It all started many years ago, when my oldest son was in 2nd grade. My husband and I felt it was time to enter the ‘90’s and buy a computer. Plus our kids would eventually require a computer to do their homework, so it was really a need, not a want. Read the rest from the newest MyMac.com writer, Elisa!
Month: September 2009
Apple Support Incident Review
My brand-new Mac Pro Quad-Core is D.O.A. How did Apple handle this near-disaster?
AKG K321, K330, and K340 Ear Canal Headphones – Review
K321 is more forgiving of artifacts from compressed recording than are most over-$100 earphones, without any diminishing returns when recordings are full-strength audio.
Belkin CushDesk – Review
What’s hotter than a lap dance? Your laptop. Check out which accessory will keep help you keep you cool when the going gets hot.
MyMac Podcast 259 – Paul Kent and Annette Benkie
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This week, we have Paul Kent with some Macworld Expo news, and it’s also Listener Invite show with our guest Annette Benkie from LearnMacsOnline.com. Be sure to send feedback to us at feedback@mymac.com. Thanks for downloading, enjoy!
OWC pick – Blue Microphones Mikey iPod Recorder
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Westone 1 True-fit Earphones – Review
Their weight is so light, and their feel so comfortable, that within a minute or two after inserting W1 I am immersed in the music.
Eyeball Web Cam – Review
The company has a superb dedicated web site for its Eyeball, with photos, specs, a comprehensive FAQ, a video demo, plus much more.
Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision – Book Review
Just got a shiny new DSLR? Sick of those "how to" books that make aperture sound like a boring word? This easy to read (and full of pictures) book answers the questions every amateur has always wanted to ask the pros.
DotHub – Review
The DotHub comes with a USB port on top and one on each of three sides. Small and efficient
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Bible – Book Review
Probably the reason that most people will buy Mac OS X Snow Leopard Bible is to learn how to make (better) use of the amazingly sophisticated and flexible operating system – in all its complexities. Read the full review here.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard – Book Review
A very well written and superbly illustrated book that explains the internal workings of Snow Leopard, covering all the things that a new user should learn from A to Z. If you are looking for a really good book to have on hand or to give as a gift to someone, consider Ms. Williams and Mr. Tollett’s Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard book. Read full review here.
AKG, Audio-Technica, iHome, and Shure Headphones
Review
Tim Robertson takes a long look at four different headphones from AKG, Audio-Technica, iHome, and Shure. Prices vary, as does quality. If you are looking at buying headphones, this is the review you will want to read.
MyMac Podcast 258 – Winners and Conflicts
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MacAlly Ecofan contest winners announced! Then David, Guy, and Tim have a long and lively discussions on ethics, conflicts of interest, and integrity in the technology press. Be sure to send us feedback to feedback@mymac.com and review our podcast in iTunes here.
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WIFI in the Sky
Wi-Fi in the sky by Rich Lefko Recently, I was flying home to New England from an Atlanta business trip. While I waited to
Read MoreBluepack S3 – Review
There are many options out there is you want an extra, or backup, battery for your iPod. Dexim’s Bluepack S3 is one of these options.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Dummies – Review
When they first began publishing the "Dummy" books, a lot of folks took the titles to be demeaning or designed to make fun of those who bought and read the books. Time has passed and there are simply dozens of titles appearing each year covering every topic imaginable. The Mac series of Dummy books goes back to the OS 7 time period and continues to this day. Amongst those leading the way in writing Mac Dummy books has been Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus.
Fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 DVD – Review
Putting Photoshop in focus
Laptop Lift L1 – Review
The parallel dual heat-pipes spread from one side of the L1 all the way to the other side, providing a long enough surface distance for ideal internal heat dissipation through vaporization.
The Macintosh iLife
Just like the swallows returning to Capistrano, Jim Heid produces another fine instructional book each time Apple revises its iLife suite. And yet again, he succeeds in assembling what I think is the best instructional book on iLife for the average Mac user. Heid has developed a proven formula, and it works once again with The Macintosh iLife ’09.
NewerTech Voyager Q Hard Drive Dock – Review
The ever falling price of hard drive storage means that we can now own and manage terabytes and terabytes of space if we wish. But the ongoing increase of capacity and fall in price leads to a new problem – if you are anything like me, you will have a shelf littered with external drives, surrounded by a detritus of data cables and multiple “wall wart” power supplies. Mine act like a series of time capsules – the further back in time you go (based on when I bought each one), the smaller they become and the more disparate the type of data we retain.