MicroMat’s TechTool Pro has been one of the leaders in Macintosh disk diagnosis and repair for many years. At one time, TechTool was even marketed by Apple as a part of AppleCare. It clearly is one of the disk maintenance and repair heavy hitters, with its main competition being ProSoft’s Drive Genius, and Alsoft’s Disk Warrior.
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PowerSkin’s statistics are impressive. For your $79.95, you get an external battery with 2100 mAH (milli amp-hours) of capacity. So what’s 2100 mAH going to do for you? The iPhone 4 internal is 1400 mAH.
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The Neo-i is a shiny, black saucer-shaped unit approximately 13″ x 9″ x 3″. It’s all plastic, but it has enough heft to avoid feeling cheap.
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Pogue’s iPhone The Missing Manual Fourth edition will answer virtually every question most users will have about the iPhone, thus eliminating both the known unknowns (how do I set up my email) as well as the unknown ones (I didn’t even know the iPhone had voice control for dialing and iPod!).
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The MediaShare has no shortage of connectivity options: gigabit Ethernet, two USB 2 ports for connecting other hard drives or printers, and an eSATA port to mirror to another hard drive. We connected to our local network via Ethernet cable, but chose to not add any external hard drives or printers for our initial tests.
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Wall wart chargers are a bane of gadget-lovers existence. It always seems that when you’ve plugged in your gadget’s particular charger, you just used up the last free wall socket. Even more frustrating is when the charger is bulky enough to cover up one or possibly two sockets on your power strip!
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The Weeks Division of MyMac Labs received two iPad cases from Griffin Technologies. We took them both for short tours of duty using the wife’s iPad.
These two cases are fundamentally similar: hard shells protecting the back and sides of your precious iPad.
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One truism of modern technology is that everything gets smaller. Computers used to fill rooms. Hard drives that stored an incredible 5 megabytes of data were the size of refrigerators. Cellphones used to be the size of a military walkie-talkie.
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Apple’s introduction of the Time Capsule in March of 2008 was the first instance I’m aware of that a combination wireless router-cum-incremental network backup
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Atlona Technologies’ 2 X 1 Mini Displayport KVM Switch may be the answer to your needs. The Weeks Division of MyMac Labs tested it out, and here’s what we found.
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iWork ’09 The Missing Manual (iWMM for short) takes the reader step by step through the basic, intermediate, and advanced features of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. If you’ve never used a spreadsheet program before, iWMM shows you how to get started with Numbers
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The dockXtender is the simpler of the two devices. It’s an extension cable, plain and simple. If the current docking cable for your iPod/iPhone/iPad is too long or too short, the dockXtender may be the right length. You can purchase it in two feet (60 cm) or six feet (180 cm) lengths. The dockXtender is solidly built, but the cable’s not so thick that it’s not flexible.
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Are you worried about your Mac’s security? Do you have a wildly complex password, and are simply tired of repeatedly typing it? The Rohos Logon Key for Mac may be what you seek.
Do you need remote access to your Mac, plus you need it for free? TeamViewer could be just the ticket.
Skullcandy 50/50 earbuds/microphone; the right pair for you?
Craving an Apple Cinema Display but your older Mac does not have Mini DisplayPort? Atlona’s converter box may be what you’re looking for.
Need remote access to your home computer? LogMeIn Pro2 can do it all, but is it for you?
A fast portable drive in a great aluminum enclosure
Can’t see your laptop’s screen outdoors?
I can assure you that replacing a 15" LCD screen is a whole lot more expensive than buying another $38 iVisor.
