Freeverse today announced an update to Lineform, the drawing and illustration program for Mac OS X. A Universal application, Lineform is designed for artists looking for a more manageable and less costly modern alternative to Adobe Illustrator. Lineform is the recipient of a 2006 Apple Design Award. What’s new: – SVG Gaussian blur support – [...]
While I pride myself on being organized, I’ve never really been much for the latest organizational fads. Go into any bookstore and you will be tripping over books about how to be more productive. So it was with this mindset that I began reading about David Allen’s “Getting Things Done.” It seems to be a bit of a Mac phenomenon with many Mac users and bloggers extolling the virtues of this system. I wasn’t so sure about GTD but I knew I needed a better way of tracking my to-do list items than what I was getting out of iCal so I began playing with some of the software
Welcome to episode 105 of the MacReviewCast, I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast.
MyAppleStuff is Chris Marshalls collection of reviews, articles and news items. It is probably a generation ‘thing’ or maybe even a lack of technological skills but I have never been a huge user of BitTorrent. Truth told I would be hard pushed to give you a clear, concise explanation of what it is and why [...]
This review was done by Allison Sheridan for the MacReviewCast. Hey Tim – thanks for inviting me to review Übercaster from ubercaster.com. Übercaster is deisgned to make it easy for you to produce a podcast show in four simple steps. According to the web site, each step has its own layer which bundles various functions [...]
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Brainwave today released version 2.2 of its award-winning power napping and sleep software for Mac OS X. Next Generation Power Napping: pzizz 2.2 adds even more features for the tens of thousands of people across the world who have already discovered its benefits. Changes in 2.2 – New Help and Screencast. – Split modules into [...]
TrueFire.com, a leading provider of online guitar lessons and interactive courses, is now shipping Marc Schonbrun’s Geek Guitar, an interactive video course designed to bring the latest technology to guitarists for recording and performing. Geek Guitar successfully bridges the gap between computer technology and the modern guitar player with a comprehensive series of plain-language tutorials [...]
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Sticky Windows (ShareWare) is an application for Mac OS X Tiger which extends the tab browsing experience to the Desktop. Sticky Windows shrinks your windows into tabs when you drag a window towards the edge of your screen. Providing you with a completely clutter-free workspace. By clicking on the tab the user can show and [...]
From our MacReviewCast editor Trent Armstrong: It was the perfect night for a trip to the Apple Store. The temperature was about 70º F with no breeze. The insects decided to take it easy, and the stars were shining bright as I made my way to the week old Apple Store in Birmingham, AL. It’s [...]
It is fair to say that I didn’t ‘get’ LightZone at my first, or even second, attempt to use it. I put this down to my own lack of editing experience initially, then I thought it was because I was going mad, and then I realized that I just wasn’t in the ‘zone’.
Before we go there though, what is LightZone?
Hi Tim – thanks for the opportunity to review the Altec Lansing M602 iPod speakers. I want to be honest with the audience here about a couple of things – first, they should know that I don’t have the most discerning ears, so I’ll be using my husband Steve’s ears instead to test the fidelity, [...]
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After MacWorld this past January my wife, Kim, and I had waited long enough and it was time for her to replace her aging 12” PowerBook G4 and it was time for me to finally purchase a notebook. So we bit the bullet and I ordered 2 notebooks from Apple. For my wife a MacBook and for myself a 15” MacBook Pro. When our new systems arrived and we had migrated everything to them we realized that both of us needed a new notebook case.
Welcome to episode 104 of the MacReviewCast, I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. Listen to the episode to learn if you won great prizes on our 2 Year Anniversary podcast. We’re giving away an Apple iPod Shuffle and Altec Lansing’s IM3 speaker systems.
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Readiris PRO11 $129.99 is very powerful and easy to use “OCR software allowing you to convert your paper documents, PDF files, and image files into information you can edit, archive, and share.” I was somewhat surprised how useful I found this application. I have said before that I am not a big PDF user but [...]
“With PhotoPrinto ($29.95), you can create gorgeous photo albums using scores of great templates and effects, while importing your images directly from iPhoto!” On their web site SmileOnMyMac give three reasons why you would want to use PhotoPrinto: Want to do something really special with your iPhoto collection? – PhotoPrinto makes it easy to put [...]
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