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Upgrading to iPhoto 11 Issues

iChris — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:54:07 +0000

There’s been some reports of people upgrading to iLife 11 and the included iPhoto 11 wiping out their photo library.

Be sure to have a complete backup (Time Machine or something else) of your photo library before doing any sort of upgrade, but especially this one it seems.

There’s a tip on Macworld involving correcting the permissions on your iPhoto library that seems to fix the problem until Apple issues a bug fix.

But of course, every AboutThisMac.com reader already does at least one, if not two, regular backup of their Mac right?

Getting Started With Garageband ’09

iChris — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:07:04 +0000

A great new Mac blog has started up that typically reviews new/old Mac applications, but has added a tutorial for Garageband ’09 that would be worth checking out if you’re interested in starting your own digital band:

Getting Started with Garageband ’09

Macworld 2009 Keynote

iChris — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:41:41 +0000

Update: Speech is over. New versions of iLife and iWork (sites not updated currently), updated 17″ MacBook Pro and the news that the iTunes music store is going completely DRM free by the end of this quarter, as well as variable pricing on songs (no more $0.99 only, now the song price will range from $0.69 to $1.29 a song).

Apple’s got a big keynote speech today in San Francisco where they’ll be announcing new software/hardware to the world. Follow along at some of our favorite sites:

Macrumorslive.com (currently hacked and annoying)
Engadget.com — Great photos and coverage
Gdgt.com — Similar to Engadget (former Editor of Engadget, Ryan Block, runs gdgt.com)
Ustream with Chris Pirillo — if you want to listen to the keynote and watch a nerd’s reaction, this is the stream for you.

So far, a new version of the iLife suite, iLife ’09, has been announced. Expect a new version of iWork to follow, along with possible updates to iMacs, Mac minis and maybe AppleTV? What else are you hoping/expecting to be updated?