After a series of unsuccessful attempts to recover the contents of my laptop’s internal hard drive I realized it was necessary to replace it and start fresh. Once I was finished installing Leopard and going through a series of software...

I just learned a sweet little UI tweak in the latest Aperture update. As you already know, when you're working in Quick Preview mode, you can't do any image editing. Sometimes people forget they're in Quick Preview, try to edit,...

This coming Monday I board a plane to Beijing to help Kodak and Apple in the Olympic Media Center. In addition to the excitement that comes with my first visit to China, not to mention my first media pass for...

If your new camera doesn't appear on the Digital camera RAW formats supported Knowledgebase document, that doesn't necessarily mean that you can't add its Raw files to your existing Aperture library. Thanks to baseline DNG support in the current version...

If you haven't discovered some of the hidden layout options yet in Aperture 2.1, I'll show you where they are. Once discovered, you'll look at this program in a new light. It's like having an application within an application.

Apple has opened the door to third party image editing tools for Aperture 2.1 by launching "Edit API." And to show you how powerful this feature is, they've included the first plug-in, "Dodge and Burn," with the version 2.1 download - for free. And there's lots more to come, and soon.

The ability to create your own set of default bricks in the Adjust tab has been one of Aperture's most requested features. Apple has answered the call in version 2.1 by allowing you to decide which bricks load by default...

I probably don't have to spend much time on this, but thought I should mention it anyway. If you've already used up your 30-day trial period with Aperture 2.0, you won't be able to test drive version 2.1. Apple considers...

Apple Senior Product Manager, Joe Schorr, posted this note on the Apple forums today: "As many of you know, last week's Security Update caused printing problems for users of Aperture 2 on Leopard. A new version of this Security Update...

Raw conversion quality is a very subjective topic, and different people have different ideas about what they like in a raw conversion. If you decide you prefer Aperture's 1.1 converter to the new 2.0 converter, you can easily change the program to default to the older version.

I just signed up to attend the Aperture World Tour event in San Francisco, CA. I think it's going to be great fun. Hopefully, one of the tour stops will be near you, so you can attend too.

If you haven't soaked up enough Aperture 2.0 yet, go over to Lynda.com and watch 6 free movies on what's new with this upgrade. And yes, one of the freebies is on Quick Preview, and another is on creating your own custom keyboard shortcuts.

Yesterday, I described a lot of the changes in the adjustment tools found in the Adjustment Panel. One key tip that I omitted is that to reset any slider to its default position just double click on the slider. That’s...

I have thousands of pictures in Aperture 1.5, so I'm going to ease in to the version 2 upgrade. Here's the path I took for becoming familiar with the new Aperture release.

I feel like a kid in a candy store! I’m so excited to be using Aperture v2 on my Canon 1DsMKIII images - as well as images from my older bodies! But it’s not just the built in support for...

Before digital, it used to be that we singularly know, and we are singularly sure, with what we want to do with the pictures we've shot. We go through the motions with that particular end in mind. We just go...

I have to admit, one of the apps I’m having most fun with in Leopard is iChat. With all the new features Leopard brings to applications like Safari and Mail, iChat’s 24 new features outnumbers all others. With the new...

The Good News: Apple has added more supported camera formats to Aperture via Software Update 10.4.11. The Bad News: the Canon PowerShot G9 is not among them. Rats! I was happy to read Ben's post about additional Raw support...

With the release of Leopard, Apple added raw support for a number of new cameras, leaving Tiger-based Aperture users wondering if they would be forced to upgrade to the new operating system in order to gain support for the new...

Much of the talk last week and this week focused on Apple's iPhone. Only a few days ago, and with a software update of 1.1.2, it became officially available in Europe. This is the first time that the mobile device...