I was fortunate enough to record a new “ChitChat Across the Pond” segment with my dear friend Allison Sheridan from for the NosillaCast podcast last night. The live show will be recorded on Sunday, and, unless I’m mistaken, it will Allison’s 400th episode. Congrats to her and may she record many, many more. We talked [...]
This week we look at Wave Arts, iSkin, iCasual, ShelfMenu, Hard Drive Docks, Freeware and more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
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Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
EarTones from iSkin:
Wave Arts Dialog Audio Production Plug-in:
Frenzy: http://frenzyapp.com
Clipboard History: http://www.agileroute.com/clipboardhistory
Task Coach: http://www.taskcoach.org
Star Watermark: http://www.star-watermark.com
Tincta: http://mr-fridge.de
MagicPrefs: http://magicprefs.com
Cenon: http://www.cenon.info
Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review:
Icy Dock Docking Station: Amazon Link
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Cut the Rope: iTunes Link
See Michelle’s Video review at: http://youtu.be/XFRoxixn2Ig
A friend of the podcast, Jane Griffiths from MacStrings.com visits us and reviews a Shareware app:
ShelfMenu: http://www.cemacsoft.com
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Continue reading about The MacReviewCast Episode #267: iSkin, Wave Arts, ShelfMenu
The MacReviewCast Episode 265 This week we look at Toast 11, Griffin Technology Survivor, Kuboku, Freeware and more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and [...]
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Every so often I hear from the developer of a Freeware/Donationware/Opensource application we talk about on the podcast. I love it when they write and keep me informed about updates or changes to their app. I decided to pass the information along to you via the blog in addition to the podcast. This update was [...]
Hi everyone Gazmaz from the UK here. Do you use iPhoto? Do you love using the application and have no reason to move to any other app? Do you share some of your library online with the likes of Flickr? Do you share photo’s to others or export for printing? But sometimes think if only [...]
I’m Buster and I’ve got a quick review of Open Source and freeware . This week’s Open Source pick is Clonezilla. Clonezilla, based on DRBL, Partclone and udpcast, allows you to do bare metal backup and recovery. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (server edition). Clonezilla live is suitable for [...]
By Steve Beyer: How often do you find that you are downloading or uploading several files simultaneously? Have you ever wanted the ability to start and stop your transfers or maybe even schedule your downloads sometime in the future when you are away from your Mac? Are you tired of waiting for your files to [...]
I’m Buster and I’ve got a quick review of Open Source and freeware that I’ve dug up to save money. Just about everything I look for is cross-platform and I’m a big believer in the open-source community but I’ll do some freeware too if it meets a need. For my first review I chose to [...]
This week we look at Radium, HanDBase, Padsync, Targus, iCasual, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
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Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
The New O’Reilly Media eBook Give-Away: http://oreilly.com
The Winners for O’Reilly eBook this week were:
Hal Segal, Katherine Haviland, Jim Hagans
Targus A7 iPad Sleeve: http://www.targus.com
CyberDuck: http://cyberduck.ch
Retrevo Manuals: http://www.retrevo.com/samples/index-category.html#manuals
MoveCM: http://www.limit-point.com/Utilities/MoveCM.html
Editra: http://editra.org
LastPass: https://lastpass.com
MailFollowUp: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/MailFollowup
MailUnreadMenu: http://loganrockmore.com/MailUnreadMenu
MailRecent: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/MailRecent
Herald: http://erikhinterbichler.com/software/herald
Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at:
PadSync: http://www.ecamm.com/mac/padsync
Jeff Powell joins us and talks about:
Radium: http://www.catpigstudios.com
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Title: Adams Trouble
Developer: Emantras Inc
Price: $.99
Then Michelle reviews:
HanDBase: http://www.ddhsoftware.com/handbase.html
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Continue reading about The MacReviewCast #246: Radium, HanDBase, Padsync, Targus, iCasual
This week we look at Textsoap, Flip SlideHD, Kaleidoscope, Tales of Monkey Island, iCasual, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
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Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
The New O’Reilly Media eBook Give-Away: http://oreilly.com
The Winners for O’Reilly eBook this week were:
Jay Levy, Chris Emerson, Peter Martin.
The Flip SlideHD: http://www.theflip.com
MakeMKV: http://www.makemkv.com
Droplr: http://droplr.com/hello
100 Incredibly Free Mac Apps: http://mac.appstorm.net
Steve Beyer wrote a review we read on
Kaleidoscope: http://www.Kaleidoscopeapp.com
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Title: Freaking Inkies
Developer: Adakama Labs Inc
Price: $2.99
Michelle Lopez also reviewed:
Tales of Monkey Island: Telltale Games
David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews:
TextSoap 6: http://www.unmarked.com/textsoap
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This week we look at LaCie, MarsEdit, HengeDocks, iCasual, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
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Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
LaCie RAID and NAS Drives with Mike Mihalik: http://www.LaCie.com
Henge Docks: http://www.hengedocks.com
SignatureProfiler for Mail: http://www.littleknownsoftware.com/sigpro
Adapter: http://www.macroplant.com/adapter
Organise: http://peacockmedia.co.uk/organise
TrashMe: http://trashme.jibapps.com
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Title: Fare City Taxi Mania
Developer: Finkly Interactive
Price: 1.99
Michelle also updates us on an app she reviewed before, Quicken Essentials.
Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at:
MarsEdit 3.0: http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit
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Continue reading about The MacReviewCast #244: LaCie, MarsEdit, HengeDocks, iCasual, Freeware
This week we look at LaCie Rikiki Drive, GoodReader, iCasual, O’Reilly, Hard Candy Cases, Simplism Cases, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
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Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
The New O’Reilly Media eBook Give-Away coming next week!: http://oreilly.com
The Winners for O’Reilly eBook were:
Dale Kosan, Scott Patz, Lori Rauchwerger
LaCie Rikiki Portable Hard Drive:
Hard Candy Bubble Sleeve:
Simplism Shoulder Leather Case:
DropSync: http://www.mudflatsoftware.com/dropsync.html
PSD Progressive Downloader: http://www.macpsd.net
PS3mediaserver: http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver
GarageBuy: http://www.iwascoding.com/GarageBuy
Kompozer: http://www.kompozer.net
CL Desktop: http://www.cldesktop.com
Hand Brake: http://handbrake.fr
FLV Crunch: http://flvcrunch.awardspace.us
MPEG Streamclip: http://www.squared5.com
Adapter: http://www.macroplant.com/adapter
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Title: Bad Apples
Developer: Metaversal Studios
Price: Free
Our friend David Allen from Mac20Questions stops in and reviews my favorite iPad app:
GoodReader: For the iPad and iPhone
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This week we look at LaCie Hard Drives, OmniGroup iPad apps, Voila, Scrabble and Words With Friends for the iPhone/iPad, iCasual, plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
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Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
We took a week off of Freeware to look at the Great Mac products from LaCie. Check out the first of our three part interview wth Mike Mahalik. Also check out my Surfbits.cm blog for a review of the LaCie Rikiki portable drive.
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Title: Polyhedra XL
Developer: Binary Hammer
Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review:
Voila: http://www.globaldelight.com/voila
Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at:
OmniGroups new apps for the iPad: http://www.omnigroup.com
Matthew Miller wth AudioMiller looks at 2 iPhone/iPad apps:
Scrabble vs. Words with Friends
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Continue reading about The MacReviewCast #242: LaCie Drives, Voila, OmniGroup, iCasual
Hi everyone Gazmaz from the UK here with a quick overview of an application I use in my menu bar to adjust the brightness on my Mac Mini.
This menu app, (which you can also run as an application in your dock giving you access to it via the application switcher), is called Shady for Mac. I’ll just call it shady though.
The Application allows you to adjust your screen brightness in increments of 5 percentage points. So from the very brightest down to 90% shade’ (Which I can tell you amazingly is still viewable, although the menu bar becomes a little tough to see). If you bring Shady to the front, this is where having it as a dock icon and therefore available to you in the application switcher, means you can use your keyboard up and down arrows to adjust the screen’s brightness.
Once you use the application it will remember your last setting. When you first use Shady it will set your screen brightness to 40% opacity, or according to the web site, this translates to 60% transparency. So if you want a little more control over your screen brightness this neat little application will help. And best of all it’s free.
So do your eyes a favor and lower that screen brightness. You can grab shady from Instinctive Code over at instinctivecode.com/shady
