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Adobe discloses additional details on its Creative Cloud offering

Adobe Creative Cloud

Creative Cloud offers a web-based storage center for syncing content between a user’s devices, along with all of the upcoming Creative Suite 6 apps, Adobe Touch apps and services, and the newest content from Adobe (such as new products and features) as soon as they are publicly released. This includes Lightroom 4 once it gets out of beta, and Adobe’s new Muse and Edge web authoring software. All of these great things come at quite the cost, however, starting at a steep $49.99/month fee.

MacWorld | iWorld 2012: MokaFive debuts “Mac in Minutes”

MokaFive Diagram

MokaFive announced the addition of Mac in Minutes to their MokaFive Suite of virtual desktop management software at MacWorld | iWorld 2012, and this addition is designed to increase the simplicity and speed up deployment of virtualized corporate-standard Windows desktops to Macs. MokaFive provides IT shops the ability to centrally and securely support Macs or PCs more easily than past methods of supporting individual hardware+software combinations for each employee.

Macworld | iWorld 2012: What’s new from Omni Group

Calendar

Since Appletell last caught up with the Omni group at Macworld 2011, the maker of great apps like Omni Graffle and Omni Outliner has been busy: Omni Outliner launched last spring for the iPad, while the all new Omni Plan for iPad is rolling out at this year’s Macworld. Here is a roundup of what Omni brought to demo at MacWorld!

Macworld 2012: CS Odessa to exhibit ConceptDraw

ConceptDraw Office

Macworld | iWorld takes place at Moscone Center in San Francisco from January 26-28. If you’re going to be on hand, it would be a good time to learn more about ConceptDraw Office—”the world’s premiere cross-platform solution for business productivity and visualization”—and take advantage of a show floor special offer.

OS X Lion compatibility announcement roundup [updated]

Earlier this week, Apple released OS X Lion. We’ve told you how to check if your Mac apps are ready for Lion, but if you’re still having problems with some apps, here’s a collection of software developer/publisher statements regarding Lion compatibility right here. Announcements are still being added each day, so check back often to make sure you’ve got the latest versions of your important apps.

How to password lock a PDF file

If you need to keep your household busy body out of your business, or you just want to do your contractually obligated part to hold up data security for your company, then locking your PDFs can be a viable option. If you are ready to do that, then follow these steps to get it done.

How to password protect iWork and Word documents on your Mac

Keeping your system safe and sound is important if you work with any sensitive data or if you just have to share your system with your family (or nosy roommates) and you want to maintain your own personal privacy. Since you cannot always lock out the whole system, locking single document is a solid option, as it allows you to keep just some data secured.

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 review

With competing products cutting deeper into Adobe’s feature sets, and with Adobe ramping up the capabilities of their own consumer and prosumer products, the Creative Suite packages have shifted into higher gear. This is great news if you’ve got a need for these complex but powerful sets of tools (and a company paying for your upgrades and training). If you’re on your own, the new subscription model is a viable option.

How to save a Word for Mac document as a PDF

Saving your Word for Mac file as a .PDF is a good way to send a document cross platform, or to send it without having anyone else make changes (at least not easily, anyway). That way you can be sure your documents will be in good shape. No matter if it is a party invitation or a presentation for work, this is a great way to make a lossless format, and it’s easy to do. Let’s get started.

How to save a Word for Mac document as a template

One of the best ways to do that is to not repeat the same actions over and over again. If you create the same documents over and over again for your job, such as a monthly report, odds are that you have to format and re-format those files each time. Having a template will save you the time of re-creating the document without the chance of saving over a previous version you may need.