OK, I really don’t know whether to laugh or cry! Literally 75 minutes ago the doorbell rang and it was TNT with my Mac Mini. What a great surprise, BUT no shipment notification from Apple, no email from the supervisor at Apple to say they were prioritizing the shipment. Don’t get me wrong I am [...]
I have written about MailSteward several times in the past; originally on the 31st March 2006, and then again on the 13th September 2006, so I am not going to tell you all about it again. What I will say is that I still love it, I still use it every month and it is [...]
From about the age of 10 all the way through college I always loved playing a good game of Risk. “The classic battle game of Global Domination” board game form Parker Brothers. It was always a fun game to get together and play with friends and a good game could go on for hours. Anyway I was looking for a good strategy game for my 10-year-old daughter and ran across a list of cool Mac games and Lux Delux was listed. I was instantly intrigued and downloaded the free demo from the Sillysoft.net site. I ended up playing it for about 2 hours. After having that much fun with the demo I emailed Tim to see if anyone had reviewed this little gem of a game. Tim told me to go for it and here I am.
Welcome to episode 79 of the MacReviewCast. I’m Tim and I want to thank you for downloading and listening. We’re the podcast that looks at software, hardware and websites that make using your Mac special. If you’re looking for the most reviews, this is the podcast for you.
There are times when viewing video podcasts in iTunes that I want to be able to scrub frame by frame with my keyboard in order to check out a cool visual effect or see how someone landed a totally radical skateboard trick. That particular task is very difficult in iTunes, so I turned to QuickTime.
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Mac users tend to be a very proud lot and often for good reason. Apple is currently riding high and receiving huge amounts of press coverage over the last few years. Overall, the hardware and software and just miles above anything else out there. Yet despite being an easy target, Microsoft Windows does do a [...]
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MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.1 released (MacMinute)Apple has released MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.1 via its Software Update pane and on the Web. The company notes: “The SMC Update improves the MacBook’s internal monitoring system and addresses issues with unexpected shutdowns. This update is recommended for all MacBook systems, including those that received warranty repair.” [...]
After using TextExpander for quite some time with great satisfaction, I discovered they now have a blog on their site http://smileonmymac.net/blog/ that is wrought with cool tips and very insightful user tricks.
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Fission ($32) “is a streamlined audio editor designed to get you editing in minutes, not hours. It works with both mono and stereo MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless and AIFF audio, enabling you to instantly trim and split files with no quality loss!”
. The fact that it comes from our favorite developers (Rogue Amoeba) means that you know it will be well designed and developed.
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From our European Editor, Chris Marshall: PDFpenPro at $94.95 is pretty expensive BUT it brings PDF’s to life and removes years of frustrations that I have had with them. They say: "PDFpen enables you to edit PDF files, including…* Show PDFs in single, facing-page, multi-page, and multiple facing-page views* Fill out and save PDF forms* [...]
As I sit in a motel in Wisconsin, waiting for our new residence to open up, I am reading online headlines that I missed while traveling the last few days. One that caught my eye was the fact that Wisconsin and Microsoft settled their Class Action Lawsuit. If you were a resident in Wisconsin or [...]
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Welcome to episode 78 of the MacReviewCast. I’m Tim and I want to thank you for downloading and listening. We’re the podcast that looks at software, hardware and websites that make using your Mac special. If you’re looking for the most reviews, this is the podcast for you.
A long time favorite application of the MacReviewCast has been Quicksilver. This application not only precedes Spotlight by a long ways but is in many ways, far more useful. I can honestly say that this is one of the first applications that I put on any new Mac that I own and liberally recommend it [...]
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As someone who builds web applications professionally, the invention of Ruby on Rails was a game changing event in my world. The company that employs its creator, Dave Heinemeier Hansson is no less impressive. 37 Signals is the company which promotes itself as one who’s software ‘does less than it’s competitors’, a fact they quite [...]
For those of you that are unaware of my situation, I am about to move from Washington State to Wisconsin. I’ll be out of touch online for the next 5-6 days. We hope to see some articles by Jeff Powell while I’m gone, but I will have a podcast available Saturday for download and I [...]
