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I am sure that all of us as MUG presenters have had the experience of not having a presentation go exactly as planned. Well Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller have had problems as well.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 1:03 PM |

This Australian article talks about the experience switching from PC to Mac. The first thing mentioned is the learning curve. For example getting used to not having a visible button on the current MacBooks. It also mentions that the Mac doesn't have a Backspace key, just a Delete key that doesn't work like the delete key on a PC.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:08 AM |

I have been getting the Internet Tourbus newsletter for a long time now, but haven't mentioned it here in a couple of years. This article caught my eye though. With the advent of Amazon's Kindle and the Sony Reader more and more people are looking at electronic books.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:54 AM |

Well just how much are you into old or Classic Macs? This site really celebrates the history of the Mac. They even have a port of a Macintosh emulator (mini vMac) to the iPhone.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:47 PM |

well, vacation time is upon us -- and if your plans include a trip to the magic kingdom of Disneyland, you'll want this app for your iPhone! (They also have one for DisneyWorld)

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:00 PM |

Backing up your Mac to a remote storage facility may help you avert a disaster! Twin online backup solution for Mac OS X is a true Mac product that preserves Finder info, resource forks, ACLs, Privileges and comes with an elegant user interface and a powerful assistant. It even supports offline backups to external drives.

Posted by Fred Showker at 3:16 PM |

This could be one of the coolest apps to arrive on the iPhone / iPod Touch scene to date. This young student developer could have created his retirement with NetSketch!

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:00 PM |

Jade is a uniquely talented digital image processing application for Mac OS X Leopard -- state-of-the-art algorithms enhance color, contrast and dynamic range. It's easy-to-use and even does batch processing

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

This web site honors the history of the Mac in several ways. It has a list of items for sell. It has an Apple & Mac 68K Forum and an Apple Mac Gallery.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:09 PM |

If you're a professional publisher, or deal with color printing of any kind, then you know you need to stay up to date with Pantone Color System. Now you can hook right in

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:40 PM |

ProteMac Meter network Activity monitor and network traffic and bandwidth logger utility for Mac OS X allows control network activity for every application on your Mac, showing you exactly what was transmitted and to where. ProteMac Meter provides real-time processes for stability improvements and misc bugs fixes.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:30 AM |

With Advenio you can now create cookbooks using the latest versions of MacGourmet, their popular cooking and recipe organizer, along with TasteBook.

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:30 PM |

Now you can re-mount the disk like a hard drive volume and add or remove files, or even edit and change files several times. BurnAgain FS 1.0.2, a free update to the CD/DVD multisession burning utility for Mac OS X.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

This little gem can save hours and hours. Yes, we've known how to do this in Adobe Photoshop for years. But...

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:30 PM |

Here's a very nifty utility for you iPhone users -- Gesture lets you create digital paintings from your photos simply by dragging your finger over the photo. How cool is that

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:30 AM |

Although you can grab the weather on your iPhone or iPod Touch, having a stand-alone program along that does it for you is indispensable. Have full, robust weather where ever you go

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:38 AM |

iPod Access Photo 1.6 for Mac OSX and Windows Vista/XP, from Findley Designs, looks like a great solution for viewing and retrieving photos stored on iPod players. Dual platform, supports multiple devices!

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:35 AM |

Acacia Tree Software's very cool cooking software, SousChef, helps you be the Chef! Bon Apetite!

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:31 PM |

We've written about Drawit before -- this layer-based, vector-drawing software also has a bitmap-editing layer....

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:29 AM |

CraigsHarvest is a multi-site craigslist application for iPhone and iPod touch. Version 1.1 that supports craigslist sites in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the US. Also, they have made available a free, ad-supported Lite version, with a subset of the features that have made CraigsHarvest so successful.

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:30 AM |

Now that Adobe is launching CS4, those of you who publish database based content will want this upgrade. EasyCatalog gives you dynamic, two-way, linking of data from a CSV file or database! Sweet.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:27 AM |

I know that most of us Mac users have taken our security benefits for granted. For those still running "Classic", you are as safe as ever. However by adding a command line in OSX, new vulnerabilities have take root. We have all heard about new malware and have begun to wonder about getting an anti-virus program.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 6:46 AM |

I believe that I first heard of this via one of the Leo Laporte podcasts. This is a device about the size of most cell phone AC adapters. It puts an external USB hard drive plugged into it on the Internet.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:33 PM |

From the title, I thought this would be a list of compression software. But is actually a short list of decompression programs.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:37 PM |

WOW! an unbelievable resource for emulators. No matter what your platform.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:19 PM |

Those of us who were around back when Microsoft got started really don't know the full story. Just as we don't know the full story of most things.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:29 AM |

I recently got a copy of REALbasic. Now I want to learn how to program. I missed this announcement when it came out on April 6th, but that was only 5 days ago as I write this. I am looking forward to finding this book and purchasing.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:58 PM |

What would you be willing to pay FaceBook a couple of bucks for? Vanity address? Custom Layout capabilities? According to Sheryl Sandberg, they're looking at options -- and a dollar from 200-million users is pretty sweet change ...

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:51 AM |

Yes, it's another race -- to be the buyer of the one-billionth iPhone app at iTunes. We remember the flurry of festivities surrounding the sale of the one-millionth tune from iTunes. This time the lucky winner takes nearly $13,000 in Apple gear just for purchasing a 2-dollar app. Currently, they're selling at a rate of : 6,000 every minute, 360,000 every hour and 8.6 million a day.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:12 AM |

I know that to "Google" has entered the English language, but there really are some sites that will do a better job finding specific types of material. For example, airfarewatchdog.com is better for finding air bargains, that other wise are missed by the major travel sties.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:36 PM |

I recently was asked how to sync a Mac with a BlackBerry. While I tried to suggest that iPhone was an easier way to go, that wasn't appropriate at this time.

I just came across this article that talks about how to make the two products work together. (With promise of more to come.)

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:49 PM |

It has been awhile since I have listed a new deal site. Here is one that give discount codes for hundreds of retailers.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:16 PM |

What can you do with MobileMe and iWeb? This site lists sites that are built with iWeb.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:01 PM |

One of the biggest complaints about AppleTV is the fact that the largest hard drive that Apple sells is 160 Gigs. Now MacService has announced 320GB Apple TV Upgrades. Love your Apple TV? Unlock the full potential of yours by upgrading it to the largest drive available. You can now store up to 400 hrs of video, 72,000 songs or 200,000 pictures. No funky software, just the same elegant interface with more storage on demand. These drives are fully compatible with iTunes and other media player software.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:54 PM |

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.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:55 PM |

Ever wonder that application a file is related to? Of course, we know what .doc or .xls means and even .pdf. What about others?

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:58 PM |

Hello? Steve Wozniak to join the cast of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars"??? Could you repeat that ?

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:36 AM |

I have long subscribed to a single comic strip via this web site. It is the only place I have found "PC and PIxel". It is a strip about a freelancing computer geek with a cat. There is also a Geek mouse that lives in the wall of the house. To me it should have broader distribution.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:20 PM |

The Carolinas? Outer Banks? While it's not exactly the tropics, it is an unusual place to find Jimmy Buffett using a Mac ...

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:08 PM |

We are all trying to supply our families as cheaply as possible. Maybe we look for things on eBay. But we probably have more options on Craig's List.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:24 PM |

This is a new site for finding Macintosh Hints & Tips.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:41 PM |

This little gem can save hours and hours. Yes, we've known how to do this in Adobe Photoshop for years. But...

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:30 AM |

Apple has promised to speedup our Intel Macs, but there are ways to do that with your current Mac and ComputerWorld has an article that gives the ways to do it. The only hint that I know they leave out is "learn to type."

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:15 PM |

In the spirit of the kickoff of the documentary "Welcome to Macintosh - The documentary for the rest of us", we're revisiting just a few of the videos on YouTube about the evolution of the Mac.

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:49 AM |

Ron McElfresh shares his favorite iPhoto add-ons in this article, Free iPhoto Tools You Need To Have On Your Mac

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

Do you remember Malestrom the amazingly addicting shoot-em-up space game? Ambrosia has updated its wildly popular space-based strategy shooter, EV Nova -- which is exactly like Malestron, only better!

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:00 PM |

The agenda has now been set for the 8th Annual FCPUG "SuperMeet" to be held Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA. Doors open at 4:30pm and presentations begin at 7pm and continue until 10PM. This SuperMeet promises to be the single largest gathering of Final Cut Pro users and Gurus during Macworld Conference and Expo SF.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:27 PM |

Now you can download a free Christmas pack, with 20 Cliparts, 2 iWeb themes, 1 Keynote, and 8 Mail Stationery themes. Whether the presentation, email, or particular Web site is entertaining, technical, scientific, or educational, Jumsoft suggests that you use a Christmas pack and states that the Christmas and the New Year's atmosphere is great for any activity.

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:54 AM |

Looking for an ecard creation app for your iPhone or iTouch? You need Memento -- developed specifically to leverage the iPhone's unique abilities and interface with a natural feel and ease-of-use. Compose a card by picking one of the beautiful built-in styles, add a favorite photo, enter personalized text, and email the perfect postcard.

Posted by Fred Showker at 9:30 AM |

Java certification arms aspiring programmers with valuable skills -- now O'Reilly has introduced a new Java Programming Certificate series

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:30 PM |

This site claims to be the largest archive of Apple Commercials available. 277 videos or 2.43 Gigs of material.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:43 PM |

I remember being at the Boston Computer Society office on March 31 in 1987. I was watching one of the activists set up all the Macs in the office with April Fools jokes.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:04 PM |

Now you're cooking! Top Chef: The Game is now available -- test your skills against fellow chefs in a virtual kitchen, and cook your way through 30 Quickfire and 15 Elimination Challenges -- all with no calories and not a drop of cholesterol

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:45 AM |

Are you studying a new language? Your class notebook is an endless list of words that you have to learn? You remember that your teacher told you how to say a lot of useful things but, can you find them in your notebok? You need to keep your words

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:30 PM |

On the eve of its 10 year anniversary, FMForums looks back in celebration of this milestone event. Over the past decade, nearly 50,000 members have collectively shaped FMForums to be the largest and most renowned FileMaker-based forum. Continually recognized as the front runner when it comes to the exchange of ideas, techniques and information, developers at every skill level agree that FMForums is an indispensable - and free - FileMaker resource.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:07 PM |

It's the most violated law in America ... are you speeding? Wouldn't you like to know who's watching? Njection LLC has introduced Njection Mobile (NMobile), their worldwide speed trap notification system for iPhone 3G.

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:15 PM |

As anyone who has worked on Macs for any length of time can attest, some Macs are very difficult to take apart. It seems that over the years Apple has alternated from trying to make computers easy to work on to make them into appliances that no one would want to work on.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:50 PM |

Secret of the Lost Cavern plunges the player into an inspiring adventure that takes place during the Paleolithic period in prehistoric time, 15,000 years B.C. Spectacular imagery highlights this new game!

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:15 AM |

Need photos for Keynote? Jumsoft has released Keynote Photos 3.0, a collection of more than 300 textured photographs. Keynote Photos 3.0 fills the presentation creation gaps in Jumsoft's Keynote theme and illustration add-ons.

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:15 PM |

ReaddleDocs connects iPhone to popular online file storages -- now users can copy documents from MobileMe iDisk, Box.Net, FilesAnywhere and others

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:36 AM |

This site is headed as the FreeOpen Source Mac User Group or FSMUG.

The subtitle is "Tutorial, info, news, help on end-users Free and OpenSource Mac software." I have been interested in Open Source software for the Mac.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 1:38 AM |

I have listed a number of Mac Hint and Tip sites over the years. This is one that I 'Stumble' on tonight. One of the great problems with using Stumble for looking for web sites is that you can spend a lot of time without good results, even if you enjoy it.
In this case, the time was worth it.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 1:19 AM |

I have mentioned the Internet Tourbus several times in the past. The article starts off with mentioning Googling one's self. But then it gives some alternatives.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:00 AM |

Adam Engst has announced the release of the significantly rewritten "Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network," the latest in the line of Glenn Fleishman's Take Control titles about AirPort networking. They removed "Extreme" from the title due to the release of the 802.11n-based AirPort Express and Time Capsule.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:50 PM |

Posterino 1.4, is a very cool poster and postcard creator for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, Posterino creates life posters, photo collages, frames, postcards, greeting cards and contact sheets from digital images. Posterino does the hard work while users just have to fine tune the results.

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:30 PM |

Zerion Consulting is an information technology firm that specializes in mobile, enterprise business solutions, and application development. What better company to bring mobile data collection technology to the iPhone.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

We told you about Cocktail for Tiger and versions past. Now, Cocktail 4.2 (Leopard Edition) adds all kinds of great new features for Leopard users. This is really an essential utility for Mac OS users, so go get yourself a cocktail!

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

Once a real annoyance to Mac users who use Flickr for photo deployment is losing the photos. Now, you're safe with PhotoCopy, a full featured online photo management program. Never lose photos again... keep'em backed up!

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:00 PM |

The award-winning QuickVoice Recorder is now available for the 2nd generation iPod Touch adding to its already existing line of voice recording software for the iPhone, Mac and Windows PCs. And as a special promotion, anyone can purchase QuickVoice for just $.99 simply by making their purchase through Apple's iTunes (This is a limited time $15 bonus value).

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:35 PM |

Bjango knows you need help in your business. So they've rolled out Jobs 1.0, their time tracking and time sheet app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Jobs is a time tracking and time sheet utility with a focus on being very quick to use. By leveraging the iPhone's unique abilities and interface, tracking a job is as simple as tapping add job, then pressing play.

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:30 PM |

So you're taking all the deductions you can. Well, that means you've got to track your mileage. MileBug's iPhone mileage log application, helps those driving their own vehicles for business, charity, medical, or other reasons receive their reimbursement and/or tax deduction.

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:15 PM |

Macinfopreneur Millard Grubb announces new Mac website to show entrepreneurs how to use their Macs to make cash easily. Right out of the box, a Mac is perfect for creating products, promo items, DVDs, audio, you name it. This site provides resources, special reports, tips and techniques for Mac entrepreneurs. On November 1, Macintosh owners worldwide will finally have an opportunity to quickly learn how to use their Macs to create business.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 2:28 PM |

TaskMagic 1.0, is an interesting task management utility for Mac OS X that allows users to manage things that need to get done, save time and be more effective and organized when attempting projects.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:54 AM |

Nuclear Nova Software has rolled out Gl Golf Lite, a free version of their award winning 3D golfing game for iPhone and iPod Touch. By leveraging the iPhone's unique abilities and interface, this golf game offers a realistic physics system and smooth, fluid graphics for compelling game-play. GL Golf Lite is free and offers an ad supported four hole course.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:44 AM |

Answering the lure of Apple’s iPhone, BlackBerry is determined to maintain users CrackBerry addiction. The new BlackBerry Storm handset could be quite cool.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

Adobe Systems made the Adobe Creative Suite 4 product family immediately availabile, as of 15 October. CS4 is the highly-anticipated release of industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:45 AM |

Thanks to reader Ann Hartman for reporting on this new eBook for those who want to fully understand the government's recent emergency bailout. It's FREE ...

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:45 PM |

It has been awhile since I have mentioned the Internet Tour Bus. I have mentioned it several times in the past. The authors have long been providing us with interesting new web sites.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:53 PM |

While preparing this weeks material, I got an html email from RealMac Software talking about their new product "LittleSnapper", which is an organized scrapbook. Which sounds like a good product, and I will talk about it more at a later time.

What attracted my eye was a link at the bottom of the e-mail that said "Powered by MadMimi".

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:58 PM |

I reported on Evernote a couple of months back. It is a repository for notes with versions available for Mac, Windows, Linux and the iPhone. It is also a web app.

They have now announced their premium service.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:51 PM |

We all know that the Macintosh's OS X has a command line, similar to that of DOS on the PC or the Apple II. That was a change from Classic Mac Systems which were GUI only.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:12 PM |

Reference Tracker 1.0, is an academic reference manager and research tool for Mac OS X that stores all the citations and references in an essay, research project, or book and automatically create Harvard or APA formatted reference lists when needed.

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:23 AM |

The guy who writes this"Mac Tips and Tricks" blog, previously did Top 100 Mac Applications and Top 50 Terminal Commands. He has 45 of these menu bar applications listed. Most of which are completely new to me.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:20 PM |

August 23, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. -- Washington Apple Pi invites you to improve your digital photography by getting superior shots, moving images to storage media safely, and learning a new presentation methods.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:54 AM |

As the race for the White House heats up, here's the perfect novelty item to help you commemorate one of the most electric election years in American history!

Posted by Fred Showker at 9:06 AM |

This site has some very interesting photos of early Apple history.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:33 PM |

Azkend Game challenges your skills

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:46 AM |

O'Reilly Media, Inc., co-producers of the annual Web 2.0 Summit, have announced the Launch Pad program, a unique public forum designed to uncover the most promising Web startups, is open for submissions.

Posted by Fred Showker at 3:51 PM |

It has never been so easy to significantly improve digital images.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

Along with the news about the iPhone launch, we decided to go snooping around for some of the more unique or off-the-wall iPhone applications -- all announced within hours of Apple's iPhone launch last week.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:54 AM |

Quixpace has announced Stitches 1.0, their professional level cross-stitching and charting application for Mac OS X. Stitches allows anyone to create and design their own cross-stitch charts, either from scratch or by importing photos, drawings and clipart.

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:18 PM |

Firefox has the ability to add many extensions. This web site lists some of the better ones.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 1:06 AM |

This is the first in a series of tutorials on dealing with and editing digital images. This month Lesa explains how resolution works and when you need to worry about it. Using the affordable, yet powerful, Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, she'll show you how to resize an image fresh from your digital camera for both print and email. Hope you enjoy the tutorial!

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:40 PM |

This sounds extremely interesting. FmPro Migrator is designed primarily for converting FileMaker Pro layouts and ScriptMaker(TM) scripts into Revolution Stacks. As listed below, it can also be used to move Access format files into Filemaker.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:34 AM |

Tracking the time spent working on various projects and/or client's activities are a problem with many businesses. I worked on a project for a law firm a few years ago where the lawyer kept a Day Timer open in a small monitor on his desk.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:02 AM |

Microspot 3D Toolbox is a unique "build your own" 3D application which may be expanded into an advanced modeling, rendering and animation package.

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:57 AM |

Zevrix Solutions announces the release of InPreflight 2.5, a major update to its quality control solution for Adobe InDesign. InPreflight quickly and easily locates potential problems, helps produce error-free documents and automates packaging of multiple files.

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:49 AM |

SearchMe is a search engine that uses Apple's Cover Flow format to display the results.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:06 AM |

iClarified is a web site dedicated to Apple software. The home page has news stories at the time of this writing it contained:
"iCall Works on the Apple iPhone" - iCall is a new VOIP app...
"iSkin Announces Fuze Case for iPhone"
"Ambrosia Announces Aki Mobile Mahjong for iPhone"

But what brought me to the web site was the tutorials.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:23 AM |

By default, Firefox is optimized for dial-up. This page shows how to optimize for broadband.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:27 PM |

Most of us know that iChat works with AIM, Google, Jabber and IRC. I have used Adium as an alternative when I wanted to connect with Yahoo, MSN and others.

But this blogger seems to have it worked out so that you can use iChat to get those working as well.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:47 PM |

Within my family, I have become known as a coupon specialist. I typically save 40% of my grocery shopping at Kroger.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:11 PM |

This is one way to stop spam coming to you. The site, GuerrillaMail generates e-mail addresses on the fly for you to use.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:34 PM |

We have been hearing about Internet applications for some time. Some people refer to this as "computing in the cloud." Zoho is a web site that gives you a lot of these type of apps.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:55 PM |

More than a simple dictionary, MetaGlossary lives up to its slogan of "Find meaning, not just links."

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:33 PM |

I have been negligent in mentioning my nephew, David Wegley's video podcast. It specializes in Final Cut Studio software.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 3:23 PM |

Think you've got what it takes to design the next iPhone? Design the Next iPhone and win awesome prizes!

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:39 AM |

Popular Mac-only game publisher, Red Marble Games, announced the release of the wildly successful game, Flip Words 2, for the Mac.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:45 AM |

In the past, we have talked about such book sites as the Guttenburg Project and LibriVox. This is another one.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:49 PM |

Glad to report that SuperSync Music Library Synchronization picks up where iTunes leaves off.

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:11 AM |

iPDA is the perfect companion to the iPod by serving as a replacement PDA.

Posted by Fred Showker at 9:05 PM |

The OS Files is a one stop portal for all operating systems that run on the x86 platform. This includes Windows, Windows Server, DOS, DR-DOS, Unix (including Darwin, Mac OS X, Solaris, etc.), Linux, and others.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:40 PM |

This list is not only longer than any of the others, but has a number of programs that didn't know about.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:35 PM |

I may have mentioned this site in the past. But I just came across it again and was reminded how user friendly it is. Of course, it talks about Mac Freeware.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:40 PM |

April 27th is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day - Kids ca n celebrate by taking photos with a camera they've created from common household materials

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:19 PM |

Six Collegiate Cyber Defense Team Finalists Compete for National Title in San Antonio April 18-20

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:00 PM |

I have listed several sites with free and open source software. About.Share4VN.com has one of the best. It also has a number of applications that I did not know.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:01 PM |

From PeopleCD the creators of Kidz CD; Web 2.0 Safe Web Browsing For Children and Teenagers comes the Zac Browser For Autistic Children.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:33 AM |

We have all gotten used to using Wikipedia for quick answers to our questions. Unfortunately we have also learned that the details in a given article may not be accurate.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:46 AM |

A few people noticed last week's April Fool's joke... and as usual they let us know about it right away! But the best read I've had in a long time was Adam Engst's TidBits on the first.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:47 AM |

I don't mention this publication every month, but it is still a very good resource for Macintosh news and ideas for user group presentations.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:55 PM |

The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, March 26, 2008 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood CA. Lafcpug will welcome Promise Technology and Aperture 2.0 and the world debut of XMiL Sequencer to lafcpug.

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:11 PM |

"Welcome to Macintosh - The documentary for the rest of us" is slated to premiere on April 6, 2008 at the tenth annual Wisconsin Film Festival, in Madison, WI.

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:06 PM |

Happening May 29-June 1, 2008 in Portland, Oregon, RailsConf is *the* official event for the growing Rails community... REGISTER NOW

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:55 AM |

It has been awhile since I have quoted anything from Bob Rankin's Internet Tourbus. but this looks like an article could all use. That is how to boost the wi-fi signal from your router.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:37 PM |

I just came across this web site that aims to keep the cost of software for students to an economic level. The list here is a little dated as it was put out in September 2007, but it seems to have a lot of good software and you can update with current versions using VersionTracker for either platform and/or MacUpdate for Macs.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 1:14 AM |

Now any Mac with a USB port can take advantage of wireless networking

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:38 AM |

Straightens the Learning Curve ... check out Mental Case 1.2.

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:00 PM |

Graphic Extras has created three embellishment brushes packs that work in all Adobe image editing programs that are rather unique, and well crafted. These royalty-free designs for use in illustrations, packaging, web designs, CDs, books, leaflets, scrap booking and more.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:22 AM |

We have had Mac Evangelists in the past. Now we have "The Church of Mac." A new web site that is hilarious.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:38 PM | Comments (1) |

Photo Journalism students at Spotswood High School in Penn Laird, Virginia created PSAs for the Virginia Attorney General's internet safety contest.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:00 AM |

I sure you have seen popups that tell you: "You have malware on your computer", download now to check your system. Of course, the warning tells you about PC files so it is a give away that it really isn't looking at your Mac. Now, there is one that does talk about Mac files.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:16 PM | Comments (0) |

We've said many times that A Better Finder Rename is the most comprehensive file renaming solution for the Macintosh ever made. Now it's gotten better... you need this!

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:35 PM |

The Mac Developer Network (MDN) is a new website providing developer focused Podcasts, Screencasts, Articles and Tutorials for Mac developers.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:23 AM |

CheckUp is a new way to monitor the activity of your computer. It's like the dashboard of your car.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:22 AM |

20MacApps brings you a Bundle of 20 Apps for 40 Dollars with No Repeats

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:44 AM |

Ambrosia Software has rolled out the latest release of iToner. This update of the highly popular iPhone custom ringtone transfer tool offers improved support for iPhone OS 1.1.3, along with other bug fixes and improvements.

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:00 PM |

Macware's FontLibrary is a collection of great fonts in both TrueType and OpenType format for commercial use.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

Hertzfield, Kawasaki, and a score of other Mac notables (Real ones!) come together for "Welcome to Macintosh - The documentary for the rest of us" exploring the many ways Apple Computer has changed the world.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:35 AM |

Do you have a very hot technology start-up company or concept? Do you need backing from the big boys? Here's where you might find it.

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:48 PM |

Berbie Software TrailRunner is the outdoor oriented route planning and journaling software for Mac OS X.

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:40 AM |

You Software has rolled out You Control: Fonts 1.3, the system-wide WYSIWYG font menu, and You Control: Tunes 1.6, the powerful iTunes controller and library browsing utility.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:45 AM |

I have long used lowendmac.com as a reference site for intormation on various Macs and Mac Clones.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 1:01 PM | Comments (0) |

This is lots of fun... and we'll be posting more

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:28 AM |

Matthew Magain, Managing Editor of sitepoint.com has organized a list of his favorite technology based online cartoon strips. We thought you'd like to take a look...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:12 AM |

You can bet we can always depend on Del Missier to send in links to items that are sure to inform, entertain and amuse. This is the case with this link Del sends with the simple comment : "FYI"

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:47 PM |

I found this listed I believe on MacObserver and the article claimed that it was the first Basic help site for the Mac OS. One of the comments said MUGs have been providing this kind of information since 1984.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:11 AM | Comments (0) |

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram ran a story last Thursday with the above title.
It talks about 4 video web sites aimed at kids.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:17 PM | Comments (1) |

Here is a site showing how to run OS X on a modified Mac 512K. Yes, the Fat Mac.
(My first Mac and it really is to bad that they couldn't call it a Big Mac.)

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:27 PM | Comments (0) |

We have all been familiar with what started life as the iPod and later became iLounge.
Here is a web site that aims to provide forums and other support for the MacBooks in general and the MacBook Air in particular.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:38 PM | Comments (0) |

As you know, Apple has designated music in iTunes with and without Explicit listings.
Of course, if a child knows his way around iTunes, it wouldn't be hard to get music his mother might not consider appropriate.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:53 PM | Comments (0) |

from the Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung was showing some very cool stuff - including the "ultra mobile PC"

Posted by Fred Showker at 9:40 AM |

Aimersoft Studio has released the best Mac DVD and video Converter software for Mac users; it includes two mighty Mac converters: Aimersoft DVD Ripper for Mac and Aimersoft Mac Video Converter.

Posted by Fred Showker at 9:26 AM |

iLabel X 2.0, a completely rewritten version of the label-making application, has just been released. This application can also be used for many repetitive printing tasks, such as printing barcode sheets, parcel labels, enveloppes or business cards.

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:56 AM |

Maintain has announced the release of Cocktail 4.0.1 (Leopard Edition)

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:12 PM |

Relaunch of Macfun.com, free copy of 3D Hearts Deluxe

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:06 PM |

Last week we lamented that there was no good pinball program for OS X. Several readers wrote and recommended the baKno MacPinball widget. We downloaded it and -- although a bit problematic installation -- are having a good time with it. Still not a full featured pinball game, but lots of fun anyway...

Posted by Fred Showker at 12:11 PM |

At MacTech Labs, you can read Comprehensive Virtualization Benchmarks - Over 2500 tests performed to measure Windows on Mac solutions - Compares Boot Camp, Parallels, and VMware Fusion - Tests include baseline PC, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro

Posted by Fred Showker at 12:07 PM |

Robert Pritchett has released the newest issue of macCompanion Magazine. This of course is her pre-MacWorld Expo and has its predictions for 2008.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:45 PM |

This blog by Chris Kerins was published last spring, but most of the 10 tricks are still available today.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:35 PM |

Mac Pilot 2.4.5 Released - Numerous new Leopard enhancements

Posted by Fred Showker at 3:59 PM |

My nephew David sent this Lifehacker article to me about how to search with Google.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:09 PM | Comments (0) |

Here you will find a collection of various gaming emulators available for use on your Macintosh.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 6:24 AM |

Here is away to actually get to those few web sites that require Internet Explorer to access them.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:09 PM |

This time of year Mac users attention turns to games. Yes, the family and friends and their kids are coming over, and it's a great time to enjoy some gaming. Follow along as we visit some Games of Macintosh Past

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:15 AM |

pop-pop is the pulse-quickening action arcade game that pits you against a dazzling color world with fierce action. And now there's a new version

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:30 AM |

Travel through the beautiful city of Venice, one of Italy's most intriguing cities, and solve an ancient mystery before Venice sinks into the water.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:19 AM |

Life isn't easy when you're a 12 pound ball of tar ... Gish suddenly finds himself in the subterranean sewers of Dross, a long forgotten city filled with twisting corridors, evil traps and some of the most demented creatures imaginable.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:52 AM |

Norrkross Movie offers lots of tricks to make video editing smooth

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:38 PM |

The Mac Developer Network launches new Xcode Quick Tips screencast

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:18 AM |

Tis the season for some cool holiday graphics. It's not too late...

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:40 AM |

RoughlyDrafted found a report from Canalys that shows that Apple's iPhone is already the second best selling smartphone in North America behind RIM's Blackberry -- and tops the 2007 most searched for words in Google...

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:25 PM |

PC World's Dan Tynan picks his choices for the year's biggest technology losers. We would agree with some -- others, maybe not. Apple's Leopard and iPhone are amongst the top 15 disappointments...

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:25 PM |

Chopper 1.1 Adds New Shine To A Classic Arcade Game

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:43 AM |

Ambrosia Software's iToner 1.0.5 is a very cool app for your iPhone...

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:40 PM |

laptop stand transforms seat back tray tables into mile high workstations

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:17 PM |

Mojotones 1.3 for Mac OS X is an easy-to-use utility for the creation of ringtones from audio files.

Mojotones

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

Our friend, Bob Rankin over at "The Internet Tourbus" has published an article about how to get the most our of Gmail.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:28 AM |

I have long wanted to learn REALbasic. This looks like a perfect opportunity to get instructions at a inexpensive cost. The publisher of REALbasic Developer magazine is offering all five years of back issues.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:51 PM |

As you probably know, Leopard introduced Automator 2.0. It has several new features. Including Starting Points, Recording & Playback, Command-Line Utility, Workflow Variable, Workflow Looping and new Automator Actions.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:45 AM |

Here comes an iPod Cable that puts your iPod into any 2008 Ford, Lincoln or Mercury product ...

Ford gets iPod hook-up
(http://www.user-groups.net/news/ipod_sync_cable.html)

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:20 PM |

DVDxDV Veescope Key 1.0, is a professional chroma keying plugin for Final Cut Studio and Motion.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:37 AM |

Yummy Software has released Yummy FTP 1.7 for Leopard -- an FTP, FTP SSL/TLS, and SFTP client that combines all the best features available in other file transfer solutions

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:22 AM |

The voice on the phone was one I hadn't heard for nearly fifteen years. An old school buddy was calling to ask if I could retrieve the text and content from a directory I produced for our 25th high school reunion.
Oh no! How can I find those files?

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

Joe Showker says:
Some thoughts for the holidays if you are buying a computer. It's that time of the year when thoughts drift to "what should I get" and "how vulnerable am I" and "what's cool, what's not".

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:06 AM |

Mobile phone suite for Mac now includes SMS-Manager, Leopard-Ready, supports quick-dial and quick-SMS

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:46 AM |

With email running an all-time high, people need a better solution for dealing with the shear bulk of the content. While Eudora is the very best database email program, it's been discontinued. What will fill that void? MailSteward is the ultimate email archiving solution for the Mac.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:44 AM |

Want to see early history of the computer revolution? This web site has a lot of it.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:03 AM | Comments (0) |

If you're a web page builder, you know the problems surrounding the use of custom fonts on web pages. Here's some news we're all keenly interested in. According to Alex Walker, editor of SitePoint's "Design" newsletter, the old web site fonts nightmare may be a thing of the past.

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:45 PM |

XtraLean Software has rolled out the latest release of its WYSIWYG website creation tool, ShutterBug V2.3. This version dramatically improves the quality of images with the new image processing engine and the addition of filter controls to adjust the sharpness, brightness, contrast and saturation of images.
Continue reading: WYSIWYG website creation tool

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:45 PM |

Here's an update of the iPhone-friendly 244-page edition in Adobe PDF format. Available immediately for any PC or Macintosh computer... by its fourth day of availability the Free iPod Book 3.0 had been downloaded 300,000 times!
The Free iPod Book

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:00 PM |

With the news that Facebook is valued at $15 billion after taking Microsoft as an investment partner, it is easy to see the importance of social networking and the impact it is making on the way businesses and communities communicate. To make social networking easier for users, MyLifeBrand is making some significant additions.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:28 AM |

I am always looking for new entertainment software. Red Marble Games is a Mac-only game publisher, who has announced the immediate availability of its Holiday Fun Pack bundle for the 2007 holiday season...

Here's the full article...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:32 AM |

Adam Engst has announced 5 new Take Control books. This time dealing with various parts of the new Mac OS X 10.5 (a.k.a. Leopard). These inexpensive and update able electronic books always have great information in them. You are bound to learn a lot.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:29 PM | Comments (0) |

With the advent of FM radio broadcasts from MP3 players to car and stereo radios, it has been necessary to discover what stations are clear.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:54 PM | Comments (0) |

This is an article about how to get a Mac running on a Windows network. That is, how to make the different platforms "play nice."

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:17 PM | Comments (0) |

Many people think that Eudora was the best e-mail program for the Mac or for Windows. The most recent version of Eudora still offers features not found in other newer e-mail programs. Odysseus is the code name for the Eudora replacement.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:08 PM | Comments (1) |

Objective Satisfaction has rolled out version 1.3 of What ToDo, a Mac task management program for Getting Things Done

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:49 AM |

Spin Studio has launched SpinTips for Mac developers -- SpinTips is a series of strategic and tactical business hints and tips articles exclusively for developers in the Mac industry.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:39 AM |

Two topics, Apple iPhones and investment software, will be featured at the monthly meeting of Washington Apple Pi
Saturday Oct. 27 at 9:30 a.m.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:57 PM |

Remember the days when you could back up important files and directories to a CD? What you need is a good multi-session DVD burner, right?

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:27 AM |

If you're like me, after getting acquainted with your iSight enabled Mac, you started getting all kinds of ideas of cool things you could do with it -- of course other than just iChat. But Photobooth was seriously limited. What to do?

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:27 AM |

Gift season is just around the corner, and these luxurious cases for Apple's recently announced iPods are designed for protection and accessibility while keeping the look stylish and compact. Best of all... they feel good!

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:24 PM |

I have not had a chance to test out Apple's new iWork beyond a cursory look. On that first skim however, it doesn't look like a program to rival the functionality of AppleWorks. Ted Bade also will miss Appleworks, as he writes in his latest column in "MacCompanion" ...

Posted by Fred Showker at 1:08 PM |

I don't know who is responsible for this parody, but it really is funny.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:30 AM |

The title of this blog posting is actually "35 Absolutely Essential Mac Apps in The Working Day" by Ivan Brkan. It actually is a list of applications aimed at freelancers.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:48 PM |

tagtraum industries has rolled out version 1.2 of beaTunes - an iTunes add-on for Mac & Windows, popular especially amongst DJs, athletes, audiophiles and iPod users.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:45 AM |

MacBook and PowerBooks now get the ultimate protection...

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:03 AM |

This site provides reviews of networking products as well as trouble shooting advice.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:40 PM | Comments (0) |

I got this from MacCast.com. Microsoft has created a new "social" network to show how we can be creative in using Office.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:11 PM | Comments (0) |

Last week, Andrew Welch announced that his company Ambrosia Software has a new application for sale that allows you to add custom ringtones to your iPhone without hacking and only requires a simple "Drag, drop, and sync" routine.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:10 PM |

Why take a static screenshot when Snapz Pro X makes creating a movie just as easy? Snapz
Pro X does that, and so much more!

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:50 AM |

iFixit, the Mac + iPod do-it-yourself company, has announced its entrance into the iPhone industry with a complete iPhone repair guide and iPhone parts store.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:38 AM |

The new 1.2 release introduces a beautiful new interface and powerful new features to make tracking your software licenses even easier.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:37 AM |

New Take Control book teaches Mac users how to solve Mac-related problems

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:45 PM |

Add up to 50% More Memory to the Latest Apple Mac mini Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz and 2.0GHz

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:14 AM |

Be smart - backup different. Freeridecoding announces a major update for its straightforward backup tool SmartBackup v2.1.

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:10 AM |

I haven't talked much about free software for the Mac lately. Here is a new list and it includes some software that I hadn't heard of before this.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:28 PM | Comments (0) |

Seeqpod is a new web site that streams audio and video files. They do this by doing a search for the files on the net and then streams them from that location. So they do not have to have any content on their site.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:47 PM |

Do you want to add that super cool Flickr Slideshow to your blog. It is possible...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 3:31 PM | Comments (0) |

By duel-boot, I mean a single hard drive that will boot on either a PowerPC Mac or an Intel Mac. Yes, it can be done.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:00 AM | Comments (0) |

PageFlakes is a web site for custom home pages. Similar to what you get from iGoogle, MyYahoo and others, but with a major unique feature.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:56 PM | Comments (0) |

Revision3 has a number of tech movies available. It is done by the folks that did Digg, so naturally Diggnation is one of the shows.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:28 PM | Comments (0) |

Here's why SpamCop is an excellent bargain for your email provider. Using it correctly not only gives you a top-class email service, but contributes to the overall well-being of all honest, honorable web users

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:57 AM |

It has been years since I have mentioned BugMeNot.com as a way to cut down on spam from legitmate web sites such as the New York Times. Now the creaters of that site have a new project.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:40 PM | Comments (0) |

Most old time Mac users are familiar with DriveSavers and their MUG program. But here is a hard drive recovery company that takes a different approach.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:44 PM |

Are you new to the Mac? Looking to get your first one? Then this is a place to look. AND it could give you ideas for meeting topics.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:46 PM |

The Students' blog has a list of software that you need to get through colllege when using a Mac.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:44 PM |

The subtitle of the site is Common questions, simple answers.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:33 PM |

Under Classic Mac OS, it was easy to delete an application. Just drag it to the Trash. But under Mac OS X, it became more complicated because associated files are scattered all over the hard disk.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:33 PM | Comments (0) |

Have you ever worried about your security when signing on at Starbuck or other public Wi-Fi Networks. Well you should be.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:43 PM | Comments (0) |

SimpleSpark has a terrific catalog of iPhone applications on its web site.
Each application is listed with a description and a link to the application.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 6:24 PM | Comments (0) |

Want to find a widget to do a specific job on your desktop?
Here is a place to go to look, and it isn't limited to MacOS X Dashboard or Vista Sidebar widgets. It appears to have them all.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:32 AM | Comments (0) |

User group presenters and officers are always telling their members to backup their files. Of course, it doesn't cover all the bases if the only backup is kept on the premises.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:41 PM | Comments (0) |

Want to make sure all your Mac freeware are up to date? Check this out.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:57 PM | Comments (0) |

CodeWeavers is extending a discount for Mac User Group members on their Windows-running CrossOver Mac application. EXPIRES July 31, 2007

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:40 AM |

Following last week's article about the iPhone launch -- One of the first questions I asked the iPhone tech at the opening the other night was "If I buy one tonight, can I use all the functions without the phone?"

Posted by Fred Showker at 2:23 PM |

After listening to David Pogue's NY Times column podcast, I told you about Grand Central last May. There have been some changes.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:33 PM | Comments (0) |

Have a picture that you want as your wall paper on your cell phone?

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:06 PM | Comments (0) |

i haven't seen this graphic for awhile, but it was a favorite amoung Mac users over 10 years ago.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:03 PM | Comments (0) |

The Business Software Alliance is offering new rewards for people to turn in their employers for using pirated software. Thus, more and more companies and schools are switching to Open Source to avoid these issues.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:36 PM | Comments (0) |

FastMac has special user group pricing on iBook batteries, but it expires July 30, 2007

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:43 PM |

Ovolab has offered a user group 25%-Off discount on their Geophoto software, but the offer EXPIRES July 31, 2007.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:41 PM |

I have been using Google's Docs & Spreadsheets applications more and more. Now,
ResearchBuzz has told me about this blog posting on how to "link" data.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:56 AM |

use EasyEnvelopes to quickly print a one-off envelope, or utilize its tight integration with Address Book

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:59 PM |

Aimersoft Studio just released iPhone Converter Suite -- an all-in-one easy-to-use iPhone MP4 video converter bundled by two excellent iPhone converters

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:56 PM |

A Roundup by David Chisnall

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:52 PM |

My old friends at the Internet Tourbus have been mentioned often in the past.
This week, they have a story on how to convert AAC tunes to unprotected M3s.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 3:38 PM |

There are more and more places to get video for your iPod or Apple TV. Here is one more.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 3:16 PM | Comments (0) |

A few days ago, I mentioned Apple's DYI web page for fixing your own Macs. This is a web site where you can actually purchase parts for some portable Macs and most if not all iPods.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 5:27 AM | Comments (0) |

People keep saying that digital books are the wave of the future. Adobe has introduced its Digital Editions for reading and managing eBooks.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 4:19 PM |

One of the biggest complaints about Apple computers is that they aren't servicable by an individual.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 2:43 PM | Comments (0) |

Of course, Flash Drives are USB for the most part. So you would think youl need an Intel Mac to get it to boot from a USB Drive, except...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 2:12 PM |

This web site lists 10 tips that helps us get more out of Apple's Address Book.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 1:47 PM | Comments (1) |

Do you have iCal and Google Calender? Do you have multiple Macs you want to keep calendars up to date?

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 1:09 PM |

Steve Jobs told us a couple of weeks ago that applcation development from the iPod would be as Ajax or Web 2.0 applications. There are now several sites that aim to provide a list of available applications.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:29 PM | Comments (0) |

We've maintained all along that Apple products are only for those who can afford them, and the iPhone once again proves our point.

Posted by Fred Showker at 12:59 PM |

Salling Clicker is an award-winning remote control software. It lets you control popular applications from a mobile phone or handheld computer through a user interface similar to a portable media player.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:46 PM | Comments (0) |

"Democracy. The only video player you need." Or so it says on the web site. It was well recommended on Computer America within the past couple of weeks. (I listen to the podcast, so I am not sure where it when it was actually broadcast.)

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:48 PM |

Picknik is another of those online applications, like Google's Docs & Spreadsheets.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:15 PM | Comments (0) |

Help wanted. We've set up a job listings for members ... New job openings posted daily.

Posted by Fred Showker at 2:15 PM |

Grapevines are buzzing... see the videos, commercials, and lots of comments from all over the world. 'So Bright... So Beautiful... Ah, My Precious.' ... See them all...

Posted by Fred Showker at 12:02 PM |

From the creators of 2005's best puzzle game, Professor Fizzwizzle, comes a logic puzzler of volcanic proportions: Professor Fizzwizzle and the Molten Mystery!

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:42 AM |

We have discussed several alternatives in the past for putting Windows and Windows appications on an Intel Mac. Here is one more.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 4:23 PM | Comments (0) |

As you know, Mac OS X 10.5 is going to introduce virtual desktops. It is possible to add that feature to Tiger.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:10 PM | Comments (0) |

I am sure that as a user group volunteer you have often told members to back up and to keep an off site backup copy as well.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:07 PM | Comments (0) |

WAAV, formerly Omniwav Mobile, is putting mobile cellular routers on the road... now users can access the Internet from their cars -- proven up to 100 miles per hour!

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

Isn't it a real insult to have your "five-hour" MacBook or PowerBook battery only last an hour and 45-minutes? Well, NewerTech is doing something about that...

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:38 AM |

Macscriptor is a web site that instructs on the use of AppleScripts.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 5:02 AM |

We have heard about Boot Camp, VMWare and Parallels to enable the operation of Windows applications on Macs, but what if you don't want the expense of purchasing a copy of Windows as those solutions require.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 2:14 PM | Comments (0) |

The local NBC station did an article on this web site that eliminated phone trees in your phone calls.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 3:48 PM | Comments (0) |

With this web site you can find out how to do many things from "How to bake an apple pie" to "How to choose a foreign film worth seeing."

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 1:53 PM | Comments (0) |

Here's an interesting interview of Steve Jobs and Bill gates -- both video and text transcripts...

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:07 AM |

As you know since Google introduced its Docs and Spreadsheets applications, web apps have been the hottest thing going. (Even if Goolge's apps aren't Safari compatible yet.)

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:44 PM | Comments (1) |

Apple has had Automator included with OS X for some time now.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 5:34 AM | Comments (0) |

The smooth new Zen Wav is positioned to take another shot at Apple's iPod Nano...

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:13 AM |

Skype's new 'call-transfer' feature comes to the Mac, even before Windows, to let you push calls to another number...

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:09 AM |

Well, it looks like this is the latest site to be "in".
This site will let you do you own blog like MySpace, but it provides you with lots of extra ways to post.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 5:41 AM | Comments (0) |

Andy Ihnatko recommended this web site on a MacBreak Weekly podcast.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 5:29 AM | Comments (0) |

TeachMac and TeachIT provide training on Macintosh and PC computers and applications. The video downloads range in price from free to $15 each or subscriptions are available for $79.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:22 AM | Comments (0) |

Ever wondered what else you can do with Google Maps besides just looking at them? Well, they have provided hooks so that programmers can add value to the maps.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 5:57 AM | Comments (0) |

If you are doing audio and music on the Mac, you should know about this site.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:06 PM | Comments (1) |

This sounds like something that a creative user group could use on their web site.
It consists of a "container" shaped like a bubble that provides an easy way to add video to the site.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:49 AM |

The news buzzed all over the internet about Apple's recent patent for a 2-sided iPhone...

Posted by Fred Showker at 9:06 AM |

When I run across something thoroughly useful from my work in my "day job", the Design Center, I like to pass it along to the user group community as well.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:38 AM |

I have long been an advocate of doing things as inexpensively as possible. This doesn't mean in my mind to avoid high in products, those are often the most efficient way to get things done.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:28 PM | Comments (0) |

I have mentioned that the Apple Corp of Dallas, celebrating its 30th anniversary is doing video of its meetings on Google Video. I recently added podcast of Huntsville (Alabama)MUG and ColoradoMUG of Boulder.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:11 PM | Comments (1) |

It has been awhile since I have seen this done, but I am looking at setting up my G5 iMac ro do this, so I can feed the Internet to two G3 iMacs in my home.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:02 PM | Comments (0) |

As most of you know, there are a lot of independent films that aren’t available from the iTunes store. Jaman is a web site that allows downloads for a $4.99 purchase or rent for $1.99.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:20 PM | Comments (0) |

Wufoo is an Internet application that is used to build online forms. With these forms it is possible to do a number things. One example is to develop a survey for your membership. ("What would it take to get you to a meeting?")

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:23 PM | Comments (0) |

Freeverse Think, is a new way of working with your Mac when you just need to focus. Think is a cleverly streamlined application to shift your workflow from overwhelming to under-control with just the flick of a mouse.

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:40 AM |

This web site has a great concept. It gives you "10 Things You Should Know About various topics. Including the two Steves of Apple. ...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 5:58 PM | Comments (0) |

DasBoot makes most any external device a boot drive -- for Mac users

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

Comedy piece on the "Apple iPhone" (Sent in by a reader)

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:47 AM |

...move your information between your Mac and BlackBerry handset successfully.

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:43 AM |

It is interesting to see how the video sites are covering AppleTV developments.
Here are a few sites you might want to check out:

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:41 PM | Comments (0) |

Google should know better than anyone what causes drive failure. (They reportedly have 100,000+ hard drives in their data centers.)

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 5:25 PM |

Quotes: Victor Fiorelli; Jim Bishop and Mae West

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I was able to catch-up on my Podcast listening over the last couple of weeks. One of the Podcast I had gotten behind on was MacVoices ... I decided to check it out.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:16 PM |

CompUSA vs. Best Buy? Selling Macs? Here's what I found...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 6:45 PM |

Before MacLife became a magazine, there was the MaciLife web site. This site belongs to Jim Heid. Jim was one of the first to write about the MacLife suite. Here he covers it in detail.

Read it here

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This is an interesting development. Still in beta, but came out April 1st.
See it here

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 6:26 PM |

Boy, I tell'ya, I love that Gadgets site.

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:11 PM |

Objective Satisfaction has a pretty cool program to help you take ccontrol of your life... What ToDo?

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 5:44 PM |

RAGE Macintosh Explorer brings the hierarchical, tree-view navigation style of Windows Explorer to the Mac.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 5:42 PM |

ModBook - First Fully Functional Mac Tablet Solution Wins Macworld Magazine, Macsimum News, & PowerPage Awards

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:15 AM |

Typinator 1.6 now offers a "Whole Word" option for auto-correcting typos, expanding text and inserting graphics across any Mac OS X application ...

Posted by Fred Showker at 2:26 PM |

The Zoom ADSL X6 is an all-in-one solution for sharing ADSL service.

Posted by Fred Showker at 2:14 PM |

Heard this today and had to pass it along...

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:19 PM |

ImageWell is a small, but powerful, image editing application that lets you do some heavy-duty editing...

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:41 AM |

Yahoo! Music will introduce the beta version of Video 3.0, a new music video player that will change the way users watch music videos online.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:20 AM |

Will your next phone be... everything? Keep reading

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:34 AM |

XChange International's Xdata, Xcatalog and Xtags for QuarkXPress 7 have been upgraded to Intel-based compatibility

Posted by Fred Showker at 9:24 AM |

Have you ever seen a car made of brick? A statue dressed in fine clothes?

Posted by Fred Showker at 9:18 AM |

Cool new PCD from Motorola...

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Horizon Interactive Awards Opens Call For Entries 2007

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:08 AM |

... the perfect gift for your geek friends!

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:03 AM |

Use Adobe Illustrator as a 2D Cad Tool

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See VectorWorks Demo Of Every Dreamer's Home Design Tool, Reston VA, October 28

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:38 AM |

BONO is enlisting companies to donate money to the Global Fund... "Painting the Town RED"

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:35 AM |

What is phishing? Phishing is a fraudulent attempt, usually made through email, to steal your personal information. Who's doing something about it? The PhishTank...

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:12 AM |

Jeff Gamet of The Mac Observer shows you how to Copy Pictures From Your Bluetooth Phone

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:56 AM |

October 12 – 15, 2006 - Javits Center - New York

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a comprehensive Wiki of mainstream musical artists

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:55 AM |

Here's an easy weather button for your site or blog...

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This web site concentrates on issues that Apple customers are complaining about.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:45 AM |

... any kind of data from any application ...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:01 AM |

OS X 10.4 has built in Virtual Network Computer built-in...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:00 AM |

miniStat2, mira, SmileOnMyMac

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how to make Life Posters from your digital photographs

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:45 AM |

Light Crafts photo editing software company, ushers in a new generation integrated digital workflow tool

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:45 PM |

The need for speed... quinched

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:52 PM |

I'm so glad Apple waited until the 12th to announce their new stuff.

Posted by Fred Showker at 2:20 PM |

Microsoft goes after the iPod market...

Posted by Fred Showker at 12:47 PM |

QuickerTek Antenna Doubles Wireless Range and Speed for 17-inch Apple MacBook Pro

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In the beginning there was dial-up, and it was slow; then came broadband in the form of cable, which redefined how we access the internet, share information, and communicate with each other online.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:45 AM |

Cordless convenience for Skype

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So you want a black mouse to match your MacBook?

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:50 AM | Comments (0) |

WasApplePi Presents "Socket in Pocket" Workshop At Tysons Corner VA Apple Store... don't miss it...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 3:25 PM |

XeikonPrints.com introduces an offer for 1 free poster printed from YOUR file, on the Xeikon 5000 printer! Offer includes free shipping, so get going now.
SEE: www.user-groups.net/news/XeikonPrints.html

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:36 AM |

At last! Now you can enlarge digital JPG files and retain or enhance quality! Digital Photo Blow Up - offers the highest quality image enlargement available.
SEE: www.user-groups.net/news/blow_up.html

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:35 AM |

Who would have guessed that the sleepy little backwoods Virginia town, Harrisonburg, would become the focus of a global telecommunications revolution. While it wasn't really news to all of us, it certainly is news -- we will be the first site in the country to test the next generation of the Internet -- IPv6.

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:43 AM |

Brad Gibson reviews this new breed of third-party iPod voice recorders

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Ergonis Software has released Typinator 1.3 for Mac OS X. Typinator, a typing automator, enables users to rapidly insert text or graphics into any type of application.

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:39 AM |

Zevrix Solutions has released version 2.0 of BatchOutput, a powerful professional solution to automatically print and export to PDF and PostScript multiple InDesign documents . . .

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:32 AM |

This O'Reilly article talks about a whole bunch of OpenSource applications. Many of them we have mentioned in the past, but there are some new ones here.
GNUMail, the up-and-coming competitor to iCal is Mozilla's Sunbird; Lightning is trying to tightly integrate Sunbird into Thunderbird, MPlayer and MacTheRipper. There is more, but this should give you a taste.

Read More

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:22 PM | Comments (0) |

From the OpenDarwin project web site:
"OpenDarwin was originally created with the goal of providing a development environment for building and developing Mac OS X sources as well as developing a standalone Darwin OS derivative. OpenDarwin was meant to be a development community and a proving ground for fixes and features for Mac OS X and Darwin, which could be picked up by Apple for inclusion in the canonical sources. OpenDarwin has failed to achieve its goals in 4 years of operation, and moves further from achieving these goals as time goes on. For this reason, OpenDarwin will be shutting down."
It is sad to see these kind of projects stop. They have promised to make it a gradual shut to make it as painless as possible.

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I just realized how much I have been brain washed. I saw "Great Keynotes" and thought this would be templates for Apple's presentation software. Instead, it is a collection of keynotes at various Mac shows around the world. There are ones when Mac OS 8.6 was the greatest OS ever. There is even the one with "Big Brother" Bill Gates at Boston MacWorld Expo. If you download, you should make a donation to help cover the bandwidth.

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Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:51 PM | Comments (0) |

A very interesting read. This is the original first chapter of a book called: "OS X Internals: A Systems Approach". Since the book was on OS X, he had to revise the chapter to exclude other operating systems that influenced the Mac and preceded it at Apple.
The author says: "the book itself is super-detailed on the internals of modern day Mac OS X. It is not at all a book about using Mac OS X-it is about the system's design and implementation. Therefore, I expect it to appeal to all operating system enthusiasts and students." He also provides a link to the Amazon page.

Get the free chapter

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:44 PM | Comments (0) |

How to upgrade an iMac
Ok, I don't report much on MacWorld, Mac Home Journal or MacAddict. (Or Mac Forum for that matter.) They are all at least decent magazines that do provide information about Macs. Personally, I think that MacWorld under Jason Snell has gotten much for useful for the average user than it used to be. I still enjoy MacAddict's attitude as well as find it useful. The others have some good information at times. This article is the kind of article I used to expect from MacAddict, but it is from October 2001 and is from MacWorld. It talks about installing RAM, processor and hard drives into a CRT iMac.

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Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:36 PM | Comments (0) |

Some of the newer "book" Macs are supporting what Apple calls "Safe Sleep" and other systems call hibernate. Safe Sleeps allows you to be able to reboot to where you left off even if the battery dies or you remove a battery. According to this article it can also be done on some desktop machines. This is a hack and may not be safe to do you your Mac.

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Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:30 PM | Comments (0) |

Back when the iPod Shuffle was first introduced, Apple compared it to a stick of gum. So on their web site, they actually warned readers not to eat the Shuffle. This interprising person wrote a poem with the above title in honor of that warning.
(Please ask for permission before reprinting it.)

See it

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:51 PM | Comments (0) |

iPod Hi-Fi Speakers made from Mac Plus cases
This is the most ingenous use of the original Mac cases since Andy did his aquarium.

See the details

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:48 PM | Comments (0) |

Occasionally, we all need to transfer files that potentially won't fit either through one server or the other. MailBigFile.com will act as middle man. And the good news is that it is free. Although there is a time limit of 5 days or 3 downloads. There is also a 512 MB size limit. However, if you need more, they do have a Pro version available for a fee.

Try it out

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:22 PM | Comments (1) |

Need to stop all other running applications on your Mac to give PhotoShop more RAM?
Cunning Fox is the easy way. You select the application you want to get all RAM and all other ones will be shutdown.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:19 PM | Comments (0) |

Desktop publishing has returned... for the rest of us!

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:31 AM |

Script Software has rolled out new versions of ChatFX, iKey and iClock - three of the most exciting Mac shareware products on the market...

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:12 AM |

Yahoo! has introduced a new beta of Yahoo! Messenger for Mac users.

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:22 AM |

Style Master 4.5, the CSS editing tool for professionals, students and dabblers alike.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:15 AM |

RooSwitch is an application to help manage multiple profiles for almost any application on OS X.

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:00 PM |

"Learning iLife, really means learning to live digitally."

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:49 AM |

For director David Fincher, making a movie is an exploration. A discovery. And Final Cut Studio plays a lead role in that revelatory process.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:46 AM |

It's the iPod U2 Special Edition...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:44 AM |

On this web site, a citizen of Finland shows how he saved a G4 iMac by adding a fan!

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 6:50 PM | Comments (0) |

Mac on Mac, similiar to Apple II on Mac earlier in the Mac's history.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:16 PM | Comments (0) |

Today an average digital camera takes pictures of approximately 6 million pixels. Now imagine an image 1365 times larger and you've got what this artist is doing.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:51 AM |

Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop.

Posted by Fred Showker at 9:10 AM |

Thanks to a collaboration between Index Braille AB and Sighted Electronics, you can now print files to the Index line of Braille embossers.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:00 AM |

I had a call the other day from a corporation in the Great Lakes area who had a good series of job openings for computer savvy users. He asked if I could give him some references... What happened next should not have happened...

Posted by Fred Showker at 2:23 PM |

At last, someone had some creative inspiration. Of course it really wasn't creative genius -- all they had to do is ask "What really sucks about Tiger's Folder Actions?" and they probably got ten-thousand answers.

Posted by Fred Showker at 1:45 PM | Comments (0) |

A UGN Infomanager reader sent this one in and it's a real hoot!

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:17 AM | Comments (0) |

So, you want to run Boot Camp on your Mac? Well, here's how...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:25 AM | Comments (0) |

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware & Viruses

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:37 AM | Comments (0) |

That familiar chorus line from the Dixie Chicks' song has been coined by an ever-growing segment of the video game playing community.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:45 AM | Comments (0) |

Tonya Engst compares and contrasts the notetaking applications Sticky Brain and NoteBook,

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:29 PM | Comments (0) |

Web site lets you legally share your favorite music online with friends.

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:13 PM | Comments (0) |

I got side-tracked when putting together this morning's "MySpace" update -- when I found this awesome piece of video... had to pass it along...

Posted by Fred Showker at 10:46 AM | Comments (0) |

Maria Langer shares Five Funky Finder Features in Mac OS X

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:33 AM | Comments (1) |

Surprise! A little poem to would-be OS hackers...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 5:06 PM | Comments (0) |

Fotolia, the first global online social marketplace for stock digital images is continuing to evolve as a mutually beneficial tool for photographers and designers.

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:22 PM | Comments (0) |

A Cheat-Code Tracker with Hints for PC Action and Adventure Games

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:31 PM |

Topics: QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign CS2 and Mac OS X Tiger... busy prepress practitioners need to get up to speed fast. These courses will do the trick

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:45 AM | Comments (0) |

GWG Members to Present at PDF-FORUM being held in conjunction with XPLOR and
Graphics of the Americas Events February 1 – 4, 2006

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:17 AM | Comments (1) |

The great days of PONG return to the Mac

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Article by Roberto Panetta -- NoteList allows to store notes in a free format with full formatted RTF text and images.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 4:46 PM | Comments (0) |

Article by : Maricon Williams -- Photography gadgets are now ample. They continue to cater to some aberrations for the betterment of photos and images.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:25 AM |

The cable-TV movie channel, Starz is launching a download-subscription program at $9.99 per month to offer movies, short films and concerts.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:58 PM | Comments (0) |

The best and most popular from the pages of InfoManager during 2005

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 4:28 PM | Comments (1) |

What were your favorites of 2005?

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:51 AM | Comments (1) |

I have long contended that computer user groups should be in the forefront of recycling of computers. Let's talk about that...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:05 PM | Comments (0) |

Sung to the tune of 'Let It Snow'

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:31 AM | Comments (1) |

Go where Mini has never gone

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:29 AM | Comments (0) |

Washington Apple Pi, Washington DC area's Mac user group, will present 2 special seminars at Tysons Corners, VA, Apple Store in Jan 2006

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 6:06 PM | Comments (0) |

Here's an important article for all Mac users... Giles Turnbull looks at Keychain Access and asks "Why should you care?"

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:46 AM |

Xupport is a multipurpose system utility for Mac OS X. It provides many features to configure hidden Mac OS X and Unix options, to increase system security and performance, to maintain and backup Mac OS X, and to dig deeper into the world of Unix.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:14 AM |

in this week's User Group Network

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More News from the iTunes Music Store

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Newer Technology is offering $19 rebates for used Apple batteries. The Newer Technology batteries last longer and thus are in themselves "greener" but this rebate program helps keep batteries out of landfills. This rebate program only works for people who have purchased the Newer Technology batteries.

Submit your batteries here.

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BlogDigger is somewhat a unique search engine. It deals exclusively with Blogs. ...

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Recently I had a discussion about CD media. In fact about methods for backing up hard drives. This extended into reliability of different media, including CDs.

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