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Update Captivate 1 now

Adobe is coming out with their new version of Captivate (version 5) in mid-June, 2010. It can only be upgraded from Captivate 3 and 4. So if you have version 1 or 2 your are out of luck... unless you order now version 4 for the same price and ask about getting a free upgrade to 5 when it comes out next month. It your last chance if you own one of those horrible older versions when Adobe first purchased Macromedia. Read More...
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iPad arrives in Switzerland

My iPad arrived in today’s mail, a little ahead of schedule. Although it is a little smaller and heavier than I thought it is responsive and quick. A shame that many of my iPhone applications need to be repurchased to take advantage of the larger screen but apparently that is a developer choice and most are choosing to make their customers pay. My unofficial review as follows. Read More...
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Security Update 2010-001 causes iLife to crash

After dutifully applying the MacOSX Security Update 2010-001 in January, I noticed that most of my applications (including my iLife applications like iPhoto, iTunes, and others) would always crash at startup with kernel errors. Read More...
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Annoying Camtasia 6 bugs

For the price Camtasia 6 Studio is a good webcast / podcast creation tool but it quickly becomes apparent that the Studio is a collection of add-ons to older versions, which makes for a confusing workflow and lots of extra time to make it do what I want. Version 7 is slated for release in Q2 2010 but Techsmith has not released any expected new features. Read More...
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Camtasia 6 preset secrets

Camtasia 6 from TechSmith may be a nice tool to build webcasts but it still has many rough edges, especially for small changes and branding of the final webcast. One of my biggest problems was trying out different output options with their ExpressShow template. Read More...
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Removing MacOSX software that constantly relaunch

Since I could never get PCNow to correctly run on my MacOSX laptop I have been trying to uninstall it. Apparently it is not as easy as it seems since it keeps appearing in my console logs as failed startup attempts. But there is a solution. Read More...
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Slow mail & address book after Snow Leopard upgrade

After upgrading our Macbook to Snow Leopard we were surprised to see Mail, Contacts, and Skype being painfully slow to open. After searching through Google however, a quick fix was indeed available. Read More...
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Add easy social networking to Outlook

A free (with an optional commercial version) plugin for Microsoft Outlook automatically consolidates your email by user and adds quick access to social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and others. Read More...
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