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MyMac Podcast #155
No Remorse

November 24, 2007September 9, 2011 MyMac Podcast 0

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Guy Serle, Tim Robertson, Bill Palmer, and Chris Seibold turn a Skype call into this weeks podcast. Topics include: does Steve Jobs think the iTouch is an iPhone training devise? Does Mr. Jobs hate the iPod Classic? Does Microsoft innovate? Is MP3 dead? Plus, John Nemo begins his evaluation of the Edirol R-09 portable audio recorder with two interviews.

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Edirol R-09

Fall ends and the Holidays begin
Final Pix of Fall in NH.

November 23, 2007January 16, 2011 Original Blog 0

Yes, the leaf season is over, but Fall doesn’t officially end until December 20th. However, mother nature doesn’t go exactly by the calendar, at

Fun with Photo Booth

November 22, 2007January 16, 2011 How-To 0

There are times when you know Apple does something right when, at first, you really don’t see the point. Case in point, Photo Booth.

Need More Spaces

November 20, 2007January 16, 2011 Opinion 0

With this feature being bundled with Leopard it will have many people asking the question, â€œWhat do I need this for?â€ a question I asked myself before I began using a pre-Leopard workspaces program called Desktop Manager. I fell in love with it to the point where I had to get the Google Desktop on my PC just so I could take advantage of Workspaces.
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Bowers & Wilkins ZEPPELIN iPod Speaker

November 20, 2007January 16, 2011 iPod, Review, Speakers 0

Due to Zeppelin’s remarkable quality, style, and price, MyMac.com conducted two separate interviews. The first was a live audio conversation with industrial designer Morten Warren, which is part of MyMac.com Podcast #154. The second begins below our review, in a written Q & A with company representative Greg Williams.

Thumbn@ils 41

November 19, 2007September 9, 2011 Features 0

Thumbn@ils returns with a MyMac.com EXCLUSIVE!
The MyMac.com secret spy team has uncovered these topsecret plans. They are no longer SECRET plans!

Two Book Reviews
Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks Digital Photography and Adobe Photoshop CS3

November 19, 2007January 16, 2011 Book Review 0

You can just crack open the book, pick a tip, any tip, and give it a try the next time you are out with a camera or sitting at a computer with some photo files to play with. New MyMac.com writer David Graham reviews.

MyMac Podcast 154
Massive (app) Attack

November 16, 2007January 16, 2011 MyMac Podcast 0

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David, Guy, and Tim pour over the multitude of updates from Apple this week, including Mac OS X 10.5.1, iPhoto, Bento, Final Cut Express 4, and much more. John Nemo has a conversation with Morten Warren from Native Design, Ltd. Robert chimes in on Leopard. And David Cohen chats up Entourage in Fenestration.

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Links from the show
Bento
Native Design Ltd.
B&W Zeppelin
WhatSize from ID-Design, Inc.
AppZapper

Using iWeb 08
Part 5

November 15, 2007September 9, 2011 Using iWeb 0

In parts 1 through 4 of this article we discussed iWeb and its interface and finally we are ready to start talking about making web pages!

Octava 4×1 HDMI Switch with 4×1 Optical Audio
Review

November 14, 2007January 16, 2011 Review 0

I had a problem (I’m sure my brother, Guy Serle, would put that statement into the present tense…). I started putting together a home theater system with a 1.67 GHz Core Duo Mac mini at its heart. That’s when I discovered I was short some inputs.

Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages
Review

November 14, 2007January 16, 2011 Book Review 0

Not only does this book go into the basics, but also gives excellent detail on HTML tagging, with most of the important modifiers needed for text formatting, as well as special-case features, and they all still work on today’s browsers (except maybe the old Netscape “blink” tag).

Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars
Game Review

November 13, 2007January 16, 2011 Game, Review 0

Gaming is back on the Mac in a big way, with video game maker EA providing the big guns. Tim looks at the first EA game he has played, Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars. The Command & Conquer franchise is a historical and much lauded series, and the latest entry is looking better than ever. Check out his review here.

PowerTune iPod All-in-One
Review

November 13, 2007January 16, 2011 iPod Classic 0

MacAlly’s versatile new PowerTune is the best $50 U.S. iPod accessory ever.

The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
Book Review

November 12, 2007January 16, 2011 Book Review 0

Here’s a clue for you: designer Jason Beaird’s The Principles of Beautiful Web Design showed up in my mailbox shortly after publication this past April, and the first thing I did was drop everything and read it from cover to cover. For the record, I build Web sites myself and have a number of art and design classes to my credit. Jason Beaird paid a lot more attention to his teachers, and it shows.

Painter Essentials 4
Review

November 12, 2007September 9, 2011 Macintosh, Review 0

Painter Essentials is to Painter what Photoshop Elements is to Photoshop. It is what I would call the â€œslimmedâ€ down version of Painter, but still fully usable. Just like Painter, Essentials is a natural media painting program that allows the user to paint and draw on the computer with tools he/she might use in â€œreal life.â€ Also, like Painter X (which I reviewed earlier this year), Painter Essentials 4 is packed with great new features.

MyMac Podcast 153
The Life and Death of Owen Rubin

November 9, 2007January 16, 2011 MyMac Podcast 0

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For episode 153, Owen Rubin joins Tim on the podcast for an intimate conversation about his history at Apple, Atari, and other technology companies he has worked for. One of the creators of the LC line of Macintosh computers, as well as some Atari Coin-Op games in the early days with that company, Owen has not slowed down at all in his quest to be around cool technology companies, and to work on the cutting edge. Also, Robert Hazelrigg reviews the Audioengine 2 desktop speakers, and we play a promo for the new Tech Wired Australia podcast.

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Links from the show
The World of Owen Rubin
Owen’s MyMac.com Archive Page
Tech Wired Australia
Audioengine 2 Speakers

Adobe Illustrator CS3
Review

November 8, 2007January 16, 2011 Macintosh, Review 0

Graphic Designers have very little choice today in vector drawing programs, but the undisputed champion is Adobe’s Illustrator. CS3 is the thirteenth version of the program. Does it move ahead in innovation, stability (a big problem with the CS2 version) or just the version number? Read Tim Robertson’s review to find out.

The BOOK BYTES INTERVIEW with Ben Long

November 8, 2007January 16, 2011 Interview 0

We live in a world that is driven by â€” and at the mercy of â€” massive levels of technology. We NEED more people to understand technology, and we need people to not be afraid of it, and we need them to learn to work with it, because we are now dependent on it.

Using iWeb 08
Part 4

November 7, 2007January 16, 2011 Using iWeb 0

All right, this is the last part of looking at the iWeb interface. We finish off looking at the Inspector, including Metrics Tab, Link Tab, and the QuickTime Tab

Initial Reactions to Mail and Stationary

November 7, 2007January 16, 2011 Opinion 0

One of the upgrades that I looked most forward to for my business was Apple’s new Mail Stationery feature. I’ve always wanted a way to send graphic emails as opposed to simple text-based letters. I’ve tried using various programs – both web-based and 3rd party applications, but all of them were too time consuming for simply creating a few graphic personal or business letters that I wanted to do right within my Mail application.