Archive for February, 2009

Class on Demand Makes Available Episode 5.1 Self-Paced Training Video

Class on Demand instructor Nate Caplin spearheads the 4.5 hour self-paced training offering an in-depth tour of the industry leading Episode and Episode Pro compression solutions from Telestream. The modular design of the self-paced training video is ideal for both beginners needing to step into the software to the seasoned pro needing to quickly learn the very latest Episode 5.1 features. Continue reading »

Revive dead hard drive with Terminal

I Stumbled on this article and think we should all learn more about Terminal’s utilities that are part of Unix and thus free. Continue reading »

Cool iPhone Accessories

Well, I know that Apple has a lot of accessories for the iPhone in their store, but here are a few that probably aren’t there. Of course, maybe some of them should be. Continue reading »

SmileOnMyMac releases TextExpander 2.5.2

I know I have mentioned this great product from SmileOnMyMac before. I use it every time I post one of these articles. Some articles use it multiple times since it is used to enter the URLs. Continue reading »

External Battery for new MacBook/Pro

QuickerTek has announced the Apple Juicz External Battery works for the new Aluminum 13 inch MacBook and the 15 inch Aluminum MacBook Pro. For the MacBook users the Apple Juicz battery gives them up to 12 additional hours of computing power while the MacBook Pro users will get up to 10 additional hours depending on how they are using it. Mac users have far more flexibility in how, where and when they choose to use their computers.

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EventBox

EventBox is a program that handles a number of the “Social Networks”. I put that in quotes, because I am really not sure that all of these qualify as social networks. Continue reading »

Apple security?

You remember the fable about Apple not needing security software? Things may have changed…

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‘Critical’ Acrobat security holes

I can remember many heated discussions, and quite a bit of dissent when applications began the practice of ‘phoning home’ when the user launches the program. Today the constant connection may turn out to be a hazard… Continue reading »

Camino

Once you get past Safari and Firefox, there is a long list of alternative browsers for the Mac. Camino is one of those and is well known as one of the fastest. The lastest version is 1.6.6. Continue reading »

Working Apple

This site isn’t very large, but within its pages there are several ideas on improving our use of Apple’s software. Continue reading »

SkypeCap for Mac 1.2

Skype is a handy way to make phone calls using the Internet. But sometimes it would be nice to be able to record the conversation. This program makes it easy. Continue reading »

Keynote Quartet FX ’09

Of course, with iWork ’09, Apple made a lot of changes, but here is a package that helps you get more out of Keynote. Continue reading »

Miro

It has been awhile since I have mentioned Miro. It was originally called Democracy Player. It is a search engine for video that also downloads and plays it. Version 2.0 is now available. Continue reading »

SwitchingToMac.com

We all know that Apple claims 60% of its customers at its stores, are switching to Mac from Windows. Here is a web site dedicated to those customers. Continue reading »

Goodbye Apple Computer

Leander Kahney of the “Cult of Mac” asks : “What’s Happening to Our Lovely Cult?” Continue reading »