Unison i-XD - Review
Donny Yankellow, Review - 07/15/08
The Unison i-XD is a multi-function dock for charging, syncing, connecting speaker systems to your iPod for audio, and playing video from your iPod to a TV (5th gen iPods only).
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The HP All-In-One L7590 Printer - Review
Owen Rubin, Review - 07/08/08
I am a fan of the multi-function printing device. They take up less space than four machines combined (obviously) and I only need to buy supplies for one machine. Time was, however, when owning one meant compromise on all functions. However, about 8 years ago, the first of what I considered good devices in this class started showing up from companies like Cannon, Brother, and HP, and their abilities continue to grow.
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atrio M8 PROFESSIONAL EARPHONES - Review
artie alinikoff, Review - 07/08/08
I'm glad to say I've met my spiritual sonic in-ear guru, atrio professional headphones by Future Sonics. These phones are the first I've found that fit me the way I believe the company would have it. And the amazing part is that the silicone sleeves that were already on the m8's I received fit perfectly.
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Marware Sportfolio Sleeve for MacBook Air - Review
David Weeks, Review - 07/07/08
Following my (bad) example of rushing in where angels fear to tread, my wife Nancy became an early adopter of the MacBook Air. She's been extremely pleased with her purchase. Every laptop needs protection when it travels, so the Weeks Division of MyMac Labs reviewed the Marware's Sportfolio Sleeve for the MacBook Air.
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Toon Boom Studio 4.0 - Review
Donny Yankellow, Review - 07/01/08
There are many animation programs for the Mac and the problem is figuring out which one is right for you. Toon Boom Studio is one of these programs, and if you are looking for a full featured 2D animation program that gives you the professional animation experience this is for you.
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Reginald Transfer Crumpler Bag - Review
Donny Yankellow, Review - 06/30/08
Sometimes it is nice to keep things simple, and that is my feeling on laptop bags. I don’t like bags with all the bells and whistles and pockets that make the bag bulky and heavy when filled. I like the simple laptop bags. The Reginald Transfer by Crumpler is one of these bags.
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iRecord - Review
Rich Lefko, Review - 06/26/08
The iRecord is billed as your "Personal Media Recorder." I was hoping I'd be able to use this unit to pull some video from a few DVDs I wanted to use in another project. Read on and we'll find out how successful I was and what the iRecord is all about.
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GrooveAtomic: High performance earphones (pink) - Review
Nate Eaton, Review - 06/26/08
Before I start this review I should say that I've been quite satisfied with the stock headphones that were shipped with my iPod nano. Perhaps my expectations for a unit costing $14.99 to $29.99 were not so high, but for such a small device I wasn't expecting $100-plus Bose power, only a set that would give me clear, crisp highs, non-muddled mid-ranges, and reasonable bass sounds.
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Fenestration 42 - Data Exchange in the Clouds
David Cohen, Column - 06/25/08
For users straddling the Windows PC and Mac worlds, the question of seamless data interchange between the systems can be a challenging one. Of course, with the capabilities of OS X, the rise of USB and the availability of flash drives and external disks it is probably easier than it has ever been to pass data, but nevertheless there are still considerations of disk formats, file formats and application versions to consider.
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Laplogic G800 Aerogel Extreme - Review
Tim Robertson, Review - 06/23/08
My Macbook Pro gets hot. Too hot to sit in my lap with extended usage. One of the ways to combat this is to use smcFanControl to adjust the speed of the internal fans to help cool the laptop. But even then, I only trust setting the fans so high before I start worrying about damaging the computer. And that's where the LapLogic G800 with Aerogel comes in.
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MacFamily Tree 5
Larry Grinnell, Review - 06/17/08
Most of you probably have at least one person in your extended families trying to find out more about their ancestors so they can share that information with the rest of their family, and if they are doing their work on the Macintosh, MacFamilyTree could be just the product for them.
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Macspiration 112 - Time for Some Downloads
Donny Yankellow, Column - 06/16/08
Last time I did a download article I mentioned that good free downloads (for my use) had been few and far between. However, I’ve been downloading a bunch of new free apps and utilities lately. Here’s some of them (ALL FREE!).
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How much did a $200 iPhone cost Apple
Scott Spaziani, Column - 06/12/08
As we celebrate the introduction of 3G to the Apple iPhone we need to allow ourselves to take the good with the bad. Unfortunately the way Apple got the price down to $199 for the 8GB phone harms the end users as well as the company. So lets take a look at the true cost of a $200 iPhone 3G.
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Macspiration 111 - Uncle Joe
Donny Yankellow, Column - 06/10/08
Last week my uncle made the switch from his Windows computer to a MacBook. Of course, I am his "guide" as he makes the switch and I made him a cheat sheet for some of the common questions he'll have as he works. When I was done, I thought, "Why not make this a Macspiration article?" So here is the cheat sheet I made him in all of its simple glory.
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WWDC Coverage - Semi-Live Coverage
Tim Robertson, Column - 06/09/08
Follow along here as we post our thoughts, impressions, and commentary of the live WWDC keynote. Posting as events happen. UPDATE: check out everything here if you missed the event! All new $199 iPhone 3G with GPS.
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Thumbn@ils 43
Donny Yankellow, Column - 06/08/08
With all of the rumors floating around about new Apple products we've uncovered secret plans for a product no one has seen coming: the new iWave....
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Tim Robertson - 07/18/08
Cool Mac Picks iPhone 3G
Sam Levin brings us a video Cool Mac Picks from the San Francisco Apple Retail store iPhone 3G launch. check it out!
Rich Lefko - 07/17/08
What's up with gas prices?
Why does the price of gas shoot up, but come down slow, or not at all as the price of a barrel of oil fluctuates?
Bill Palmer - 07/17/08
Meet iPhone 2.0, same as iPhone 1.0: have Apple's software engineers spent the past year at the beach?
I spent a year assuming Apple was saving all its iPhone interface revisions for the 2.0 update. Sadly it now appears that they haven't even been working on any of it...
Roger Born - 07/16/08
Staff Thoughts On The iPod Touch
Wowser, The Touch with the new 2.0 software update is awesome! But what is it missing? What would you like to see on the iPod Touch?
John Nemerovski - 07/16/08
Buy a Mac for college and get a free iPod
http://www.apple.com/promo/
Donny Yankellow - 07/16/08
What Apps have you installed on your iPhone/Touch?
Here it is the blog you knew was coming at some point.
artie alinikoff - 07/16/08
Need a camera? Educate yourself
In my haste to get the camera of my dreams I bought into a nightmare.
Dan Robinson - 07/16/08
Apple Apologizes for Fiasco
Apple has issued a statement about the problems with MobileMe intro
Carmel Glover - 07/15/08
You don't need talent
All it takes is imagination and a little bravado
John Nemerovski - 07/15/08
FIRST LOOK: Z9i Bluetooth Headset
Company: BlueAnt, Cost: $75 online
Claus Wolf - 07/15/08
Time Machine Error - they can't count
We all joke about Microsoft's error messages, but I think Apple managed a good one here
Donny Yankellow - 07/13/08
A Solution to MobileMe-iWeb Issues
I have been having trouble with my iWeb sites since the MobileMe transition. Here is a solution I figured out.
Claus Wolf - 07/12/08
Queues in Apple Store Cambridge
07/12/2008: I am at the Apple Store in Cambridge typing this, they are queueing here for at least an hour and activation might take 24hours
John H Farr - 07/11/08
Snarkface Gets Hip
Oh, that Time Machine. I'm a total believer now, and of course you know why.
Scott Spaziani - 07/11/08
iPhone 2.0 activation hurt, struggle its way on
iPhone activation is stressed as everyone in the United States pings server
Donny Yankellow - 07/11/08
So where are the iLife MobileMe updates?
MobileMe is finally working, but my website needs to be fixed through iWeb and I can't fix it.
David Cohen - 07/11/08
iPhone 3G Adventures in Blighty
Fun and games in the UK with the iPhone 3G launch - with David Cohen and our good friend Don McAllister of ScreenCastsOnline.
IMPORTANT NOTE - Apple Stores in the UK ARE selling phones today.
Tim Robertson - 07/10/08
Welcome TWIT LIVE !
Thanks for finding us from Twit LIVE! Check out the site, look around, and bookmark us!
Dan Robinson - 07/09/08
Bad Mac Advice from PC Magazine
PC Magazine gives "Refresh Your Mac" advice that's sure to fail.
Donny Yankellow - 07/09/08
App Store, iPhone/Touch 2.0 software, MobileMe going live
Will Apple's server's survive the onslaught?
John Nemerovski - 07/08/08
"The Grounds Keepers" by Dana Hubbard
A singer - songwriter - great guitarist
Bill Palmer - 07/08/08
I couldn't eat lunch there because the place was on fire, and other true tales of my first day back to work
...should I even bother trying to explain what this one's about?
John Nemerovski - 07/07/08
Mother-Son Bonding at 35 MPG
Don't sell that old Camry
John Nemerovski - 07/06/08
MyMac response to New York Times article
MyMac unofficial staff response to: "Smart Gadgets Acting Dumb, as an Upgrade Goes Awry," by Alan Schwarz
David Weeks - 07/05/08
Review Followups - U-Suit for iPhone by Uniea and Vibe Duo headset for iPhone
How do they hold up after six months?
John Nemerovski - 07/04/08
Summer fiction suggestions: "Netherland" and "Water for Elephants"
Two contemporary novels to consider for your summer reading list
John Nemerovski - 07/04/08
Nemo's Red-White-Blueberry 4th of July Pancake Recipe
Tastes good for any meal. Serves three to four. Delicious and nutritious.
Bruce Black - 07/03/08
Not too much on my mind these days....
The strange mental wanderings of a "boomertard". (It's what the 20-somethings call us, when they need to sound cool.)
Owen Rubin - 07/03/08
Free Offsite backup!
OK, we all talk about backup, but here is a company offering a free 2+ GB of OFF SITE storage for your files, or a cheap monthly fee for unlimited OFF SITE storage...
Tim Robertson - 07/01/08
Steve's WWDC Keynote & the 3 Legged Stool
Dan Rodriguez asks "Was it just me or did everyone miss it when Steve Jobs spoke about the three things that Apple, Inc. is involved in? There he was with a picture of a stool telling us about the three legs : 1. Macs, 2. Music and 3. iPhone. Three legs? I don't know about you, but I have never seen a stool with three legs. Which begs the question. What is the fourth leg? What other thing does Apple have up it's sleeve? "
Bill Palmer - 06/30/08
That settles it: no television for me - and good riddance
No one wants to hear someone else complain about how bad the cable company is, since it's a fact we're all well aware of. But the fact that a certain cable company sucks in an unusually obtuse manner has led me to make an interesting decision...one that I should have made awhile ago.
Tim Robertson - 06/30/08
Sponsor Blog Attack - 320GB in your pocket
Trans International today announced the addition of
320GB drive to it’s miniXpress SATA to FireWire Portable External Storage
Solutions.
John Nemerovski - 06/29/08
"We Used to Dance"
Jazz quartet CD and iTunes tracks, by Joel Frahm
Donny Yankellow - 06/29/08
Install older themes for iDVD 08
I was just using iDVD and wanted access to an older theme...
Bill Palmer - 06/26/08
George Carlin tribute on the walk of fame
These are the moments where I'm really glad my iPhone has a built-in camera...
Donny Yankellow - 06/26/08
Apple Needs One Combined Order Status Page
I just got my credit card bill and there was a $40 charge on it to the Apple Store. I did not remember buying anything from the Apple Store (online, by the way) so I logged into my account to see what I bought. NOTHING??? or so it seemed...
Guy Serle - 06/24/08
New iPhone competitors just smell bad
It isn't always enough to copy, sometimes you have to be creative
Tim Robertson - 06/23/08
Carlin
Does anyone see the irony with the headline "Oil companies and some lawmakers are pressing to open up more U.S. areas for drilling." the day after George Carlin died?
Tim Robertson - 06/23/08
I call it bull - AT&T is NOT subsidizing the iPhone
I keep reading reports that state AT&T is subsidizing the iPhone. As far as I have been able to uncover, there is no official word from either Apple nor AT&T to corroborate that. This rumor has spread far and wide, and the only corroborating evidence of it all comes from one single source: Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner.
Bill Palmer - 06/23/08
on Carlin, Mel's, Offspring, Google, and STP (not necessarily in that order)
For some reason, George Carlin's death has inspired me to pick on Google today. Remember that time at Mel's? And if STP can just stay together for another 48 hours...
Bill Palmer - 06/21/08
one oddball day leads to another?
It'll be over a hundred degrees by the afternoon, and I'll still have the chills because of what time of day I woke up. I'd love someone to be able to explain that particular medical oddity of mine...
Bill Palmer - 06/21/08
Put that gun away, you idiot, before you hurt someone - and stop trying to run me over!
I don't know whether to duck and cover and be afraid to leave the apartment for the rest of the day, or run out and buy a lottery ticket. Was that the unluckiest afternoon walk ever, or the luckiest?
Larry Grinnell - 06/20/08
Making bitmap graphics from outline fonts on the fly
I just can't believe no one has a solution for this: an automatic mechanism to transform Adobe Type 1, TrueType, or OTF format fonts into JPEG files for use in HTML projects...
Guy Serle - 06/19/08
iPhone...peh. SproutCore! YEAH!
OK, all the articles that ever need to be written about the iPhone HAVE been written so let's talk about something else. OOOOooo! SproutCore! What is it? Go to the latest MacHippy poll and select your favorite answer!
Carmel Glover - 06/18/08
Apple Store Oz
Now Sydney has one too
Donny Yankellow - 06/18/08
Apple's Rebate Program is Fantastic!
Normally I hate rebates, You have to send in a bunch of stuff, and then wait 6-8 weeks for a check. Sometimes the check never arrives. With Apple it's different....
Claus Wolf - 06/18/08
US$ 199 everywhere? Not quite
Steve Jobs promised the iPhone would be no more than US$ 199 everywhere, maybe I misunderstood him, but it ain't so
Bill Palmer - 06/17/08
What am I doing in the parking lot with these people, and why am I drinking vodka and red bull?
Katy Perry, Perez Hilton, the guy from the Eurythmics, Alanis Morissette's producer, and little old me all gather in the parking lot of the Capitol Records building. I don't understand how these things happen.
Scott Spaziani - 06/17/08
Help Mozillia Firefox set a world record
Firefox is attempting to get a world record today for most downloads.
Tim Robertson - 06/16/08
The miniXpress Portable External drive - Sponsor Blog
Trans International today announced the addition of 500 GB Drive to it’s miniXpress line of FireWire Portable External Storage Solutions.
Beth Lock - 06/16/08
Got an extra $75?
Call someone you love collect!
Bill Palmer - 06/16/08
I'll toast to that - why Hollywood's not America
a sordid late-night tale involving Hollywood Boulevard, the Emmy awards, a strip club, and a giant statue of Kermit the Frog - all because I realized too late that I didn't own a toaster...
Bill Palmer - 06/15/08
iPhone equals no more laptop? Why my next Mac just might be a desktop.
It'll soon be time for me to buy my first new Mac since becoming an iPhone user, which leads to the question: is it time to go back to a desktop after a decade as a laptop user?
Bill Palmer - 06/15/08
on getting back into my element, and what was Jim Carrey's daughter doing there?
is the abnormal just a return to what I used to consider normal?
Donny Yankellow - 06/12/08
Will we see a new iLife/iWork this summer?
Last summer iLife '08 and iWork '08 were finally introduced. Did that start a new timeline for Apple?
Scott Spaziani - 06/11/08
Mahalo Daily 3G iPhone Street Test
Mahalo Daily gets their hands on a pre-release iPhone 3G and decides to take it to the street to see what people think.
Donny Yankellow - 06/10/08
What do you think of MobileMe?
MobileMe replaces .Mac in July. What do you think? Here's my opinion.
Rich Lefko - 06/10/08
Steve Job's Health
Have you seen the keynote speech at the WWDC?
I just finished watching and Steve Jobs looked kind of thin to me?
Tim Robertson - 06/10/08
QuickTime X
Is Apple FINALLY going to allow QuickTime to play nice with other Internet standard video files?
Tim Robertson - 06/09/08
WWDC 08 Keynote now online
You can watch today's Steve Jobs WWDC Keynote now online at this link.
Tim Robertson - 06/09/08
Super Monkey Ball iPhone
Check out the video after the break!
Bill Palmer - 06/09/08
as good as it gets
John Nemerovski is right: I've gotten too far away from blogging of late. I'm back (I hope).
Scott Spaziani - 06/08/08
J. C. Hutchins releases 7th Son Obsidian
Author of the most famous podcast novel of all time J. C. Hutchins has released his supplementary short story collection "Obsidian".
Guy Serle - 06/08/08
What might WWDC do?
OK I admit it's not as catchy as WWJD, do when did He ever bring you a new MacHippy poll? This time around I focus on the WWDC conference that begins tomorrow.
Donny Yankellow - 06/07/08
The Apple Buzz is Back
With WWDC around the corner I Apple has got the web going crazy trying to figure out what is coming. I can't remember this kind of buzz in a while.
Owen Rubin - 06/06/08
Why Yahoo will fail
Companies like Yahoo are all about providing a service to their customers. But when that service does not work or has a bug, how do you tell them? Most of them do not want to know.
Beth Lock - 06/05/08
A Tech Support Tale
It only works with Windows, they said. So I bought an Intel iMac.
Donny Yankellow - 06/04/08
I must be psychic
I have a thought about an Apple product and it shows up in the blogs and rumor sites the next day...
Nate Eaton - 06/03/08
She's Just a Dell Running Vista
... and just as likely to admit loss
Guy Serle - 06/02/08
What could be better?
It's Monday! That MUST mean a new poll at MacHippy.com! This time around we try and find out what the absolute best part of the recent OS X update was.
Claus Wolf - 06/01/08
iPhoto caches EXIF data....
small handheld GPS units are popular for GeoCaching, but since they constantly take a "waypoint" as to where you've just been, you can use them for Geo Tagging as well - BUT beware iPhoto caches your EXIF data
Claus Wolf - 06/01/08
Update to 10.5.3 and iMovie 08 wouldn't load
After coming back from a business trip to Switzerland I updated Mac OS X to 10.5.3, when I wanted to open iMovie 08 today - it wouldn't fully...
Roger Born - 05/29/08
The Blue Narwhal
Sometimes the hunter is closer to his prey than he knows.
Larry Grinnell - 05/26/08
George Van Eps - The Quiet Master
Rhythm master, extraordinary soloist, studio musician, master machinist, and inventor of the seven-string guitar. George Van Eps did it all.
Guy Serle - 05/26/08
New MacHippy Poll
Yep, it's a new week which MUST mean a new MacHippy poll. I apologize in advance
Tim Robertson - 05/23/08
Clinton
Wow...
Guy Serle - 05/23/08
What else might Apple do?
By now it should be obvious to even the most die-hard skeptic that a new iPhone will be either released or announced at Apple's June WWDC. What else might Apple do and how can they make some (hint, hint) existing product better?
Tim Robertson - 05/20/08
trapped with iPhone
car is dead. Posting from my iPhone.
artie alinikoff - 05/19/08
Shure professional headsets
Expensive earphones may meet quality standards, but cheaper ones may meet more practical applications.
Tim Robertson - 05/17/08
PulpMotion Advanced First Look
I have spent a little over an hour with PulpMotion Advanced today, the latest software release from Aquafadas software. So far, I really like it. But there is somewhat of a learning curve, and I feel that there is much more I can do with the software than I am already.
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