I just received my Toast 10 Pro and haven't yet put it through its paces. But here is what I've seen so far:
The Pro version download is 672 MB. When the downloaded disc image mounts there is a Toast 10 Titanium folder which one drags to the Applications folder, a Pro Applications folder which one should open and run the included installers, and a PDF version of the 142-page user guide.
The Toast 10 Titanium folder contains the following:
Toast Titanium (v10.0)
CD Spin Doctor (v6.0.1)
DiscCatalogMaker RE (v5.5.4)
Mac2TiVo
Get Backup 2 RE (v2.0)
Disc Cover 2 RE (v2.2 containing 120 MB of art)
Streamer (v 2.0)
Mac2TiVo is the only new application compared with the Toast 9 bundle but all are newer versions than what was included with Toast 9. The size of the newer Disc Cover is about 30 MB larger than the previously bundled version.
The Pro Applications folder contains the following:
FotoMagico (v2.6.2). Discounted upgrade to v 3.x available from Boinx
Fotomagico Plug-in for Aperture
LightZone (v3.6.1). Free update to v. 3.8.5 from LightCrafts
SoundSoap SE (v2.2). Free update to v 2.4 available from Bias
SonicFire Pro (v5.1). Free update available to v 5.5 available from SmartSound.
Toast 10 Titanium HD/BD Plug-in (v2.0)
After opening Toast I saw some additions and deletions compared with version 9.
Preferences: The extinct HD DVD format is gone as an option (Blu-Ray, of course, remains)
Data window: No change
Audio window: No change
Video window: AVCHD Archive is added. DivX disc is removed. The DVD menu settings window now has an Aspect Ratio setting (Automatic/Standard/Wide Screen/Show All). I believe Toast 9 is in Show All mode. The menu styles are new designs and greater in number (25), and the widescreen menu styles have 16x9 thumbnail buttons (unlike the 4x3 menu buttons in the Toast 9 HD menus).
Copy window: No change
Convert window: Audiobook is added. The DivX convert option is removed. Version 10.0.7 adds an iPad export setting and Toast can convert TiVo transfers to 640x480 resolution (U.S. only) which is larger than before.
Extras menu: link to www.photoshow.com.
Media Browser: Web Video added as an input option.
There are cosmetic changes to Toast 10's windows (which I like). There is no change in the user interface compared with Toast 9.
I need DivX encoding capability for use with my MediaGate device so I'll need to use Toast 9 for that purpose and wish it hadn't been deleted from Toast 10 (or better yet, wish my MediaGate would play H.264). I already have the excellent FotoMagico and SoundSoap 2.1.1. I'm excited by LightZone for my photo editing business and intrigued by SonicFire.
CD Spin Doctor has a new "Start Audio Music Capture" button in its opening screen, although it doesn't seem to be working for me so I click on the Start New Recording button as before.
Also included in the Pro purchase is a 2.3 GB download of audio tracks for SonicFire Pro.
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I just received my Toast 10 Pro and haven't yet put it through its paces. But here is what I've seen so far:
The Pro version download is 672 MB. When the downloaded disc image mounts there is a Toast 10 Titanium folder which one drags to the Applications folder, a Pro Applications folder which one should open and run the included installers, and a PDF version of the 142-page user guide.
The Toast 10 Titanium folder contains the following:
Toast Titanium (v10.0)
CD Spin Doctor (v6.0.1)
DiscCatalogMaker RE (v5.5.4)
Mac2TiVo
Get Backup 2 RE (v2.0)
Disc Cover 2 RE (v2.2 containing 120 MB of art)
Streamer (v 2.0)
Mac2TiVo is the only new application compared with the Toast 9 bundle but all are newer versions than what was included with Toast 9. The size of the newer Disc Cover is about 30 MB larger than the previously bundled version.
The Pro Applications folder contains the following:
FotoMagico (v2.6.2). Discounted upgrade to v 3.x available from Boinx
Fotomagico Plug-in for Aperture
LightZone (v3.6.1). Free update to v. 3.8.5 from LightCrafts
SoundSoap SE (v2.2). Free update to v 2.4 available from Bias
SonicFire Pro (v5.1). Free update available to v 5.5 available from SmartSound.
Toast 10 Titanium HD/BD Plug-in (v2.0)
After opening Toast I saw some additions and deletions compared with version 9.
Preferences: The extinct HD DVD format is gone as an option (Blu-Ray, of course, remains)
Data window: No change
Audio window: No change
Video window: AVCHD Archive is added. DivX disc is removed. The DVD menu settings window now has an Aspect Ratio setting (Automatic/Standard/Wide Screen/Show All). I believe Toast 9 is in Show All mode. The menu styles are new designs and greater in number (25), and the widescreen menu styles have 16x9 thumbnail buttons (unlike the 4x3 menu buttons in the Toast 9 HD menus).
Copy window: No change
Convert window: Audiobook is added. The DivX convert option is removed. Version 10.0.7 adds an iPad export setting and Toast can convert TiVo transfers to 640x480 resolution (U.S. only) which is larger than before.
Extras menu: link to www.photoshow.com.
Media Browser: Web Video added as an input option.
There are cosmetic changes to Toast 10's windows (which I like). There is no change in the user interface compared with Toast 9.
I need DivX encoding capability for use with my MediaGate device so I'll need to use Toast 9 for that purpose and wish it hadn't been deleted from Toast 10 (or better yet, wish my MediaGate would play H.264). I already have the excellent FotoMagico and SoundSoap 2.1.1. I'm excited by LightZone for my photo editing business and intrigued by SonicFire.
CD Spin Doctor has a new "Start Audio Music Capture" button in its opening screen, although it doesn't seem to be working for me so I click on the Start New Recording button as before.
Also included in the Pro purchase is a 2.3 GB download of audio tracks for SonicFire Pro.
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