Monthly Archives: October 2010

What’s Coming Up Next? – MacHouse Introducing ViewSQL Pro

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Mac software ViewSQL Pro






TOKYO (MacHouse) – We were pretty sure earlier this week that Rip4Audio was the last Mac application to release this month. We were wrong. What we have just released is a Mac software title called ViewSQL Pro.





Mac software ViewSQL Pro
Source: MacHouse






ViewSQL Pro is a neat application that is designed especially for software developers who use REAL Studio to build Mac applications. You never know if an application that is developed with REAL Studio will succeed in creating a database file. In fact, it can fail under Snow Leopard. Just because your app successfully generates a database file, that doesn’t mean it contains tables. REAL Studio causes so many problems under Snow Leopard these days.

ViewSQL Pro offers an easy of inspecting the contents of encrypted or non-encrypted REALSQL/SQLite database files. ViewSQL Pro will also let you create SQLite database files easily.






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ViewSQL Pro is a product of MacHouse.

What’s Coming Up Next? – MacHouse Introducing Rip4Audio

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Mac software Rip4Audio






TOKYO (MacHouse) – This October has turned out to be one of the busiest and most fruitful months of the year for us. So far, we have introduced Discs2Go, WatermarQue Plus Version 2, Audio2QT and OrganizeX Version 2. Today, we have released a new Mac software title. It’s called Rip4Audio .





Mac software Rip4Audio
Source: MacHouse






Inspired by Audio2QT, Rip4Audio offers a simple and easy of letting users rip audio out of multiple movie clips at a time. Rip4Audio supports a wide range of media formats including 3GP, AVI, DV, FLV, MKV, MOV, MPEG, MP4, WMV. Drag and drop one or more move files onto a drop box. Then choose an export format (AAC, AIF, MP3, WAV) and work on few other audio settings. Then? Just click on Export!

Do we need QuickTime 7 to use Rip4Audio under Snow Leopard or not? That’s negative. You don’t need QuickTime 7 or QuickTimeX to rip audio with Rip4Audio. You don’t need Flip4Mac or any of QuickTime components, either.






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Rip4Audio is a product of MacHouse.

マックで使える製品の紹介：サンワサプライ Mac用キーボード SKB-MAC1

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サンワサプライ Mac用キーボード SKB-MAC1
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アップル社のコンピュータを使っていてこの10年で気付くのが、何と言っても純正キーボードの使いにくさです。その究極に達したのが、2000年代前半を通してアップル社からマックと供に出荷されたあのキーボードです。「あのキーボード」といのは、キーを打つ度にギシギシ音をたて、構造上からゴミが中に溜まりやすいものです。（写真1参照）また写真2で見てわかるように、キーボードのデザインが変わる度にキーの位置、特に「Caps lock」と「Option」キーの位置が変わるのもアップル・キーボードの特異性です。

サンワサプライ Mac用キーボード SKB-MAC1
写真1: 資料元 – マックハウス		   サンワサプライ Mac用キーボード SKB-MAC1
写真2: 資料元 – マックハウス
サンワサプライ Mac用キーボード SKB-MAC1
写真3: 資料元 – マックハウス

さて、このブログの英語の記事でも何度か取り上げていますが、ギシギシ・ボードにも劣らずマック・ユーザーを最近悩ますのがApple Wireless Keyboardです。（写真3参照）2009年の秋に新しいiMacが登場した際にアップル社から出荷されている無線キーボードです。何が悪いかを簡単におさらいしてみると以下の通りです。

  • テンキー及び他のキー（「Home」、「End」、第２の「Delete」キーなど）がない
  • 無線マウスとの相性か、電池が10日から2週間でなくなることがある

    • とにかく、「この無線キーボードはだめだ」と言って古いマック・キーボードを使おうと思っても、それがギシギシ・ボードだと、どちらを使うか迷う方もいるでしょう。他社製のキーボードを購入すると言っても、マックと使えるものは多くありません。そこで試してみたいのがサンワサプライのMac用キーボード SKB-MAC1です。箱を開けると、「あっ、PC用のキーボードだ」、と思わず考えました。（写真4参照）色が白というよりはベージュで、「num lock」や「caps lock」のライトがあることからでしょうか。  Continue reading →

    What’s Coming Up Next? – MacHouse Introducing Audio2QT

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    Mac software Audio2QT






    TOKYO (MacHouse) – We use Mac OS X. The fact is that we are surrounded by devices that only support Windows formats. There are many digital audio devices that only generate audio files in WMA. If it’s just the matter of several WMA files, you probably wouldn’t mind using audio conversion software to convert them into one of QuickTime-readable formats, one file at a time. But what if you have several dozens of them?

    Audio2QT is an easy and affordable solution to batch audio conversion. All you have to do is drag and drop one or more audio clips onto a drop box. Set an audio bit rate and a sample rate. If you accept your default export folder, then just hit the button to transcode them all into QuickTime audio (MOV). It’s so simple.





    Mac software Audio2QT
    Source: MacHouse






    Audio2QT supports such audio formats as AAC, AC3, AIF, AU, M4A, MP2, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA and more. Actually, its drop box accepts any type of file. Importing a file whose audio format is not supported won’t crash the application. By the way, Audio2QT is not quite compatible with Snow Leopard yet. Hopefully, it soon will.






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    Audio2QT is a product of MacHouse.

    What’s Coming Up Next? – MacHouse Releasing WatermarQue Plus Version 2

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    Mac software WatermarQue Plus






    TOKYO (MacHouse) – WatermarQue Plus is MacHouse‘s No. 4 most selling software title. It’s mostly used by European Mac users. We didn’t update it for 9 months. Today, we have released WatermarQue Plus Version 2. The new version has a new icon, a better built-in video player and a better user interface.





    Mac software WatermarQue Plus
    Source: MacHouse






    Mac people use WatermarQue Plus to watermark any number of image files at a time. It’s a unique batch-watermarking application because it allows the user to import video clips and take movie snapshots. WatermarQue Plus allows the user to send those movie snapshots directly to its image list.






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    WatermarQue Plus is a product of MacHouse.