Do you need a remote for controlling slide shows and other presentations on your Mac, but you don’t have a newer Mac that came with an Apple remote? Do you have an Apple remote for your computer, but it doesn’t have enough features for your needs? If you answered yes to either of these questions, the Keyspan Presentation Remote Pro might be what you are looking for.
Author: Donny Yankellow
In addition to writing for MyMac.com since the Fall of 2005 he is an art teacher, freelance artist/illustrator, and is a father of one son. Donny is also the author/illustrator of several children's ebooks. Donny's degree is in Visual Communications and he hold certification in K-12 Art Education. His hobbies (besides Mac and Apple stuff) include soccer, animation, and reading anything written by Stephen King.
Keyspan Presentation Remote Pro
Macspiration 100
100!
When I thought about what I should do for Macspiration 100 I though about making a list off 100 links, or 100 terms, or asking readers to pick your favorite articles from the past two years (WOW!). In the end I decided to pick ten of my favorite articles.
Macspiration 99
Personal Domain in iWeb/.Mac
With the introduction of iLife 08 you can now have your iWeb sites use your own personal domain that you have registered rather than using web.mac.com/username. For example, my domain, hedgehogalley.com, now points to my web.mac.com site that I have made in iWeb. Previously, the way to have this work was with domain forwarding through your registrar, but you would need to turn on something called masking to hide the web.mac.com address once the web browser got to your site.
Macspiration
The alternate iTunes Shopping Cart
When I shop in the iTunes Store I use the shopping cart feature in iTunes. This way I can keep a list of what I might buy, and not empty my bank account by clicking “Buy Now†on an impulse buy all of the time.
Macspiration 97
Internet Basics
This installment of Macspiration is less on instruction and more on explaining. You see, recently, I have had to troubleshoot the internet for several family members. During the process the topic I am about to discuss came up over and over again. Based on those discussions, I figure there are others out there who could benefit from this Macspiration.
Macspiration 96
Tweak Your .Mac Account
With the .Mac update announced on August 7 I imagine a lot more people will be joining the .Mac service. Hidden in the .Mac website is a page where you can change a lot of your .Mac settings. This includes controlling iDisk space, email preferences, and more. Even if you are an old .Mac member, you might find these tips useful.
Thumbn@ils 40
A Thumbn@ils appropriate for the summer. What Apple application will follow Safari and iTunes into the Windows pool?
Macspiration 95
A Mini Macspiration – Deleting Bookmarks in Safari
Have you ever wanted to get rid of some bookmarks in Safari. Maybe your list is just getting out of control, or there are just some websites you never visit anymore. This Mini Macspiration will tell you how to delete those unwanted bookmarks in a few quick steps.
Planbook
Software Review
A teacher and a plan book go together like peanut butter and jelly. The problem with a traditional plan book is that it is one more thing to carry around or lose. I’ve been searching for a digital plan book for years, and I think I finally found the right one. Planbook by Hellmansoft is a plan book for your Mac (it works on Windows, too) that is easy to use and affordable. The developer, Jeff Hellman, has done a great job in making this a fully useable digital plan book. I guess being a teacher himself had a lot to with that.
Macspiration 94
Scratch Disk is Full!!! What do I do?
Hopefully, you have never gotten a message on your computer telling you that your scratch disk is full and you need to delete some files. If you do get this message it will bring your productivity to a halt. You won’t be able to burn a CD, you might not be able to save a project, and a slew of other things can happen.
Macspiration 93
Podcast Spring Cleaning
Have you ever deleted a podcast from iTunes and you are asked if you want want to move the deleted files to the trash? Find out how you can REALLY reclaim some hard drive space.
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Some Downloads for You
It has been a while since I suggested a bunch of downloads, so I figured it was time. Here’s a few freebies for you to check out. Some of these apps are donationware, so if you like them you might want to consider donating to the developer.
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Filter Your Email Through Gmail
If you are like most people you get SPAM (email not the food). Even the smallest amount of SPAM drives me crazy. I don’t even want to see it in a SPAM folder in my mail program. In my battle against SPAM I have started filtering my email through Google’s Gmail. Gmail has one of the best SPAM filters I have seen. It is very rare that a piece slips through
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Review
When you hear “iSkin†I bet you think iPod cases. That’s what I used to think. However, iSkin has now entered the Bluetooth market with 3 accessories under the name Cerulean for your iPod, Bluetooth equipped computer, and/or Bluetooth equipped cell phones.
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The Browser Link Menu
This week I’ll cover the third menu you can use in your web browser. I’ll call this the Link Menu, since it appears when you control-click (or right click) a link. As with the prior menus, the terms might be different from browser to browser.
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The Basic Browser Menu
Last week I discussed a browser contextual menu to use for images in websites. Well, there is also a “Basic Menu” (what I am choosing to call it) you can use to navigate your way through a site, and more. Like the menu discussed last week, this menu has different options in different browsers. It also might have different phrases for various actions. I’m just going to cover the standards.
Macspiration 87
The Browser Image Menu
Have you ever found an image on a website that you wanted to print, or save, or do something else with? Saving the entire webpage won’t help, and printing the entire page for a little image is a waste of ink. Well, you can use a contextual menu which I will call the Image Menu for the purpose of this article. This menu is built into every browser, and accessible by control clicking (or right clicking) on an image in a website.
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A Macspiration Mini
This week’s Macspiration is a short one, but on that has the potential of saving you A LOT of money. A LOT of money, as in having to pay for computer repairs or buy a new one.
Griffin AirDock
Review
Like iPod cases, there are a lot of iPod docks on the market. There are docks that are only docks and they only charge and sync your iPod, and there are docks that do more. Griffin’s AirDock is one of the docks that does more. It is actually several of their products rolled into one clean, nice looking, package.
Plopp
Review
In my classroom I have 3 emacs. The older kids use iPhoto and Photoshop, but the only program I have for the younger kids is Kid Pix. I am always looking for something new to accompany Kid Pix. My search had been unsuccessful, until I found Plopp.