Apple releases Aperture 3.1 with iLife ’11 compatibility.

Apple releases Aperture 3.1 with iLife ’11 compatibility. Aperture 3.1 appears on Software Update after installing ProKit Update 6.0.1.

A 30-day Aperture Trial is available through Apple Web Site.

About Aperture 3.1
This update improves overall stability and performance, and addresses compatibility with iLife ’11. It also includes a number of specific fixes in the following areas:

  • Performance when opening large libraries
  • Performance when exporting heavily-adjusted images
  • Importing iPhoto Libraries
  • Relinking to referenced images after importing an iPhoto Library
  • Importing photos and videos from iPhone or iPad
  • Upgrading libraries with images containing Spot & Patch adjustments
  • Duplicate detection of audio and video files
  • Face detection on RAW+JPEG pairs
  • Rendering of thumbnails used in Faces view
  • Rendering of images scaled to below 100% in Viewer
  • Image quality on straightened images
  • Applying Red Eye correction
  • Rendering thumbnails when reprocessing masters
  • Searching libraries containing a large number of keywords
  • Applying photos to GPS track paths
  • Export of GPS data when using Export Metadata command
  • Handling of color profiles in Print dialog when using Loupe
  • Applying and removing slideshow Photo Effects
  • Slideshows containing video clips
  • Tethered capture
  • Library database reliability
  • Library repair
  • Updating vaults

The update is recommended for all users of Aperture 3.

Apple releases Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 and Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 8.

Apple releases Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 and Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 8.

Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 delivers improved compatibility, security, and reliability by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_22.

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 8 delivers improved compatibility, security, and reliability by updating J2SE 5.0 to 1.5.0_26, and updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_22 for 64-bit capable Intel-based Macs.

Apple seeds iOS 4.2 beta 3 to Developers.

iOS 4.2 beta 3 arrived a few hours earlier than expected today. Apple has been sending out notices to registered iOS developers about the availability of the latest beta of iOS 4.2 this Afternoon.

As usual thanks to a three-letter-abbreviation that is not an acronym known as NDA, details are scarce. Apple is working out the bugs in iOS 4.2 to meet the unspecified November 2010 self-imposed deadline.

iOS 4.2 beta 3 is also accompanied by iTunes 10.1 beta 2, available for Mac OS X and Windows (x86 and x64).

Apple seeds iOS 4.1 beta 3 to Developers.

Just a week after the seeding of iOS 4.1 beta 2, Apple release the third beta of the upcoming iOS 4.1. Details are still scarce due to something called NDA; not to be confused with National Dart Association.

Apple has decided to pull Game Center off iOS 4.1 for iPhone 3G.

iOS 4.1 beta 3 is available for:

  • iPhone 4
  • iPhone 3GS
  • iPhone 3G
  • iPod touch 3rd generation
  • iPod touch 2nd generation

What is iOS 4.1 beta 3 performance like on iPhone 3G? We will find out soon.