Does this sound familiar?  You’re surfing the internet, and you come across an article or a website that you really really want to read, but you don’t have the time or the energy to take it all in right now.  So you bookmark the page, with the intention of revisiting it soon.  But you don’t.  You thought you would.  You intended to.  But you didn’t.  And then, sometime not too far in the future, it happens again!  You think “this is a great article, I’ll definitely come back and read this one later.” And so you bookmark another page, that you will never come back to. [click to continue…]

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A thorough review of Aperture 3.0.1

by Chris Foley on March 4, 2010

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 to finally release a feature update or at least a bug fix update for Aperture 2.

I know a few photographers who have thrown up their hands in defeat and have gone over to Adobe.  Well, I’m pleased to say that this new release puts Aperture back on the map as a feature-rich and competitive application.  Those of us who shoot a lot of photos, but aren’t necessarily good with Photoshop will rejoice at Aperture 3’s incredible new features, interface updates, and stability.

Russ Jaskalian has written an excellent overview article at Macworld.com.

Here’s an excerpt:

Apple has finally updated its pro photo management app, Aperture, to version 3, and there’s something in this new release for every level of photographer—Apple says Aperture has over 200 new features. There are features that have been long awaited and mysteriously absent from previous versions, like a curves adjustment tool. There are iPhoto () carryovers, like Faces, and there are scores of new additions aimed at making the sometimes tortuous workflow of photo management and RAW processing as painless as possible.

This review covers some of my favorite features, as well as issues that some Aperture users have experienced. [click to continue…]

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How to send LARGE FILES – Dropbox

by Chris Foley February 22, 2010 Digital Lifestyle

Let’s face it: our Digital-Lives are getting just a bit more complicated every day!  It started with emails, and then .doc files, and .pdfs.  Then came digital music, and digital photos.  And now each one of us has 2 or 3 devices floating around the home or office that record video as well as take [...]

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Club Monaco In-Store Music for February

by Chris Foley February 14, 2010 Digital Lifestyle

Some friends and colleagues who know that I work with Denzyl Feigelson and Club Monaco to provide their monthly in-store music programming have been asking me where they can find a list of music, and also where the songs can be purchased.  I’ve decided to post the playlist at the end of each month.
In fact, here’s what [...]

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

by Chris Foley February 8, 2010 10-Second Tips

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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An Introduction to the FoleyPod Help Desk

by Chris Foley February 7, 2010 Mac Maintenance

We’re really pleased to announce the launch of our own Automated Help Desk system for receiving and tracking support requests for our customers.
Our Help Desk software allows us to capture your information as soon as you report your issue, and keep a record of the support session, from start to finish.  There is also a [...]

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