Another reason you need a MAC — the new version of iLife! When Apple releases something new, you can pretty much bet that it isn’t going to include just a few updates that you may or may not care about that much. The newest upgrade, iLife 09, is nothing short of fabulous. Here’s a sneak peak…
I’m not one that dabbles much in movie making, or even in music creation — but my brother turned out a pretty impressive short movie clip in an extremely short period of time. Check it out, and note that he even created the music that you hear in the background with iLife 09’s GarageBand.
I DO love photos though, and the iPhoto application has new features that rock. You can find just what you’re looking for when you categorize photos by ‘Places’. You simply put in the zip code for photos you add from your digital camera, and the application automatically converts photos added by GPS-enabled cameras or the camera on iPhone to GPS location tags. Impressive huh?
But the coolest thing is that you can also sort your photos using ‘Faces’. iPhoto uses face detection to identify faces of people in your photos and face recognition to match faces that look like the same person. Again, if you REALLY need another reason to buy the best computer on the planet – iLife 09 is it!
And I almost forgot — sharing your photos on Facebook and Flickr is as easy as a mouse click. iPhoto converts names you added using Faces to Facebook name tags — and when you share your photos on Flickr, the locations you added using Places appear on Flickr photo maps. Oh! And there’s more! If you add, remove, or edit the shared photos, they’re automatically updated on Facebook and Flickr!