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1 June 2013 - The QuarkXPress 9 Saga by Graham Needham (BH)Quark have been around for a long time and back in the 90s they were the king of Desktop Publishing (DTP) software albeit they were a nightmare company to deal with and they abused their users in so many ways. When Adobe finally killed PageMaker and introduced InDesign it was so bad it was painfu…
(read full blog posting)17 May 2013 - What You Should Really Know About Adobe Creative Cloud by Graham Needham (BH)
On the 7th May 2013 Adobe announced two important
changes to the way they will sell their Adobe Creative Suite software:
New Creative Suite software will only be available via the "Creative Cloud" which is a subscription …
(read full blog posting)8 February 2013 - The new Office 365 Home Premium subscription service by Graham Needham (BH)
On the 30th January 2013 Microsoft announced Office 2013 for Windows and new options on their Office 365 service. So what's new/good for Mac users?
Firstly, there is no new version of Office for Mac. They did, however, release a free …
(read full blog posting)30 November 2012 - Trying To Install Windoze 8 ESD by Graham Needham (BH)
As I web site developer I need to test web sites using browsers running under Windows. I could get a
dedicated PC but I can run Windows on a Mac (there are several ways of doing this and we've got an article in the works).
So yesterday I
thought I would upgrade my Windows XP setup to Windows 8 s…
(read full blog posting)25 July 2012 - Apple's Mountain Lion Has Pounced by Graham Needham (BH)
Apple has officially released OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (yes, the "Mac" has now been officially dropped). We've already got some articles about the new OS online already:
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(read full blog posting)2 May 2012 - Adobe Creative 6 and Creative Cloud by Graham Needham (BH)
Adobe has officially announced Creative Suite 6 aka CS6 which upgrades many
individual applications:
Photoshop
Photoshop Extended
Illustrator
InDesign…
(read full blog posting)10 April 2012 - The Flashback Malware Threat And Java by Graham Needham (BH)
The recent Flashback trojan that targeted an unpatched (now patched for Mac OS X 10.6 and later)
security hole in Java (Java Runtime Edition - JRE) has caused a lot of fuss and a lot of
misinformation so I thought it wise to write this blog piece. Firstly let me point out that the
malware and attack…
(read full blog posting)17 February 2012 - Apple's Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) Approaches by Graham Needham (BH)
So, we warned you in our blog posting of 18th August
2011 about the Mac App Store. With Mountain Lion, Apple has now made the first step
towards a possible goal of only allowing apps to be installed from the Mac App Store (or that are signed†). Mountain Lion
now includes …
(read full blog posting)23 December 2011 - It's Christmas - Download a free iOS 5 for the iPad eBook by Sean McManus
This Christmas, there are a lot of people who are wishing for an iPad in their stocking, so for those that get one (or indeed already have one) here's a
free gift that might help them to get the most from it.
Sean McManus, author of bestselling book iPad for the Older and Wiser, has created a fr…
(read full blog posting)6 October 2011 - RIP Steve Jobs 1955-2011 by Graham Needham (BH)
Steve Jobs has passed away. It is a sad day indeed but not the end of Apple. Everyone here at MacStrategy and Burning Helix Limited send our condolences and best wishes to Steve's family.
He was a victim of pancreatic cancer and even in the final stages he was still able to innovate, think diffe…
(read full blog posting)3 October 2011 - New iPods, iPhones Forthcoming With The Launch Of iOS5/iCloud by Graham Needham (BH)
The time is almost upon us for new goodies from Apple. We have their official announcement tomorrow (Tuesday 4th October 2011) and from that point we should know about new iPhones, iPods, iOS 5 and iCloud.
MacStrategy's predictions
iPod Touch 5th Generation…
(read full blog posting)18 August 2011 - Apple's Lion Is Out Of The Cage, So Where To Now For Apple? by Graham Needham (BH)
Apple is always trying to move technology forward very fast, so much so, that it is often called "bleeding edge" - in fact, sometimes they are so far in advance that some of us users are the ones that bleed from the cuts. For instance, in just the last few years the following have been removed/disco…
(read full blog posting)21 July 2011 - Apple Releases New Hardware by Graham Needham (BH)
Apple has released a whole slew of new hardware with new MacBook Airs, minis and a new mini Server. In digging through the specifications we've noted some interesting points.
Points To Note For The New MacBook Airs
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion included as standard.
Can boot into Ma…
(read full blog posting)20 July 2011 - Apple Unleashes Mac OS X 10.7 Lion by Graham Needham (BH)
So, Apple's lean, mean Lion is here. We've been putting it through some heavy setup testing so we've written a bunch of articles for you relating to our experiences with it that will help you get started with Apple's latest version of Mac OS X…
Brand New Lion Articles
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(read full blog posting)15 June 2011 - Microsoft / Adobe Patch Cycle And Software Updates by Graham Needham (BH)
Microsoft and Adobe have adopted "patch" cycles. This is usually the second Tuesday of the month. Regardless of any "critical security" updates they also have a regular quarterly patch cycle for some
of the larger application suites like Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite.
Microsoft and A…
(read full blog posting)14 June 2011 - Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Availability by Graham Needham (BH)
So Lion is going to be available directly from the Mac App Store as a download and you can install
it on all the computers you own, if you are a "consumer". Sound good? Um, well not for everyone.
Firstly the download will be approximately 4GB in size. Even if you have one Mac that could be a
pro…
(read full blog posting)13 June 2011 - Notes From The Apple WWDC 2011 Announcements by Graham Needham (BH)
While many sites have reported on the obvious key points of Apple's WWDC announcements we found the following tidbits of information to be of interest:
Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
If you are a consumer you can buy Lion once and install it on all your compatible computers…
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