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A thorough review of Aperture 3.0.1

by Chris Foley March 4, 2010 Found Articles

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Photo management software gets curves, and a whole lot more
I’m very excited about Apple’s rabidly anticipated upgrade to its professionally image storage and editing application, Aperture.  Many of us who have chosen Aperture over Adobe’s excellent (though in my opinion, unduly confusing) Lightroom, have been frustrated with the amount of time spent waiting for Apple [...]

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10 Second Tip: Going beyond Mac OSX “Permissions Repair”

by Chris Foley February 8, 2010 10-Second Tips

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Here’s a great (and brief) article from MacWorld’s Christopher Breen covering what to do when your permissions issues go beyond what your Mac’s built-in Disk Utility software will repair.   While rare, this issue is one I’ve seen before, often when someone is moving from an older version of OSX (like 10.2 Jaguar or 10.3 [...]

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How Do You Explain Computer Concepts to Non-Tech Types?

by Chris Foley December 11, 2009 Digital Lifestyle

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This is a great question, and to be fair, is the story of my (professional) life.  I found this article on LifeHacker.com.
I’d love to hear your ideas and stories.  Who knows, your comment my wind up in the book I’m writing on exactly this topic.
Enjoy!
If you’ve ever been called on to diagnose, fix, upgrade, or [...]

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Canon Digital Rebel T1i vs. Nikon D5000

by Chris Foley September 4, 2009 Digital Lifestyle

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Here’s one I get pretty frequently:
What dSLR should I buy, Canon’s Rebel T1i or the Nikon D5000.  Well this excellent post from Mac|Life’s Zack Stern covers the details very nicely.
Here’s an excerpt:
Coke versus Pepsi. Mac versus PC. Canon versus Nikon. Among these great rivalries, we can only pick out one clear winner. (Here’s a hint: [...]

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Adobe Shortcut App Makes Finding Hotkeys Easier

by Chris Foley August 18, 2009 10-Second Tips

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I just found out about this great tool from a story over at the LifeHacker website, which I read quite often.
Click through to the original article HERE to download the FREE Adobe Shortcut App.
Here’s an excerpt from the Lifehacker article:

Windows/Mac/Linux: The free Adobe Shortcut App gives fast access to look up keyboard shortcuts for the entire [...]

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10 Awesome FREE Plug-ins for OS X

by Chris Foley July 6, 2009 Found Articles

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Yet another great article from Mac|Life.  Arvind Srinivasan covers a handful of super-useful plug-ins no Mac user should be without.
Who says you need an application? Sometimes, all you need is a plug-in to make your regular apps run harder, better, faster, and stronger. However, plug-ins don’t get the respect and recognition that full fledged apps [...]

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