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Philadelphia PA – On the heels of its Macworld 2009 presentation in San Francisco, the new Apple centric documentary, “Welcome to Macintosh” will have a special one-time online screening, Monday, January 12th. At 9:30 PM ET on The Digital Lifestyle. Filmmakers Rob Baca and Josh Rizzo will participate in a live chat during the screening where viewers can ask questions about it the movie, the people and the creation process.

“We are thrilled to bring this special screening to the Mac community,” said Ryan Ritchey, founder of The Digital Lifestyle. The film’s Macworld presentation drew and international crowd and included discussions with Apple legends Steve Wozniak, Guy Kawasaki, Ron Wayne, and others.

The Digital Lifestyle is an online video network dedicated to Apple news, rumors, and has the largest collection of Apple-related videos in the world.

“With acceptance in five international film festivals, “Welcome to Macintosh” is reaching its goal of bringing the story of Apple and the Macintosh to the new generation of iPhone and iPod users around the world,” said Rob Baca, Co-director of the film.

The widescreen DVD is NTSC Region Free and includes over three hours of extended interviews, a “making of” featurette, theatrical trailers, behind the scenes photo journal, Mac symbiosis montage, interactive menus and subtitles in English and Spanish. It is available today on FilmBaby, Amazon and the films website.

“The DVD goes far beyond the movie, exploring in-depth the stories and experiences that made the Macintosh what it is today” said Josh Rizzo, co-director of the film. “There are so many great stories to hear, we are very excited to have the opportunity to share them.”

“When we set out to create an online video network dedicated to Apple and its fans, this is just the kind of programming we wanted to find,” says Ritchey.

Robert Baca and Joshua Rizzo are 2002 graduates of Ithaca College’s Roy H. Park School of Communications. Robert resides with his family in Columbus Ohio where works as a producer of industrial and commercial videos. Joshua currently resides in Los Angeles and works as a post production systems engineer for TV and film. Welcome to Macintosh is the first feature-length film they have directed.

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The Digital Lifestyle was founded in November 2007 as the only 24-hour online video network dedicated to Apple news, rumors, and lifestyle. The network was created by former Apple employees who bring a unique perspective to current Apple news and rumors.

Hutto, Texas – Mac Games Arcade today announced that its new digital download application for Macintosh games has achieved over 250,000 downloads since the application’s launch just three weeks ago. With Mac Games Arcade, users are able to browse through hundreds of digital download Mac titles from over 100 Mac developers, check out demos, write reviews, purchase games, and maintain their digital downloads.

“Mac Games Arcade has been a huge success.”, said Tuncer Deniz, founder of Mac Games Arcade. “Over the last two months alone we’ve registered nearly a million downloads of Macintosh game demos and purchased games. We’ve also recently added two great new partners including Ubisoft and Transgaming’s titles. We couldn’t be more pleased with the response so far.”

The company is already at work on new features for Mac Games Arcade including the ability add your own games, support for expansion packs, the ability to chat with other Mac gamers, and other cool enhancements. A new version is expected to be released in the coming weeks.

Mac Games Arcade is available as a free download from the web site. Users can try the application and hundreds of Macintosh games for free. Mac Games Arcade requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later.

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Mac Games Arcade an exciting new digital download application for Mac OS X. Mac Games Arcade allows users to download, purchase and manage their Mac games all through an innovative and easy-to-use Mac interface.

A Refreshed GUI And More In Audio Hijack Pro 2.9

December 29th, 2008

Audio Hijack Pro has long been our flagship product, but it’s been some time since it saw a major update. Today, we’re pleased to Audio Hijack Pro 2.9 for download.

Most noticeably, this update provides a significantly polished UI for our audio recording tool. It now sports a gorgeous status LCD, as well as an improved Recording Bin. It’s also now possible to edit the ID3 tags of recordings right from the Recording Bin, with the file inspector.

In addition to the UI overhaul, Audio Hijack Pro 2.9 features many smaller improvements, including new versions of Soundflower for recording System Audio and the LAME MP3 engine for recording MP3 files. We’ve also fixed many small bugs, including one when using the Recording Bin, caused by Mac OS X 10.5.6.

This update provides both new features and enhanced stability, and it’s recommended for all users. Audio Hijack Pro 2.9 is a free update for all licensed owners of Audio Hijack Pro 2 and can be downloaded right here.

If you’ve never used Audio Hijack Pro, well, what are you waiting for? Learn more about it right on the Audio Hijack Pro page and download the free trial right now.

Posted by Paul Kafasis

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Milano, Italy – Apimac is proud to introduce Protect Files 1.0, their new file and folder encryption solution for Mac OS X. Developed specifically for those who prefer a dedicated solution, Protect Files will guide the user step by step in the creation and use of Encrypted Spaces. The Encrypted Space is packed up in a convenient and easy interface to unlock and lock the space.

An Encrypted Space is a space protected with a password that resides on the Mac’s hard disk, external disk, or a USB drive, where the user can safely store documents, files, and folders to prevent access from other users. The Space will show up as a volume on the users desktop. When the Space is locked, the content of the space is secure. When the Space is unlocked, the user can copy, move and delete files as she/he would on any normal hard disk.

Protect Files automatically optimizes the enclosed disk image to reclaim unused space every time the Space is used. By default, Protect Files creates 128-bit AES Encrypted Spaces. However for even stronger encryption, the user may optionally specify 256-bit AES encryption in the applications preferences.

Protect Files leverage Mac OS X technology to create disk images with AES encryption, which is one of the most secure encryption methods and widely adopted by many governments. See Security section of Advanced Encryption Standard at Wikipedia to learn more.

Language Support:
English

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4 Tiger or later (Leopard Compatible)
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 32 MB Hard Drive space

Pricing and Availability:
Protect Files 1.0 is available for $14.95 (USD) from the Apimac online store. A trial version is available from their website. Family License (up to 4 computers) is available.

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Founded in 1996, Apimac develops award-winning software for the Mac, including Mac Notepad, Clean Text, Apimac Slideshow, and Secret Folder. Apimac is committed to bringing easy-to-use applications to students, educators, creative professionals, and consumers around the world.

Bremen, Germany – Juicy Cocktail is proud to introduce Limits 1.0, their universal tracking solution for iPhone and iPod Touch. Developed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s unique abilities, Limits allows tracking of expenses, weight, call times, tweetups, or anything the user can think of, and then track their progress.

Sporting a clean, simple and uncluttered interface, all details fit on one screen, without the need to scroll, making it easy to navigate the application. Limits features graphical gradient bars in its overview screen as well as history, at-a-glance. Set a goal and track achievements over a period of time. Adding, modifying or updating a limit’s value is just a few taps away.

“We’re all iPhone users and we really love the platform, so the best thing we could do was to develop a small neat app to track our expenses as well as other stuff.” cites Rafael Bugajewski, CEO of Juicy Cocktail “The application name is a little bit weird, but it nails the point: you can set up limits on almost everything you can count. You can configure a custom unit, making it possible to track weight, tweetups or other stuff in our lives.”

Whether it’s related to work, recreation, weight or other subjects, easily adjust limits while on the go. It’s like goal setting for a certain part of life.

Feature highlights include:
* Unlimited Goals: Create, and Track virtually anything imaginable
* Clean Interface: Everything fits within a single, uncluttered screen

Supported Languages:
* US English

System Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 2.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Limits for iPhone is only $5.99 (USD) and available exclusively through Apple’s App Store.

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Located in beautiful Bremen, Germany, Juicy Cocktail is a privately funded company founded in 2008 by Rafael Bugajewski. With a sole focus on the Mac platform, the company’s aim is to develop unique Mac and iPhone products, as well as provide customized development solutions. Copyright 2008 Juicy Cocktail. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.