Mar

05

Music Writing Programs + iMac


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posted in Useful Info, iMac, news, software news, by BindApple

Sibelius is the best music writing program on the market for any iMac user. This is the easiest and the faster way to write music. It has a lot of great features including: magnetic layout that provides you just the right space to write and avoids collisions, so you have the possibility to write very fast.
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You also have the possibility to keep track of your writing and also to leave comments or notes for yourself and to make the changes you want. The Live Tempo feature allows you to make the playback of your score, all you have to do is to tap a key on your personal computer and the program follows your beat. You can playback your interpretation because every little of it is recorded.

The program uses amazing sampled sounds to playback, just press the space bar and you will wear high quality music sounds. You have the possibility to customize the playback by using the Mixer and combine the effects you want (jazz, choral, orchestral and more). You can also choose from virtual instruments and sounds like gunshot or music box.

Maybe you like to use your guitar or your keyboard for notation and if you do, the program provides new windows where you can click the keys to write the music you want. You can also play your iMac’s QWERTY key just like a real piano. This is a very cool feature and it is also great for teaching. You can reside the windows to make them bigger of smaller and you can scroll through octaves.

You can create very easy guitar chord diagrams or chord symbols using your computer keyboard, MIDI guitar or MIDI keyboard. It is very easy to create a chord, all you have to do is to play in on the MIDI instrument you have or type in your iMac keyboard. You can also choose the appearing of the chords from guitar diagram, chord symbol or both together.

The program has built in more than 600 chord types which you can find in the chord library and you can design your own diagrams which you can add to the library and use them when you need them or delete them. On Sibelius website you will find a lot more information about this music writing program for your iMac and you will also find the version for students, called Sibelius Student (this is one of the best programs for music homework), Groovy Music ( a program for beginners), O-Generator Learning to Compose ( a program that helps you write pop songs and rock songs) and more.

Other music writing programs for you iMac are on the Finale Music website. Here you will find programs like NotePad, Finale SongWriter, PrintMusic, Finale and more, programs that will help you write the music you want. For example, Finale is one of the best music notation programs providing you many great and useful features.

PrintMusic is designed for composers, performing musicians and educators. This program is easy to learn and use. If you are a song writer, Finale SongWriter is the software for you because is very easy to use and to learn. You can import and export your MIDI files and you can enter music with your computer keyboard or mouse.
Feb

27

MacBook Air Portable Battery


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posted in Apple, MacBooks, Useful Info, accessories, battery, news, reviews, by BindApple

If you travel a lot and you want to keep your MacBook Air running for a long period of time, the best solution is to purchase a portable battery for your laptop. You will find many portable batteries on the market, but the careful because a lot of them could damage your laptop’s battery and also your laptop.

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The best on the market is the HyperMac which you will find it on Hyper Store.com. This is the world’s fist and only external battery that works with all Macbook models. The battery is available in 4 sizes and you can also charge your iPhone 3G S, iPhone 3G and other mobile USB devices. Depending on the size you choose from: 60Wh, 100Wh, 150Wh and 200Wh, you can charge for MacBook Air for more than a day or if you choose one for your iPhone, you can recharge it for 52 times.

The HyperMac External Battery comes with a USB port so you can charge also your iPhone while you are charging your MacBook Air. The laptop will see this portable battery as a connection to its original adapter, so HyperMac provides the power your device needs and also recharges the internal battery. You can check the battery level of HyperMac by looking at the lighted indicator.

With this external battery you can extend the life span of your laptops internal battery which is a very important thing considering that the latest MacBooks have built-in batteries and if something goes work with the battery you cannot changes it by yourself, you need to pay a service to do that.

These external batteries come with one year warranty and can be recharged up to 1000 times. They also look great with their nice aluminum housing that match the color of your MacBook and they come with different cables for all Macbook models. They have the capacity to determine which MacBook is connected to them and adjust the charging power.

On the website mentioned above, you will also find HyperMac Nono which is the perfect portable battery for your iPhone and iPod. This comes with a built-in charging cable, so you don’t have to carry with you the original cable from your device. These external chargers come in all iPod’s colors, which means that you can choose from 9 nice colors the one that matches your device.

HyperMac Micro is an external battery that provides more time for your device than HyperMac Nano. This one is also available in 9 different colors and it works with iPod, iPhone and other USB devices. HyperMac Mini is the largest external battery for your iPod or iPhone and you can find it at a price of $119.95. All these products are manufacturer by Sanho Corporation located in Sunnyvale California (United States of America), a company which makes IT accessories.
Feb

17

News About Apple 4G iPhone


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iPhone 3GS is the latest model from Apple iPhone, is the best smartphone, the fastest and the most powerful until now, but the iPhone 3GS is actually behind us, because everyone is waiting for the new iPhone – the Apple iPhone 4G.

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On the web we found many news or rumors which say that the new Apple iPhone 4G will be available this April or this summer. Let’s hope that these rumors are true, because if the new iPhone from Apple will be released in April we don’t have a long time to wait.



The Korea Times is reporting that the new Apple iPhone will have a lot of new features. For example, the iPhone 4G will have an OLED screen, a removable battery and live video chat powers. And this is not all, the new iPhone will have, better graphics chips for better images, high quality photos and videos and a dual core processor. If the new Apple iPhone 4G will be launched in April only selected users will be able to test it and have it, because Apple wants to test is before releasing it to the public in June.

Other news says that the new Apple iPhone 4G will have a better camera – a 5 megapixel camera. All these feature sound too good to be true, but let’s hope that these rumors are true and all these feature mentioned above will come with the Apple iPhone because they are amazing. The design of the new Apple iPhone 4G won’t be very different from Apple iPhone 3GS or Apple iPhone 3G, maybe it will be slimmer, but this is all the information we know about the design.

We hope that the new technology and new features will be found also in the battery’s life time and we hope that Apple will continue to increase the battery life, giving us more time to enjoy this device on a single charge. They did this with the iPhone 3GS, because many people want to upgrade to iPhone 3GS from iPhone 3G, because with the latest Apple iPhone comes with improved battery life.



We don’t know anything about the price of Apple iPhone 4G, but we hope that the new features and the latest technology will not make this device a very expensive one. Of course, we aspect that this smartphone will come with a 2 year contract with AT&T. AT&T is testing the 4G network and this tests have to be done until June, because Apple  iPhone 4G needs to use its 4G function. This is all we know about the Apple iPhone 4G until now and we hope that all the rumors about this iPhone will be true, because if they are it is going to be a very cool gadget with state-of-the-art technology.
Feb

16

The New Apple MacBook Pro Cons


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posted in MacBooks, Useful Info, news, by BindApple

The new Apple Macbook Pro brings advanced technology and great features for everyone who can choose from 13 – inch MacBook Pro, 15 – inch Macbook Pro and 17 – inch MacBook Pro. The MacBook Pro is a cool laptop and a reliable one that comes with the latest computer technology and all the applications you need for entertainment, Internet access, watching movies, listen music and more.

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Well, not everything is great about the new Apple MacBook Pro and it the next lines we present you some of the cons of this portable device. The first negative aspect we noticed about the new MacBook Pro is the fact that is slippery and this means that the laptop doesn’t want to stay on the lap. The smooth finish is responsible for this thing, because the aluminum shell slides on the fabric.



Other con of the new MacBook Pro is the fact that it doesn’t have a DEL key. This can be a problem for those of you who want to use other operating system beside Macintosh. For example, if you use Windows the command CTRL-ALT-DEL cannot work, because the DEL key doesn’t work, it is not deleting – it sends backspace. An extra ENTER key, for want? We need a DEL key that actually deletes, not sends a backspace and Apple gave us an extra ENTER key.

The magnetic power connector is very annoying, because it keeps falling off even if you don’t move the MacBook. Let’s talk about the fact that you can’t move files in Finder (we don’t have the move option on the right click, no select file, or command + v or command + X) and if you really want to do this, you have to drag and drop and click the option key.

The next con is the battery life time. If you look on the Apple’s website they say that the battery of the new MacBook Pro lasts for about 7 hours and if you have a 17 – inch MacBook Pro you will be very lucky because your laptop will run for 8 hours on a single charge. If you keep the brightness of the display low and you only browse the Internet and something like that, the battery won’t last more than five hours.



The keyboard is not as comfortable as we want it to be, because after a long period of time typing the hands start to hurt. We don’t know if this is our fault or is something about the keyboard that isn’t comfortable. The USB ports are also a con, because the MacBoo Pro has only 2 USB ports. So we need to buy a wireless mouse or wrap the mouse cord around the laptop, because both of the USB ports are on the left side. Overall, the new MacBook Pro if we don’t consider the cons presented above, is a great laptop with a great designed which comes with all the useful application we need.
Feb

10

Ejecting Unresponsive Disc From iMac


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The Apple iMac is the first all-in-one desktop and it works very well most of the tine, but f your iMac has decided to act goofy and it doesn’t want to let do to the CD or DVD you put in it, you should follow the next steps before pay for your computer repair.

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Ejecting unresponsive disk from iMac is not very hard after you learn the basics. Everyone confronted this type of problem, because the causes of an unresponsive disk are many. For example: maybe the CD or DVD wasn’t as clean as it should have been, maybe the disc is hard to read, or maybe you had to cancel in the middle of a burning process. The first step is to open iTunes, maybe this sounds silly, but it will take only a few minutes to try it and if it doesn’t work you can try something else. OK, so you should open iTunes and click on the eject button. You will find this button in the right corner of the iTunes window and if you eject the disc this way, the job is done.



If iTunes doesn’t work, you can try with the next application – Disk Utility. This is a handy tool and you will find it in the Utilities folder after you open the Applications folder. When you open the application, you will see a list of your disks (this list contains your hard drive and also the stuck CD) and you should click on the Eject button on your stuck disc. Or you can select the disc and go on File and then choose Eject from the menu.

If with the application above doesn’t work, you should restart your computer and hold down the mouse button. This action tells your computer to eject the CD from the drive. Press the mouse button several times and it your computer ejects the disc and can stop. If your iMac doesn’t want to restart you can force it to that by holding down the power button and if this doesn’t work, you can always disconnect the power source of your computer and then connect it again.

Another way for ejecting unresponsive disk from iMac is to force the eject of the disk by pushing a paper clip or something else into the emergency eject hole of your computer’s drive. Before you do that, you should put your iMac to sleep and then push until de disk ejects. Not all the drives have an emergency eject hole, so you should look for it before you put your computer to sleep.



If all these methods fail, you can try the FireWire mode or the firmware. For this method to work you must start your computer in the firmware mode and not in the Mac OS X interface. First you have to restart the computer and then press and hold the following keys: Command-Option-O-F. When you see a white welcome screen you can release them. You should type the next command: eject CD and then press the return button. After a few seconds the drive should eject your disk and if this thing happens you have to type the next command: mac-boot and press return. Your computer will restart without the unresponsive disk.
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