Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.5.7 update available
Filed under: Software On Tuesday, Microsoft released Office 2004 11.5.7 update for the Mac . This update applies to Office 2004 Standard Edition, Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition, Office 2004 Professional Edition, Word 2004, Excel 2004, PowerPoint 2004, Entourage 2004. If you’re still using this aging version of Office,* you’ll want to grab this update.
Sal Soghoian talks Automator use in education
Filed under: Software , AppleScript Total Apps has published a nice guest post from Sal Soghoian, Apple’s Production Manager for Automator, intended for teachers. He describes how educators have a limited amount of instruction time with the kids, and even less for maintenance tasks like making sure the proper software is installed, that students are on the proper web page, and so on. Sal wants to help, and points out a number of links useful to anyone (not just teachers) who wants to automate these repetitive and often time-consuming tasks. Best of all, he shares a link to The Teacher’s Helpers (scroll down a bit), which is a free collection of Automator actions specifically written to assist teachers with Macs in their classrooms. If you’ve been put off by AppleScript, give Automator a try.
Apple quietly updates the 5th Generation iPod nano to 1.0.2
Filed under: Audio , Software Update , iPod nano This week Apple issued an update to the iPod nano, bringing it to version 1.0.2. Fixes and additions include: Fixed audiobook playbook setting so Normal, Slower, Faster, works for audio podcasts Resolved issue where Genius Mixes did not work when using the Nike+ Sport Kit Accessibility setting for Mono Audio in now working Fixed bug so VoiceOver menu items are no longer skipped when using headphone + and – volume buttons to navigate As always, you can download this update by clicking on the “Check for Update” button in iTunes when you connect your iPod nano to your computer. TUAW Apple quietly updates the 5th Generation iPod nano to 1.0.2 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Apple – ITunes – IpodNano – TUAW – Unofficial Apple Weblog
Apple News: What will happen at Apple's Wednesday event? – MAC …
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A new music teacher for Apple’s Garage Band (International Herald Tribune)
Tim Blane was hired by Apple to be the teacher for its new Basic Lessons series of instrument instruction that comes bundled with the popular GarageBand software on Mac computer – but, to his frustration, his full name won’t be used.
Student iPod Touch Pilot Program: More Homework Done, Some Fumbling
An Australian pilot program using the iPod touch as a classroom tool has some high school students doing more homework, others puzzling over the device. Though the small program — eight 14-year-olds — using iPod touches is far from giving a scientific answer of how they might change learning, a few interesting things have cropped up. One: Louise Duncan, the teacher who started the program at Shepparton High in Victoria, found that some of the kids had trouble using them. “We assume that 14-year-olds are really technologically savvy, but they’re often not,” she told Perth newspaper Western Australia Today. Students use the hand-held media players to search the internet, download music, do quizzes, research and submit assignments and work with students in Singapore
Crafty Felt iPod Shuffle a Charmer
You could add this hand sewn iPod Shuffle in felt to your iPhone, a key chain, or otherwise adorn yourself with it, making the cuddly gadget just a bit more useful than the felt version of Apple’s phone that can’t be used even as a dog toy. Cuter than cute, the 1″ x 1.5″ plush iPods are the handiwork of a woman in the Philippines with, as you might imagine, a declared love of kawaii stuffed toys. iPod Shuffle charms come in blue, gray, pink, orange, red and green (specify your color pick in advance) at just $4 a pop on Etsy . Via High Tech Divas
It’ll Cost You To Convert To Apple’s DRM-Free iTunes
Lost in the verbiage over Apple’s decision to expand the number of DRM-free songs on iTunes was a fee some are calling Apple’s ‘music tax’ potentially worth $1.8 billion to Cupertino. iTunes users will need to pay $0.30 per track ($0.60 per video and 30 percent of the price of an album) to use Apple’s one-click conversion to DRM-free listening pleasure. While offering copy-protection free iTunes songs is viewed as a ‘win’ for consumers, it may also further enrich Apple’s coffers. Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch estimates Apple would earn $1.8 billion if each of the 9 billion iTunes sales were converted to non-DRM
