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Archives for July 2009

Sync2Mac8Ways

Backup or sync eight ways with ChronoSync. Bootable, mirrored, remote, scheduled, local, iOS storage, and automatic backups.

1998: Mac or PC? 2009: Mac or PC?

Thursday, July 30, 2009
Buried deep in John Gruber’s treatise, Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline is a gem about change. In comparing the late 1990s and the dot com boom with the current state of affairs (Apple and the Mac growing, Microsoft and Windows shrinking), Gruber uncovers the heart of the matter. It’s... Read More »

Top 10 iPhone annoyances

Apple’s iPhone is rapidly proving itself as the handheld computer that’s also a cell phone. Here’s a Top 10 list of mostly minor annoyances from Macworld. Numero uno on the list is, you guessed it, AT&T:As iPhone users outside the United States begin to enjoy tethering and multimedia... Read More »

Show me the Mac movie with iShowU

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Every now and then a Mac utility comes along that seems better than the utilities that came before. For about 10 years I was a great fan of, and purchaser of, Ambrosia’s SnapzProX, a great utility to record anything on your Mac’s screen. Is there anything better? Yes.Yesteryear I don’t... Read More »

Is the music on your iPod legal or illegal?

Tuesday, July 28, 2009
I came across a poll we conducted for Mac360 back in the summer of 2004. The questions were basic. How many songs are on your iPod? And, are they legal or illegal? Over 3,600 respondents later and the results continue to be the same.How many songs? Times change. Music changes. I used to buy CDs. Today... Read More »
Monday, July 27, 2009

How big is your MacBook hard disk?

Western Digital became the first hard disk drive manufacturer to ship a one terabyte drive. $250 gets you the Scorpio Blue 2.5-inch SATA disk. The 750 gigabyte version is $190.Features of the Scorpio Blue line include WhisperDrive technology, which WD says makes the drive operate more quietly; ShockGuard,... Read More »
Sunday, July 26, 2009

More on Twitter Clients

Good overview from Rixstep of the four best Twitter clients for Mac users, including my current favorites, Tweetie and Twitterific (both Mac and iPhone).Canary, TweetDeck, Tweetie, and Twitterrific manage your tweets and followers in different ways. Different strokes for different folks, right? Or,... Read More »

Monitor your Mac with ‘Big Brother’ software

Friday, July 24, 2009
Have you ever wondered who is using your Mac when you’re not around? Add a little Big Brother software to your Mac and find out. Most Macs have a built-in iSight camera which can be set up as a kind of personal NannyCam (not the kind that follows Fran Drescher) to track who gets on your Mac and... Read More »

Why Apple needs Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter TV ads

Thursday, July 23, 2009
One of the core tenets of marketing is product differentiation. Apple differentiates the Mac from PCs running Microsoft’s Windows in many ways, as evidenced for years in the famous Get a Mac television and internet commercials. Macs are described as easier to use, not troubled by viruses, and so... Read More »

Kissing $300 goodbye and loving it

Back in the year 2000 I bought my first version of Apple’s Final Cut Pro video and audio editing suite. The latest version is FC Studio 3 features Final Cut Pro 7, Motion 4, Soundtrack Pro 3, Color 1.5, Compressor 3.5, DVD Studio Pro 4. The upgrade is $299. FC Studio is a stunning value. Add a... Read More »

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If Superman Used A Mac

Give your Mac's Finder new super powers, manage files and folders faster, control it all with Path Finder. Get full keyboard navigation in a Finder-like app with dual pane view, folder sync, and a long list of tools.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Flaming iPod complaints

Out of the hundreds of millions of iPods sold, how many have burst into flames? Apple has worked feverishly to suppress an 800-page document by the Consumer Product Safety Commission which detailed iPod overheating problems. ArsTechnica:It’s unclear whether the 800 pages are comprehensive or... Read More »

Put a little SeaMonkey in your Mac

There was a time, back in the day, when Netscape was the browser for Mac users. The Netscape Communicator browser was really an all-in-one suite of tools. Browser, email, news groups, address book, HTML editor, calendar and more. If you’re nostalgic for the days when real men used the internet,... Read More »
Monday, July 20, 2009

The death of a 20th century dinosaur

John Gruber on the growing trend of newspapers which charge for access to the news on their websites.The question these companies should be asking is, “How do we keep reporting and publishing good content?” Instead, though, they’re asking “How do we keep making enough money... Read More »

GraphicDesignerToolbox: Thinking Different

Friday, July 17, 2009
I collect graphics utilities on my Mac. I run everything from Photoshop CS4 to GraphicConverter, and a couple of dozen utilities in between. This mixed bag of tools does everything from color matching to image manipulation to one trick ponies which capture pixel color. GraphicDesignerToolbox is an interesting... Read More »
Thursday, July 16, 2009

Mac Sales: Up, or Down? Yes.

John Paczkowski points out the lies, damned lies, and statistics regarding Mac sales. They’re up. And they’re down. It all depends on who you talk to. The top two market research firms gave strikingly different numbers for Mac shipments in the spring quarter. From All Things D:So what are... Read More »