Aperture 3.0.3 released

Courtesy Apple Apple has released an update for Aperture 3. The release is available through the update section on the website, the automatic update feature or the update option under the apple menu on your computer. The update targets stability in general and a variety of issues, namely: – Applying adjustments such as Retouch or Chromatic Aberration Creating and [...] [...]

Aperture 3 lands

At last. After much speculation the latest version of Aperture has arrived – during our absence in Canada – and the new baby is looking good. Courtesy Apple The new features Apple has added appear to address most, although not all, of the main feature requests from users of Aperture 2, including greater local editing and the [...] [...]

Aperture 3 Surfaces?

The latest rumour doing the rounds about Aperture 3 is probably the most interesting and positive, since the October 2009 flurry in the Apple blogger doocot . A Dutch site suggests that a book on the said next version of Apples pro-photography package will  be available in mid-February. The well known Apple blog, www.tuaw.com, has listed a [...] [...]

Aperture - Sinking or Floating?

As we quickly approach the end of 2009 there is still no sight of anything from Apple relating to Aperture 3. This, and the fact that Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta is already out there in the wild and being tested by the same community targeted by Apple suggests either that Apple is preparing a huge [...] [...]

Aperture 3 - The next big leap forward

So – no Aperture upgrade emerged from the recent iPod extravaganza in Cupertino. While disappointing, it was perhaps not unexpected, due to the recent release of Snow Leopard and the 10.6.1 upgrade taking large amounts of inhouse manpower reserves. Now that Apple has a number of other hardware and software releases out of the way, hopefully [...] [...]

Snow Leopard Quick Review

Snow Leopard has been out for a week now and in my humble opinion the upgrade has been worth it in number of ways. Courtesy Apple Installation was simplicity itself. Although it hung up on our Mac Book, a simple repetition was sufficient to get it loaded. On the Mac Pro installation took approximately 40 minutes. In addition [...] [...]

Snow Leopard into the wild on Friday (28th August 2009)

Apple today confirmed that OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will be in their stores on Friday at a cost of £25 in the UK for a single upgrade licence (Family pack £39). Orders can be placed online for delivery on Friday. I’ll be in the store on Friday for my family licence. First impressions soon. [...]

Snow Leopard at the gates

Many rumours suggest that August 28th is the release date for the new Apple OS called Snow Leopard. If true, this will mean the OS will slightly beat the deadline previously set by Apple. Welcome news after the delays to OS X 5.5 Leopard This latest version 10.6 is a low cost – $29 in USA [...] [...]

Apple Aperture 3

It was a bit disappointing not to see anything at the recent Apple WWDC in San Fransisco about an update to Aperture 2. It is coming up to 15 months since Aperture released version 2 into the wild but perhaps not all that surprising when it took more than a year to upgrade Aperture 1 [...] [...]