LaCie has just announced its Blu-Ray disc burner with support for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Vista. The burner is a d2 aluminium device with Panasonic’s Blu-Ray writer inside. And how will you burn those Blu-Ray discs, you ask? With Toast 8 Titanium, of course! But what if you…
Gartner Analysts and Research Directors Michael A. Silver, Neil MacDonald, Ray Wagner, and Brian Prentice published a 6-page report on the 4th of December on the viability of Apple Macintosh as an enterprise platform. They conclude that the proliferation of Windows-centric applications limits enterprisewide adoption, but they also believe that…
Merlin 2 is a project manager for Mac OS X that is as powerful as Microsoft Project, and a lot easier to use. It includes high-end features such as Net Plan charts, resource levelling, and utilisation graphs. Merlin 2 can be used to plan anything, including creative projects. Merlin 2…
Intego released VirusBarrier Server and VirusBarrier Mail Gateway, two new programs that provide total protection from all known Macintosh viruses on computers running Mac OS X Server.
Ambrosia Software brought us Snapz Pro, one of the best (if not THE best) screenshot programs. With Dragster, Ambrosia has brought us the best way to move and copy files fast.
SmileOnMyMac released DiscLabel 4, their CD/DVD labelling software. DiscLabel 4 has become a well-designed system for creating CD/DVD labels, and designing the CD/DVD packaging. The new features give the program the edge over the competition.
Verbatim is the first storage manufacturer to launch dual-layer DVD-R with 8x write speed and storage capacity of 8.5GB data, music or film.
Have you cleaned your Apple Mail client’s mailboxes recently? If you’re like me, you would like to have a Mail client that is lean, fast and without the overhead of having to load tens of thousands of messages on each startup. But personally, I don’t feel a lot for having…
Gradual Software has released its latest and most powerful client/server based workflow product to date, PowerSWITCH. PowerSWITCH lets you create automatic workflows using any application that can be scripted. Workflow automation is important when files have to be managed, converted, and otherwise manipulated constantly — something that is almost by…
I installed Seagate’s Barracuda 7200.10 750 GB hard disk a month ago in my system. The disk is quiet, extremely fast and offers huge data storage capacity. If you dream of storage media at night, this is the disk for you.
It used to be called OD4Contact, and it was a Contact Management system for individuals. It allowed you to manage your business, with your contacts as most important ‘asset’. It still does, but it has been much improved in more than way. And it has changed names. Meet Contactizer Pro…
FileMaker always tries to find something unique when it releases a new version. Making the database more scalable, or offering better support for SQL or Web publishing is hardly going to cut it, as FileMaker Pro doesn’t want to compete heads-on with Oracle. Offering Web integration that works both ways…
Backing up is a problem. It has always been: people and even enterprises don’t take backups when they know they ought to. Sometimes backups are taken, but nobody cares to check if they are complete and whether a system can be restored using them. On Mac OS X, Intego Personal…
It’s September 15, and all votes have been cast for the IT-Enquirer Awards. There were ten categories and a few dozen products to vote for. Some categories’ winners have surprised me, while others were exactly what I expected. Without further ado, let’s see how you have voted.
This book on Mac OS X, written by Jeff Gamet, covers the basic features of the operating system from the point of view of designers and creative professionals.
Apple’s Bluetooth Mighty Mouse and Logitech’s MX Revolution. Two new mice, and they couldn’t be further apart in concept, usage, and feature set. The Mighty Mouse is an Apple mouse in every sense of the word: it is unobtrusive, it acts like a real mouse and it is more or…
Chronos Software once was at the forefront of Personal Information Management for the Mac. They had products for individual and workgroup information management. Then came the Mac OS X with iCal and Address Book and Chronos sort of lost its cool. But now it’s back. With the SOHO Organizer software…
WiebeTech’s SilverSATA range of external SATA II products is a success story in its own right. SilverSATA II and upward promise the benefits of hardware-based RAID 0 or 1 in a small form factor with much control over what you put inside and what is going on in there.
The WiebeTech ToughTech hard disk drive enclosure is an aluminium case with rounded corners, but no fan. I was able to test an eSATA version with a 250 GB disk already included.
Viruses on the Mac; non-existent according to some, a growing threat to others. No matter your opinion in the debate, the truth of the matter is that Mac OS X’x Unix underpinnings are vulnerable to viruses, worms, and other vermin. And as Mac OS X’s popularity gains in strength, so…
The year 2006 marks the beginning of a new tradition: IT-Enquirer will be awarding the best software and hardware products on our short list, and you, the user gets the chance to decide which of those products are the ultimate best. You can start voting for your favourite products on…
ProjectWizards’ Merlin 2 is still in early beta phase, but it already shows what the new version is capable of. Merlin 2 can be used by creative professionals to manage their projects, but it goes a good deal further. Merlin 2 is a full-blown project manager running on Mac OS…
Dymo recently released the LabelManager PC II label printer, a small nicely designed tape label printer that print to up to 24 mm Dymo labels. The LabelManager PC II is Mac OS X compatible.
The BDR-101A is Pioneer’s first Blu-Ray writer. Blu-ray is the next-generation optical storage medium which is especially suited for video and audio, but also to fulfill large storage requirements.
WiebeTech is well known for its forensic hardware solutions. It is also one of the companies which offer storage solutions for Mac users in the graphic design and video markets. Examples are SilverSATA RAID boxes and recently the ToughTech eSATA enclosure for SATA disks. But when you need to hook…
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