Creating HD Video with iMovie '09

An increasing number of video-sharing sites are now beginning to support HD video. At the time of writing, both YouTube and Vimeo support 720p video.

On the Mac, the premiere consumer video-editing software is Apple’s iMovie, and it, too, supports HD video. Sort of.

Getting HD video into iMovie is easy enough. Getting it out again, still in HD, is surprisingly tricky. By default, the maximum export resolution is 960×540 - which is higher than Standard Definition, but not quite enough to count as true “HD”, which starts at 1280×720, otherwise known as 720p. Read More...

Apple Issues AirPort Admin Utility and Client Software Updates

Apple released several software updates related to its AirPort networking products. The updates are presumably related to release of new AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule products bringing several new features.

AirPort Client Update 2009-001 is targeted at for all Intel-based computers running OS X 10.5.6 and is said to address "issues with roaming and network selection in dual-band environments." The update weighs in at 2 MB.

AirPort Utility 5.4.1 (17.4 MB) and AirPort Utility 5.4.1 Windows (10.92 MB) provide updated setup and management tools for the AirPort Express Base Station, AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule. No specific details on changes present in the updates are given, although they presumably incorporate new features allowing users to administer the updated AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule models introduced today.