I purchased Apple’s vaunted new operating system yesterday… and spent all night backing up data, installing the system, tweaking preferences, futzing around and trying to learn all I can about it. Too much to dive into all at once! So far, though, it’s a smooth and stable environment. The only bad thing about this is that I get to re-install ALL the upgrades (iLife ‘05, PDA software, MIDI drivers… the works)! I love Dashboard… The widgets are very helpful, and Christine was salivating over the translator widget, which she said did a good job of english-to-german translating. I even downloaded a widget for baseball scores, since we have to keep up with her White Sox and my Cubbies. The verdict is still out on Spotlight. Long term use will tell if it’s really as good as Apple says it is, but my first few searches were good. I have to try the “smart folder” feature; basically, it’s saved searches that update with whatever you add in the hard drive, so long as it matches criteria.

Speaking of updates and iLife, I also installed GarageBand Jam Packs vol 1. Tons of new instruments, effects and sounds to choose from…. I don’t know where to start!

One more thing… there’s a site I just threw myself into recently called iComposition.com, hence the button I put on this page’s sidebar. Click on it. You’ll see what I mean!

More news to come… Stay tuned!

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