Archive for July, 2009

Headphone Adapter for iPod Shuffle

Belkin has released an adapter for the new iPod Shuffle that provides controls and allows you to connect virtually any headset. Continue reading »

UGN Salutes MUGS

Senior Mac and Apple users have a real friend in the Canadian region of Winnipeg, Manitoba! UGN Salutes the Macintosh User Group For Seniors (MUGS) Continue reading »

Mac Users – Meet Your Web Hosting Service

MacHighway, a Web hosting company designed by Mac users for Mac users, today announced its Easy hosting package for do-it-yourself Web site owners and small businesses. MacHighway’s Easy Hosting Package is ideally suited for customers using today’s WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) Web site builder software such as iWeb, Sandvox and RapidWeaver, tools that are only available to Mac users. The Easy Package includes a large variety of hosting features, your own domain name and @yourdomain email accounts, and even makes it possible for customers to sync Mail, iCal, and addresses without using MobileMe. Continue reading »

Alice in Wonderland as a Notescast for iPod Classic

TimeStream Software last week, announced the release of its new “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” Notescast app for the iPod Classic and iPod nano. Available as a free download for a limited time on the Notescast web site, the classic tale of Alice’s journey down the rabbit hole filled with some of the most notable … and interesting … characters in literary history is now available for iPod Classic, iPod nano and iPod 5th Generation (Video) owners to read in the palm of their hand wherever they go and whenever they want. Continue reading »

For Office 2008 for Mac, Service Pack 2

Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 2 is what the marketing folks call it. The Engineers call it Mac Office 12.2.0 or “SP2” for short. As of July 20th, it is available. Continue reading »

Alternatives to MobileMe

Joe Kissell of TidBITS, has wrote this article for MacWorld.com back in Janurary, but I just discovered it.
He first admits that MobileMe can be a great deal. I think that is because of the tight integration between MobileMe, iPhone and Macintosh. It also works with the PC, but the integration isn’t as tight. Continue reading »

Bargain Mac Bundle for a Good Cause

Macweed has announced the bundle of thirteen applications for Mac Users offered at an incredible price. The Macweed Creative Bundle offers for a limited period these thirteen applications valued at more than $530 at only $49.99. Continue reading »

5 More RapidWeaver Themes Ready

RapidWeaver theme developer seyDoggy is excited to release the last five THEME WEAVER themes in their ten theme series. RapidWeaver templates TW006, TW007, TW008, TW009, and TW010 are now exclusively sold and fully supported by seyDesign. Continue reading »

UGN Salutes SNAC

UGN salutes the Southern New Hampshire Apple Core, celebrating 30 years of service to Apple users…
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5 Uses for a Mac Cube

The G4 Macintosh Cube was a success in the terms of getting a cult following. However, financially it didn’t do well as a technology has moved on, even the cultists have had to find ways to use the box in delightful ways that Apple never expected. Continue reading »

Screen Recycler

I have been enjoying having a second monitor on my desk at work. Unfortunately, it is a PC. But it would be nice to have a second monitor here at home. Many Mac users have a hard time throwing out an old Mac. Wouldn’t it be great if you could use that old iMac or eMac as a second screen? Continue reading »

26 Twitter Clients For Mac

I am beginning to look at Twitter. (I know I am behind the curve here.) I just came across this web site that lists all these clients. Now I have to get signed up and start trying the whole concept out. Continue reading »

macCompanion Magazine

I haven’t mentioned this magazine in a couple of years. They have a wealth of information in each issue. Somehow I got away from reading it for awhile. The June issue has now been posted on line. Continue reading »

AccountEdge Returns to Canada

I have long been a supporter of MYOB products on the Mac now called FirstEdge and AccountEdge. Back when Guy Kawasaki was doing the MacEvangeList, I even submitted questions on their behalf so that they could improve the product and make even more headway against Intuit who had basically stopped support their software for the Mac. Even though they still sold it. AccountEdge has now returned to Canada after an absence of eight years. In the US, the company is still known as MYOB. Continue reading »

VLC 1.0

I had given up hope that VLC would ever get out of beta. But it has and TidBITS pointed me to the 1.0 version. Continue reading »