Mac print-publishing software news, reviews and tips

Mac News Briefs: iBank updated in advance of iPhone app release

Macworld Staff — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:07:00 -0700

Version 3.5 of iBank expands the personal finance manager's syncing capabilities. Other programs updated Wednesday include VMware Fusion, Slideshow, and FlightAlert XT.

Mac News Briefs: iFinance 3 out of beta

Macworld Staff — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:34:00 -0700

iFinance 3 has been rewritten from the ground up, according to developer Synium Software. Also, Xcode, AutoCorrectXT, and Adium all saw updates on Monday.

Review: Mellel 2.6

William Porter — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0700

Do you outline your thank-you notes, number (and then renumber) the items on your shopping lists, or use footnotes in e-mail? Then Mellel is probably the word processor for you. Writers of long technical documents will love the control that Mellel offers over outlines, cross-references, footnotes, table of contents generation, figures, and more.

Extensis releases Universal Type Server 2.0

Peter Cohen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:25:00 -0700

Universal Type Server 2.0 now supports Open Directory and Active Directory and other key improvements.

Mac News Briefs: Daz 3D releases enhanced version of animation program

Macworld Staff — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:13:00 -0700

In addition to releasing a free version of Daz Studio 3, the developer rolled out Daz Studio 3 Advanced, which targets 3-D animators, designers, and illustrators with professional level tools.

Image-placing shortcuts in Adobe InDesign

James Dempsey — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:03:00 -0700

Adobe's InDesing page-layout application usually offers more than one way to take care of a task. That's certainly the case for placing images in a document. Join James Dempsey as he shows off some ways to improve your productivity with a few handy keyboard shortcuts.

Mac News Briefs: Adobe puts out Acrobat, Reader security updates

Macworld Staff — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:55:00 -0700

The software maker says the 9.1.2 versions of its PDF creation tool and viewer address critical security vulnerabilities. Also, new versions of Vue Personal Learning Edition and PDF Enhancer were released Tuesday.

Apple releases iWork '09 9.0.2 update

Jonathan Seff — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:43:00 -0700

Update to iWork '09 fixes issues related to saving documents and playing presentations.

Canto Cumulus 8 released

Peter Cohen — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:40:00 -0700

Canto has released Cumulus 8, a new version of its Digital Asset Management system for Macs, PCs and other platforms.

DiscLabel 6 adds 80 new templates, simplified interface

Peter Cohen — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:50:00 -0700

DiscLabel 6 has added 80 new templates and made numerous other changes.

Adobe promises fixes for latest flaws by next week

Jeremy Kirk — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:32:00 -0700

Adobe expects to have patches ready for its Acrobat and Reader products by next week.

Adobe confirms PDF zero-day, urges users to kill JavaScript

Gregg Keizer — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:25:00 -0700

Adobe acknowledged that all versions of Reader and Acrobat contain at least one critical vulnerability.

Review: FontExplorer X Pro 2.0

Jay J. Nelson — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:45:00 -0700

FontExplorer X Pro 2.0.1 is an advanced, feature-complete font-management tool. It's as if the developers asked hundreds of designers and prepress professionals what they wanted, and then delivered everything on the list.

The importance of color management

James Dempsey — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:01:00 -0700

These days, color management is almost a requirement for designers who want to maintain control over the appearance of their work once it's published. James Dempsey talks to Pantone executive Andy Hatkoff about how color management has changed and what tools creative pros can use to get the best results.