Macspiration 45 – 10 Frugal Tips


This week I decided to make a list of ways to use your computer to put some money in your pocket, keep some money in your pocket, or just ways to spend your well earned cash more wisely. I guess it depends on how you look at it.

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LineForm
Review

Over the past six months I have had the pleasure of trying several pieces of art software by smaller developers which make great, cheaper, alternatives to the big boys (ie. Illustrator, Painter, Photoshop, etc.). LineForm falls into this category as an Illustrator alternative. Like Illustrator, LineForm is a vector illustration program. It is not as feature packed as Illustrator, but for $79 it is a great alternative for those on a budget. It even has some great features that Illustrator could benefit from.

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Macspiration 43
Easy Online Albums with Homepage and .Mac

All the buzz lately has been about iLife ’06 and iWeb. iWeb is a great tool for making websites, and I use it myself, but before iWeb there was Homepage. Homepage was, and still is, part of .Mac. If you have a .Mac account you can easily use Homepage to make a variety of webpages. I’m going to discuss making a photo album today

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Macspiration 42
Ten Common Tech Terms

At MyMac.com, and other computer sites, terms like freeware, burn, jpeg, and more are being used all of the time. Sometimes we (the writers) take for granted that the audience understands what we are talking about. I figured I’d make a list of ten of the more common terms we might use in articles. You might look at a lot of the words below and think they are common sense. What might be common sense to you might be totally foreign to another person.

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Moho 5.4
Review

When people think 2-D animation program on a computer, they probably think Flash. From this point forward, when I think 2-D animation program on a computer, I’m going to think Moho, by Lost Marble. Moho is a 2-D vector animation program with some really cool features, and a really nice price.

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Macspiration 41
Transferring Files From Your Old Mac to Your New One

If there is a worst part of getting a new computer (except for the price) it is setting it up to your liking. You have to install your applications, get your documents on the computer, transfer music and photos, change all of the settings, etc. If your old computer is a working Mac with a firewire port, Apple takes the frustration out of this process and makes it really easy with the Migration Assistant. All you need is the old computer, the new computer, a little time, and a firewire cable.

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CoverScout
Review

CoverScout is an iTunes utility that will seek out and apply cover art for you music tracks. Does it work? Read the review and find out.

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Sandvox
Review

There are many WYSIWYG template based website editors on the market. Apple’s iWeb is one of these. RapidWeaver is another one. The newest kid on the block is Sandvox by Karelia Software.

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