Posts tagged Mac OS

Snapz Pro : get the snapz

Ambrosia Software screen capture utility Snapz Pro XWe’ve told you about Snapz for years. But sometimes we don’t follow our own advice. I’ve happily used Snapz since its first release. I usually use just the screen capture – which works every time. But recently while trying to capture some video, I started having problems! A quick email to their excellent support team brought a quick reply from John Champlin with unexpeced response: “Fred, you’re three versions behind, and your version is not recommended for your system level!” Oooops!

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MacTech Conference for IT Pros and Developers

For many years, I wanted to go to MacHack. Not because I wanted to show off my abilities of programming, but because I thought it was a way to actually learn something and get to meet a lot of the developers I wanted to meet.
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How’s your Mac’s Health?

app4mac has released CheckUp Preview 2, an innovative tool to check the health of a Mac computer. The computer monitoring software allows you to view the activities of a Mac and control the health with an innovative user interface. Continue reading »

SWsoft renamed Parallels

Last Wednesday, SWsoft announced that it would change its name to Parallels, that will be more in line with its primary product. This name change will occur early next year. Continue reading »

ZappTek Updates iSpeak It to Version 3.3.3

iSpeak It is a file-to-audio converter that loads Word, PDF, Pages, RTF, AppleWorks, text and HTML documents into audio files. It also downloads news, weather forecasts, driving directions and RSS feeds. Then uses the Mac’s text-to-speech engine and iTunes to convert the files into MP3 or AAC files. Continue reading »

Protect Yourself from the QuickTime RTSP Vulnerability

TidBITS has published an article with the above title. By now you have probably heard about the announcement from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team concerning a vulnerability in Quicktime on both Macs and PCs. Continue reading »