Export to MP3 Directly from Quicktime Player

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Thanks to the LAME Project and Pyehouse Development we now have a convenient way of creating MP3 audio files right from Quicktime Player (when you have purchase a “Pro” key).

Download both the framework and the Quicktime component from this page. Place the framework in /Library/Frameworks and the component in /Library/Quicktime. Restart Quicktime Player and you're all set to export any type of audio that Quicktime understands to MP3.

Yes, you could use iTunes to do all of this, but this allows you to cut out the middle man.

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Apple Quietly Pulls Modems from Certain Macs

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Apple has begun to pull the built-in modem from the Mac line up. First models to get the treatment are the new iMac G5 and the Mini (but only the higher end models). To make up for the shortcoming, Apple has created the Apple USB Modem, pictured left, for $49. A little steep if you ask me, for a modem. But in typical Apple fashion, it's smaller than any external modem I've seen. And it supports caller-id which has me thinking it might be a great replacement for my large external serial modems I use for ncidd (network caller id daemon) and ncidpop.

This is certainly a trend that will continue until none of the machines they sell offer internal modems, not unlike the original CRT iMac that didn't come with a floppy. People will whine and complain for a while and they'll forget about it. They always do.

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TUAW Uses IIS and MSSQL Server

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I'm not the type to kick people when they're “down” but I couldn't resist this. I'll let the picture do the talking. For those who don't know, tuaw.com is “The Unofficial Apple Weblog.”

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Update: Yes, it's probaby not fair since they are part of Weblogs, Inc. which is owned by AOL and who knows what goes on there these days.

Audacity: Free Open Source Audio App

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Audacity is a free, open source, multi-platform audio editor and recorder. It's available for Mac, Linux and Windows. I've always hated using PeakDV that came with FinalCut Pro so it was nice to find something that's better. It always felt like a premature application anyway; unintuitive and constantly “unexpectedly quitting” (I can think of only one case where you EXPECT something to quit, command-q).

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