The lack of a SuperDrive on the Macbook Air has turned many people I’ve talked to about the computer off from ever buying one. But in reality the lack of an optical drive is smaller to Apple’s steps to phase out the Floppy Disk in 1998, and fits in with their business plan. Read new writer Scott Spaziani’s take on the Macbook Air here
Month: January 2008
Stationery Pack (for Mail)
Review
Mac OSX Leopard introduced email templates to Mail. There are templates for sending photos, sending notes on Stationery, and more. If the standard Leopard templates are not enough for your emailing thirst equinux’s Stationary Pack is for you. For $29.95 you get an additional 111 templates for your email. Yes, I said 111 times!
Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual
Review
David Pogue’s latest endeavor, Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual has built upon all of his previous versions and his experience in working with Macs. This is what should come in the box with your Mac. Everything you need to know or would like to know about Leopard is in this book.
MyMac Podcast – 168
Cool Mac Picks and Post Expo
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New weekly cohost David Cohen makes his regular debut, and Sam Levin helps us kick off the show with his Cool Mac Picks from the Macworld Expo.
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Links from the show:
Prosoft Engineering
Sam’s Picks
Chestnut Hill Sound George
Cambridge SoundWorks i765
Gizmobies Pocketable iPod Protection
Logitech Squeezebox Duet
Keyspan TuneView for iPod
Presentation Remote Pro
Plasq’s Skitch & ComicLife
Automator For Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Book Review
Automator For Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard covers all the basics plus a little more. If you have never cracked open Automator, it would probably be a good idea to simply follow one of my tutorials. Have no fear, testing out and playing around with the program will not break or crash your computer. You might discover just how useful Automator and other similar programs can be in saving your time and stress.
MyMac Video – Kensington LiquidAUX Bluetooth Car Kit
Macworld Expo
John Nemo and photographer Jim Dicker visited the Kensington booth during the Macworld Expo. Check out the video of the LiquidAUX Bluetooth Car Kit in glorious HD video format.
Wacom Intuos3 Tablet
Review
Recently I reviewed, and loved, the Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet. For those that want a more professional tablet, the Intuos3 is the model you want. I’ve been using the Graphire line of tablets for years and never new what I was missing until I tried the Intuos tablet.
FastMac Dual 1.4 GHz G4 AGP processor upgrade
Review
Why upgrade an older computer? Macs are expensive. Especially if you’re talking about replacing one older tower with another. So is it worth upgrading an older G4? Guy takes a look at the 1.4GHz upgrade from FastMac to find out.
iPod Touch–Wi-Fi Mobile Platform?
“During its quarterly conference call Tuesday, Apple outlined a new vision for the iPod touch, saying it hopes the product will mark the beginning
Read MoreMYOB AccountEdge – Accounting Software for Macintosh
Review
Since MYOB has a new version of the software, I thought this would be a good time to take a look at what other accounting programs for Macintosh were being offered. I was surprised to see three other robust programs available. I know that MYOB maintains a commitment to continue to develop for the Macintosh platform.
Timeline 2.0
Review
Creating an illustrated timeline on your computer, or even by hand, can be a very time consuming process. Timeline, by Bee Documents is a program that aims to simplify this process and save you a lot of time. (No pun intended.)
Bamboo Fun
Review
When I think drawing tablets, I think Wacom. I have been using the Graphire series of tablets for many years. This past fall Wacom replaced the Graphire tablet line with the Bamboo Fun line of tablets. (The Graphire BT, or Bluetooth, is still made). Before trying the Bamboo Fun tablet I expected the same user experience in a different package. I was wrong.
Read MoreMyMac Podcast #167
End Of Macworld Expo 08
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MyMac ends our week of Macworld Expo podcasting coverage with a bang. Booth visits, a get together with the remaining staff members, and we are still meeting new people at the end of the show. Hope you enjoy our last episode from Macworld Expo 08.
Links from the show:
Prosoft Engineering
MyMac Podcast #166
Macworld Expo Day 3 David Pogue and Sinbad
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Our longest podcast of the week is one of our best yet. Tim and Nemo look at the days event, and talk about some of the booths and events of the day. Nemo interviews New York Times technology writer David Pogue, while Tim does an on the spot interview with Sinbad. (yes, we know the audio is bad for the Sinbad interview, but what the heck.) More Apple Quiz from the Prosoft Engineering, and Guy and Nemo pay some Booth visits.
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Prosoft Engineering
VIDEO – Hands On With The MacBook Air (No Audio)
Owen Rubin got some hands-on time with the new MacBook Air. (No audio in this video). Check it out!
VIDEO – Day One At The Hotel
What to do on the first day of the Macworld Expo in a hotel room? Grab a video camera and pay a surprise visit to your fellow writers
MyMac Podcast 165
Macworld Expo 2008 Day Two
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Booth recordings at EA Games, Music Wizard, Notion Music, and some Apple Trivia from the Prosoft Engineering Booth. A ton of fun, plus Larry, Guy, and Tim from the hotel room talking about some of the days activities. And what’s this about a NEW AOL Macintosh client? Really?
Links from the show
Filemaker Pro / Bento
EA
Music Wizard
Notion Music
AOL
Office 08
Prosoft Engineering
MyMac Podcast 164
Day One Macworld Expo 08
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Today’s episode include two roundtable discussions with the MyMac staff, one done right after the keynote, and one at the end of the day. Also included is an interview Nemo did with Bill Palmer from iProng.com. The booth at the Prosoft Engineering booth was rocking when the MyMac.com crew came and hosted the first of four Apple Quiz contests, and while we were there we snagged an interview with Prosoft president Greg Brewer. Also included are segments from SecureMac.com, DriverSavers.com, and RhinoSkin.com booths.
Links from the show
Prosoft Engineering
iProng.com
SecureMac.com
DriverSavers.com
RhinoSkin
MyMac Podcast 163
Listener Meetup
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The Macworld Expo proper has not even started, but the crew of MyMac.com are already well underway. This episode features our MyMac Podcast Meetup, and it was a lot of fun! The first half of the show features Publisher Tim Robertson talking about the days events, some reader feedback, and being blocked from the keynote! Then we meet some MyMac Podcast listeners at the show, as well as some returning MyMac staff and Bill Palmer from iProng.
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Links from the show
Prosoft Engineering
MyMac Podcast 162
Expo Week Kicks Off
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29 Minutes Running Time.
Tim Robertson talks about arriving in San Francisco, meeting with some of the MyMac.com staff and fans of the podcast, and the upcoming Macworld Expo in general. A solo podcast gets the week started.
Links from the show
Prosoft Engineering