June 28, 2009

app4mac releases final versions of Twin 1.1 and Sequence 2.1

Twin 1.1 is a back up program and Sequence 2.1 is an application that provides a simple way to capture and save screen shots and screencasts of your Mac's screen. (We can always use a better way to do backups.)

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June 27, 2009

Macgamestore.com Offer New Clue Game

Macgamestore.com today announced the release of CLUE Accusations and Alibis for the Mac through its web site and digital download service, Mac Games Arcade. The game was created and published by Real Arcade.

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6 Ways to Correctly Delete Applications

This article lists 6 ways to delete applications. We have talked about some of these applications in the past.

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June 26, 2009

Installing Wine on the Mac

Earlier I mentioned the current primary commercial ways to run another operating system on the Mac, within the Mac OS. But Wine is a way to do it with an open source method.

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AutoCad on Mac

I missed this article on the AutoCad blog back on April 1st when it first appeared, but I have always been fascinated by AutoCad.

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Find My Phone Works

This Computer World story on June 23rd shows that the "Find My Phone" feature of the iPhone 3GS worked to catch a thief. (And get the iPhone back.)

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June 21, 2009

Jobs: new liver

According a news report published in the Wall Street Journal late Friday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs received a liver transplant about two months ago to treat an undisclosed medical condition,

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Apple hiring ‘work at home’ phone tech support

I haven't seen this any where else, but perhaps it is true. You would think that if it is, MUG leaders would be consulted for possible hires.

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MacVide releases FlashVideo Converter 3.0

Macvide has announced FlashVideo Converter 3.0, The FlashVideo Converter is a powerful and versatile program for converting any flash SWF or FLV video file to one of many popular video formats including iPhone/iPod mp4, Mobile .3gp and MPEG2. Converted movies can be saved for custom editing, or recorded for use in DVD players, or on iPod, iPhones and other mobile devices. FlashVideo fully supports ActionScript. Download a free trial version of FlashVideo Converter today.

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Where Macintosh and Windows meet

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.

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June 20, 2009

How To Use The Best 40 Features of iPhone 3.0

Well, not everyone thinks that Apple failed with the iPhone 3.0. This site talks about the 40 best features.

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How Apple failed to lay the smackdown on the Palm Pre iPhone 3GS - not enough

Can you believe that headline? I can't. It is one that ran on TechRadar.com. They don't seem to have any readers that agree with their criticism of the iPhone 3G S. But I would love to hear what you think.

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June 18, 2009

Speed Up Your Mac

Wired has an "How to Wiki". This one is an article about recovering speed on a Mac.
One of the first things it says is "keep in mind that none of these tips will change your aging G4 iMac into an Intel Quad-core speed machine."

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June 14, 2009

Free eBooks

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.

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June 13, 2009

Sean O'Brien wins the A Business Tycoon Land on Mars Contrest

I remember when I was a grade schooler, one of the popular TV shows was "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon." This was about a Monty and his Husky sled dog King. They gave away square inches of the Yukon with a coupon on a box of Quaker Oats. This contest involving an iPhone game did that one better by giving away a full acre of land. The catch there is it is on Mars.

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Ultimate Mac Setup for Web Designers

In this article, David Appleyard lists 60 applications for Mac OS X web designers.

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FaceBook into domains?

As has been widely noted in the blogosphere this week, Friday night Facebook will begin allowing users to register their own plain-language Facebook domain names, like facebook.com/my.name

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UGN Salutes AppleUsers AUo

AppleUsers.org is a rapidly growing community of now close to 5,000 users. While originating in Australia, they are pushing for a Worldwide global community ...

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China blocks Twitter

Associated Press reporter Christopher Bodeen writes about the steps taken by the Chinese government prior to Tiananmen Square protests 20th anniversary. Chinese authorities have rounded up dissidents and shipped them out of town. Now, they've even shut down Twitter.

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Net neutrality originator to run GM

What does former AT&T boss Ed "not gonna use my pipes for free" Whitacre know about cars? What do Canadians know about 'Net Neutrality'? Not much.

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1Password 2.9.19

Agile Web Solutions has released 1Password 2.9.19. This update to the award-winning password and identity manager brings full compatibility with Apple's new Safari 4 web browser on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard. This allows 1Password to securely fill logins, credit card numbers, and other personal information into the latest version of Apple's flagship browser.

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30 Tweaks for Mac

In the past we have mentioned "Pimp my Safari" as a way to tweak Safari, but what about other tweaks we can do for the Mac in general.

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June 12, 2009

Retro Mac

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.

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June 7, 2009

WWDC Keynote Live Video coverage

The Digital Lifestyle will be providing live coverage before, during, and after the keynote address at Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference, Monday June 8th. Live video coverage will begin at 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT, half an hour before the scheduled start of the Keynote. Throughout the Keynote, The Digital Lifestyle will summarize and comment on the latest details from blogs across the internet.

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A Better Finder Attributes 4.33

publicspace.net has announced A Better Finder Attributes 4.8. Version 4.8 adds to its plethora of file and digital camera date and time manipulation features, by adding the ability to remove file creation and modification dates. The new version also features improved preview and error handling. A Better Finder Attributes has long been known to post-production and digital media producers for its ability to change Finder attributes, such as file creation and modification dates.

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