I’ve also got them categorized by where they are located which is excellent for someone like me who is easily befuddled. I’ve set up smart libraries with different genres of books. So by now you are wondering why bother with an application like Delicious Library? There are several practical reasons including things like insurance records and personal inventories but I have to admit I am hooked because it is just fun. One of the changes made in Delicious Library 2 is the switch from XML to SQL which should make management of large libraries more efficient. My library currently only holds about 300 items without breaking a sweat. It also gets movies, TV programs, and audiobooks. Likewise, Delicious Library will grab all of your iTunes library. It appears you can catalogue just about anything Amazon sells. Delicious Library has a text entry search that found all of them very quickly and added them into the library. Well the cardboard boxes are long gone along with the UPC codes so I had nothing to show my iSight camera. For instance, some of my movies started out as DVD cases inside cardboard boxes with UPC codes on them. Not all of your stuff is going to have UPC codes however. You can purchase a separate bluetooth hand held scanner that would probably be a bit faster, but I found the iSight scanning to be very convenient. Before long, I had most of the family library recorded. It was no different loading up the video games and books. Child labor laws aside, getting your stuff in Delicious Library 2 is easy. When I scanned in Star Wars it told me “I am your father.” I sat my six year old at the Mac with a stack of DVD’s taller than her and she had them all scanned into Delicious Library 2 in about 30 minutes. It just doesn’t pull down an image and name though, Delicious grabs tons of metadata ranging from actors, dates, reviews, and even points you to other similar titles you may enjoy. It reads the name of your DVD and literally pours the contents on a virtual wooden shelf showing a copy of your DVD. You hear a satisfying “beep” and then Delicious goes and fetches your title from the internet. You can then take your toys (such as a DVD) and hold the UPC code up to your iSight camera. With a click, Delicious activates your iSight camera. Loading up Delicious Library 2 there is a little scanning button. I know that doesn’t sound all that exciting but that is what makes Delicious Library 2 so impressive. So what is this precedent setting software you ask? In essence, it is a home inventory system for your books, CD’s, video games, electronics, tools, toys, and other things precious. Well recently the folks at Delicious Monster released Delicious Library 2 and it certainly lives up to the high standards set by its predecessor. “The Delicious Generation” This phrase comes from a specific application called Delicious Library that released a few years ago and made a lot of people rethink Apple software design. The last few years a term of art has been floating around the Mac community.
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