As those on the MyMac.com staff mailing list know, I have been having DSL connection issues in my house for the past week. I
Read MoreAuthor: 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.
Macspiration Quicktip: iTunes 7.6 Bug
If you have been getting a message in iTunes 7.6 asking for permission for iTunes to receive incoming connections (or something like that) read
Read MoreStationery 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!
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.
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 MoreImage Doctor 2
Review
Adobe Photoshop is a standard for image editing. It has a lot of great tools for making a good picture great, or even a lousy picture a lot better. However, there are times when the tools in Photoshop are not enough, or are not fast enough. Image Doctor 2 by Allen Skin Software aims to help with those times when you need more than Photoshop can offer.
Flip Boom
Review
Are you looking for an inexpensive, traditional style, animation program for you? Are your kids interested in creating animated cartoons? Are you a teacher looking for a great animation program for your class? If so, Flip Boom, by Toon Boom Animation, Inc is worth looking into.
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A Quick Tip: Changing Icons on Your Stacks in Leopard
I haven’t decided if I like the new Stacks feature in Leopard or not, but what I don’t like is how the icon of the stack is the icon of first alphabetical item in the folder you put in the Dock for a stack. This Macspiration will tell you how to fix that.
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Dead Dock Icons
Have you ever had an icon in your dock stop working? You click the icon for a program (maybe Mail), and the program never launches? The icon never bounces? The odds are that the link to the actual program has been broken. How do you fix it? Read on!
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Quicktips for Quick Look
One of my favorite features of Leopard is Quick Look. Quick Look allows you to see the contents of a file without opening that file in its program. For example, a spreadsheet can be viewed through Quick Look without opening Charts or Excel. This article contain a few Quick Look tips that you might not know.
iDisk seems to be faster
In recent weeks I have noticed a considerable increase to the speed at which files transfer to and from my iDisk, which you get
Read MoreWant Microsoft Vista? Get a Mac.
I’ve been reading a lot of reviews for Vista lately, and they all seem to have one thing in common. Over and over and
Read MoreWhat was I thinking?
This past summer I wrote about “Back to School” sales starting at the beginning of July, and how each year they start earlier and
Read MoreAre concerts finally coming to the iTunes Store?
I recently blogged about concerts being a glaring omission from the iTunes Store. Well, it seems as if they might be coming. One of
Read MoreBefore buying that orange Shuffle you might to want see it in person first.
I was at the Apple Store today and checked out the new colored Shuffles while I was there. All of the colors were what
Read MoreMy #1 Feature Request for iPhoto
Hopefully, we will be seeing iLife ’07 sooner rather than later, and with it a slew of new iPhoto features. One feature I would
Read MoreThe Annoying Online Tech Support Chat Form
If you have ever used a company’s online chat support service, you probably have experienced what I am about to describe. I had to
Read MoreWhat is a DoodleBook?
As an art teacher my students are always asking me how to draw this and how to draw that. This is especially true of
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