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Mac Pro Audio Update Seen as Fixing Performance Issues

Effect of Mac Pro Audio Update 1.0 on Aperture and Compressor tasks (Times in minutes:seconds) With last week’s release of a software update addressing heat and performance issues experienced by users of Apple’s Nehalem Mac Pro …

Apple Releases Software Update Addressing Audio-Related Mac Pro Audio Heat and Performance Issues

Apple today released Mac Pro Audio Update 1.0, addressing heat and performance issues experienced by users of Apple’s Nehalem-based Mac Pros when processing audio. This update is for Mac Pro (Early 2009) computers running Mac OS X v10…

Apple Releases Software Update Addressing Audio-Related Mac Pro Heat and Performance Issues

Apple today released Mac Pro Audio Update 1.0, addressing heat and performance issues experienced by users of Apple’s Nehalem-based Mac Pros when processing audio. This update is for Mac Pro (Early 2009) computers running Mac OS X v10…

Dozen Daily Deals for December 25, 2009

Filed under: Deals , Holidays ‘Tis the season to shop until your brains melt (or skip it all entirely, depending on your interpretation of the term holiday). In that spirit, for the next few weeks we’ll be rounding up a dozen daily deals courtesy our friends at DealNews.com . Each afternoon tune in to TUAW for this handy summary. Keep in mind that while our posts will live on, the deals won’t. Each is lovingly generated by the deal-bot every day, so get ‘em while they’re hot. Enjoy! Apple Store : [iMac] Refurbished Apple iMac 22″ LED-Backlit Desktops from $999 + free shipping, more Shop4Tech : [Digital Camcorders] 4GB Pen DVR Digital Camcorder for $33 + free shipping iTunes Music Store : [iPhone / iPod Apps] Mega Man II for iPhone downloads for $1 Best Buy : [Media Receivers] Sling Media SlingCatcher Digital Media Receiver for $100 + $7 s&h Swift Ink : [Printer Supplies] Swiftink.com coupons: 40% off Canon, Epson, and Brother ink MidnightBox : [Computer Speakers] Refurbished Logitech AudioHub Laptop Speaker for $19 + $4 s&h Cellular Factory : [Cell Phone Accessories] Cellular Factory Roundup: Dual Cigarette Lighter Adapter for $1 + free shipping, more Buy.com : [iPhone] Sunpak iCharge Case and Battery for Apple iPhone for $50 + free shipping B&H Photo Video : [Digital SLR Cameras] Nikon D3000 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera w/ lens for $450 + free shipping Sam’s Club : [40" - 42" LCD TVs] Philips 42″ 1080p Widescreen LCD HDTV for $598 + free shipping HandHeldItems : [Cell Phone Accessories] HandHeldItems.com: Up to 80% off HTC cell phone accessories + 30% off coupon Staples : [USB Hard Drives] Seagate Expansion 640GB Portable USB 2.0 External Hard Drive for $100 + free shipping Dozen Daily Deals for December 25, 2009 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Dozen Daily Deals for December 25, 2009 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Apple Patents: Tailoring Music Playback and Dynamically Prolonging Battery Life on iPods and iPhones

While perhaps not as glamorous as 3D display technology, a couple of other patent applications from Apple reveal that the company is working on improving the audio/video experience of their iPod and iPhones. Apple describes how they m…

Count The Beats: Hey DJ, play us a song…

Filed under: Audio , iPhone , iPod touch , First Look , App Review , Music Here in the UK, it’s getting pretty chilly on the willy compared to a month ago, or so. The warm memories of the summer are slowly dwindling to the reality of earlier, darker evenings (the clocks have just gone forward) as well as tentative first visits from our old friend Jack Frost. Generally speaking, the cold grasp of winter is steadily fastening on us ( or not ). But we are blessed with a few heart warming occasions over the winter season (Christmas, New Years Eve etc) that make the cold, well, a little less nippy on the bone. One of these such occasions is, of course, Guy Fawkes night (Remember remember the 5th of November…) And, to me, that means one thing, HOUSE PARTY! And what does a great house party need? An authentic DJ. So when I heard my main man Dan the DJ couldn’t make the party (or at the least lend me his decks) I turned to the next best thing, Sonorasaurus – the first complete deejay setup for the iPhone / iPod Touch. At this point you may be wondering what a DJ app has to do with ‘ Count The Beats ‘, or, in fact making music on an Apple platform, but it quite literally has everything to do with it. Come on, we all know that deejays are real musicians too, right? Continue reading Count The Beats: Hey DJ, play us a song… Count The Beats: Hey DJ, play us a song… originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments