance."

Apple Updates iLife ‘08

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Apple posted updates to the iLife '08 suite of applications on Wednesday, with the most significant changes coming to iMovie. The iMovie update includes: Multiple Clip Selection Select multiple clips in order to assign keywords, paste adjustments or reorganize clips in your project faster than ever. Fine Tuning Quickly refine the start or end frame ...

Calculation Error Discovered in Excel 2007

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Note: This is not Numbers related specifically, but rather it should be noted that these programs are built by humans, and there will be errors from time to time (even in Apple products). Forum uber poster JaxJason informed me of this interesting bug in Excel 2007.  It seems that when certain ...

Pricing for Mac Office 2008

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

AppleInsider has an article today with details of Mac Office 2008 pricing. The highlights (or lowlights) are: There will be three versions. (Why would you expect anything different from M$). Office 2008 for Mac Home and Student Edition will be $150, for three licenses for non-commercial use. This will include ...